RAWA PENING - AMBARAWA
According to legend, Rawa Pening formed from the wellspring that shown up after Baru Klinthing pull the stick that he sticked into the ground. He challange his community in his village to try to pull the stick from the ground after no one accepted him on a village party and insult him becouse he turned into a little boy full of sores. Only an old widow that helped him and as a gratitude, Baru Klinthing helped her from the flood that he created.
You can enjoy the beauty of Rawa Pening any time specially in the morning. The sunrise in Rawa Pening gives you another feel. For some people, it's give you mystical atmosphere. At the noon, you can relax with the family in the park of Rawa Pening, because the design of a beautiful garden in the park is suitable for recreation with family. You also can hire a boat that has been provided on the dock around the lake and see the amount of water hyacinth and the lives of fishermen in the Rawa Pening. To rent a boat with a capacity of 10 to 15 people is you can rent it for IDR 25.000/jam. In the evening many people came to the Rawa Pening lake to enjoy grilled fish dish, because the area outside the park there are lots of traditional stall and restaurants how serve special grilled Gurame fish.
For those of you who like to take pictures / photography, beauty of Rawa Peningis very unique. Especially in the morning at sunrise, at about 5 am and waited at the dock by the lake to photograph the beautiful panorama of Rawa Pening. Very beautiful to immortalized through a camera. After sunrise, you can go "hunting" you with a rented boat at the dock, usually during the morning, the fishermen are actively catching fish in the lake.
There is lots of the water hyacinth. This weed has almost covered the entire surface of the lake up to the headwaters of the Tuntang river. Several attempts have been made to overcome this invasive species is to do the cleaning area of the lake as well as training in the use of water hyacinth handicraft, but the pressure is very high plant populations. In fact, according to a recent government, now getting 15 lake in Indonesia are the priorities to be addressed because it is mostly in poor condition. Other lakes include the priority handling is Lake Toba, Maninjau, and Limboto.
Stunning natural beauty makes the Rawa Pening as a tourist attraction worth visiting. In addition to the water is still clear and cool in the Rawa Pening. Also enjoy a beautiful garden and is suitable for family recreation. Rawa Pening area has several attractions such as Tlogo, Lopait, Bukit Cinta (Mount of Love), and Muncul. In addition to the railway museum in Ambarawa, not hurt you to stop by the park this Rawa Pening lake.
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