Timang Beach Yogyakarta - Exhausting but Amazing

Besides Bali is popular for its beaches, Yogyakarta also has the appeal of beaches that are not inferior to Bali. One of the beaches that have exceptional beauty is Timang Beach.

Timang Beach is located in Gunung Kidul district, Yogyakarta and this beach flanked by two beaches namely Siung Beach and Sundak Beach. To visit this beach takes 3 hours from Yogyakarta city. The reach this beach, the necessary sacrifices fairly large because the location fairly remote so that there is not a lot of visitors. 

But tired and sacrifices will be lost when it got there, because this beach has natural scenery is very beautiful and very big waves that emit a beautiful roar. In the west, visitors could see the steep rocky beach and in the east, visitors could see the sandy beach as the south coast in general.

Only that ?

1. Near the beach, there is a rock island that is named Timang island. The local people provide access to go there via the cable car are connected by a rope (FireFox Traditional). It made by local people is manually. On the Timang Island, visitors will be able to see lobster because it is nest lobster and visitors would feel are like being in the middle of the sea. Only by paying Rp 100.000,- visitors can go there.

Alun-Alun Kidul, The Myth and Entertainment

Alun-Alun Kidul or Alkid is a backyard Keraton Yogyakarta located in the center of Yogyakarta city. Than as a Keraton's activities, Alkid is also used as a entertainment place. In the center of Alkid, there are two large banyan trees. The local people believe that the banyan trees have a myth, the myth is walked to the road of the middle of two banyan trees with eyes closed. 

The rule of game is very simple, that is visitors just need to close her/him eyes for 20 minutes while walking to the middle of two banyan trees. The game is called masangin and to get a blindfold, visitors only pay Rp 5.000 because there already exists a rent. According to the trust, visitors are having a clean hearth that is able to pass through the game. Now, this game to be a icon of Alkid.

Besides the mystical, Alkid also as a entertainment place, every day is mainly Saturday night this place is fulled by visitors. As a place of entertainment, this place has a side of beauty from the bike has colored lights that surround Alkid. For rent, visitors only pay Rp 15.000 until Rp 30.000.

After visitors are satisfied around Alkid by the bike, visitors can eat and drink to relieve fatigue while enjoying the atmosphere of the night in Alkid.



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Telaga Warna - A Miracle Dieng Plateau

Dieng Plateau has a million spectacular beauty. This area is a active volcanic region dotted shade trees and beautiful Hindus's temples, not only that there is also a natural wonder called Telaga Warna Dieng (Color Lake). Telaga Warna is located in Dieng Plateau, Wonosobo, Central Java. From Yogyakarta taken within 3 hours or from Wonosobo taken within 1 hours (25 kilometers).

Telaga Warna's name (Color lake) given because of its a unique natural phenomenon that occur this place is the color of water changing. Sometimes colored green, yellow or rainbow. The phenomenon occurs because the water in lake contains sulfur which is quite high, so when the sunlight hit him, then the color of the lake water appears colored. Visitors can also see a burst of boiling water in the middle of the lake.
An amazing miracle, is not it ?


Telaga Warna has an altitude of about 2000 meters above sea level with a temperature of 15-20 degrees in the afternoon and 10 degrees in the night. For this temperature, Telaga Warna bring frost called bun upas (dew poison) by local people. The high hills surrounding Telaga Warna and caves are nearby which is used the place of meditation such as Semar caves, Sumur Eyang Kumalasari caves and Jaran Resi Kendaliseto caves add to the miracle and natural beauty of Telaga Warna.

Harmonization of nature with cool and clean air makes the atmosphere so compelling Telaga Warna. Visitors will also feel serene atmosphere enhanced by a white fog and trees surrounding it. The good time to visit Telaga Warna is in the morning until afternoon, because in the night the fog had started out and a miracle of Telaga Warna will be not seen again.
By local people, the water of Telaga Warna used as source of irrigation to irrigate the potatoes garden into a major commodity in this region.




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