Indonesia tourism

Kawah Ijen is a tourism place and very interesting place. Kawah ijen is a crater content by the acid. It’s located at the top of Ijen Mount, East Java. It’s about 2368 meters above sea water level, 200 meters depth, and 5466 meters square large.
Kawah Ijen is a part of Natural Reservation area of Ijen, Bondowoso regency, east Java. This is a very wonderful place. The panorama at around is very great and I believe it’s will make the all visitors satisfied. Sometimes the visitors who come to Bondowoso said that this is the most beautiful place.

This area made as a camping place by the visitors caused the air still very pure and beautiful panorama. The color of the water crater’s, smoke of sulfur makes this place different with the others. The sense is very comfort and could remove our stress and help our self to renew our mind. Moreover the condition here could get 2 degree Celsius so we suggest you to bring thick clothes. Beside of that, you will find edelweiss flower and switch as the main fauna here.

In the morning, you could enjoy the raising sun appear from the tree cluster. The water of the Kawah Ijen in green mix with the blue color and from this place we could enjoy the beautiful panorama of Merapi at near of Ijen Mount. But not easy to get this area, I mean you will be little tired caused must be walking over the path and the caldera hill, its taken 8 till 10 hours walking around the caldera. Once more you must bring masker to remove the sulfur smelt. Hoping me you will come to this place and enjoy the panorama.

Fort Rotterdam is a castle as the heritage of Gowa-Tallo Kingdom. The name of Fort Rotterdam given by governor of Holland. And it is located at western of Makassar as the capital town of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The castle is held in 1545 by the 9th King of Gowa “I Manrigau Daeng Bonto Karaeng Lakiung Tupama’risi’kallonna”. Former it is built from clay but the construction change by others King Sultan Alauddin be rock from the Kars Mountain which spread as long as South Sulawesi area. This castle has unique structure, if we see carefully this castle resemble with a turtle.
In fact, the truth name of this castle formerly is Ujung Pandang Castle or called by the villagers there as the Panyyua Castle or Turtle castle. But the pure name changed by the Governor of Holland in Makassar ‘Cornelis Speelman’ become Fort Rotterdam to remind his made home in Holland. By the government of Holland at time, this castle use as the central warehouse of spice in western of Indonesia before sends to Holland.

For the visitors you could enjoy the architecture of ancient building and inside of it there is museum namely La Galigo and the ex of Sultan Diponegoro jail. The museum will be present the history and reference of the Great Makassar (Gowa-Tallo) Kingdom in the past. Of course this is a very interesting historical tourism for you. In the museum the visitors could see strictly the traditional weapon of Sulawesi, traditional clothes and many others.
Source: Wikipedia Indonesia