Showing posts with label Waterfall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waterfall. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2011

Lawang Agung Waterfall

Lawang Agung Waterfall One of the tourism potential is located in District Mulak ulu, worthy of this tour was developed to increase local revenue, with a location not too far from the main road, the location of Lawang Agung Waterfall can be achieved by using a personal vehicle and public transport .

Condition of road to the location about 500 m, with the road conditions are declining and small rocky.
At the time of travel to locations through the coffee plantation.

In some locations, there is a suspension bridge. Activities that can do this location is swimming, fishing and fish nets.

With complete facilities and public facilities such as parking lots and the improvement of road conditions to the location, is expected to increase local revenue sources and locals.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Sendang Gila (Crazy Spring) Waterfall

Crazy Spring Waterfall is situated at an altitude of 600 m above sea level and has a height of approximately 31 meters. This waterfall emerges from the cliff and fell into the river below it. Basically relatively flat, so a lot of people who bathe under a waterfall.

This tourist location is still in the area of ​​Gunung Rinjani National Park. Spring's name purportedly taken from a story Mad locals who accidentally discovered this waterfall when the crazy messed up the lion hunt in a village and then fled into the woods.

Other interesting things that makes this waterfall is different is the locals believe that this waterfall has a magical element that can make a person a year younger than his age when washing your face or shower with a waterfall.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Ban Gioc Falls, Vietnam

Ban Gioc Falls, now known in Vietnam as a country thác Ban gic, which is a series of waterfalls in the Quy Xuan River on the Sino-Vietnamese border, which lies within the Karst hills of Daxing County in the Guangxi province city Chongzuo, China side, and in the District Trung Khanh, Cao Bang province side of Vietnam, 272 kilometers north of Hanoi.

Waterfall that falls from a height of thirty feet. Now fragmented among the rocks and trees, water falls and the sound of a distant rumble.

Until now there remains controversy regarding the border demarcation at this location is specified in the 1999 Viet Nam-China Treaty on Land Borderline, originated from an unclear definition and placement of signs at the border in a legal document between France and the Qing government.

One faction believes that this whole fall-owned Vietnam, that the boundary marker stones have been moved after the Sino-Vietnam war in 1979.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls is one of the most impressive waterfalls in the world. The waterfall is located on the Zambezi River, which is formed when the demarcation between Zambia and Zimbabwe. This waterfall has a width of about 1 stone (1.6 miles), with a height of 128 m (420 ft).

David Livingstone, explorer Scotland, visiting this tasik in 1855 and named it in the name of Queen Victoria, while tempatannya name is Mosi-oa-Tunya, "bubbling smoke." This waterfall is a party of two state parks, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia and Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe, and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This waterfall is the main object in the resort of South Africa.
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Waterfall Latuppa, Palopo

Ever imagine a tour of nature while enjoying the fruits like Durian, Rambutan and Langsat. Perhaps the tourist area of ​​waterfalls Latuppa you are looking for.

Sources of water from the River is well known Latuppa never dry all year round. As well as abundant water supplies, visits from local and foreign tourists are also not being quiet. This attraction has become a mainstay Palopo City and has also been proclaimed as agro-tourism area since the late '90s.

Local people cultivate fruit is typical mainstay of this region, such as Durian Sawerigading which is a typical varites Palopo City, rambutan, mangosteen, and duku complexioned.

So do not be surprised, if the fruit season arrives, as far as the eye could see a row of fruit sellers looking to meet along the road to the waterfall area Latuppa this.

Latuppa own waterfall has a height of about 13 meters which have varying levels. Large stone walls that form the waterway is also overgrown with moss with a pool of water large enough most basic section where visitors can enjoy a cold water bath Latuppa river and enjoy the atmosphere of the original forest is lush with trees.

If lucky, visitors can simply pluck ripe rambutan fruit that the tree is fairly much in that location.

One more advantage Latuppa waterfall tourist sites, namely certain dimusin we are presented with a beautiful crowd of birds typical of this area is often called the eagle Sulawesi.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Iguazu Falls (Argentina, Brazil)

wasandi - Iguazu Falls, Iguazu River is one of the largest waterfalls in the world. The length over 2,700 m (nearly 2 miles) in a semicircle. Water that falls to collectively form the Iguassu Falls, "Devil's Throat" is the highest is 80 m in height.
Iguazu Falls on the border between the countries Brazil and Argentina Misiones province, and surrounded by two National Parks. Both subtropical forest with hundreds of rare species of flora and fauna threatened with extinction.
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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Salto del Angel, Venezuela

wasandi - Above a height of 979 meters (3212 feet) with no barriers fall around 807 meters (2647 feet), the waterfall Salto de Angel become the highest in the world. This waterfall is located in the Rio Caroni, Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

Although the first known early-20th century by the explorer Ernesto de Santa Cruz, the waterfall was not known officially the world until discovered by American aviator, James Crawford Angel in flight looking for the gold mine site. In 1936, James Angel returned and landed his plane near a waterfall.

This waterfall called Angel Falls in memory of its discoverer, James Crawford Angel. Pemon Indians called this waterfall as "Auyan-tepui. (Aiyan-tepui) which means"Mountain of the Devil.

Official altitude is determined by the National Geographic Society in 1949. Its phenomenal become its own resources for tourism in Venezuela, like a magnet that big powers to come suck the tourist desire.
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