Garut district has a lot of tourist areas. One is Crater Kamojang. Although located near Garut but actually administratively Crater Kamojang included in the district area Ibun Bandung regency.
In the Kamojang crater area there are lots crater and geothermal sources. Most crater / source / geothermal wells are used as geothermal power plants. The first well drilled in the era of Dutch colonial rule in 1926. From the wells are located separately, geothermal energy supplied to the turbine power plant through the large iron pipes. The power plant is managed by PT Indonesia Power (a subsidiary of PLN) while the earth hot wells managed by PT Petamina Geothermal Energy (a subsidiary of Pertamina). Geothermal electricity (PLTP) Kamojang modern is the first geothermal power plant in Indonesia and was inaugurated by President Suharto in 1983. geothermal wells and power plant is closed to the public.
PLTP Kamojang
PLTP wells connected by a large iron pipes
Not all of the
crater / geothermal wells used for power generation. Partly used for
tourism and open to the public. One of the crater can be enjoyed free of
charge, ie the crater manuk.
Manuk craters in the tourist area of the crater Kamojang
Other
craters into the crater Kamojang tourist area, and to get in charge of
Rp. 3,000 per person. In the Kamojang
crater tourist areas there are several craters. One of its unique crater / geyser train. This crater
out of steam at high pressure and with a roar loud enough. At the time
of the author visits, there is a man who performed in the crater of the
train. The show is throwing various
empty plastic bottles of mineral water onto the crater hole so that plastic bottles are thrown high
enough into the air. Another attraction is the man standing on the
crater hole. Another attraction is to put a piece of bamboo rod tip at
the mouth of the crater, causing a noise like the sound of a train
whistle. Maybe this is the cause of the crater crater called train.
train Crater, Kamojang
Atraction in train crater
Smoke therapy crater, in Kamojang
Other
craters there are used for treatment of smoke. Visitors can do therapy
with sitting around a crater smoke. Other facilities available Kamojang
crater tourist region is a fairly extensive vehicle parking, toilets,
mosque, food vendors and souvenir stalls.
How to Crater Kamojang
As mentioned earlier Kamojang crater tourist area located on the border districts of Bandung and Garut regency. So to reach the crater Kamojang can be reached via the garut or through Bandung.
For Bandung route is Bandung - Majalaya - Paseh - PLTP Kamojang - Crater Kamojang.
As mentioned earlier Kamojang crater tourist area located on the border districts of Bandung and Garut regency. So to reach the crater Kamojang can be reached via the garut or through Bandung.
For Bandung route is Bandung - Majalaya - Paseh - PLTP Kamojang - Crater Kamojang.
For Garut route are Garut - Tarogong - the Semarang - PLTP Kamojang - Crater Kamojang.
For more details can be seen on the map below.
For more details can be seen on the map below.
Map locations and routes to the crater Kamojang
There is no public transport to the location of the crater. Public transport only passing on the location of PLTP Kamojang. Can then be followed by a walk up to the entrance to the tourist area Kamojang with a distance of about 2 km and uphill with a height difference of about 150 m.The condition of the road up to the location PLTP Good enough and smooth. so is to approach the crater manuk. But from there to the entrance and the parking lot in the form of sand and stone road about 400m. But not to worry because the road sand / stone is quite solid and well up to four-wheeled vehicle or two-wheeled vehicles can pass through easily. For more details can be seen in the following figure.
View larger map on Kamojang crater
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