Be adventure

Tondano Lake

One of beautiful place that has extraordinary scenery in Sulawesi is the Tondano Lake. Tondano Lake is a beautiful lake that is located 600m above sea level surrounded by mountains which have an average altitude of 700 meters, where many people come for day trips to enjoy the cool air of the mountain. Tondano Lake located approximately 36 km from the city of Manado.

Tondano Lake is the largest lake in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The lake is flanked by Lembean mountains, Kaweng Mount, Tampusu Hill, and Masarang Mount. The lake is surrounded by roads that linking the provincial and Tondano city, East Tondano District, Eris District, Kakas District, Remboken District, and District of South Tondano. This lake is good habitat for lake fishes like Mujair, Pior / Kabos, Payangka Wiko (small shrimp), Nike and so on. This lake has 4.278ha of area, and there is a small island named Likri (next to the Tandengan village, Eris district). On the shores of the Lake we can see Kaweng Mountain clearly.

Visiting Tondano Lake is really precious momment. With about an hour journey from the city of Manado via road and winding up in the mountains and the green crops, we can arrive at the edge of the cool air of Tondano.

Lake Tondano has a famous tourist attraction "Sumaru Endo" Remboken, and Pine Hill Resort Tourism (Tondano direction Toliang Oki). From the edge of the lake Tondano (Toliang Oki), we can pass the peak hill and looked at the beauty Lembean Maluku Sea (to the east), precisely the Tondano Pante area (Sub Kombi), Minahasa regency.

We can find many restaurants there, which is generally located on the lake. Vary dishes are also available, but the most popular, of course, Goldfish, Mujair and anchovy catches or breeding in Lake Tondano. These fish can be cooked in many variations.

Lake Rana ( South Sumatra )

There is no doubt about The beauty of Lake Ranau. Lake Ranau is the largest and most beautiful lake in South Sumatra, located in District Appeal Court, District OKU Selatan (formerly included in the area Ogan Komering Ulu). Located approximately 342 kilometers (km) from the city of Palembang, 130 km from the City Baturaja, and 50 km from Muara Dua, the capital of OKU Selatan. Meanwhile, from Bandar Lampung, this lake can be taken through Bukit Kemuning and Liwa.

Geographically, the lake is located in the border district OKU Selatan, Province of South Sumatra and West Lampung District, Lampung Province Lake Ranau which has an area of about 8 × 16 km with the background of Mount Seminung (altitude of ± 1880 m asl), surrounded by hills and valleys . At night, cool air and during the sunny day temperatures range between 20 ° -26 ° Celsius. Located on the position of 4 ° 51'45 "longitude south and 103 ° 55'50" East Longitude.

In theory, the lake was created from the massive earthquake and volcanic eruptions of the volcano that makes the hollow large. Major rivers that formerly flowed at the foot of the volcano became the principal water source that fills the hollow.

Over time, a large hole was filled with water. Then, around that new lake, starting overgrown with various plants, including bush plants and called Ranau by the local people. Therefore, the lake was named Lake Ranau. The rest of the volcano has now become Mount Seminung who stood firm on the edge of the clear lake water.

On the other side at the foot of Mount Seminung, there are natural hot springs that come out of the bottom of the lake. In the vicinity of the lake can also be found Waterfall Subik. Another place of interest to visit is the island of Marisa is located not far from the hot water.