Maninjau

Maninjau Lake is a lake in the district of Tanjung Raya, Agam regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. This like is one of the most stunning lake in Indonesia. The lake is located about 140 km north of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra. Maninjau which is a volcanic lake is located at a height of 461.50 meters above sea level. Size Maninjau approximately 99.5 km² and has a maximum depth of 495 meters.

To achieve this Region you can using a car. Public transport also available. On the way to this place, you can enjoy the spectacular scenery.

The lake was listed as the eleventh largest lake in Indonesia. Meanwhile, in West Sumatra, Maninjau is the second largest lake after the Lake Singkarak. Around Lake Maninjau there are tourist facilities like hotels and lodging.

Maninjau lake has a five-star resort is located on the top of the hill. With the fun and calm the heart, stay in the area Maninjau experience that will be impressive. There are also facilities for swimming and water skying. Visitors can rent canoes and motorboat at the lakeshore.

 Most of the people who live around Lake Maninjau are ethnically Minangkabau. Villages on the shores of the lake include Maninjau and Bayur.

Lake Maninjau is used as a site for paragliding.

Here, you can also purchase souvenir typical Songkets, or products made from various songkets typical of West Sumatra (in the form of sandals, shoes, bags, place a coin, etc).

Mount Rinjani and Segara Anak Crater Lake

Rinjani is the second highest volcano in Indonesia after Mount Kerinci (3,800 meters) located in Sumatera Island, and has become very popular to local and foreign tourists.

Standing at a majestic 3726 m, Mt. Rinjani located in the North of Lombok, Indonesia is an active volcano.

The 6 km by 8.5 km oval-shaped caldera is filled partially by a crater lake known as Segara Anak ('Child of the Sea') and is approximately 2000m above sea level and estimated at being around 200m dee) the caldera also contains hot springs.

The route of the climb will reach Lake Segara Anak, to climb such an impressive mountain is an unforgettable experience. Starting points for such a trek can begin at Senaru or from Sembalun.

Unlike the smooth cones of Bali and Java, Rinjani is more a massif than a single peak: the huge crater is some six kilometres across, and shelters a deep lake.

The whole of the Rinjani area was gazetted as a national park in 1997, and the mountain is one of the trekking destinations in Southeast Asia.

The Rinjani Mountain Climbing will be started in mid-April to early in December, depending on weather conditions.

Telaga Warna Lake

Lake Telaga Warna means color lake. This lake is a lake that water color changing periodicly, sometimes red, sometimes yellow, and sometimes gree. The place is located between tea plantation and dense forest. Up of the lake, there is sloping side with big trees covered as canopy.

As the story goes, this tourism place has been well-known since 5 centuries ago. According to a poet lived at the year of Sunda kingdom, Bujangga Manik, the place was called Talaga Warena.

Telaga Warna Lake located in the foot of slope of Mount Megamendung, Tugu Utara village, Cisarua district, about 5 kilometers from Bogorm, West Java, Indonesia.

If you tired with the tour, the visitors can rest at the restaurant can be found along Puncak Pass, around the lake. You can enjoy traditional Indonesian foods there.

Kelimutu

Kelimutu Lake is one of the tourism in Indonesia. Many foreign tourists come to this Lake. Kelimutu Lake is often referred to as the Lake of Three Colors, located in the summit of Mount Kelimutu, Ende Regency, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara.

The name Kelimutu is derived from the word ‘keli’, meaning ‘mountain’, and ‘mutu’, meaning ‘boiling’.

These colored lakes change colors on a regular basis. The western lake, Tiwi Ata Mbupu (Lake of Old People) is commonly blue. Tiwu Nua Muri Kooh Tai (Lake of Young Men and Maidens) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Bewitched, or Enchanted Lake), which share a common crater wall, are commonly green and red-colored, respectively, although lake colors vary periodically.

The colors of the lakes change over time due to volcanic activity which started millions of years ago. Some researchers say that this color change may result from changes in chemical composition of water crater caused by the change in gas volcano, the effects of water temperature from the crater increases, sunlight refraction, reflection crater walls, the reflection of the lake basis, the mineral content in the crater , stones and moss.

Around the area, visitors can also see and enjoy the beauty of nature, such as waterfalls, hot water bathing places, rice fields, roads that circle along the ridge.

Toba Lake

World famous is the crater Toba Lake in the Batak highlands; approximately five hours drive from Medan. Toba Lake is the largest lake in South East Asia and also one of the most spectacular, surrounded by tall mountains and with the large island of Samosir in the middle. If we descend from the mountain we see the lake glittering in all its beauty. The Dutch writer Rudy Kousbroek even called Toba Lake, 'the most beautiful place on earth'. Most visitors stay on the peninsula of Tuk Tuk on Samosir, named after the linguist Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk. In general people stay several days on Samosir to discover the island, to visit traditional Batak villages, to swim in the lake and go to the hot springs in Pangururan.

The centerpiece of North Sumatra, Lake Toba's bracing climate and magnificent panoramas clear the mind and soothe the soul. For decades a magnet from regional and foreign visitors alike, Toba has developed into a full-featured highland resort while retaining the rustic charm and relaxed ambiance that define Toba's attraction. Formed by a stupendous prehistoric volcanic explosion, the 100 km long lake is the largest in Southeast Asia and one of the deepest and the highest in the world. The drama of that cataclysmic birth persist in 500 meter cliffs dropping into the blue-green waters, surrounded by steep, pine covered sloped, the climate is fresh and pleasant, with just enough rain to support the lush vegetation.

Toba Lake is a 100kms x 30kms volcanic lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Toba Lake has become one of the main tourist attractions for a long time in North Sumatra apart from Bukit Lawang and Nias, visited by both domestic and foreign tourist.

The Origin of Toba Lake

It is estimated that Toba Lake was formed during a volcanic eruption about 73.000-75.000 years ago and which was the most recent super volcano eruption. Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University estimated that volcanic materials that were spewed out the mountain totaling 2800km3, with 800km3 ignimbrites rock and 2000km3 volcanic ash that is estimated was blown (wind) to the west for 2 weeks. This incident caused mass death (destruction) and to several species also causes extinction. According to some DNA proof, this eruption also shrinks the humankind population to around thousands back then.

After this eruption, a caldera was formed that was filled by water afterwards and now known as Toba Lake. The pressure from the dormant magma, which has not yet erupted, caused Samosir Island to emerge. The region that now known as Samosir Island originally was a peninsula that attached to the Sumatran mainland. In this peninsula the Netherlands built the water canal 10 m width.

For the first time visitors, going through Medan-Parapat route seeing a lake as big as that made Samosir appear like an amazing grand island. However, the island perspective will certainly faded with the increase in Toba plateau visitor, Nias and the other places in the south, through Medan-Berastagi route. Samosir occupied a central geographical position in the Toba plateau region. With the declaration of the Toba Samosir Regency (the inhabitants 302.000 lives, the area with wide of 3.440 km including the lake) it finally ascend from only a shadow into a Regency. Moreover, the width of Samosir Island exceed Singapore (647 km), in fact Toba Lake almost twice bigger than Singapore. The Samosir image in tourism books as the backpackers location must be changed because this historic place must restore the greatness of its past.

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