A Beautiful Heaven With Thousands Of Cobwebs
To get to this exotic place, visitors must travel from Manokwari City, with a travel time of about 3 hours. During the trip, visitors will be greeted with an exotic natural atmosphere, with quite challenging terrain. Arriving at Sontiri Hill, visitors will be faced with a green view that spoils the eyes. From here, the Kebar mountain range looks even more stunning with its peak covered with white clouds. The perfect picture of the beautiful nature looks like a fairy tale!
Not only that, Sontiri Hill presents something unique and not owned by other hills, every morning this hill will be filled with spider webs. Don't be afraid, the majority of spiders here are harmless types of spiders. Thousands of spiders serve as an introduction to the morning view of the Sontiri hill in Kebar District, Tambrauw, West Papua. The green grass that stretched for acres turned white covered by cobwebs. Multi-legged insects fill the hill every morning until sunrise.
The sun appeared behind the mountain range. The light sweeps across the red hills that at a glance resemble the savanna in Switzerland. The atmosphere looks even more interesting when the cobwebs covered with dew, exposed to the morning sun, so that the spider webs seem to sparkle. This beautiful view will surely amaze and refuse to go home. Every morning, the hill seemed to promise total peace. Along with the reddened sky, spiders envelop the house. They pushed their way into the voids of the earth and would return again the next morning.
The scenery of Sontiri hill turned into green grass mounds. Modern society dubs this sight as Teletubbies Hill. Basically, Teletubbies Hill is landscaped hill with a row of semi-circular hills. It's called that because the hill really looks like Teletubbies play area—a character in one of the children's shows of the same name.
In front of Sontiri Hill, stands the majestic line of Tambrau Mountains. Its existence makes this Sontiri Hill similar to basin. The mountains are a landmark of Tambrauw. From afar, the hill appears to stretch out like a green rug. The hill is also a crossing place for wild deer. In fairly sunny, the golden rays of the sunrise and sunset will turn Sontiri into red light valley.
Sontiri Hill offers a beautiful 180 degree panorama or as far as the eye can see. Mountains with rolling lines, clouds as white as cotton that surround the peaks of the mountains, to the dense tropical forest that cools the view because it is so green.
Not only looks great in the morning, Sontiri Hill is charming in the afternoon before dusk. This is where the locals spend their afternoons waiting for the sun to set. Children used to play here, run around, or just wait for their cattle to graze. At first glance, the evening view on Sontiri Hill is so lively. When recorded with aerial cameras, Sontiri Hill is like a giant expanse of savanna. Among the savanna, people put their hope as a breeding ground for cattle. Recent times, they began to dare to open up to receive tourists. A path leading to the hill marks the opening of Sontiri as a worthy hill to visit.
To reach Sontiri Hill requires more struggle. To get between the hills, we have to ride a double cabin vehicle from Kebar District. The district is about four hours from Sausapor. The best time to visit Sontiri is during the dry season. Yellowish grass will create a dramatic, more romantic feel.
For those who want to enjoy the sunset and sunrise at Sontiri Hill, don't worry because you can pitch a tent, and camp here. How, interesting isn't it?
How to get there?
To get to Sontiri Hill, tourists can start the journey from Manokwari and Sorong Airports. From Manokwari, it takes about 5 hours. This travel time is closer than when coming from Sorong.
