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L: Surabaya.
M: Madura,.
N: Malang, Probolingo, Pasuruan,
Lumajang, Batu.
P: Besuki, Bondowoso, Situbondo,
Jember, Banyuwangi.
S, Bojonegoro, Mojokerto, Tuban,
Lamongan, Jombang.
W: Sidoarjo, Gresik.
AE: Madiun, Ngawi, Magetan, Ponorogo,
Pacitan.
AG: Kediri, Blitar, Tulungagung,
Nganjuk, Trenggalek. |
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The main point of East Jawa is located at the northern coast, in Surabaya: a
rising industrial and commercial centre, and the second largest city in
Indonesia. With it's three milion residents this factory-, and seaport city
has developed into the economical capital of entire Eastern Indonesia. The
seaport ( Tanjung Perak'e.g. Cape Silver ) is a crossing of trade between the
eastern islands of the archipelago and the seaports in the west, a role which
Surabaya filled for centuries already. Partly as a result of softening rules
the industry as well as the service sector grew tremendously. The famous poor
sight of the city is disappearing more rapidly, and is being replaced by that
of a metropolis. It even looks like if it will get back it's important status
of most important centre of trade and industry in the entire archipelago; a
position it lost to Jakarta after the Second World War. In contrary to
Jakarta, with it's mixture of cultures, Surabaya is an real Jawanese city.
Other than In Solo and Yogyakarta, the Jawanese in Surabaya mainly originate
from the pasisir ( the coast, the bordr area ) and they belong on the whole to
the santri, a more orthodox stream in the Islam.
Original inhabitants are called Arčk Suroboyo in Jawanese. They are free,
proud and sometimes a little simpleminded. The city has a faster pace and a
more cosmopolitan look on life than the hinterland, cultivated by centuries of
contacts with traders from overseas.
People have little interest in the fuss and etiquette of the royal cities;
Surabays is a commecial centere and it's society reasonable egalitarian.
Surabaya has little to offer to tourists, but lovers of the sparkling and busy
nightlife can enjoyt this city, especially when they look beneath the surface.
Who really wants to enjoy the city has just to copy the middle class; a small
walk to the evening market of the shopping mall. Public happenins are an
extremely good moment to meet, at watch, other people.
The story of the shark and the crocodile The name Surabaya
originates from a stoey about a fight between sura ( a shark ) and a baya ( a
crocodile ). In that fight they united and formed the character S, which can
be found at the back of the Monument of the Heroes, on the city arms. Another
explaination is saya ing baya, a Jawanese proverb; 'brave in the face of
fear'. With this the ajčk Suroboyo are meant, which offered strong resistance
against the fierce attack of sultan Agung. But just as well this proverb can
be used fo the people who fought in the later revolution.
It's not exactly known when Surabaya was founded, but in the seventies the
city council declared 31 May 1293 as the big dag. Historically this was the
dat at which the Chinese-Mongolian troops were conquerred by Raden Wijaya and
he founded the empire of Majapahit. The harbour developped from a small
village at the banks of a brackish side-rivers of the Brantas. Maybe this is a
declaration of it's Chinese name, Sishui, which means 'muddy water'. Chinese
sources report that the city was 'the gate to the mighty Brantas, the main
route which leads to the inlands of Jawa'.
During the good period of Majapahid in the 14th century Surabaya had a lower
position compared with the near seaports of Tuban and Gresik. Until the first
half of the 19th century, the seaport of Pasuran even was bigger. The city got
more fame when it held strong against the aggresion of Mataram, Madura and the
VOC threathened to invade Surabaya, in the 17th and 18th century. Leaders of
resistance like Trunojoyo ( a disloyal prince from Madura ), Sawunggaling ( a
local hero ) and Untung Surapati ( a rebelling Baltic slave ) brought huge
losses to the Dutch and Mataram.
Eventually the city was lost to the VOC, except of the quarters near the
harbour where European, Chinese and other Asian traders lived, it was no more
than a Jawanese kampung until the turn of the century, houses of wood and
bamboo. As many other cities on Jawa Surabaya got it’s colonial looks only
after 1900; big stone buildings besides green and wide lanes, most of the
times close to the kampungs, when they didn’t have to dissappear. Even now
people speak about ‘the people from the wide lanes’ and from ‘the people from
the small alleys’.
City centre Just like Jakarta, Surabaya developed around the
harbour, and gradulately grew southwards. A visit to the city normally starts
in the new commercial and governmental centre around Jalan Tunjungan and Jalan
Pemuda, a fast developing, smaller version of Jalan Thamrin - Sudirman - Gatot
Subroto, the main archer in Jakarta.
Point of recognition dfor Jalan Tunjungan is Hotel Majapahit, the former
‘Oranje Hotel’. At this place the flag-incident took place in September 1945,
the spark in the revolutionair barrel of gunpowder of the city. With just
across Hotel Sarkies, at Jalan Embong Malang, the corner forms the lost
colonial history, with at the eastern side the former private club Deutsche
Verein at Jalan Gentengkali, now known as Balai Sahabat.This place offers a
good Chinese restaurant, also accessible for non-members. At this street is
also the cultural centre, Taman Budaya for expositions and shows. In the
morning students practice classical dances. The complex was used for the
bupati ( regent ) until the seventies.
At Jalan Dolog is a statue of king Kertanagara in his incarnation of the
Bhuddha Asokbhya. The from Malang originating statue was taken to Surabaya
earlier. The feet carried the date 1289. Jawanese still honour the statue,
that is locally know as ‘Joko Dolog’ ( fat boy ).
More to the east, at Jalan Pemuda, is Grahadi, the official residence of the
governor of East Jawa, once the stately residence house. From the road the
back of the building can just be seen; at the front if a small canal. In this
quarter transport over water was very common. The statue of Soerju, the first
governot of East Jawa, dresses up the park across Grahadi.
East of this is the Balai pemuda, built in 1907 as the Simpang Club. It was
rebuilt into a luxury cinema and exhibition room of Surabaya. More north, in
the middle of a traffic island is a statue of Sudirman, commander-in-chief of
the Indonesian revolutionary troops. Here is also the city house, built by the
Dutch, which offered a view over the Taman Surya park. The nearby ice-cream
salon Zangrandi with it’s colonial air it’s a part of the city. More to the
east at Jalan Pemuda is one of the biggest malls in Southeast Asia. Across are
food stalls and the river market at Jalan Kayoon; you can buy semi precious
stones, in gold and silver if you like.
Further south, at the other bank of the river is Jalan Irian Barat, at night a
famous place for transvestites, the only place in entire Indonesia where the
waria( fake woman ) are illegal. Along Jalan Keputran ( Prince Street ) many
vegetable traders collected at night, futher south, where Jalan Keputran
changes into Jalan Dinoyo, is a Chinese temple where on special Thursdays
wayang kulit shows are given.
Old city North of the triangle Jalan Tunjungan - Pemuda - Kaliasin
are the old quarters of Surabaya. On Jalan Pahlawan is the Monument of the
Heroes ( Tugu Pahlawan ) dating back to the fifties. It is built for the
bravery of the youghts of Surabaya during the battle of Surabaya. At this
famous Surabaya got it’s nickname ‘City of Heroes’. East of the square is the
colonial governors house which partially dates back to the thirties.
From here the route goed back in time. Walk towards the north over Jalan
Veteran ( used to be Jalan Niaga, the colonial buildings date from the 1920’s
) to Jembatan Merah, the Red Bridge, in the centre of the former trading
quarter. The color of the bridge came from the fight between the shark and the
crocodile, at least, that’s the story.
Jalan Kembang Jepun ( ‘Japanese Flowers’ ), east of the bridge got it’s name
because of the houses with Japanses prostitutes ( karayuki-san ). Now it’s a
business district, and also the centre of Surabaya’s big Chinese quarter. Just
south of the Kembang Jepun at Jalan Sompretan is the Hok An Kiong temple,
built in the 18th century by Chinese traders to honour Mazu, the proctection
goddess of the sailors.
The only pure confucian temple of Indonesia, built in 1907, is at Jalan
Kapasan. The Sunday mass is similar to the Christian mass; this influence
dates back to the turn of the last century when Chinese students of Chinese
missionaries reformed the population.
In this neighborhood is also the Klenteng Bukuh ( Hok Tik Hian ) where daily
shows are given with handdolls from Fukien ( potehi ). The accultation is big,
the players - which speak Hokkien - and the musicians who are mainly Jawanese.
The parking attendant who sells the dolls is from Madura.
An even more crazy example of the blending of religion and culture in Surabaya
is Jalan Panggung, where old Chinese totok's are besided Islamic houses of
prayer. Walking among other people you will arrive at Pasar Pabean, an
enormous market where traders trade in goods from the countryside, seafood,
spices, perfumes and semi gems, like it has gone fot centuries.
Further north the Jalan Kyai Mas Mansyur takes you directly to the past of
Surabaya: the heart of the Arabic quarter, whith a kashba-air. The gate which
dresses up Jalan Ampel Suci leads to the Mesjid Sunan Ampel, the oldest
mosques of the city. The grave of the namer of the mosque is at the back,
Sunan Ampel, one of the nine legendaric heroes wali which the Islam took to
Jawa in the 15th century.
Just north of the Arabic quarter is the historical harbour Kali Mas. For
centuries it was visited by sailboats from all over the archipelago. Even now
the rubust pinisi-ships from South Sulawesi can be seen here. They anchor on
the two kilometre wide quay west of the modern seaport area Tasnjung Perak,
not open for public.
Jalan Kapasari ( bach to Jalan Kapasan and then right ) has a flea market
which attracts many vistors on Sundays.
More south the street is names Jalan Kasumabansa; here is the THR, Surabaya's
centre of shopping and enjoyment for the big audience. Covered- and outside
theathres bring traditional dance, and modern music to ythe visitors. Besides
is Taman Remaja Surabaya ( Surabaya Youthpark ), a non stop pasar. Very
interesting is the show of transvestites which is held on Thursday evenings.
With their best voices they sing songs on which young guys try to dance.
Suburbs
At the most remote Southeastern corner of the city, at the end of Jalan
Kenjeran, is Pantai Ria Kenjeran, Kenjeran Beach. There is no beach in the
area and the new amusement park has changed into a love hotel, but in the old
park there certainly is good seafood for sale. It's in the middle of the
Madurese fishing villages, which hold birding contests as a popular game of
gambling; illegal, but inexstinctable.
South and West of the Kenjeran, past the campus of the Institut Teknologi
Surabaya ( ITS ), is a flamboyant nouveau riche quarter. On scheduled times
the Indonesia-America Friendschip Association holds art expositions. At Toko
Miroto good collections of arts and crafts can be found.
At the Southern egde of Surabya, besides Jalan Raya Darmo, the Dutch built an
elegant quarter at the start of the 20th century. At Jalan Taman Mayangkera 6
is the Mpu Tantular Museum, placed in the house of the former representative
of the 'Javaansche Bank' ( Jawanese Bank ). It has a small but important
historical and archeological collection. Across the museum is the Kebun
Binatant, one of the oldest and biggest zoo's in Southeastern Asia, with among
the animals the Komodo Dragons and river dolphins from Kalimantan.
The way back to the centre takes you along Jalan Diponegoro to the busy
crossing with Jalan Girilaya. Here is the famous brothel Dolly's, named after
the lady whi started the sex-industry in this quarter in the 1960's. This
red-light-disctrict gives a sobering view on the blending of normal housed,
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Malang was a popular stay for colonials. The city had a cool climate and is
located on a nice, with vulcanoes surrounded plauteau, 450 metres above the
pressing heat of the lowlands. In the east the active Gunung Semeru dominates
the view; the Gunung Anjasmoro, Arjuna and Penderman in the north are covered
with hotels and holiday places. Southwest of the city is the mystical Gunung
Kawi, where pilgrims pray for prosperity.
Following the Dinoyo-inscription from 760 a kingdom flourished at the location
of the current city; in the area there are many old objects. The modern Malang
is an colonial city though. The growth started after 1870, when Europeans
built coffe-, rubber, and cacao plantations and the sugar industry of the
government started to grow. The wealth attracted more and more Dutch. They
built houses in the city, and holiday house in the mountains of Batu, Selekta
and Lawang.
The alun-alun of Malang was constructed in 1882 following the standard
pattern; at it's border a market, a mosque, a prison and regents house. Later
the Europeans built the house of the assisting resident, the Protestant church
and later a bank building and a society. In 1914 a new city centre across the
River Kali Brantas was constructed around a square at it's centre. At the same
time a new quarter north of the city was built, complete with wide lanes and
big trees. The colonial feeling can still be felt around here.
The good, 90 kilometre road from Surabaya to Malang takes you to the
botanical garden of Purwodadi, an department of the Kebun Raya
Bogor. The garden, where the beautifull Baung-falls are, stretches all the way
to the lower hills of the Arjuna. The imposant Jugendstil hotels Niagara,
which is said to be haunted, was designed for a rich Chinese in 1911 by the
Brasillian architect Pinitu.
Malang is a good place to view at a good walk. The Balai Kota Malang, the city
house at Jalan Tugu is the best point for a start. On the big, round square
with the mahony trees for the shade.
The Splendid Inn at Jalan majapahit used to be a landhouse; in 1973 it was
rebuilt into a hotel.
Toko Oen. Since the father of the current owner opened the store at the end of
the 1930's, on the inside nothing changed. Tourists and ladies from Malang buy
fresh bread and nice cakes there, though it's closed on Mondays.
Besides the western road of the alun-alun is the reformed church and just a
little ahead the most important mosque of the city. In the southwestern corner
of the square is Hotel Pelangi, the former Palace Hotel. Dutch tiles decorate
the walls of the coffeehop. At the southern side of the square is a main
kantor pos post office. It's a gathering point for street sellers of food,
toys and sellers who try to sell medicines to passers-by.
Colonial suburbs
Holiday places
Twenty kilometres west of Malang are the holiday places of
Batu en Selekta,
which are from the Dutch times. The old colonial buildings and the modern
weekend vill;a's belong to the rich of Malang and Surabaya.
The main road from Malang to the northwest leads to Dinoyo, with a good
pottery industry.
A turn to the right takes you to Selekta. The bumby road climbc up along
villas and impressivee trees towards Hotel Selekta. The hotel, once an
exclusive place of relaxation,
The village of Sumber Brantas is just ahead, near the sources of the Brantas
river. The road full of holes climbc to the vegetable nurseries and forested
ravains over which is a cool fogg.
Past the pass are untouched hot sources of the Canggar, a well-known spot
among youths.
Back on the main road appear dozens of warung when you near the small city of
batu. Various kinds of vegetables are sold; the area is well-known for its
vegetables. The holiday hotels are past Batu, hold a rest at Amsterdam
restaurant.
West of Batu starts Songgoriti, a place of
holiday. Near Candi Songgoriti are the hot suplhur sources and the recreation
park Tirtanirwana with swimming pools, playgrounds and a fishing pond. The
main road with hairpin curves climbs along Gunung Panderman. This path ends at
a small densely forested claft with a 60 metre high fall Cuban Rondo.
Back on the main road the route takes you to sawahs, some falls and closed,
mountainous rainforest to the cities of Pare and Kediri in the lowlands. At
the border of the forest, 28 kilometres from Malang, is the swimming pool of
Dewi Sri. Here the road descents towards Ngantang and the Selorejo-reservoir (
43 kilometres from Malang ), loved by watersporters.
The southern coast
60 Kilometres south of Malang are the beached of the rough southern coast,
battered by wind, deserted and beautiful. The most are only reachable by car;
a journey through poor farmers villages over rough landroads and stone hills. Ngliyep is attracting most visitors,
especially on holidays like Labuhan ( normally in October ). However the sea
looks very attractive, along these beaches are dangerous streams and
whirlpools. This is the place of the Queen of the Southern Sea, Myai Ratu
Kidul; the color green angers her and a huge wave takes away innocent
swimmers.
At Sendangbiru swimming is safe. Here,
boats can be hired ( make a clear price after bargaining ) for a trip to the
island reserve Sempu with sandy creeks which are overshadowed by low trees. It
is said that this is the last place where the Jawanese tiger can be found. The
green area of the 800 hectare big island is being engulfed in warm waves, and
offers a view towards Jawa's green coastal area.
The beach of Balekambang is a popular
place; in the sheltered bay are two small islands, connected by footbridges.
On one of them is an Balinese temple, in which every March the Jalanidipuja-ceremony
is held. On the beach here Suran-ceremonies - to celebrate Jawanese New Year -
are held too, normally in July.
All three beaches can be reached by car. Others are only with four-wheel-drive
and on foot along paths used by fishermen, like the beaches of Modangan and
Tamban.
About 36 kilometres west of malang is the mystical Gunung Kawi, favorite place
among pilgrims who want to become rich instantly.
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Ijen Plateau |
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The Ijen Plateau lies in the centre of the Ijen-Merapi Maelang Reserve, which
extends over much of the mountainous region directly west of Banyuwangi and
borders on the Baluran National Park in the north east. As at Mt. Bromo , the
caldera is best viewed from the air.
Fortunately, almost all commercial flights operating between Denpasar -
Surabaya, Yogyakarta or Jakarta usually fly, if not directly over, then close
by Ijen plateau, where the seemingly luminous blue/green crater lake forms an
unmistakable landmark. It is a beautiful scenery and located about 32 km to
the north west of Banyuwangi.
The principal attraction at Ijen is the large, sulphureous crater lake which
lies hidden between sheer walls of deeply furrowed rock at more than 200
meters. The Ijen crater itself lies at approximately 2,300 meters above sea
level. It forms a twin volcano with the now extinct Mount Merapi. The enormous
crater lake, which is 200 meters deep and covers an area of more than meters,
a million square meters, contains about 36 million cubic meters of steaming,
acid water.
Ijen crater shows a special type of volcanic feature common to Indonesia,
about 1 kilometer in diameter and 175 meters deep. The floor is covered
completely by a warm lake, milky blue green in colours held back by a dam
built many years ago by the Dutch, in order to keep the hot, mineral laden
water from raining the crop lands below.
The crater can be reached from either the east or the west by any kinds of
vehicles, but the second part of the trip covers distance 3 km on foot (jungle
track). However, the latter is more popular approach, since the climb from the
road’s end to the edge of the lake is only one and a half hours. And a walk
around the lake takes a full day.
The temperature drops at night, near the crater rim it can fall to about 5°
Celcius. The road ends at Jampit, where very basic shelter is available. It is
also possible to sleep in the old vulcanology station further up the hill, now
used by sulphur collectors, but permission must be obtained in advance.
The sulphur is transported entirely on foot. In the past, horses were used but
they were found to be less practical on the hazardous terrain. Today, the mine
yields nine to twelve tons of sulphur per day.
Individual loads of up to 70 kg are carried by men, often barefooted, up to
the rim of crater and then 17 km down the mountainside to a factory near
Banyuwangi. The porters are paid by weight. The most important advice if you
are travelling to Ijen is: “If you lose your way, just look out for the
sulphur trail”. The meaning was clear, since a continuous flow of two way
traffic,carrying the sulphur down the mountainside from the lake and trudging
up again to re-load, had left a yellow trail on the well worn path. The best
time for seeing Ijen Crater is at 8 to 9 am.
How to reach Ijen Crater
Surabaya - Bondowoso :by bus [191 km]
Bondowoso - Sempol :by bus [165 km]
Sempol - Banyuapit :by bus [14 km]
Banyuapit - Paltuding :by minibus, or car [4 km]
Paltuding - Ijen Crater :on foot [4 km]
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Denpasar [Bali] - Banyuwangi :by bus and ferry [140 km]
Banyuwangi - Jambu :by minibus [18 km]
Jambu - Ijen Crater :on foot [21 km] |
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After thrashing through the wild jungles of eastern Java, smart adventurers
take a turn through banana plantations and rubber trees, to an aromatic oasis
that serves home-grown feasts and pots of coffee that are fit for paradise
FROM THE KITCHEN COMES THE RICH AROMA OF EXOTIC SPICES like nutmeg and clove.
On the table, a feast awaits: soup filled with wild mushrooms, platters of
banana fritters and fried ferns, and a fresh vegetable casserole. Besides
sweets of cinnamon and chocolate, there’s also sinful agar, a vanilla pudding
with coffee Jell-O.
To this glorious Garden of Eating, the houseboy adds a huge pot of Javanese
coffee, thick enough to stand up even the heaviest spoon.
There is something special about sipping Java, as coffee is called in many
parts of the world, in the land that made it famous. Better yet, we’re
drinking Javanese coffee fresh from the source, at the very plantation where
it is grown, roasted and brewed.
In fact, every ingredient on the table - from the bountiful main courses right
down to the tiny grains of pepper - comes from the surrounding soil. At
Kaliklatak, at the eastern end of Java, a short ferry ride from Bali, images
of Eden are everywhere.
At 1,000 hectares, and employing 600 workers, the highly-successful Kaliklatak
rubber and coffee plantation is Java’s largest. The ranch claims 115 hectares
of cocoa, 550 hectares of coffee, 130 hectares of rubber trees, 80 hectares of
cloves, plus an assortment of nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper, vanilla and all
varieties of fruits and vegetables.
More than anything, though, the plantation has proven that the pursuit of
profit needn’t ruin paradise. At Kaliklatak, commerce coexists with immense
natural beauty. Scores of orchid species mingle with American cactus, palms
from Saudi Arabia, parrots and monkeys. Statues and religious shrines add a
mystical spell.
The ranch, which rents 20 cottages to curious visitors, also produces bananas
so fine that Kaliklatak’s variety, Pisang Ambon Kuning, was long ago named the
National Banana.
“The government asked me to plant 200 hectares more of bananas,” says I.H.
Soehoed Prawiroatmodjo, who has run the ranch since her husband died in 1982.
“I told them I’m too old. So I gave them some seeds and said, ‘do it
yourself’.”
Age hasn’t hampered this sprightly matron, who drives her jeep around the
ranch, stopping to pull unsightly weeds from around the rubber trees with her
own strong hands. Nor is she timid about expressing her opinions, even when
criticism of the ruling family is involved.
Few in Indonesia would be so bold, but Prawiroatmodjo has always enjoyed the
ability to level with the nation’s leaders. While working as a journalist in
the 1950s, she traveled with long-serving Suharto’s only predecessor,
President Sukarno.
Her journalism career was cut short after meeting her husband, a military
leader who retired a few years later. He wanted to move to the country, to
make things grow. They looked at numerous parcels for a retirement villa, but
knew Kaliklatak would be their home from the moment they first saw the
sprawling ranch, tucked on a forested hillside overlooking a volcano and the
sea.
“My husband was a real Javanese,” she says. “He believed the saying, ‘Put
before you the ocean, behind you the mountains; in between the land will bring
you happiness’.” And, it has.
Kaliklatak produces 300 tons of coffee in a good year. Rubber is harvested
daily. Each worker tends 500 trees, collecting the thin trickle of white sap
that runs slowly down the circular notch cut into each one. Banana plants are
harvested twice a month, producing five to six tons monthly.
Assessing all this bounty, and the beauty of Kaliklatak’s spacious gardens,
it’s hard to believe that this magnificent and productive plantation was left
in ruins following World War II. Hard work transformed the soil, and the
Prawiroatmodjos devoted themselves to restoring the land’s spiritual
qualities.
In a book printed two years after her husband’s death, Mrs. Prawiroatmodjo
recounts his dream to build more than a mere ranch, but also a model village.
It is centered by an ornate fence, with carvings that tell the history of the
people of Indonesia, from the creation of the sun and the moon, until modern
times.
The spiritual gate and fence were finished in 1960, but the family continued
to add shrines and statues throughout the plantation. They invested heavily in
ornamental plants and established nurseries for their favorite flowers, shrubs
and trees. They experimented with a variety of crops, which flourished in the
rich volcanic soil.
“My husband said we should plant spices. That was his idea, so that visitors
would know what Indonesia had to offer, and why the Dutch came to these
islands, for the spices,” she says.
Even after all this time, the Dutch still come, along with Europeans,
Americans and tourists from every part of Asia. They come from Jakarta or Bali
to Banyuwangi, then make the 15-kilometer drive through towering forests of
teak to the plantation on the picturesque slopes of 9,000-foot Mt. Merapi.
At Kaliklatak,one stay in cottages with two bedrooms, bath, living room and
lovely verandas. Each of the 20 cottages, or Pondoks, is of an unique design,
as are the surrounding gardens.
Guests can take tours of the rubber factory, where the sap is pressed and
squeezed until thick bundles of latex are produced. They can also watch
workers sorting the four grades of Kaliklatak coffee, most of which winds up
ground into the thick paste that makes the pungent Javanese coffee. Or they
can wander freely around the plantation, which is really a community unto
itself, with over 300 houses, several stores, three schools, a mosque and a
church.
Bedtime comes early on the plantation, unless guests find a singing session in
one of the ranch towns. The workers are friendly, and eager to welcome guests.
Supano, one cottage worker, has lived on the ranch his entire life. He was
born here and attended a plantation school. Both his parents lived here even
before the Prawiroatmodjos bought the plantation. Supano, 38, says he expects
both his children to grow up and work on the farm. His wife feels the same
way. They met in the farm school. She was born here, too.
And you could hardly find a better place to spend your life, as many visitors
find. “Guests often come for one night and stay for three,” says Mrs.
Prawiroatmodjo proudly.
Kaliklatak offers a rare sort of rustic luxury; primitive pampering.
Understandably, some visitors roam no further than the wicker furniture on
their own personal veranda, where they are served by their own personal
houseboy, who produces colorful and nutritious meals that bring new meaning to
the theme of home cooking. Much of the food is harvested on the plantation
that very day.
And topping it all off are piping hot pots of Java - fresh from the ranch,
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It was in 1943 when the late Mr. H. R.M. Moestadjab the founder of Margo
Utomo inherited piece of land in Kalibaru, Banyuwangi. He thereafter continue
his father’s business in this land, where coconut, nutmeg, coffee, pepper and
cloves are grown, not to forget the milking cows farm with only small number
of cows at that time, the only farm in this region which provides nutrient
food during difficult time.
1975, the market prices of all plantation products were falling down, which
made it even tougher for him to manage the agro farm. He then came up with his
brilliant idea to set and introduce a new tourism concept which we call now an
Agro Resort. A perfect combination of tourism and plantation business, where
people will enjoy the true living in the village like Kalibaru and also learn
the wide varieties of plants and tropical flowers.
Started from his own house to welcome and host the guests he thereafter
expanded up to 51 rooms and its called Margo Utomo Agro Resort. In 1991 he
successfully opened a sister hotel located only 3 kms away called Margo Utomo
Hill View Cottages, with a different concept of living.
He passed away in June 2000, buried in his beloving and memorable place,
Kalibaru. His wife, Mrs. Hj. Sayati Moestadjab or more known as “Ibu Yati”
together with their daughter Endang Mariana, continues the “treasure” which he
left behind. Endang has successfully managed to expand the milking cows farm
up to more than 100 cows, distributing fresh milk around banyuwangi and bali
also producing other dairy items such as yoghurt and cheese.
Tours
Mini Plantation tour through 13 hectares plantation garden at Margo Utomo Agro
Resort, with varities of spices such as nutmeg, pepper, cinnamon, chocolate,
coffee and coconuts. May also discover the extraordinary attraction of a
traditional making process of palm tree liquid into coconut sugar. Not to
forget the milking cows farm
Hackney carriage / andong tour around the kalibaru villages, visit the home
industry of red brick, roofing tiles and aluminium kitchen utensils
Tour to Wonorejo waterfall, east kalibaru, on the slope of Mount Raung, also
Jatisrono swimming pool, a natural spring water at the village of Kajarharjo.
Rajegwesi beach, located at Sarongan village. The way to reach this place is
beautiful, through the hills, plantation and the village houses. It has a
hidden paradise called Teluk Hijau and connects to Sukamade.
Mount Ijen
Ijen Crater is one the tourist destinations which is well known by foreign and
local tourists with its natural view. It is located in the area of Sempul. The
crater area lies at 2.386 meters above sea level (mdpl) and is not active
anymore. Many beautiful species of plants can be found there such as the
edelweiss flower and the Casuarina Junghu (cemara gunung) etc. Various animals
can also be seen in the area like jungle fowl (ayam hutan) and porcupine (landak)
etc.
Sugar Tree
Alas Purwo. Alas means forest or jungle
and purwo is the beginning of everything. It is located in 42 square hectares,
with many kinds of wild animals, such as Banteng (bos javanicus), deer, pigs
and peacocks. Also we can discover the old Hindu Temple in this area.
Sukamade
Sukamade beach, located 97km southwest of
Banyuwangi. A beautiful, natural and quiet place. Dutch discovered this place
in 1927, surrounds with 1200 hectares plantation area that produces rubber,
coffee and cacao. It is the natural resource conservation of turtle. A night
tour to see the turtles lay their egg by the beach is an unforgettable moment.
November to March is the peak season for laying eggs, for around more than
100eggs per female turtles. |
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