Top Selfie Pinusan Kragilan - Nice Place for Taking "Selfie" in Downhill of Merbabu
The downhill of Merbabu Mountain in Magelang Regency, Central Java, keeps the great potential of nature tourism. Not only tourism of Gardu Pandang Ketep Pass which has been widely known to the public, some other tourist spots are also not less interesting. Top Selfie Pinusan Kragilan is one of the attractions on the downhill of Merbabu which is lately much talked about. The location of this resort is not too far from Ketep Pass, about five kilometers. If from Ketep Pass, the direction is still going up, heading towards Kopeng.
Top Selfie Pinusan Kragilan is located in Kragilan Hamlet, Pogalan Village, Pakist Police, Magelang District, Central Java. This unexpected sightseeing place offers the beauty and coolness of a pine forest on the downhill of Merbabu. Because of its beauty, since last year, Top Selfie Pinusan Kragilan is raided by tourists. These visitors are mostly teenagers who have hobby selfie or photographs. The Kragilan people decide to manage the pine forest in their village area because of the large number of visitors in every day.
One of the favorite photo spots in Top Selfie Pinusan Kragilan is on the road to Kragilan Hamlet that cleaves the pine forest that is owned by Perhutani. The rising and left-right path there is a towering pine tree giving the photo with an eye-catching view. In the thick of pine forest is also no less apiknya used as a location of selfie or photographs. A number of facilities such as swings and houses on stilts are interesting for photographs. Visitors feel relax as well as enjoy the beauty and freshness of this sights.
Along with the increasing number of tourists, a number of facilities are built, such as the bathroom and a number of simple stalls that are selling variety of foods and beverages. Here is also a flying fox arena, but there is privately managed by one of citizens in Kragilan.
To enter the Top Selfie Pinusan Kragilan area, visitors are charged based on the vehicle used. Motorcycle is charged about 3,000 Rupiah, while four-wheeled vehicle is charged 10,000 Rupiah.
If you are from Yogyakarta and want to travel to this place, drive your vehicle to Magelang city. Arriving at red light Blabak, you can go turn right towards Ketep Pass. From Ketep, still go up about four kilometers direction to Kopeng. From the main road, you will see the board that is inscribed "Welcome To Top Selfie".
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