TAKENGON, INDONESIA
Central Aceh district, Aceh, has a lot of tourist charm. This area is in the Gayo highlands. The Gayo region includes three districts. Among these are Central Aceh, Bener Meriah, and Gayo Lues. This area is also known as the best coffee producing region. In addition to the mountains and coffee, one of a number of tourist attraction there is Lake Lut Tawar. Some people call it the Sea of Fresh. The lake is 5,472 hectares. Its length is about 17 km and width is 3,219 km. I visited there on Thursday, January 11, 2018. The temperature there reached 14 degrees Celsius. The cold makes the body shiver. A thick jacket is necessary if visiting there. Lake Lut Tawar become the place of fish population depik. On the edge of the lake, there are many keramba owned by local residents. In addition to fish depik, there is also cultivated fish mujair. In Gayo language, it is called mujaher fish.
It was quite a day enjoying the charm of Lake Lut Tawar. I visited a cafe on the edge of the lake. The seat is slightly floating on the water. Underneath the fish cage shades of view. The water of the lake is very calm and clear. I ordered Gayo coffee while looking at local residents giving fish bait in keramba. In the middle of the lake, residents are pedaling. West side of the lake, looks Takengon City with the building as arranged. The best time to enjoy Lut Tawar is in the morning. Before sunrise, the lake water looks like dew. On it a white haze hangs not too high. This scene, we can enjoy about 30 minutes. At approximately 07:45 pm, the sun was visible behind the mountains that circle the lake. In the morning, we can see the local people who paddled the canoe. They lifted fishing nets that had been installed at night. Fish obtained, of course depik and mujjair the largest population there. When the weather is rather bright. We can ride to Bur Gayo. A mountain by the lake Lut Tawar. The path to get there, can be passed by two wheel or four wheel. It took about 15 minutes to get there.
From Bur Gayo, the eyes can not blink. Lake Lut Tawar looks very wide as sea water is accommodated among the mountains. The color of the water is bluish. Perhaps this is the reason why this lake is called Lut (sea) fresh water. Still in Bur Gayo, to the west we can see the city of Takengon. The whole city we can see from there. At the top of Bur Gayo, there is a large writings Gayo Higland - Tanoh Gayo. This paper when viewed from the city, looks very small on the top of the mountain.
How to enjoy Lut Bargains most desirable visitors if to get there is from Pantan terong. This place is also above the height of the mountain. Unlike the previous Bur Gayo located in the south of the lake, Pantan Terong is located on the west of the lake and Takengon City. Therefore, before seeing the lake, visitors first look at the city Takengon.