Eits, it turns out in addition to the two cities in Central Java also has another interesting tourist sites to visit. The location is Baturaden. Baturaden is one of 27 districts in Banyumas.
Baturaden is a tourist resort which offers panoramic views of waterfalls, mini-train, paddle boats, and a swimming pool. Baturaden name is taken from a legend about a pair of star-crossed lovers, a male waiter (Batur) and a noblewoman (Raden).
Baturaden tourist sites can be accessed using a personal vehicle or it could be by public transport. For those of you who want to access this location to public transportation can ride public transportation (public transportation) from the terminal to the majors Baturaden Purwokerto. Then get off at the terminal lokawisata Baturaden.
If you want more practical and free it can use private vehicles, rent a car or use a taxi. With a distance of about 15 km from the city center Purwokerto, you only takes about 15 minutes if the streets are not congested. You should be careful if you decide to use a personal vehicle, because a lot of uphill road with a slope of about 30 degrees.
Some interesting locations that you should visit while in Baturaden, among others:
1. Pancuran Pitu and Pancuran Telu Baturaden
Pancuran Pitu and Pancuran Telu Baturaden a hot water bath containing sulfur. The hot spring is believed to help cure various diseases. The water temperature in the bath and shower shower Pitu telu ranges between 60 to 70 degrees Celsius.
Both showers are one of the favorite tourist locations and also the most famous in Baturaden. In addition to a hot bath while enjoying a view of green mountains, you can also try a massage sulfur at a price of 7,500 rupiah per 15 minutes. The hot spring here is also believed to help cure skin diseases.
Telaga Sunyi located in the tourist center Baturaden. Telaga Sunyi is a spring that is very clear. The water here is also very cool and fresh. Unfortunately, if you visit this lake, you are prohibited from swimming or bathing. This prohibition imposed as a form of maintaining the safety of the tourists who visit.
3. Campgrounds
In addition to the hot spring and lake, in Baturaden also a campsite or camping ground which is often used as a place for outbound. In 2001, this camping ground was once the site of the National Scout Jamboree.
4. Kaloka Widya Mandala
Kaloka Widya Mandala is a zoo that is also used as a place of educational tours. Tourist attractions was unveiled by Regent Banyumas Level II Regional Head H. Djoko Sudantoko on 17 May 1995.
The Kaloka Widya Mandala there are various species of animals that originate from inside and outside the country. Some species of animals in the park include orangutans, eagles, Bantam, guinea fowl, deer, monkeys, crocodiles, snakes, kaswari, cows five feet, three feet goats, porcupine, iguana, bird of paradise, bats, elephants, monkeys , and some other rare animals.
5. Natural Theatre Baturaden
Natural theater Baturaden
Natural theater is one of the most interesting tourist sites in Baturaden, because this theater is a form of cinema that plane. Foxer 28 aircraft belonging to Garuda Indonesia was established on the land area of 600 meters, right next to the entrance of this lokawisata.
This cinema is not showing Hollywood movie or a movie, but a movie about nature and culture of the homeland Indonesia as tsunami tragedy movie, story TMII culture, or the events of Mount Merapi. The duration of the movie in the theater is approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
This natural amphitheater is intended for visitors who have never been on a plane so he could feel the sensation of flying in an aircraft while watching a movie on a screen that has been provided in the plane. To get into the theater, you only need to pay 5,000 Rupiah only. Cheap is not it?
