Lake Sentani in Earth Paradise

Lake Sentani in Papua is located between latitude 20:33 south until 2041 and 1400.23 until 1400 38 east longitude. Being 70 to 90 m above sea level. Situated between the mountains also Cyclops. Volcanic lakes are. Source of water comes from 14 large and small rivers with a river mouth, Jaifuri Puay. Western region, long Doyo and Boroway, the depth of the lake is very steep. While the east and the middle, sloping and shallow, Puay and Simporo. Here also there in the swamp forests Simporo and Yoka. In some notes mentioned, the bottom waters contain sandy mud substrate (humus). In the waters are shallow, overgrown with pandanus and sago plants. The extent of approximately 9360 ha with average depth of 24.5 meters. Disekitaran this lake there are 24 villages. Scattered coastal area and the small islands are in the middle of the lake.

Lake Sentani is the largest lake in the province of Jayapura. This historic location offers incredible scenery. Still a couple of Crane and the Eagles are going to grab a fish in Lake Sentani. You also provided a Johnson boat around the lake while.
Honey Lake Sentani is still less well known as one tourism destination object compared to places other marine tourism in Indonesia. Therefore, the government makes an event nicknamed Festival Danau Sentani Sentani introduced as a step in the eyes of tourists baek or abroad.

Lake Sentani Festival
Festivals held each year is intended to preserve cultural values as a unique asset of Ondoafi and made a tour package that can be enjoyed by the domestic and foreign tourists.
At this festival will show a very unique culture as an inheritance from a common ancestor (Ondoafi or Ondofolo) among others, such as Dance War Above the boat and traditional dances from various other tribes in the Jayapura District coupled with the culture of other regions in Papua and other areas in Indonesia which have similar characteristics to the lake sentani as communities around Lake Toba in Sumatra, Mindanao Lake in North Sulawesi, Tempe lake in NTT and others.

Maninjau Lake: The Legend of Bujang Sembilan

Maninjau Lake is a lake in the district of Tanjung Raya, Agam regency, West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The lake is located about 140 kilometers north of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra. Maninjau which is a volcanic lake is located at an altitude of 461.50 meters above sea level. Size Maninjau approximately 99.5 km ² and has a maximum depth of 495 meters. Cekungannya formed by the eruption of Mount Marapi. According to the legend in Ranah Minang, the existence of Lake Maninjau closely related to the story of Bujang Sembilan.
The lake was listed as the eleventh largest lake in Indonesia. Meanwhile, in West Sumatra, Maninjau is the second largest lake after Lake Festival which has an area of 129.69 km ² is located in two districts of Tanah Datar and Solok. At around Lake Maninjau have tens of tourism facilities such as five-star hotels.


The History of Maninjau Lake and Bujang Sembilan

Long ago, in an area in west sumatra, there is a very active volcano named Mount Tinjau. In one village at the foot of Tinjau's brothers lived ten people consisting of nine men and one woman. Ordinary citizens about their call Bujang Sembilan. These ten brothers are Kukuban, Kudun, Bayua, Malintang, Galapuang, Balok, Batang,Bayang, and the youngest man named Kaciak. While their brother the youngest was a girl named Siti Rasani, nicknamed Sani. Both their parents died long ago, so Kukuban as the eldest son became the head of household. All decisions in his hand.
Tenth brothers lived in a house of their parents' heritage. To make ends meet, they worked on farms large enough legacy of their parents. They are very skilled at farming, because they diligently to help his father and mother when they were alive. In addition, they are also guided by their uncle named Datuk Limbatang, which they called Engku familiar.

Datuk Limbatang is a mamak in the village and has a son named Giran. As a mamak, Datuk Limbatang have great responsibility to educate and watched the life of its citizens, including the nephew's tenth man. For that, every other day, he visited the house Kukuban brothers to teach them farming skills and various customs procedures for the area. Not infrequently Datuk Limbatang also took his wife and son to participate with him.
On one day, when Datuk Limbatang with his wife and visited the house of Bujang Sembilan, Sani accidentally exchanged Giran. Apparently, both boys and girls are equally placed liver. Sani was invited to meet Giran in a field on the riverbank. With hearts pounding, Giran even express his feelings to Sani.
Datuk Limbatang wanted to marry his son with Sani. But the elder brother Sani, Kukuban, did not agree because Giran has been embarrass him in the martial arts arena. But eventually Datuk Limbatang not force.
One day, Giran found treat wounds in the thigh Sani. But people think they do custom distortion. Sani and Garin brought to court. They try to convince citizens that they did not do anything.
After that, of the second Giran lifted his hand to the sky and praying. "My God! Please hear and grant our prayers. If we were really guilty, destroy our bodies in the water hot crater of this mountain. However, if we are not guilty, this mountain letuskanlah and curses Bujang Sembilan to fish!"
It turned out that prayer was answered. Sani and Giran jump down and submerged in the water crater. Mountain erupted, Bujang Sembilan into fish. Over time the crater of Mount View expanded and formed a lake which we now know as Lake Maninjau.


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Samosir island

Samosir Island is a volcanic island in the middle of Lake Toba in North Sumatra province. An island in the island with an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level makes this island into an island that attract the attention of tourists.

Is the concentration Tuktuk tourist center on the island of Samosir. From Parapat, Tuktuk can be connected with the ferry crossing. Besides water transportation, Samosir Island can also be reached by land through the Pangururan where Samosir Island and the island of Sumatra in touch.

Samosir Island itself is located in the area of new Samosir regency in 2003 separated from ex-Toba Samosir regency.

On this island there are also two small lakes as a recreational area of Lake and Lake Sidihoni the Natonang Aek earned the nickname "the lake above the lake".

Kakaban Island

Kakaban Island located in Derawan Islands, Berau, East Kalimantan.



Kakaban attract foreign tourists with a unique, one of the lakes on the island of Lake Kakaban. Which the lake is filled by a mixture of rain water and seepage water from soil pores and create a different habitat endemic in most other regions of the world's lakes, except Lake Kakaban no one else with the brackish water lake that is in the Palau Islands, Micronesia.

Lake Kakaban, is sea water trapped in Kakaban, plus the water from the soil and rain water from 2 million years ago. Lake Kakaban a prehistoric lake that is Holosin transitional period. The extent of approximately 5 km ², the cliff walls as high as 50 meters, which resulted in sea water is trapped no longer get out, into the lake. Administratively, Lake Kakaban including Berau Regency, East Kalimantan.



Jellyfish in Kakaban Island are not too sting like the other jellyfish

Kakaban Island near from Malaysia and from Palau. so, By sea transportation you can go here