Before went to my best friend wedding in Wonosobo (see the early story in the previous post), me, my sister, and my travelling partner, decided to stay at Dieng first. Dieng is located not far from Wonosobo. The route was so simple, we only need to follow Dieng street from Wonosobo to Dieng. In the middle of the route, we met a retribution post, where we had to pay for entrance fee.
There were many tourist attractions in Dieng, but we chose three most favorite place to visit. The first one was Arjuna temple. Actually it was a temple complex, so we could see many temple at once.
When we arrived in there, the rain was falling and it was almost afternoon. Since we didn't know where’s the ticket booth, so we went straight to the temple. There were 5 main temples in the Arjuna temple complex, they are: Arjuna, Puntadewa, Srikandi, Sembadra, and Semar temples. Compared to the other 4 temples, Semar temple was more look like a stone house compare to a temple. Even though the complex was quite small, but the variation of each temples made this place interesting.
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| Semar and Arjuna temples |
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| left to right: Srikandi, Puntadewa, and Sembadra temples |
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| me, in front the 5 temples |
Since it was almost evening, we decided to go to a homestay nearby to take a rest and continue our journey the next day before going to the wedding.
On the next day, we went to our second destination, which was Sikidang Crater. Sikidang crater was located near Arjuna temple complex, but you better use car or motorcycle since it will sweat you if you go there by walk (like what I did when I went here at the first time).
Actually you only required to buy one ticket to enter to Arjuna temple complex and Sikidang crater, but because we didn’t buy ticket to enter Arjuna temple complex, so we had nothing to show when the officer asked us about the entrance ticket. Then we have to bought the ticket for IDR 10k/person.
When arriving in Sikidang crater parking lot, the sulfuric smell was everywhere. Some sellers then approached us and offered mask to reduce the smell. They sold it around IDR 3k each. Other seller also offered us to buy some local foods.
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| the view of Sikidang crater from parking lot |
From the parking lot, we had to walk about 2-3 minutes to get closer to the crater. We had to be careful while walking since there were some sulfuric smoke coming out from the crack in the land. While walking I saw some sellers also offered a horse rental to take the guess to the crater.
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| the horse rental |
The crater itself quite vast, almost three-quarters basketball field. Local people said the temperature of the water in the crater is thousand celcius, but my partner didn't believe if it was that high. Near the crater, smoke was everywhere, but since we stood from where the wind blow, we didn't trapped by smoke.
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| Sikidang crater |
While I was in there, there was a group of people cycling to the crater. They had cycled from Blitar, East Java. That’s really far from Dieng. Well, I don’t think my calf could afford cycling that far.
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| the cyclists (with standing applause from me) |
Finished with the crater, we continue our journey to the third tourist attraction, which was Telogo Warno lake. The name Telogo Warno (Color Lake) is coming from the color or the water. This lakes has two colors, which are turquoise and dark grey. Another lake in the Telaga Warna lake is Pengilon Lake. The water in Pengilon lake and Color lake have different color, but since there are no separator between the two lakes, so the colors were blended. The water in the color lake is calm and you can even see the reflection of the hills around the lake in the water. Just like mirror.
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| Telaga Warna (Color Lake) |
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| Pengilon lake |
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| the area map |
Ticket entrance to this place was so cheap, only IDR 2k/person. There was a small island in the middle of the lake. In this island, you can also see some meditation caves. There were 4 caves: Semar, Sumur (Well), Jaran (Horse), and Pengantin (Bride) caves. Each of the caves has mystical history that attracts people who believe in mysticism. Some people also said that Indonesia 2nd president ever meditated in one of these caves.
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| Semar Cave |
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| Bride Cave |
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| Sumur Cave/Well Cave |
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| Horse Cave/Jaran Cave |
After done with color lake, we went back to the homestay to dress up for the wedding reception and then continue the journey from Dieng to Wonosobo. Even thought we went to Wonosobo at 11 a.m, the fog already come down and made us really cautious.
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| the foggy road |
XOXO,
The Tourist
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