Lampung Province
The Capital
City of Lampung Province
is “Bandar Lampung”
Strategically
and easily located accessible particularly from Jakarta. Lampung with the
capital Bandar Lampung which was formerly two separated towns of Tanjungkarang
and Teluk Betung. In the course of the development these towns have spread and
were joined into a single town. Lampung has it’s own traditions, high valved
handicraft and art creations such as woven cloth interwoven by gold threeds
which is called “Tapis” and was made since the time of ancestors.
Sumateran elephants, tigers, and hundreds
species of birds could be watched at Way Kambas nature reserve. While Rafflesia
Arnoldi, the biggest flower in the world could be seen when it’s blooming at
South Bukit Barisan National Park. A huge park of tropical forest on the
southern coasline of Sumatera.Agriculture is dominant in providing a source of
income to it’s population sach as farming, fishery, and plantation. Clove,
coffee and coconut grown extensively along the southern coast. While on the
east and hinterland they cultivate pepper, coffee, cassava, cocoa and rice.
Tobacco growing area is around the Lake of Ranu on northern part of Lampung.
It is known that Lampung was inhabited since
prehistoric time. This proven by the discovery of cultural relics in the form
of megalitic sculptures at Kebontebu, Kenali, Pugung and Batubedil. There are
historical remains showing that Lampung was under the Indonesia’s greatest
Maritime Empire Sriwijaya. The stone inscriptions of “Palas Pasemah” and
Batubedil” in South Lampung are among of relics of it’s kingdom on 7th
century. The influence of Moslem is seem frm “Tambra Prasasti” inscription
containing contract of merchandise between the kingdom of Banten and Lampung.
Bandar Lampung is the
capital city of Lampung Province, located right next to the beautiful landscape
of Lampung Bay. For the travelers, Bandar Lampung is a transit city connecting
Java and all provinces of Sumatera. Bandar Lampung is accessible both by air
and land. Bandar Lampung is accessible both by air and land. It takes 40
minutes from Jakarta to Lampung by air and 6 hours by land. Ferries standby in
24 hours, connecting Bakauheni and Merak with every 30 minutes departure.
Travelling along the edge of hilly road as a part of trans Sumatera is in
exiting moment offering the beautiful scenery of the countryside. Traveling
along the edge of hilly road as a part of trans Sumatera is in exiting moment
offering the beautiful scenery of the countryside.
The major road, the trans
Sumatera, leads us all the way to the extreme north or west of Sumatera, a
distance of about 2.200 Km. By this extensive network of road and highway, it
is quite easy to get to places of interest that we want to visit. While
shopping centers and supermarket are located in the heart city of Tanjungkarang
and Telukbetung.
Bandar
Lampung
Bandar Lampung. The Capital of Lampung has
several interesting places to visit such as Museum, the Monument of Krakatau
Eruption. Weaving process of Tapis textiles. Art and dance performances or just
sunbathing on the beach.
Traditional Costumes
Lampung is known as produsen of Tapis cloth
that made of the elegant golden woven cloth.The Tapis cloth is unique
traditional costume from Lampung. The men from "Sang Bumi" (The popular
name of Lampung) wear Kikat (head cloth), Celancu (trouser), Sarong Songket,
and Keris.The women wear a vest, sarong, and completed by belt and Pending
(broach). They put on hair bun that stabbed by wire flower.
Museum
of Lampung
Museum of Lampung. Museum of Lampung located
at Jalan Teuku Umar, could be reached within 15 minutes from the center of
Bandar Lampung. Contents ethnographic and archaeological collections, Chinese
ceramics, tradititonal music instruments, ancient Tapis cloth and ornaments.The
Lampung Museum keeps the historical objects from the ancestors of the Lampung
people. In this museum, the ancient objects such as ceramics inheritance of
China and Siam, and the household equipments from the past century were kept. It
is opened for public every working day, from Monday until Saturday.The Cultural
Center of the Art Center in this museum also performs classical music and
Lampung traditional dance on certain days.
Way
Kambas Reserve
Way Kambas Reserve. 130.000 hectares of area
on the Lampung’s East coast, Way Kambas is the best place to watch wild
Sumateran elephants, tigers, and many species of birds.
Elephant
Training Center
Elephant Training Center. Elephant training
center in Way Kambas is an international project which partly funded by the
World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The aim of training is to make the captured elephant
to be useful for mankind. Most of the elephants now in training program and visitors come to Way
Kambas to see the training center and have opportunity to ride elephants. Simple tourist facilities are available here such as
lodging, wooden house on poles, river boat and observation center. Way Kambas
is easily accessible by car from Bandar Lampung.
Educational Site of Tirtosani
Considering the numerous flora, fauna and the
existence of a cave from the era of Japanese occupation in Indonesia, the
government planned Tirtosani Village as the educational site for public,
especially students, common people even researchers. It is also commonly called
Hutan Monyet (Monkey Forest) for the number of monkey living around the
location.The number of rare species of long-tailed monkey (Macaca
Facilularia) which settles the location is approximately 300 populations.
Moreover, here you can see Raflesia Arnoldi flower (Amorphopallus
Titanum Becc) that is only found in Lampung. Each tree growing up in the
location is given a name to provide supporting facilities for easier research
for botanist likewise common people or students.
Educational site of Tirtosani is located in
Tirtosani Village, Sumur Batu Sub-district, North Teluk Betung District, Bandar
Lampung City, Lampung Province.As the location is near to the crowded city,
educational site of Tirtosani can be easily accessed by any public
transportation.
Pekon
Hujung Village
Pekon Hujung is a village
situated in the slope of Mount Pesagi which has typical architecture of West Lampung District.
Its nature, culture, and traditional architecture are the enticements for
tourists. Since 2005, the village was planned as one of tourism destinations in
Lampung Province. Thus, the local government refurbished the access to the
location so that it can be accessed by car. Moreover, the local government also
planned to build some guesthouses for visitors who want to take rest around the
location for several days more. Pekon Hujung is located in Belalau
Sub-district, West Lampung District, Lampung Province, Indonesia.
Ranau Lake
Ranau Lake is the widest one in South Sumatera. It is around 8x16 km2
in width with the scene of Mount Semiung on its behind. It is also
surrounded by hills and valleys. Moreover, its water is so clear. The lake is a
result of a natural process. It comes from an earthquake and volcanic explosion
that created huge shale. A stream from the Mount Semiung later empties to this
shale that turned it to a lake. There
is natural hot water at the feet of Mount Semiung, which comes from the bottom
of the lake. A waterfall, the Subik, can also be seen around the lake.Lake Ranau locates on the
border of the District of West Lampung, the Province of Lampung.
The lake can be threaded with private car
from Bandar Lampung through Kemuning and Liwa Hills. The road is already
asphalted yet it curves all the way, at the border of the District of OKU
precisely (on the southern part of South Sumatera Province and West Lampung
District, Lampung Province). People can also reach the site with different
routes. It is more or less 324 km from the city of Palembang, around 130 km
from the city of Baturaja, and 50 km from Muara Dua.
Bukit Barisan National Park
The area of Barisan Selatan Hill National
Park is inhabited by tens kinds of forest bats, various kinds of rare animals
and also various kinds of plants in the world (based on information from
UNESCO). This forest area is located in Lampung and Bengkulu, where the data of
the species have been taken. There are kinds of plants, such as beach-tree (Sonneratia
sp.), nipah (Nypa fruticans), sea fir tree (Casuarina
equisetifolia), pandan (Pandanus sp.), gardenia (Michelia
champaka), meranti (Shorea sp.), mersawa (Anisoptera
curtisii), ramin (Gonystylus bancanus), keruing (Dipterocarpus
sp.), resin (Agathis sp.), rattan (Calamus sp.), and
rafflesia flower (Rafflesia arnoldi). Besides, there are also many kinds
of animals, for instance 118 kinds of mammals, 7 kinds of primates, 425 birds,
9 kinds of rangkong, 91 kinds of reptiles and amphibians, and 51 kinds
of fish, honey bear, Sumateran rhinoceros, Sumateran tigers, Sumateran
elephants, etc.
In this tour location, visitors can explore the forest, swim, row a
small boat, watch the flowers inside the forest, go camping, and go along the
river.
The plants, which become special character of this national park, are
tall and long Amorphophalus flowers (Amorphophalus decus-silvae), giant
Amorphophalus flowers (A. titanum), and giant orchids (Grammatophylum
speciosum). The height of tall and long Amorphophalus flower can reach more
than 2 meters. This forest location includes Tanggamus, West
Lampung, and Bengkulu Districts.
Pugung
Archaeological Site
Pugung Archaeological Site. This is located
40 kilometers northeast of Bandar Lampung, a site of megalith and prehistoric
relics as well as from the classical Hindu Buddhist period. There are primitive
trenched fortress which almost surrounds it’s site. Stone inscription, Ancient
Chinese Porcelains, Polynerian Statue and the statue of Buddhisatwa are at
museum. a house on poles locateed on the way to Pugung Raharjo.
Tapis Sarong
Tapis cloth, a dress for women of Lampung
tribe, is a sarong made from cotton yarn with motive or ornament from tobacco
quid, silver or golden thread with embroidery system (Cucuk). Tapis of
Lampung is considered as traditional handicraft because the basic cloth and
it`s motives ornament is done by the traditional weaver with simple
tools.This handicraft was made by women, both the housewives and girls (muli-muli)
in their leisure time to comply the demand of the sacred tradition of the
Lampung people. Nowadays, by using the non-machinery equipment, the production
of Tapis cloth with various ornaments has become a high economic commodity.
Pasir Putih Beach / White Sand Beach
Pasir Putih beach is one of the tourism
objects in Bandar Lampung for domestic and foreign tourists. For the sake of
it, the cleanness of the place is preserved.Across the Pasir Putih beach, shady trees are
planted to cover the tourists after they feel like getting enough sun from
walking down the beach. The water is clean and fresh to bath and play in, and
the white sand gives peace to the tourists. This place is perfect for spending
holiday. Besides the treat above, in the afternoon, the tourists can watch the
sunset.
If tourists want to watch the coral and sea creatures, they can swim
until certain border or use motor boat until the middle part. This place has amazing
kinds of fish, coral reef, and sea plants. Pasir
Putih beach is located in the south part of Kota Bandar Lampung City, about 20
kilometers from Bandar Lampung across Jalan Trans Sumatera (Trans Sumatera
street).
To get there,
tourists can use personal car or public transportation. It is 30 minutes from
Bandar Lampung.For tourists, who want to spend the night near Pasir Putih
beach, there are many lodgings. The tourists can bring their own food or order
it from the lodging. Tourists can get souvenirs in Bandar Lampung, near the
beach, or by ordering them from the lodging.
Marine / Pearl Development Center
In Bandar Lampung, you can find and enjoy
many good places that offer unforgettable leisure and broaden your view. Marine
or Pearl Cultural Center is one of them. It is located in Hanura, 16 km
westward of Bandar Lampung. This place is now developed as an area of growing
special type of fishes that has high economic value such as napoleon, kerapu
bebek, kakap; and other marine organism like sea horse, tiram, kimia, etc. With
the help and guidance of a local in charge personnel, visitors can observe from
such closed distance the growing of the selection host, included breeding and
feeding development within the keramba/bouy net laying in small bay ocean
location. Here, other facilities are also available such as meeting room, fiber
boat and buoy keramba.
Marine
Tourism Condong Sulah Island
Having an original natural potential, this
island has doom-like cone shaped where various beach plants including merbabu,
waru, ketapang, and other kind of woods cover all tops and surfaces of the
hill. Condong Sulah means incline rock-wall. Southern part of the island is now
likely created for being a special arena of rock climbing, mounting, and other
adventure-sports that offer full of natural challenges. The region is divided
into several areas, namely Condong Sulah Island, Condong Darat, and Condong
Laut. Condong Sulah and Condong Darat are frequently used for an outbound
training, while Condong Laut usually for training sport of swimming and diving.
Some needed facilities have been fulfilled on stages. Transportation from the
island to the main land (Pasir Putih Beach) is only 15 minutes available
anytime. Two cottages and a café are available too. It is recommended to do
some camping activities in such flat area in the island. Pantai Timur on the
east part of the island is very suitable for showering and swimming for
families that do not want to go deepen into the island.
Merak
Belatung Beach
Merak Belantung Beach. On the way to the
seaport of Bakauheni, the beach is located 40 kilometers South of Bandar
Lampung. The beach is ideal for swimming and windsurfing. Cottages and
equipment for windsurfing are available.
Wonotirto Fishery
This location is located in the of Talang Padang
district, Wonoharjo village that be at a distance around 10 km from Kota Agung
- Bandar Lampung highway. This tourist attraction is supplemented with swimming
pool facilities, the bathing place, the rowing boat, the hut to spend the night
and huts to take shelter, relaxed.
Krakatau
Volcano
Krakatau Volcano. is located in the east of
Lampung Province which is nine kilometers square in diameter. A great explosion
on August 27th 1883 caused this 2.000 meters above the sea level
mount became inactive for about 44 years before Mount Anak Krakatau emerged on
December 1927. Krakatau (Rakata, Sertung, Panjang) is the remain volcanoes
mountain of so-called Ancient Krakatau which has the diameter of 11 kilometers,
estimated erupted and was divided into three groups of islands in around sixth
century. Krakatau appeared as an active volcano until it reached the height of
830 meters from May up to August 1883. Its first rather small eruption happened
regularly on the top. Then eventually on 26 and 27 August 1883, the giant
eruption was happened that brought up sounds, which could be heard in
Australia, Ceylon and Philippines. At that time, there were very huge tidal
waves up to 40 meters high hit the lands nearby and destroyed 295 villages,
brought victims more than 36,000 lives particularly surround Sunda strait and
Lampung Bay Beach. The thrown material from the volcano was approximately 18 km
cubic with flying dust reached 80 km up of sea level and caused very dark sky
to entire world for 22 hours. Now, the remain of Krakatau volcano island is
only about one-third of the previous one.
Now, Mount Anak Krakatau is at an altitude of
200 meters with two kilometers square in diameter. Now it is frequently visited
both for research and tourism interest.Having a look around the mount from the
peak is a memorable moment for you who love climbing. You will see the bluish
scenery of Sunda Strait surrounding the mount. The emergence of Mount Anak
Krakatau is an enticement for researchers and adventure to reveal the million mysteries of the mount containing
so much mineral substances like volcanic bomb, lava, and lapilli overflow from
the crater. It is the right place for having mountainous sports activities
while enjoying the beauty of sea scenery around. Moreover, you may spend more
nights at Sebuku Island or Sabesi Island.
Mount Krakatau includes
into the administrative area of South Lampung District. It is situated in Sunda
Strait, amid Java Island and Sumatera Island. From Bandar Lampung City to Canti
Beach in Kalianda, it will spend about an hour to reach the location. Then you
need to carry on the trip to Mount Krakatau by taking speedboat of 20 people of
maximum capacity. The costs range from IDR 200.000 to IDR 250.000 with
approximately 1,5 hours.
An uninhabited island, Krakatau is located on
the southern part of the bay of Lampung. Reachable in three hours by boat from
Canti, a fishermen village near Kalianda. This group of islands consist of four
islands. One of them is called Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau) which grows
higher every year. Anak Krakatau is emerged from the bottom of the sea between
three other islands by early 1928 or 45 years after it’s eruption.
Tabuan Island
Tabuan island is to be a territorial of Tanggamus Regency
that located in Teluk Semaka and the wide of the territory is about 600
hectares. In the future is planned by the government of the regency, will be
built and functioned quay as the crossing quay of sea transportation and the
fisherman location is widely about 2500 m. This location could be covered with
the sea transportation, which took the motorboat or speedboat that took up
about 1 trip hour from the seaport.
Megalithic Area & Batu Bedil Inscription
For the site-interested
person of archeology (tour-history & the culture), in Pulau Panggung
district, tourists could visit to the complex megalithic and Bedil Stone
inscription. The inscription that was made in Sriwijaya royal era proofs the
inhabitants' existence in this territory in the past that was connected with
this kingdom. Gotten by 3 complexes was separated that was adjacent in Pekon
Bedil Stone of the Upstream and Lower; 10 minutes by vehicle to the north from
the Tegi gate of the Stone Dam complex. Back to Talang Padang district
territory. The producer area of the quality rice superior, namely Talang-Padang
rice was the last district from Bandar Lampung side before entered to Kota
Agung district territory. Apart from ethnic Lampung the A dialect and O dialect,
the community in this dynamic territory was Semendo, Java, Sunda-Banten and
Jaseng (the acronym Java-Serang) ethnic -the term in Lampung for the Banten
ethnic group had spoke Java. Since several of their generations have
assimilation interacting so as many that could hold a dialogue in five
languages at the same time.
Accommodation
Accommodation. Lampung has several small but
comfortable hotels. Three star hotels all have airconditioning in Bandar
Lampung, with attached bathrooms, telephones and TV sets.
Sumber Investigasi:
F. I. Fatrick &
www.guidingtoindonesia.blogspot.com
