Aceh province, is a province with a million natural wealth and endless beauty. The westernmost province of the State of Indonesia holds so much beauty that is never exhausted for exploration. One of them is the City of Takengon, a country above the clouds. The city of Takengon is the capital of Central Aceh District, Aceh Province, Indonesia.
The city is very famous for its geological location is very high, therefore takengon called the country on the clouds. With its high location, which is about 1200 meters above the sea makes the air temperature in the City Takengon be cool and very cold. Around the area in the city above this sky there are several attractions such as Lake Laut Tawar, Pantan Terong and Gua Putri Pukes.
In the city of Takengon there are some attractions that must be visited, namely:
Lake Laut Tawar
Pantan Terong
Gua Puteri Pukes
Gayohighland with Gayo Coffee
Takengon comes from the aceh language that is "bend" which means its bend, because to get to this city must pass the hill climbing route and tracing the mountain slopes with steep and steep winding road, with ravine sometimes on the left and sometimes on the right , full of lush trees along the way. Takengon City is famous for its variety of things, be it tourist attraction, culinary, nature scenery, refreshing, cycling, so this place becomes the right destination to visit for you who feel irked, saturated with so much work, year-end holidays or school holidays. But still use the need for tourism to be a positive activity, grateful in a way not to damage the creation of Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala beautiful and fascinating in this Indonesian earth.
Natural Beauty Takengon City
The natural scenery is so fascinating and spoil the eye continues to be felt throughout the journey to the city over this cloud. Passing the foot of Mount Geureundong with its winding roads makes the head slightly dizzy but will be avenged with a rare natural atmosphere we see this. Just imagine with a height of 1200 mdpl if in the world climbing the mountain, the height is already in the category of mount you know. Therefore this plain is very suitable for Arabica coffee cultivation, Tobacco and Resin.
If you are in Takengon City, our sense of sight will be spoiled with beautiful natural scenery. Beautiful scenery will rich nature of this archipelago. We will see Lake Laut Tawar, which is so vast and almost visible all over its surface. And surrounded by hills that make our view like a bowl of water. Also no less cool house buildings around the lake. It looks like a very large dock.
Great view of the sky as far as the eye can see. With a cloud so clear it looks very close like we're on it. It feels like we're standing on the cloud. Seeing his movements so fast and fickle as human feelings. Therefore always give thanks with all this endless favors. In this place there are many tourist objects that are very similar to the other side in the country of Indonesia, namely West Sumatra. With the Lake of Bargain Sea like Maninjau Lake, Puncak Pantan Terong like Puncak Lawang, folklore Puteri Pukes become stone like story of Malin Kundang, Gayo Coffee with Lawang Coffee. And much more very similar things from both regions between Aceh and West Sumatra.
Takengon Freshwater Lake
A tourist area located in the Gayo Highlands, Central Aceh district, Aceh. Takengon City is on the west side of this lake. Local people call this lake as Lake Lut Tawar. Geological form that has an area of 5.472 hectares with a length of 17 km and width of 3.219 km. The water volume is approximately 2,537,483,884 m³. This lake lives a wide variety of freshwater animals such as fish and shrimp. And supposedly local people say that surround lake also still many habitat of rare animals such as pangolin, porcupine, gibbon, antelope, forest cat and tiger.
Pantan Terong
High tourism located at the top of the hill Highlands Gayo Takengon District Bebesen Central Aceh district named Puncak Terong Pantan. With a height of 1830 meters and has a distance of 7.5 km to the west of the City Takengon. From this peak is almost visible all the villages in Takengon as well as beautiful scenery of Lake Laut Tawar and green hill ranks flanking downstream of the lake.
Gua Putri Pukes
One of the attractions that must be visited if a trip to takengon is a tour to Loyang Puteri Pukes. Shake is the name for the cave / cave, while Princess Pukes is a legend in the area of Takengon City. For geographical location this cave is located in the foothills of the District Most of the direction to the District Nosar Central Aceh district, where to get to this location takes about 2 km down from Takengon City.
Gayo Highland and Gayo Coffee
Gayo is one of the areas on the top of the hill line. The Gayo highlands include the areas of Central Aceh District and Bener Meriah district and Gayo Lues district. Gayo Highland or known as Bur Gayo (bur = Mount / Hill) by the surrounding community. The number of plateau in the Takengon area makes it a country called above the clouds and the City of Thousand Mountain. Its fresh air and natural natural appearance at the top of gayo make the eyes very fresh and the heart becomes peaceful.
Gayo Coffee
Gayo area is very famous for its coffee is Gayo Coffee, this is also one that makes Aceh famous for its coffee. Usually coffee that grows in the highlands has a delicious taste and distinctive. Gayo coffee is also known by the name Kopi Takengon. Gayo coffee is one type of arabica coffee that was once very rare and only grow in the African region.
Location and access to Takengon
If dair City of Banda Aceh. You can use public buses or rent a car to come to Takengon with a distance of about 8 - 9 hours. You can also go to Lake Laut Tawar through the city of Medan and the distance is shorter, which is about 3-4 hours only. For more details we can see on the map below. Well, if you really want to visit Takengon you can use the directions below with your position. (illustrations were taken from Banda Aceh to Takengon)