BATTURADEN, Purwokerto's Tourism

The Baturaden (or Baturaden only) excursion located south of Mount Slamet has cool air and tends to get colder at night. In addition to having a beautiful natural panorama, Baturaden also has a lot of folk legends, one of them famous lumbung kerungung story.
Entrance of Baturaden
Baturraden is located in the northern city of Purwokerto on the southern slope of Mount Slamet .Baturraden because of its location on the slopes of the mountain makes this area has a cool air and tend to be very cold, especially at night. Baturraden is also a tourist area that is mostly visited by local tourists, especially on Sundays and public holidays. These conditions led to many hotelsand villas established here.
Baturraden can be reached by using private or public vehicles. Distance from the city of Purwokerto about 15 km and can be reached within 15 minutes with traffic that is not too dense. If you want to use public transportation tourists can ride city transportation from the terminal in Purwokerto and off at the terminal lokawisata Baturraden. If you want more practical tourists can use a taxi. If you decide to use a private vehicle, you should be careful because the road is uphill with a slope of about 30 degrees.
Baturraden is the beauty that radiates from the slopes of Mount Slamet. The tourist location is only about 15 km from the city of Purwokerto, Central Java, not only save the natural scenery of the molek, but also the folklore about Raden Kamandaka, or Lutung Kasarung quite familiar in Indonesian society.
In addition to easy access, this tourist area also provides adequate hotels and accommodation. In addition, for nature lovers are provided a comfortable camping ground and safe. And without worrying about the difficulty of getting food, because in this area quite a lot of traders who sell sate rabbit.
Mount Slamet with its gentle slopes, offers a beautiful natural panorama, fresh air at 1000 m above sea level

Tourist sites 

Pancuran Pitu

Hot water baths that contain sulfur . Believed to cure various skin diseases.
Pancuran Pitu, Batturaden Tourism
Pancuran Telu

Hot water baths that contain sulfur. Believed to cure various skin diseases. Located at the bottom of Pitu's Shower.
Pancuran Telu, Batturaden Tourism










Campground
Is a camping ground that is often used by nature lovers and lovers of out bond activities. Ever used as the venue for the National Scout Movement National Movement in Indonesia in 2001 .
Camp Ground, Batturaden Tourism

Kaloka Widya Mandala
Taman Kaloka Widya Mandala Baturraden or Educational Tour Wanasuka Baturraden is a zoo as well as an educational tour that was inaugurated by the Regent of Banyumas H. Djoko Sudantoko II on 17 May 1995 . This place was awarded as Visit Indonesia Decade 1991-2000 in Penobatan Anugerah Wisata Jawa Tengah and Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta in Semarang on August 23, 1996 .
In Taman Kaloka Widya Mandala Baturraden there are various kinds of animals that come from within and from abroad such as from Australia , Asia and the Netherlands . The collection includes: Five-legged cow, Three-footed Goat, Elephant, Beruk (Buing), Irian Crocodile, Sicilian Snake, Kaswari, Monkey, Hedgehog, Iguana, Cendrawasih, Bat, Kate Chick, Pearl Chick, Orang Utan , Bondol Eagle , Deer . In this place there are also Museum of Endangered Animals, such as: Sumatran Tiger , Bear Honey , and Tiger Dahan .
  • Hot water bath
  • Curug Ceheng
  • Wahana Wista Valley Combong
  • Combong Valley Paint Ball and War Games
  • Silent Lake
From Baturaden, you can see the scenery of Purwokerto City, Nusa Kambangan Island, also some beautiful beaches in Cilacap area. Baturaden itself has many interesting attractions to visit such as Bitanin Park which has a variety of plants and rare flowers, including havana flowers, god leaves, antarium lipstick, palis paris, and widoro sea not only exhibited, also sold as souvenirs.
Then there is also Curug Gede, a beautiful waterfall in Ketenger Village located 3 km from the center of Baturaden. Not far from there is also a hot water bath, Pitu Shower temperature of approximately 60 to 70 degrees Celsius.
In addition to thermal baths, Baturaden also has a bath that is believed to cure various diseases, namely Shower Telu. Baturaden also has a pool of pure water source, Telaga Sunyi.
Baturaden was also opened to the camp site. For visitors who want to spend the night in Baturaden, you can set up a tent at Wana Wisata, a green forest 2 km from Baturaden and very fit for camping with family.

Family tours in Baturaden will be more enjoyable when visiting the Taman Kaloka Widya Mandala, a zoo and museum that stores the typical Indonesian fauna skeletons.
Not only nature tourism, Baturaden also provides a variety of cultural tours such as grebeg syura held every first month in the calendar year of Islam, calung music performances, and traditional dance lengger, mythical horse lumping performances, and sadranan as a ceremony to visit the sacred sites, which is also called kenduren by the surrounding community. [1]

Source : Wikipedia



Location: Baturraden, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

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