Peek Enchantment Boat Reversed - Tangkuban Perahu

Natural Park Tangkuban Parahu

It has a height of 2084 meters above sea level, tourists who travel to Tangkuban Parahu located 20km to the north of the city of Bandung not only can enjoy the natural scenery, but also cultural tourism sangkuriang, and geological tour of the rest of the eruption of Mount Sunda.

Tangkuban Parahu famous folk legend Sangkuriang the people of West Java. The mountain is shaped like an upturned boat, where, according to legend it is because Sangkuriang failing to fulfill promises made boats and lake in one night as a condition to marry Dayang Sumbi who actually is his own mother.

Sangkuriang that failed because it ran out of time and then kick boat to drift away and overturned. The face upturned boat, which in Sundanese called tangkub, so far called Tangkuban Parahu.

However, based on the results of a study conducted by researchers volcano, Mount Tangkuban Parahu termaduk the class of ancient volcanoes, namely Mount Sunda. Topography Bandung shaped basin with hills and mountains that surround reinforce the theory.

According to the researchers, before erupting Mount Sunda has an altitude of 4,000 meters above sea level that formed approximately 210000-105000 years ago. Having a caldera 6.5 x7, 5 miles, Mount Sunda birth Tangkuban Old Parahu between 105000-10000 years ago. Then Younger Parahu Tangkuban formed between the 10000-50 year, and sparked the birth of nine craters in the crater of Mount Tangkuban Parahu like Pangguyangan, Rhino crater, Kawah Upas, Domas crater, and the crater of the Queen.

The rest of the eruption of Mount Tangkuban Parahu then becomes an asset for tourism in West Java. Mountain scenery which offers a la Earth Parahyangan and biodiversity is never quiet as tourists. Tourists usually come over to Queen Crater, the largest crater is owned Tangkuban Parahu. In addition, there Domas crater that has many hot springs are often used for therapeutic treatment. The many hot springs in the crater Domas also often used both to boil an egg.

How to reach the location:

There are three pathways that can be passed to reach the location of the Nature Park Tangkuban Parahu, namely:

1. Driving from the south: London-Lembang-Tangkuban Parahu (29 km).

2. Driving from the southwest: Erode-Cisarua-village-Lembang Parompong-Tangkuban Parahu.

3. Driving from the north: Subang-forked road-Tangkuban Parahu (31 miles)