Pontianak Sultanate Palace of Kadriah

Kadriah palace is a forerunner of the birth of Pontianak. Existence can not be separated from the palace Kadriah figure Alkadri Sayyid Abdurrahman Sharif (1738-1808 AD), who in his youth had visited various parts of the archipelago and make trade contacts with merchants of various countries. When his father Habib Husein Alkadri, who had been a religious judge kingdom kingdom Matan and leading scholars Mempawah, died in 1770 AD, Abdurrahman Sharif with his family decided to look for a new residential area. Batu Layang is one area that they are flown. Here, the group met with the pirates, and managed to beat them. Then, the group went on a cruise Abdurrahman Sharif seeking a better area. On October 23, 1771 AD (24 Rajab 1181 AH), they arrived in the area near the confluence of three rivers, namely Porcupine River, Small Kapuas River, and the Kapuas River. Then, they decided to settle in the area. Historically, Kadriah palace was built in 1771 AD and was only completed in 1778 AD Not much later, Sayyid Abdurrahman Sharif Alkadri was crowned as the first sultan of the Sultanate of Pontianak. In its development, the palace is constantly undergoing a process of renovation and reconstruction up into the shape it is now. Sharif Muhammad Sultan Alkadri, sultan of the Sultanate of Pontianak to-6, listed as a renovated palace sultan Kadriah massively.
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Pasir Panjang beach

Singkawang known as the City of Amoy and its China Town of Indonesia, because the majority of the population (about 70%) are ethnic Chinese. Visiting the city directly adjacent to the State of Sarawak, Malaysia, is certainly not complete if not visited Pasir Panjang. Beach's iconic tourism Singkawang and one of the prime tourist attractions of West Kalimantan province has developed into an integrated package called Pasir Panjang Park Indah (TPPI). Named to the Pasir Panjang beach for long stretches of beaches surround the high seas. feature Singkawang Pasir Panjang beach From the beach, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the blue ocean horizon background is also blue. Faintly in the distance green refracted Lemukutan Island, Island Kabung, and a fenced Randayan Island Natuna Sea waters. Broad sand beaches and clean makes it convenient to use the area for sunbathing or doing sports activities, such as beach volleyball and beach soccer. Sea water is crystal clear and clean very supportive of the activities of visitors who want to swim or dive. In addition, relatively large waves and is home to many fish, so aptly used as an arena for surfing and fishing area.
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Natural Park Baning

Nature Park Baning somewhat special because it is the only natural tropical forests in Indonesia are located in the middle of town. This area is covered by thousands of large trees and a rich variety of flora and fauna scarcity. Thus, in addition to being an attractive tourist places, this area can also be a place of research on the biological wealth for scientists, students, students, and even the general public The air is cool and fresh, lush trees and green, as well as a wide ditingkahi by the chirp of birds, making the park Nature Baning aptly chosen as a fun outdoor recreation with family or colleagues In this area, there are a variety of rare flora, such as ramin (gonystilur bancanus sp), jelutung (diera lawii), resam (glyhenis linearis), Rengas (Gluta renghas sp), Medang (firm Litsea sp), mentibu (dacty locladusstenos), perepat (cambreto Carpus rotundatus), bintangor (callophyllum inophylum), Pulai (Alstonia schoolaris), kempilik (quercus sp), tamang birds (eugenia sp), semar bags, and black orchid. Various rare fauna, such as the kingfisher (Halycon smyrnemsis), monitor lizards (Varanus salvator), pigeon (tretron vernaris), parrots (gracula religiosa), cucakrawa (pycnonatus zeylandicus), ferret water (cynogale bennetti), ground squirrels (larisous insignis), flying squirrels (peraurista elegans), sailors, and various species of birds, further strengthens how special this area.
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Mount Jayawijaya

Mount Jayawijaya. It is hardly to imagine sometimes that the tropics country like Indonesia has a snowy spot. More over the eternal snow one. Like this one, it is called Mount Jayawijaya.
Mount jayawijaya lies on 4862m sea level, in province of Papua. The height of the mountain top has made Mount Jayawijaya’ Top be eternally snow-capped.

At first, Mount Jayawijaya is called Mount Top Sukarno ( Puncak Sukarno in Indonesian) .
Jayawijaya is one of the Sudirman’s Mountain Range ( Barisan Sudirman in Indonesian ), and is the second highest mount in South-East Asia, and has been one of World’s Premiere Seven Mount Top
Other Spelling for Mount Jayawijaya are :
Ngga Pulu
Mount Carstensz
Carstensz Pyramid/Top Pyramid
Carstensz Top/Mount Top
Jayakesuma Top/Mount Top
Around Mount top of jayawijaya there are still another three next tops, namely Top Soemantri (4.855 M) ( Puncak Sumantri ), Top East Carstensz (East Carstensz, 4.775 M) and Middle Peak ( Puncak Tengah )

Way Kambas National Park

Way Kambas National Park is representative of lowland forest ecosystem consisting of freshwater swamp forests, desert shrubs alang-alang/semak, and coastal forests in Sumatra.

Plant species in national parks, among other fires (Avicennia marina), Pidada (Sonneratia sp.), Nipah (Nypa fruticans), Gelam (Melaleuca leucadendron), salam (Syzygium polyanthum), mire (Glochidion borneensis), ketapan (Terminalia cattapa), sea pine (Casuarina equisetifolia), pandan (Pandanus sp.), puspa (Schima wallichii), meranti (Shorea sp.), oil (Dipterocarpus gracilis), and ramin (Gonystylus bancanus).

Way Kambas National Park has 50 species of mammals including the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis), Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), tapirs (Tapirus indicus), coyotes (Cuon alpinus sumatrensis), gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus syndactylus); 406 forest bird species including ducks (Cairina scutulata), yarn and clothing stork (Ciconia episcopus stormi), stork barrels (Leptoptilos javanicus), blue sempidan (Lophura ignita), kuau (Argusianus argus argus), Little Cormorant snake (Anhinga melanogaster); different types of reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects.

Lake Singkarak

Lake Singkarak located in two districts in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, the District of Solok and Tanah Datar.
This lake has an area of ​​107.8 km ² and is the 2nd largest lake on the island of Sumatra. This lake is upstream Ombilin Trunk. However sebahagian lake water is channeled through a tunnel through the Bukit Barisan to Batang Anai to drive generators Hydroelectric Singkarak [1] near Lubuk Alung, Padang Pariaman district.

Lake Singkarak located in the geographical coordinates of 0, 36 degrees south latitude (LS) and 100.3 east longitude (BT) with a height of 363.5 meters above sea level (masl). Singkarak water surface area reaches 11,200 hectares with a maximum length of 20 kilometers and 6.5 kilometers wide and a depth of 268 meters. This lake has a water catchment areas along the 1076 kilometers with rainfall up to 252 melimeter 82 per month.

Lake Maninjau

Maninjau Lake is a lake in the district of Tanjung Raya, Agam regency, West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The lake is located about 140 km north of Padang, West Sumatra's capital, 36 kilometers from Bukittinggi, 27 kilometers from Lubuk cone, Agam regency capital.
Maninjau which is a volcanic lake is located at a height of 461.50 meters above sea level. Size Maninjau approximately 99.5 km ² and has a maximum depth of 495 meters. Cekungannya formed due to volcanic eruption called Sitinjau (according to local legend), this can be seen from the shape of the hill around the lake that resembles like a wall. According to the legend in Ranah Minang, the existence of Lake Maninjau closely related to the story of Bujang Nine.
Lake Maninjau a source of water to the river named Rod Sri Antokan. In one part of the lake, which is upstream from the Batang Hydroelectric Maninjau Sri Antokan there. The highest peak around Lake Maninjau diperbukitan known as Puncak Lawang. To be able to reach the lake from the direction of Bukittinggi Maninjau if it will pass through a winding road known as Curved 44 along approximately 10 km starting from the morning until the Maninjau Ambun.
The lake is listed as the eleventh largest lake in Indonesia. While in West Sumatra, Maninjau is the second largest lake after Lake Batur which has an area of ​​129.69 km ² are located in two districts of Tanah Datar and Solok district. In the vicinity of Lake Maninjau there are tourist facilities, such as Hotel (Maninjau Indah Hotel, Pasir Panjang Permai) as well as lodging and restaurants.