Nature Tourism of Suoh ceramic geothermal crater in West Lampung which is very exotic
Lampung has a variety of tourist destinations that can be spoil the eye, from tourism maritime, historical tourism to culinary tour we can see you. But something is different this time,located in Suoh District. district West Lampung this tour is very unique because comes from a geothermal crater, namely Wisata Suoh ceramics nature.
Hot steam rising from the hot crater
the earth that continues without stopping even though it rained. The smell of sulfur is felt around him that pierces the nose when approach him.
The phenomenon of crater activity from the source Geothermal ceramics in the forest area of Taman South Bukit Barisan National Park (TNBBS) in West Lampung Regency, Lampung Province that, holds an amazing charm for the visitors.
An expanse of slabs of rock, like crust the hot steam boiler is starting to appear in front of the eyes Sometimes in the middle and the tip of the foot of the steam hill
soaring heat. Even hot water gushing in some corner This layer of crust is called ceramic:
expanse of rock that hardens like
ceramics. According to local people,
This rock is layered and expanded.
Under a hardened expanse like
save an inexhaustible source of hot water.
Hot water is bursting, there's something large to form a puddle, and there is a small one that flows warm water Area in the use zone of the Park Bukit Barisan Selatan National save the volcanic story of Mount Ratu in this area ever erupted in 1933 The eruption is what the public believes form four lakes, hot springs with plates hardened in Ceramic.
The oldest settlement in the area
are Pekon Hantatai and Ratu Nagari. Then grow to 17 pekon or the village that is now a pocket settlements or enclaves in national parks.
When we go to ceramics, we will
across the meadows and the four lakes Asam, Belibis, Lebar and Seminyak. in between Between the savanna there are iron fences in some the basin as a place of bursts of fire. In the west end, the mountain range that show dark and light the so-called Striped Mountains.
Apparently, the four lakes exist
the story. Called Acid Lake because
contains high levels of acid Lake
Seminyak, besides smelling like oil
soil, the water layer above does not want to mix with the undercoat. While the lake which is inhabited by the grouse until now is called Belibis Lake. And, the most extensive is Wide lake that forms a stretch of water at the foot of the hill to local settlements.
Since the last few years a number of visitors from various regions deliberately come to witness the natural charm of the ceramics. Every holiday. visitors keep coming to this ceramics including from
various big cities such as Jakarta, Bandung, Palembang and others.
visitors are known for motorcycle taxi services that can take to a location that can not be reached by car for about 1 km around Rp. 50,000 per person round trip. While the guide services range from Rp.100,000 per day.
Until now, tourism with the unique volcanic nature of Suoh has not been seriously managed because it is located in the forest area of BBSNP and is directly adjacent to the rehabilitation zone and the core zone of BBSNP.
Although the uniqueness of Suoh's volcanic has not been
serious management, still managed as is by the local community, considering that it is located in the forest area of BBSNP, the management of its tourism potential remains promising. However, nowadays the local people often come every weekend. They With free to enjoy the view by the lake Until Ceramics Local residents hope further developed in collaboration.
The uniqueness of this tour can be managed further in collaboration with the BBSNP office.
Suoh is one of the areas in the West Lampung district which has now been divided into two sub-districts (Suoh and Bandar Negeri suoh).