The Beauty of Telaga Warna at Cisarua

Posted by Adi Afifa Kurnia | 2/07/2009 07:42:00 AM

Make a tour at Ciliwung river, why not? It is because various interesting tourism places can be enjoyed there, starting from upper course of the river at Puncak area to its stream body at Bogor, West Java. One of them is a conservation called Lake Telaga Warna means color lake. The conservation is located between tea plantation and dense forest.

At this conservation, tourist will find a natural lake which its surface seems colorful. Its color is sometime green, and sometime mingled with red, brown and gold color. It is a color playing of sunray on lake surface. Up of the lake, there is sloping side with big trees covered as canopy.

Roving through the conservation, we will find another lake. before we arrive there, we will walk along soil path hardened by small stones and pass in the middle of tea plantation and small hills. At the end of hills and plantation, we will arrive at a huge green valley. At this green valley, we will find a small lake called Cisaat Lake. Around the lake, there are some plantation houses.

Telaga Warna lake and Cisaat lake and the area around them are decided by the Indonesian government as a conservation recently, and it is called Telaga Warna Conservation. 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.

The ticket price of this tourism area is about 10.000 rupiahs for one person. Beside enjoying the natural beauty and tranquality of the area, visitors can also do photography activities, bird-watching, and cycling.

After tired and satisfied with the tour, the visitors can rest at Melrimba Garden. It is a simple restaurant not far from the conservation. We can enjoy traditional Indonesian foods and also buy plant or flower, and learn how to take care of it. The visitors are also free to choose other restaurants such as Rindu Alam, which can be found along Puncak Pass.

Image is taken from: www.pbase.com/archiaston/telaga_warna

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