Lake-Situ Cileunca-Bandung-West Java-Indonesia

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Lake-Situ Cileunca-Bandung-West Java-Indonesia

Some people of Bandung, may be unfamiliar with this attraction, due to its location far and very narrow road to get there.

If we just talk about Situ Cileunca and never visited is certainly it does not fit, because the natural scenery offered by Situ Cileunca very beautiful with green tea plantations Malabar and three mountain standing strong, namely the mountain Malabar, windu mountain, and the mountain wayang.

Situ Cileunca located 45 KM south of Bandung and 185 KM from the city of Jakarta, Situ Cileunca at an altitude of 1550 Mtr above sea level and is surrounded by two Malabar tea plantations managed by PTPN VIII, Situ Cileunca located not far from the district Pangalengan, puddles of 180 this hectare village is flanked by two Village Wanasari and Village Pulosari.

The history of Situ Cileunca 

Historically, Situ Cileunca was private area of a Dutch citizen named Kuhlan who had settled in Pangalengan. Within its construction Situ Cileunca implemented in longer periods of time that for 7 years (1919-1926) with the stem, river flow Cileunca, forming a situ which eventually became a dam that is now named Dam Pulo.

In the Dutch colonial era Situ Cileunca  used as a source of electricity for the city of Bandung, in addition, water discharge is also used as a backup source of clean water for the city of Bandung, with a capacity of 9.89 million m3 of water.

Lakes - Beautiful Lake Lembang (Situ Lembang) Bandung

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Beautiful Lake Lembang (Situ Lembang).
Bandung Flower City , it is appropriate name for this city dubbed with the nickname of the city of flowers. because the wealth of natural attractions make the city of Bandung looks stunning, such as the scent of flowers. One of the spot is Lembang, Bandung area. Lembang, Bandung region, an area that has several attractions that are often visit by the tourists. The cool air of Lembang attracted tourists to spend vacation time in Lembang. When visiting Lembang area you can find some well known attractions like Tangkuban Perahu, Ciater Hotspring and many more attractions that can be found in the Lembang. one of them is Situ Lembang (Lake Lembang).
Lake Lembang extent of 74 hectares, is located at an altitude of 1,567 meters above sea level at the foot of Mount Tangkuban parahu and Mount Burangrang with a rainfall of 2,500 mm / year and the air temperature is 15-25C, The lake is surrounded by steep walled mountains in the north of the circle to the west and merges with Burangrang mountains. In the past, the area was part of the caldera of Mount Sunda Ancient wall that erupted millions of years ago. The rest of the Ancient Gunung Sunda eruption left a trail that led to Tangkuban Parahu that is on the east side of Lake Lembang (Situ Lembang), also a small peak that is often called "Mount Sunda" at north of Lake Lembang (Situ Lembang).