Flowers Fatma Raflesia

Fatma Raflesia a rare flower, found on the Pangandaran Nature Park in 1961.Bunga Raflesia 15-33 cm in diameter Fatma, Fatma Rafflesia can grow on the roots and stems of host Tetrastigma Lanceolarium and Tetrastigma Papillosum.

Flower formation process begins with swelling in the roots of host plants as well as the formation of buds on the surface of the host plant roots.

The bud is starting from a diameter of several mm and then continue until the buds swell the size ± 17 cm and then the bud is as if the tear, which means flower mekar.Bunga Fatma Raflesia regular blooms in the area of Pangandaran Nature Trail during the rainy season.

Rafflesia flower's life cycle is still a mystery, he really parasitic plants. He had no stem or leaves as a tree, there are few such fibers directly penetrate the core roots of host trees. However, how the flower seeds can get into the trunk of its host, it is still a mystery.

For this Fatma Raflesia Culturing Flowers, Party deliberately membibitkan Bogor Botanical Gardens Flowers Raflesia Origin of Pangandaran, for culture developed in 2004 and till now still can be found at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.

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Waterfalls in Pangandaran nature reserve

One more attraction you should visit the waterfall in Pangandaran nature reserve. Better to go there there are some things to be aware of them, you should go in the morning after eat breakfast first because it would require  much energy to get there. Do not forget to bring supplies of food and drink in moderation. Because it will go into the forest should spray your body with anti mosquito. Not many tourists know, if Pangandaran nature reserve has a waterfall. This is because the location must be reached by walking for 1-2 hours to reach the waterfall as high as approximately 30 meters. Where the water is immediately plunged into the Indian ocean, the southern tip of the nature reserve.
To reach this waterfall, there are two roads, the first is the path from the cave Rengganis continue down until it finds the field nanggorak to find the path that led down to the waterfall. Second way is through the ground bison, exactly west. Due to lack of tourists who visit, the path was sometimes obscured by foliage and blocked by fallen trees. So if you are without using a guide service, 100% can be lost, even if you possessed the GPS track log.
At the top of the climb, before reaching the waterfall, if you're lucky, you can see Raflesia Fatma, mini-sized corpse flower, with petals of palm seeds. And of course the smell will smell the stench, because the number of flies that settle and death rates are affected by mucus.
To get to the bottom of the waterfall, we must use the roots to go down, because the slope angle is nearly vertical. This is where we need prudence. So that we can arrive safely below the waterfall.
Large pond into a comfortable place to swim, the water quality is still very natural. Occasionally you can be flushed away with water falling into the tip. Exciting indeed, after a weary walk for 1 hour more.
Note for those of you who want to trekking to the waterfall, go through the lines suggested nanggorak and home field through the bull. With through this pathway will have a tremendous sensation.

Indonesian Cuisine - Perkedel

Perkedel / Mashed potatoes

Mashed potatoes are extra food from major food ingredients made ​​from mashed potatoes mashed in the mixed egg and seasoning given. And how to make it:

Ingredients:

     ½ kg potatoes, peeled
     1 egg, separate yolks & whites
     1 tablespoon fried onion, mashed
     ¼ tsp fine white pepper
     smooth nutmeg to taste
     ½ sticks celery, thinly sliced
     salt to taste
     cooking oil

How to Make:

•      Fry potatoes in skillet oil content that is heated by a hot fire until cooked. Do not get burnt or too brown.
•      Once cooked, mashed and then immediately removed.
•      Mashed potatoes mixed with egg yolk, fried onion, pepper, nutmeg and celery leaves.
•      After all thoroughly blended, the batter is made potato dots slightly flattened. Create potatoes until dough  runs out.
•      Reheat wok cooking oil that has been filled and heated.
•      Roll the potatoes in a white circle egg and fry until cooked brown.

indonesianl cuisine - Fried Rice

Fried Rice.
Most people eat breakfast if Indonesian fried rice, but also makes it easy to quickly and praktis.Ada many different kinds of rice are fried seafood fried rice, fried bananas and others depending on the creativity of each.

 
How to make fried rice:

Ingredients
2 plates of white rice
2 cloves garlic, crushed
5 seeds red onion, crushed
2 red chili beans, mashed
1 tomato, sliced ​​thin
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 tsp pepper powder

How To Make
1) Saute garlic, onion and red pepper until fragrant.
2) Pour the eggs, stir to become scrambled.
3) Add rice, stir until blended with herbs and rice is no clumping.
4) Add salt and pepper, stir again until smooth.

If you like you can add tomato sauce or tomato paste salt and pepper to taste before it is added.

How to serve:
Usually served with fried rice or chicken fried sunny side up depending on taste.

Indonesian cuisine - Sate / Satay

Satay

Satay is the food that shaped little pieces of meat ingredients. There are several kinds such as satay chicken , satay lamb and satay beef.

How to make meat that had been cut into pieces. then given the seasoning, stabbed with a puncture satay made ​​from bamboo strips and baked. Served with peanut sauce or soy sauce and eaten with warm rice or rice cake.

This particular type of food, known almost in every corner of Indonesia, and even each region has its own peculiarities, both food ingredients and seasonings.

Indonesian Cuisine - Nasi Timbel

1. Nasi Timbel
  Nasi Timbel is plain white rice, then wrapped in banana leaves to lead a normal a hot white rice and wrapped in banana leaves, wrapped in banana leaves because it will cause Sensational aromas.

HOW TO MAKE:

■ prepare the banana leaves the size of + / - 25 x 35 cm and hot cooked rice

■ put the rice on banana leaf

■ fold the left-right direction to center.

■ roll while holding the banana leaf rice in order to become solid

■ wrapped like a rice cake but left and right side is pressed into.

How to serve:

■  eaten with sour vegetable, empal, grilled chicken or fried chicken, grilled fish , tofu , salted fish jambal , chilli paste/ sambal and fresh vegetables.

Things that must be considered before a trip to Pangandaran

fulling fishing net

1.  Try not to travel to Pangandaran at the time the new year or the feast of Eid because at that time will be full    of   domestic tourists so that every tourism object will be crowded.
2.  Try to stay in Pangandaran at least three days because a lot of very interesting sights to visit such as: National Park, White sand, Green Valley , Batuhiu Beach ,Green Canyon and Batukaras.
3.  So that your visit more purposeful should use the services of an official local guide and experienced.
4.  Shopping in Pangandaran you must be smart to bargain in order to obtain lower price.
5.  Indonesian food is loaded with spices and mostly spicy .
6. Green Canyon is better visited in the dry season. Why? Because you will get the best view with crystal clear water color. Water color is green and the current smooth. When the rainy season, water turning to brown.
7.  For those who like surfing Batukaras is a right place.
8.  Travel time from Jakarta to Pangandaran is between 8 to 10 hours, 6 hours from Bandung and Yogyakarta from 8 to 9 hours by car.
9. The nearest Train station to pangandaran is BanjarTrain station ( about 60 km) and Sidareja Train Station (about 40 km).
10. Nusa wiru Airport is the only one Airport in Pangandaran about 25 kilometers to cijulang.

Palm Sugar / Brown Sugar

If you visit to Pangandaran incomplete if they do not see how to make the brown sugar or palm sugar. why, because in the Pangandaran area will you find lots of coconut trees. Residents here are many who became craftsmen brown sugar. the reason that count sells coconuts old they can only be harvested once every month.whereas if made of brown sugar per day can earn money.

Method of making coconut sugar palm sap is quite simple: lahang filtered or boiled in order to clean then use the cauldron / katel or other device whose surface width. During the process of boiling palm sugar should be stirred frequently so as not to scorch. After becoming concentrated sugar, stirring constantly lowered. The dough is ready to be printed is poured into molds made from the shell of a circle made of bamboo, bamboo is cut into pieces, plastic gutter, or boxes made of wood. After a cold and hardened sugar removed from the mold. The packaging is done by wrapping the sugar with dried banana leaves, or dried hibiscus leaves to sugar that is printed using shell. Klaras gedebok and coconut or banana leaves are dried for sugar that is printed circular flat. Can also use plastic packaging, especially for sugar-shaped beams.Sugar that has been packaged and stored in a dry and ready to be marketed.

In marketing, palm sugar through two distribution channels, namely direct marketing to consumers and to small and large traders.Direct marketing to consumers as a sweetener for housewives as well as supplementary material in food or beverage industries, among others, sugar beans (ampyang), enting-enting, cake one, nopia, wajit, soy sauce, and so forth. That many traders involved in marketing the product from the manufacturer, marketing to consumers, retailers and wholesalers in the city of Jakarta.

Wooden Puppet / Wayang Golek

Wooden puppet is a puppet show of art dolls made of wood, which is especially very popular in the Land of Pasundan.Puppet is a form of folk theater which is very popular. People often link the word "puppet" with a "shadow", as seen from the puppet show put on screen, where images appear. In West Java, in addition to wayang kulit, the most popular is the puppet show. With regard to the puppet show, there are two kinds of them puppet show flat (cropped) and the puppet show existing prototypes in the Sunda region. Except wayang wong, of all the puppets were played by a puppeteer as a leader who once sang suluk show, voicing Antawacana, set gamelan set songs and others.As the general storyline puppet, puppet show in the show also usually have a play-good story lines and carangan sourced from the Ramayana and Mahabharata by using the Sundanese Sundanese gamelan music (salendro), which consists of two pieces saron, a howl, a selentem, one device boning, boning rincik one device, one device kenong, a pair of gongs (kempul and goong), coupled with a set of drums (a drum and three kulanter Goon), xylophone and fiddle.Since the 1920s, during the puppet show accompanied by sinden. Sinden popularity in those days was very high so beat the popularity of puppeteer puppet show itself, especially when his time Upit Sarimanah and Titim Patimah circa the 1960s.In the puppet show performances, the play is usually performed carangan play. Only an occasional strain of the play was performed. This seemed to be a measure of intelligence its puppeteers create carangan play a good and interesting. Some of the famous puppeteer puppet show them Tarkim, RU Partasuanda, Abeng Sunarya, Either Tirayana, Apek, Asep Sunandar Sunarya, Cecelia Supriadi etc..Pengadegan pattern puppet show are as follows: 1) Tatalu, puppeteer and sinden on stage, gising row / kawit, version murwa, Nayndra, mysticism / kakawen, and biantara; 2) Round unjal, paseban, and bebegalan; 3) Nagara sejen; 4 ) Patepah; 5) War failed; 6) Panakawan / goro-goro; 7) War of flower; 8) War of the racquet; and 9) Tutug.One function is ngaruat puppet in society, ie cleaning up of accidents (distress). Some people who diruwat (Sukerta), among others: 1) Wunggal (only child); 2) bear Bugang (a sister whose brother died); 3) Suramba (four sons); 4) Surambi (four daughters); 5) Pandavas (five sons); 6) Pandawi (five daughters); 7) Talaga Date Kausak (a son dihapit daughter); 8) Samudera hapit Sindang (a daughter dihapit two sons), and so on.Puppet show is currently more dominant as folk art performances, which have functions that are relevant to the needs of the community environment, both spiritual and material needs. This way we can see from some of the activities in communities, for example when there is celebration, a good celebration (feast feast) in the context of circumcision, marriage and other sometimes accompanied by a puppet show performances.

Ticket price to tourism object

Pangandaran Beach , Batuhiu :

1. Pedestrian Rp. 2500, -
2. Motorcycles Rp. 5900, -
3. Sedan / Jeep Rp. 14 200, -
4. Passenger car of Rp. 27 200, -
5. Large Passenger Cars Rp. 40 200, -
6. Small Bus Rp. 52 700, -
7. Bus Medium Rp. 79 500, -
8. Big Bus Rp. 130 500,-
Batu Karas beach :

1. Pedestrian Rp. 1,500, -
2. Motorcycles Rp. 3900, -
3. Sedan / Jeep Rp. 9200, -
4. Passenger car of Rp. 17 200, -
5. Large Passenger Cars Rp. 22 200, -
6. Small Bus Rp. 32 700, -
7. Bus Medium Rp. 49 500, -
8. Big Bus Rp. 80 500, -

GREEN CANYON TOUR / Cukang Taneuh :

1. 1 ( one ) boat for 5 persons (excluding rental charges) Rp. 150.000, -

(Data source: Department of Culture and Tourism District Ciamis)

Batukaras Beach

Batu Karas Beach is located in the Village Batukaras Cijulang District, about 34 km or approximately 1 hour drive from the tourist resort of Pangandaran.

Batu Karas beach has a uniqueness that makes it different from other beaches. If we are accustomed to the straight line-shaped beach, the beach is not with this one. Batu Karas beach lies between two hills are locked, so the beach is semicircular. This beach is often regarded as a blend of sights and Batu Hiu Beach Pangandaran, because the coastline is rich with sand cliffs and the waves are beautiful.

Batu Karas beach is one of the best surfing beaches on the island of Java, and the waves were quite popular among the surfers. The existence of a cliff on the right coast, creating long lines so that the waves suitable for surfing. Waves at Batu Karas is not too extreme, circumstances that makes the beginner surfers are also fond of Batu Karas as a place to hone the ability to surf.

In addition, ocean currents are not directly lead to the beach makes the area of ​​Batu Karas beach safe for swimming as well as doing other water sports like Banana Boat.

Rental Price
Banana Boat rental: Rp. 45,000 per person
Surfing Board Rental: Rp. 75,000 per person
Surf Lesson: Rp. 150,000 per Hour
Swim Ban Rent: Rp. 5000 s / d Rp. 10,000 (depending on tire size)

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Hotel in Pangandaran

Surya Pesona*** Tlp: (0265)639428 [Rp.420.000- s/d Rp.840.000,-]
Badeto Ratu Tlp: (0265)639024 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Wismawan Tlp: (0265)63376 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Pangandaran Beach Tlp: (0265)639062 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Sawargi Tlp: (0265)639042 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Saputra Tlp: (0265)639040 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Aquarium Tlp: (0265)639088 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Kembar Mas Tlp: (0265)630663 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Nyiur Indah-1** Tlp: (0265)639053 [Rp.200.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Laut Biru*** Tlp: (0265)639010/046 [Rp.350.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Nugraha Tlp: (0265)639225 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.200.000,-]
Pelangi Tlp: (0265)639023 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.200.000,-]
Sindang Asih Tlp: (0265)639037 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Setia Family Tlp: (0265)639805 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Sunrise*** Tlp: (0265)639220/221 [Rp.300.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Pantai Indah Timur***Tlp: (0265)639004 [Rp.350.000,- s/d Rp.800.000,-]
Bumi Pananjung Tlp: (0265)639358 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Mini-2 Tlp: (0265)639298 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.200.000,-]
Pantai Indah Barat*** Tlp: (0265)639006 [Rp.300.000,- s/d Rp.600.000,-]
Susan Guest House Tlp: (0265)639290 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Damar Indah Tlp: (0265)639424 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Mustika Ratu Tlp: (0265)639730 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Fortuna** Tlp: (0265)630367 [Rp.200.000,- s/d Rp.600.000,-]
Bahtera Jaya Tlp: (0265)639245 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Bumi Nusantara*** Tlp: (0265)639030 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Surya Kencana** Tlp: (0265)630985 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Duta Loka Tlp: (0265)639096 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Sinar Rahayu Tlp: (0265)639682 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Pasific*** Tlp: (0265)639510 [Rp.200.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Sofia*** Tlp: (0265)639329 [Rp.250.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Sunset*** Tlp: (0265)639293 [Rp.200.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Karang Sari-1 Tlp: (0265)639842 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Nyiur Indah-2*** Tlp: (0265)639349/415 [Rp.250.000.- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Puri Indah*** Tlp: (0265)639194 [Rp.300.000,- s/d Rp.600.000,-]
Pantai Sari Tlp: (0265)639358 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Sandaan** Tlp: (0265)639165 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Pantai Uni*** Tlp: (0265)639224 [Rp.250.000,- s/d Rp.600.000,-]
Duta Beach*** Tlp: (0265)639064/065/066 [Rp.200.000,- s/d Rp.400.000,-]
Alam Jaya Tlp: (0265)630720 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Hotel Hawai Tlp: (0265)631225 [Rp.200.000,- s/d Rp.500.000,-]
Pantai Jaya Tlp: (0265)639281 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Samudra Tlp: (0265)639084 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Soka Tlp: (0265)639139 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]
Saluyu Tlp: (0265)639457 [Rp.100.000,- s/d Rp.250.000,-]
Dahlia Indah Tlp: (0265)639173 [Rp.150.000,- s/d Rp.300.000,-]

 * The price will be change any time without notification.

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