March, 13th 2014
Writing Task 9: Write a travel brochure for tourists who
want to visit Indonesia. Suggest places to visit, activities to do,
transportation to take and hotels to stay while they are in the country.
DIENG PLATEAU: ABODE OF
THE GODS
WONOSOBO, CENTRAL JAVA,
INDONESIA
ABOUT DIENG
Dieng Plateau location almost
2,093 m above sea level. The Name Dieng comes from Di Hyang which means Di (mountains) and Hyang (Gods) . Dieng Plateau has a beautiful view. Dieng Plateau
have visited begin 19th century and until now Dieng become one of
favorite international tourism in Indonesia. The climate in Dieng is cool, it’s
for about 13′c – 17′c at the noon and 10′c at the night. In June till august,
it can be 0′ C. Much of the primary local
agriculture is based on potatoes. Other agriculture are cabbage, carrots and
carica.
1. Sunrise Sikunir and Telaga cebongan
There are many high mountains around
of dieng plateau such as Sikunir, Prau, and Pakuwaja. Gunung Sikunir (Sikunir mountain)
is one of them. It's easy to go there and climbing up the mountain behind a
lake after Sembungan village, which is supposed to be the highest village on
Java (2,300 m). For enjoying sunrises, you should wake up at 4 am in Dieng
village and walking up in the dark. After
enjoying sunrises, you can go to Telaga Cebongan and enjoying your breakfast in
front of it.
2.
Telaga Warna dan Telaga Pengilon
There are two famous lake in Dieng :
telaga warna dan telaga pengilon. Telaga Warna is volcano lake with sulphur.
When exposed to sunlight will reflect light as colorful
mineral ingredients.
3.
Kawah Sikidang
Sikidang crater is a big, bubbling
pond producing so much steam, and sometimes makes the surrounding misty.
4.
Temples
There are
four hindu temples in Dieng Plateau aged more than 1.000 years, such as arjuna
temple, srikandi temple, puntadewa temple, and sembadra temple.
TRANSPORTATION
You can reach Dieng Plateu by bus
or car. the last town can reach by bus is wonosobo, and you must move to
minibus. The nearest airport is Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta, and you can
continue to Dieng by bus with destination Wonosobo for about 3 hours on the
road. The nearest train station is Purwokerto and you can continue to Dieng by
bus with destination Wonosobo for about 2 hours on the road. You can go around
Dieng area with your car. If you go to Dieng with public transportation, you
can rent motorcycle.
ACCOMODATION
There are many hostel, guest house and homestay. You can
stay in Bu Jono homestay, Melati homestay,
Bougenvile Homestay, Pancawarna Homestay, or dahlia Homestay.