West Java Points
• Bandung City
• Tangkuban Perahu Volcano
• Ciater Hotspring
• Maribaya Hotspring
• Sundanese Cuisine
• Saung Angklung Pak Ujo
• Cihideung Flower Garden
• White Crater
• Patengan Lake
• Cimanggu Hotspring
• Papandayan Volcano
• Cangkuang Temple
• Tasikmalaya Regency
• Galunggung Hotspring
• Cipatujah Beach
• Sindangkerta Beach
• Pamayangsari Beach
• Karang Tawulan Beach
• Tourism Agronomist
• Adventure Tourism
• Vulcanology Tourism
• Archaeological Site
• Traditional Arts
• Souvenir & Handicraft
• Dragon Village
Bandung City
FACTORY OUTLET : Originally meant for export garment factories that open a store directly in their area so that they can sell with bargain prices.
Now, many factory outlets (without the factory itself) were opening in many places in the city, also with bargain price tags. To attract people, they decorated the store with many styles: the colonial style, and old chinese dynasty, etc. Some stores even have a small food court.
CIHAMPELAS JEANS STREET : A perpect place to find any kind of (denim) jeans and apparels with good quality at reasonable price. View fantastic shopfronts design among the shops. The street is crowded with visitors during weekend and holidays. And more Bandung Interest Places... So, Bandung Not only heaven shopping days home!
Tangkuban Perahu Volcano
Tangkuban perahu is a volcano, 25 kilometers north of Bandung direction of Lembang. Its location is in between Sagalaherang village, Sagalaherang district, Subang regency and Cikole village, Lembang district, Bandung regency. This is Bandung's most famous tourist volcano just 28 km north of the city. This volcano offers many places to see and explore. Whether we look into the huge crater or hike down into it, stroll through the forest on its slopes, or simply enjoy the splendid panoramic scenery. Mt. Tangkuban Perahu is an interesting destination that everyone in the Bandung area is fond of visiting. When seen from Bandung, Mt. Tangkuban Perahu has a distinctive shape, like an upside down boat. Tangkuban Perahu means, in fact, "up-turned boat" This peculiar shape has stimulated the fantasy of the Sundanese people from early times as expressed in the Legend of Sangkuriang. Geologically, Mt. Tangkuban Perahu has played a significant role in the development of Parahyangan highlands. Eruptions have contributed immensely to the hills north of Bandung through lava flowing into the valleys and hardening into rock, thus forming big cliffs over which waterfalls leap. Likewise, mud flows have formed a semi-circular cone of gentle gradient (what geologists call "a fan"), which is now a mass that blocked the valley of the ancient Citarum River near present day in Padalarang (some 18 km west of Bandung), this caused a lake to form covering the whole Bandung plain.
Maribaya Hotspring
Maribaya Hotspring : Maribaya is well known for its hot springs, the sulfur-laden water, a comfortable place for swimming and enjoying the scenery of a 25-meter waterfall set against a steep mountain cliff. Maribaya warm springs emerge from near the fault trace of the almost east west trending Lembang Fault which is downthrown to the north. The uplifted southern block consists of older andesitic volcanic products from Tangkuban Perahu and other old eruptive centers to the east while on the north the outcrop is mainly of younger Tangkuban Perahu pyroclastics. The main Tangkuban Perahu craters are 9 km to the NW of Maribaya and Bandung city is about 11 km to the SW. Maribaya, which lies 9 km southeast of Tangkuban Perahu at the foot of an east-west scarp which may be associated with Lembang fault. The springs flow from the banks of a stream where it flows over two waterfalls created by basaltic lava flows. The waters have temperatures ranging between 38° and 47°C, an 8-9 and are slightly turbid and yellowish in color. Where they emerge from the rocks they are often associated with carbonate and argyle deposits.
The 30-minute trip from Bandung to Maribaya passes through some lovely mountain scenery. Renowned for its hot springs, the sulfur-laden water is comfort, able for swimming or soaking. Lie back and relax while enjoying the view of a 25-meter waterfall set against a steep mountain cliff. The mountain air is cool and the sulfur-laden water just comfortably hot enough for swimming as and soaking in. Part of the scenery is a 25 m high waterfall set against a steep mountain cliff. This is tiny waterfall.
Patengan Lake
Patengan Lake - Ciwidey : One of the leading resorts is located in less than an hour by road to the south of the city. The eastern side of the lake is a cool forest has an average temperature of 10 degrees C and is often hazy the whole day. A lush tea estate, reaching far out to the west and south, borders the north side. From Cimanggu Hot Spring it is just 30 minutes drive through tea plantations. This is a lovely site for boating, the lake looks a green carpet, and tea plantations surround the lake. Patenggang Lake is a very popular spot for Indonesians on a Sunday and public holiday. Its location is in Ciwidey tourism area, 47 kilometers from Bandung to the South, and the site is in the area of Rancabali tea plantation. The tourism site is good for family as it offers hot spring water swimming pool, restaurants, a recreation park for kids, and bungalow as well as other supporting facilities.
Cimanggu Hotspring
Ciwidey is rich with hot springs. One of them has used by Perhutani (State Forest Management Firm) as the source of Cimanggu swimming pool. Cimanggu Hot Spring is some swimming pools full of hot water from the mountain. The water is much hotter then in Hot Spring Ciater Resort, the area of this hot spring is very nice and a good place to relax. This hot spring is not so crowded as Ciater Hot Spring. The drive from Bandung takes about 2 hours. It is a lovely spot reasonably maintained, to relax, to swim, or just soak. The hot springs are channeled into a small pool for children and a large hot water pool. Cimanggu tourism site has some facilities such as; big parking area, play ground, hot water swimming pool, public toilet and bathroom, musholla, and drinking and food shops.
Papandayan Volcano
Situated on the island of Java, at 7°32' S and 107°73'E, rising 2.662 m. Papandayan Mountain is one of the natural wonder in West-Java. Papandayan is a complex strata volcano with four large summit craters, the youngest of which was breached to the NE by collapse during a brief eruption in 1772 and contains active fumarole fields. This interesting place lies in the border of the Bandung and Garut regencies, about seventy kilometers south of Bandung and about 19,25 km from Garut. It is one if the most spectacular volcanoes in this province and the top of the mountain are easily reaches, because there are special road leading to the crater. Mount Papandayans crater is probably one of the most spectacular mountain scenes on Java Island. There is a Cangkuang temple situated by Cangkuang Lake, which was a major discovery of archaeological value as it was the first of its kind found in West Java, dating back to the 8th century.
Cangkuang Temple
Cangkuang Temple is 10 kilometers from Tarogong to the North in the direction to Bandung. To go there, tourists particularly foreigners took delman (a traditional land transportation with horse in the front). Beautiful flowers cover the shallow situ. There is a small island in the middle of the lake, namely Cangkuang temple. It is the only Hindu temple that ever found in West Java is the important discovery in the past. Cangkuang has been built in the period of the first Sundanese Kingdom: Galuh Kingdom. Near the temple, there are heritage graves from the Moslem follower Arif Muhammad, who is one of the Mataram Kingdom soldier from Central Java when attacking the Dutch Colonialist in Batavia (now Jakarta), at the 17th Century. The ambush failed, he refused to return and stayed in Cangkuang for teaching and disseminating Islam to the surrounding community, precisely in Kampung Pulo, where his hereditary stays until now. In Kampung Pulo, can be found the traditional village, which contains six houses in a row and face-to-face, three on the left and three on the right, plus one mosque, which stays only six families. In the edge of the lake, to reach Cangkuang temple, people must use traditional transportation made from bamboo, but safe and comfortable that is called rakit (raft).
Tasikmalaya Regency
By geography Tasikmalaya regency have in East Priangan region province of West Java that border on:
1. Western part border on Garut Regency
2. Eastern part border on Ciamis Regency
3. Northern part border on Sumedang and Majalengka Regency
4. Southern part border on Ocean of Indonesia
Tasikmalaya regency located between 107° - 109° West longitude and 7° South latitude. The region wide about 256.756.659 ha, with about more 1.565.906 number of population that conduct of more 778.553 male and more 787.373 female. Climate conditions of Tasikmalaya that is mounting climate and low land with average rainfall about 200 - 3000 mm per year.
Galunggung Hotspring
Located Galunggung is one of fire mount with height 2.167 from sea surface and located in Sukaratu sub-district, Linggarjati village, with distance from Tasikmalaya regency government administration about 17 km. Object and Cipanas Galunggung tourism attractive managed by Tasikmalaya regency government that is Tasikmalaya regency government tourism office. Access to Cipanas Galunggung from three directions that are from Indiahiang, Cilembang ang Singaparna with condition of street is adequate. The availability facilities: mess, children playground, Hot Swimming Pool, Hot Bathtub, Hot Bathroom, Mosque, Toilet, Souvenir Shop, Waterfall, and parking area.
Tourism Agronomist
Contitute of mounting natural tourism with tea plantation panorama in Taraju sub-district about in southern of Tasikmalaya city, the mounting air coolness and beauty in Taraju tea plantation can used for Tea Walk in the morning and garden party with family while enjoy of mounting natural scenery beauty. Also an obtained of Nusamba tea processing plant. Beside of Agronomist Tourism in Taraju, also obtained tea plantation in Bojonggambir and Citisuk Cipatujah rubber plantation panorama tourism.
Adventure Tourism
In Tasikmalaya regency some cave with pebbles and stalagnit that artistic and unique that is Daha cave, Chapinis cave, Hulu Kuya cave, Sarongge cave, Dasarongga cave, Banteng cave, Anteg cave and Ciodeng cave.
Cikapinis cave an obtained in Cikapinis Karangnunggal village, Dasarongga cave in Taraju, and Anteg cave in Melatisuka village sub-district of Gunung Tanjung about 8 km from Tasikmalaya city. The lenght of Anteg cave is 3 km and obtained both Sukapura and Prabu Siliwangi ancestor grave, for visit of sacred place can reched by motor cycle and car.
Vulcanology Tourism
That including the mounting natural which in depply obtained Karaha cauldron in Kadipaten sub-district, about 32 km from Tasikmalaya go to direction of Bandung. Its natural weather is still purely and virgin with showing of beauty and cool air. Beside suitable for picnic also can for research, camping, refreshing, and exercise of relaxed walk.
Archaeological Site :
1. Geger Hanjuang lake in Leuwisari sub-district
2. Agung Manonjaya mosque has been established on 1937 by Rd. Tumenggung Danuringrat with unique and specific.
3. Keputihan site and Panangkeupan Stone in Purwarahayuvillage, Taraju sub-district, 41 km from Tasikmalaya.
Traditional Arts
Angklung Sered : this art come from an around of Mount Galunggung area which has already been grow since a first 17th century, with its famous figure that is Eyang Toif. The instrumentation used that is Angklung and Dogdog.
The number of player conduct of two groups, where every group have number about 13 peoples, an added with four peoples who strikes a dogdog, as a rhythm escort. That both groups of angklung players an initially have complain about self defense and must defend their totality and safety of group. In its development this art have spread come out from the Mount Galunggung area. The used fashion as folllows: Kampret clothing, Pangsi trousers, Headband and sarong of shawl.
UBRUG Fly and GEBES Fly : These art as one of kinds traditional arts. Commonly called with Gesrek and Gebes fly, too. The kinds of these art have been known since 1923. When the Dalem Sukapura III government administration that is Raden Dalam Sawidak. These arts an initially as a toll for assemble of people for mutual cooperation work or in ceremonial activity after harvest and expression of gratitude to God.
Souvenir & Handicraft
The people handicraft produce of Tasikmalaya regency as follows :
1. Handicraft from bamboo, plait of bamboo in Rajapolah.
2. Bordir craft in Sukaraja and Mangunreja.
3. Sukaraja batik handmade.
4. Onik stone in Cibalong.
Handicraft and plait of Bamboo center obtained in Rajapolah sub-district about 13 km from Tasikmalaya city to Bandung, while bordir obtained in Sukaraja, about 20 km Southern of Tasikmalaya city to Cipatujah beach. And Onik stone obtained in Cibalong sub-district in the same direction with Sukaraja, used for make variously of handicraft such as table, chair, souvenir, etc. Cibalong also known as a producer of Pondoh Zalacca.
Pamayang Sari Beach
This beaches only fisherman harbour in Tasikmalaya regency. One of interest in this beaches that is every year and implemented of fisherman party traditionalceremonial.
Distance of Sindangkerta beach about 4 km to East.
The avalaibility facilities: Fish auction place, fish market, food shop, tourism cottage, parking area, etc.
