Malino is one of the most famous and popular tourist objects found in South Sulawesi province. It is in the highland area with an altitude of 1.5 kilometers above sea level and is situated in Gowa district, or about 90 kilometers from Makassar (the capital city of South Sulawesi).
Malino is very famous for its beautiful scenery, chilly weather, pine forests, waterfalls, and passion fruit. In Malino, fresh air flows through your nose and throat and to your thoracic cavity. There are many tourist objects in Malino such as Takapala waterfall, Lembanna waterfall, tourism forest including paved pine trees, and Lembah Biru or Blue Valley bathing place. Also, you can go around Malino by riding a horse. The local people rent their horses to visitors and tourists. In the tourism forest, you can see a variety of fauna, for example beautiful parrots, black monkeys, bold black birds, and also king prawns. Besides, there is a variety of flora including pines, acacia, banyan tress, eucalyptus, edelweiss flowers, rattan trees, and several types of clumps. The very special thing you can see in Malino is its passion fruit plantations. The fruit has truly special taste, a fit blend of sweet and sour. In local markets, you can directly enjoy the ripe fruit fresh or buy the processed form such as syrup and jelly. To spend the night in Malino, there are lodging and hotels facilities available, complete with restaurants, sports facilities, and entertainment.
Malino can be reached by public transport or rental car. It takes about 2.5 hours to get to Malino from Makassar. You can rent a car that costs between Rp 300,000 and Rp 400,000 for 24 hours.
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Lubuk Linggau is one of the cities in Musi Rawas district, South Sumatera province. Eleven kilometers to the south of the city there is an interesting tourist object called Temam Waterfall.
To go to Lubuk Linggau, you can start from Palembang (the capital city of South Sumatera). From Palembang to Lubuk Linggau it takes about 6.5 hours by land transport. An alternative way to go to Lubuk Linggau is from Bengkulu city, which takes around 4 hours. From the city center of Lubuk Linggau it takes about 30 minutes to get to the waterfall area by car. There are two routes that you can choose: 1) from Air Temam urban village, and 2) from Rahma urban village. Actually, the tourist object itself (Temam Waterfall) is located more or less 50 meters from the country road that joins Air Temam urban village and Rahma urban village. Both routes provide you with fairly good road. Temam Waterfall is a natural tourist object. It is a waterfall that is 12 meters high and 25 meters wide. The waterfall water is clear, cool, and fresh. The waterfall location is surrounded by natural rock cliffs and green trees that perfect the tourist object beautiful view. You can bathe in the waterfall pool.
In order to enter this Temam Waterfall area, you are to pay a ticket (Rp 10,000) per person. And if you come into the area with your car, you have to pay Rp 30,000 for your car. Actually the parking lot in the area is not very wide, so if you cannot find a parking space there, you have to park your car beside the road.
Maribaya Waterfall is a tourist object located in Lembang, Bandung (the capital city of West Java). To be exact, the location is just a few minutes east of Lembang. Maribaya’s recreation grounds and a magnificent gorge make a very popular resort.
On Sundays Maribaya is a particularly crowded spot. Minibuses and horse carts are frequent from Lembang. Maribaya draws many Bandung residents on Sundays because of the hot springs which are channeled into a small public pool and various private cabins. Some come here for the children’s playground and horseback ridding (about Rp 30,00 per hour), and many just to have a picnic in the park. A magnificent walk leads through the Cikapundung Gorge to Juanda Park, about an hour and a half away. The path leads first to a waterfall (unfortunately, no swimming is possible) and then in to the gorge. Farther on the path forks: left leads out of the valley again, up the slope and to an other fork where turning left takes you to an impressive view points just above Maribaya; the path to the right takes you to Dago. Walking further through the gorge you reach Juanda Park, passing Japanese World War II bunkers along the way.
Another hike back to Bandung begins at the new car park posted “Curug Omas”, which is 5 km from the Lembang crossroads and before you reach Maribaya. This path provides far better views than the rail in the gorge. This trail, too, goes to Juanda Park or, some forty-five minutes longer, to the Ciumbuleuit area. Directions for you: go straight (east) at the Lembang crossroads and follow the charming tree-lined road; some 4 km from Lembang the roads begins to dip steeply into the Cikapundung Valley. The Maribaya Waterfall recreation park is 5.5 km from the crossroads.
If you visit South Kalimantan, do not forget to visit Loksado, a very beautiful and fresh place that is located in Hulu Sungai Selatan district of South Kalimantan province. Loksado has a very interesting natural view and a variety of places to be used for outbound activities that the local people call ”lapah tapi rami” (tiring but exciting). To get there you can go from Banjarbaru towards Hulu Sungai Selatan district (Kandangan) by using a special transport for about 3 – 4hours. The fare is around Rp 30,000 – 50,000 per person. And then you continue by using a local rural transport towards Loksado sub-district. The transport costs Rp 10,000 per person, and it takes 40 minutes to get to the sub-district. After arriving at Loksado you have to walk for about 15 minutes to Mangkuraksa Information Hutt which is located at Kampung Malaris. Each of the tourist objects found around the compound can be reached in 5 to 30 minutes. To get to the local customs forest as far as Cintingan Basar basecamp, it takes between 5 and 7 hours by walking. The tourist destinations at Loksado are Haratai waterfall, Riam Hanai waterfall, Amandit river with its clear water, Tanuhi Hot Water, Dayak Loksado (dwelled by many Dayaks with their strong ethnical nuances), and Balanting Paring or Bamboo Rafting. You can travel in the river by using a bamboo raft. It costs you Rp 250,000 to rent a bamboo raft, but you can use the raft with 3 – 4 friends. Loksado tourist places are still natural because they are almost never exposed by media. If you are interested to visit Loksado, you can contact Yayasan Cakrawala Hijau Indonesia (YCHI).
