Sunday, June 12, 2016

Natural Beauty Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park

Gunung Gede a mountain that is included in the scope of Gede Pangrango National Park, which is one of the five national parks in Indonesia was first announced in 1980 ago. This mountain has an altitude of 1000-3000 meters above sea level (asl) and is located at a latitude 106 ° 51 '- 107 ° 02' east longitude and 64 ° 1 '- 65 ° 1 LS.

The average temperature at the top of the mountain Gede 18 ° C and in the evening peak temperatures ranging from 5 ° C, with an average rainfall of 3,600 mm / year. The main gateway to this mountain is from Cibodas and Cipanas. Gunung Gede blanketed by forests to sub-alpine mountains around its peak. Mountain forest in this region is one of the richest flora in Indonesia, even in the area of ​​Malesia.

Gunung Gede National Park area is a natural tourist attraction which attracted many domestic and foreign visitors. As for some of the attractions that are in the national parks, among others:
- Blue lake that is a small lake measuring five hectares (1,575 meters above sea level) is located 1.5 km from the entrance Cibodas. The lake is always looked blue in the sun, because it is covered by blue algae.
- Niagara Cibeureum which has a height of about 50 meters is located approximately 2.8 km from
Cibodas. In the vicinity of the waterfall can see a kind of red moss which is endemic in West Java.
- Hot Springs is located approximately 5.3 km or 2 hours drive from Cibodas.
- Peak and the summit of Mount Gede. Panorama form the sunset / sunrise, overlays Cianjur- city of Sukabumi -Bogor seen clearly, interesting geological attractions and observations typical vegetation around the crater. At the peak, there are three craters are still active in a complex that is the crater Lanang, Ratu and Wadon. Located at an altitude of 2,958 meters above sea level with a distance of 9.7 km or 5 hours drive from Cibodas.
- Square Suryakencana. 50-hectare plateau covered with flower beds edelwiss. Located at an altitude of 2750 meters above sea level with a distance of 11.8 km or 6 hours drive from Cibodas

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