Ternate and Halmahera Island is the largest island in North Maluku Indonesia. This island saves the beauty of nature tourism that has not been widely known by the people of Indonesia. Halmahera Island is also rich in mining products such as gold, nickel and cobalt. In addition to the abundant mining products, the island has a lot of natural attractions that must be visited. I did an expedition to discover the natural and cultural wonders that exist in Maluku, where these attractions are not many people know. What are these wonders?
Batu Angus Ternate.
Batu Angus is located in North Maluku Province precisely located in Ternate Island. Until now Mount Gamalama is still active even not infrequently Mount Gamalama often cough. Mount Gamalama was often issued a thick smoke and could have disastrous at any time. Although included in the mountain that is still active many people who love this mountain Ternate. That's because Mount Gamalama create prosperity for the people of Ternate. The origin of Batu Angus in Ternate Island is in the 17th century exactly in 1673 Mount Gamalama erupted then bring a tremendous disaster in Ternate. At that time Ternate was colonized by the Portuguese because of its rich spices. Powerful eruption made many casualties, besides contours in Ternate region also become changed until today. As the real evidence of the magnitude of the eruption of Mount Gamalama is this Angus Stone.
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In the area of Batu Angus the contour is very unique because it is filled with lava vomit rocks from Mount Gamalama. Formerly Lahar is flowing from the top of Mount Gamalama. Now this lava vomit dries into a large rock hard and scattered at the foot of Mount Gamalama to the side of the cliffs of the coast of the ocean. Angus stone means charred stone due to its color which is dominated by dark black color like after burning. The stone is now not dangerous it becomes a blessing for the people of Ternate because now a tourist icon of the city.
Traditional Skipper Fishing.
This is a traditional fishing paradise in Indonesia. The fishermen of Eastern Indonesia, especially Ternate has done traditional fishing Cakalang (katsuwonus pelamis) tens or even hundreds of years ago. Hundreds of skipjack fish seemed so easy to be fished by fishermen. Yes, it seems they are so easy to fish. Though there is a procession before and during the fishing process takes place. Not just any, while fishing traditional Cakalang. There is a managerial to spiritual ceremony valid fishing activity here.
In the morning we rushed to the Port. Busyness began to feel. Preparing Fishing Vessels Indonesia Virgo one of them. This ship is ready to wade the team across the sea North Moluccas. There are at least 18 crew members of the ship preparing equipment and standard equipment Fishing trandisional Cakalang.
Goa Boki Moruru is an exotic cave where it is located in the upper reaches of the Sageyen River, Sagea Village in North Weda Subdistrict. The village exactly has a distance of approximately 5 kilometers from the village of Sagea with a journey of about 30 minutes from the Village Sagea. Routes that can be taken to get to Goa is a land route or down the Sageyen River. But most visitors who want to come to Goa Boki Moruru prefer to use the waterway that is along the Sageyen River it is because visitors can enjoy the beautiful River Sageyen along with birds chirp on the tree on the banks of the river. Therefore exploring Boki Goa Moruru Sagea North Vedas will not feel complete if not accompanied by exploring the flow of the River Sageyen as well.
Behind its beauty was the name Goa Boki Moruru has the meaning of a daughter who washed away. According to the story that developed there was a Princess who came from the sultanate Tidore was bathing and also playing in the river, the princess is also washed away the flow from the River Sageyen downstream. That's why the cave is called Goa Boki Moruru. According to other sources, Goa Boki Moruru is a proof of love for a husband named Mon Takawai to his wife. Mon Takawai is a young Suku tribe that is a nomadic tribe.
Lolobata National Park
What must be known before you visit a place is its history so you can get closer to where you will visit later. Visiting Aketajawe - Lolobata makes you love Indonesia more due to its diversity and biological and animal riches. Formerly this park has not been used as a conservation park, but it already has an important role in the conservation of tropical forest ecosystems Halmahera. The proposal to be a conservation area occurred in 1981 but was only inaugurated on 18 October 2004. From the conservation area is divided into wildlife reserve area and also nature reserve.
The wildlife reserve covers an area of about 189,000 hectares, while its nature reserve covers 120,000 hectares. Wildlife Lolobata territory is located on the coast of Dodaga Bay and forest located in the northeastern peninsula of Halmahera Island. For the Aketajawe wildlife the area is located on the western coast of the central part of Halmahera Island precisely located on the coast of Gita and most of it is in the middle forest of Halmahera Island.
Traditional House of Sasadu.
Traditional house Sasadu is a traditional house inherited from the ancestors of the Sahu tribe in the island of West Halmahera, North Maluku. The name Sasadu comes from the word Sasa - Sela - Lamo meaning large and Tatadus - Tadus which means shelter. So in other words Sasadu is a big house for shelter.
Unlike other traditional houses, this traditional house has a very simple form of a stage house built with a wooden structure from a sago stalk as a buffer for the house and woven sago leaves as a cover. This traditional house itself has two steps on the left side and also the right house.
Morotai
As an archipelagic country rich in natural resources, Indonesia has enormous tourism potential, including one of which is Morotai tourism. Morotai Island itself is one of the northernmost islands in Indonesia and directly borders with the Philippines and the Pacific Ocean. This island belongs to the Halmahera Island Povinsi and has an area of about 1,800 km2 with enormous potential both from the natural wealth, the charm of the island's beauty as well as its history.
Morotai did not actually have a native population that lived downhill on the island. The inhabitants of Morotai today are descended from the Tobelo Tribe as well as the Galela tribe of North Halmahera. Both tribes migrate from their place of origin due to natural disasters, and until now the two tribes became the majority of the population of Morotai to this day.
Since Morotai belonged to the Halmahera archipelago, then during the 15th to 16th century, Morotai was under the rule of the Sultanate of Ternate. But by the mid-16th century, the Portuguese had almost ruled this island and made it a place of Portuguese Jesuits. However, the Muslim Sultanate of Ternate felt offended and did not accept the actions of the Portuguese, until finally the Portuguese can be expelled from Morotai.
In addition to being under the rule of the Sultanate of Ternate, during World War II, Morotai had a very important role, which became an air base for the Japanese army before it was eventually taken over by US troops in September 1944 to serve as the base of their attacks to the Philippines and also East Borneo.