It is the object of Ketep Pass
Nature tours are developed
with the characteristic of tourism Volcano Mountain, in particular Merapi.On October 17
2002, Ketep Pass inaugurated
as the Solo line – Selo – Borobudur by President 5th Megawati Sukarnoputri.
Location
Location of Ketep Pass is in the
the hilltop Sawangan (halfway between Mount Merapi and mount Merbabu). Ketep Pass
situated at a height of 1200 ft
above sea level and wide areas of more or less 8000 square meters. Ketep pass this is 21 km from Mungkid sub-district,
17 Blabak km from the village to the East, 30 km from the town of Magelang, about 35 km from the town of Boyolali, and 30 km
from Borobudur Temple. From The City Salatiga is located around 32 miles, Ketep Pass can be reached through Kaponan and the village of
Kopeng.
Waterfall Ketep Pass this easy to reach both by bus large, minibus, or sedan the like as well as motorcycles because the operations of the field
which is not too difficult to traverse.
It has several Ketep Pass
functions, namely:
1. as a means of documentation.
This function can be obtained from the documentary, which was screened in the mini cinema.
2. as a means of demonstration.
This function can be obtained from the interactive computer
store data about Mount Merapi. This computer available in the Volcano Centre.
3. as a means of education, Function can be obtained from the Volcano Centre and the Volcano Theatre.
4. as a means of research. I.e. as the location of the observation the activity of Mount Merapi.
5. as a means of recreation. Function This can be obtained from the substation point of view and of the Panca arga.
Facilities
Facilities provided at Ketep
This Pass is complete enough and interesting. It facilities are:
Museum Of Volcanology
The Museum has an area of less
over 550 sq m. In it stand miniature Mount Merapi, interactive computer that contains Volcano about documents, Some examples of the stones of the evidence
the eruption from year to year, posters Garuda peak measuring
3x3m, lava early warning poster
Mount Merapi, as well as some
photos and posters depicts the story of the activity of Mount Merapi.
Mini cinema
The cinema has a capacity of
the seating is pretty much, the 78 seats. This cinema the film presents a history of the Mount Merapi, which includes formation of the mountain events Merapi, lines climbing, research at the Summit Garuda, the terrible eruption of Mount
Merapi, and various events
occur in sequence of time certain. The duration of the film is quite It's short, only about 25 minutes.
Binoculars
The number of binoculars in Ketep This Pass is two pieces. Each Of The each is in the top Five Arga and Viewing.
This tool, visitors can clearly see the beauty panorama of Mount Merapi, Merbabu and the mountains in the other.
The Panca Arga
Panca Arga means Five Mount. This location is the highest peak in Tourism Ketep Pass. From the highest peaks These visitors can see 5 mountain biking, namely Merapi, Merbabu,
Sindoro, cleft lip and palate, and
Slamet.
In addition to the fifth Mountain
visitors can also view and enjoy the mountains, small and hills are very beautiful among other things, the Mountain Mount Tidar
Andong Pring, Hill, Mountain
Incise, Mount Telomoyo, etc.
Viewing In the form of 2 pieces each gazebo each of the four sizes rectangle and square building eight with long length
side five yards. From The Substation This, visitors to your can see the natural beauty of Mount Merapi and the Merbabu, as well as a stretch of land
the farm is on both feet The mountain.
sumber: WiKi
visit the city of art and culture
Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
