Writing Task 9: Write a travel brochure for tourists who want to visit Indonesia.

March, 13^th 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 19^th 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.

PLACE TO VISIT

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.