Monday, August 15, 2011

"Danau Dendam Tak Sudah" (UNFORGIVEN LAKE )


Enchantment Lakes Revenge Not Already in Bengkulu is no less beautiful and exotic. Indeed, there is currently a lot of tourists who know the lake is only about 6 miles from the center of Bengkulu City.Judging from its name, this lake was implying a tragic story about the legend of a young couple. They tied the knot as lively as dead, but their romance never accomplished because the girl's parents did not approve. She was betrothed to another man, but the seeds of love in the hearts of the two teenagers could not be separated anymore.Then the two young romantic couple's suicide into the lake. It is said that since it's in the lake there are two large leeches, who is the incarnation of the lovers.In the Netherlands, the lake is then made dam, to be more organized and less prone to overflow and facilitate road construction. Evidence that the dam can be seen up to now. However, after independence an abandoned dam construction. Dam did not finish it inspired local residents to call him a Dam Not Already and the word "Den" in front of the word "Dam" is simply a "confusion" that deliberately posed to tickle the curiosity.Lake area of ​​37.50 hectares of it is unique that is not owned by any other lake. Under the Lake Revenge Not Already, there is supposedly a volcano.This lake also has a variety of unique flora, namely Pencil orchid (Vanda hookeriana), which is believed to grow only in the region. The other is the unique flora sun orchids, lilies, palm, island, swamp Ambacang, stretched, plawi, brosong, Gelam, ferns and sikeduduk.Panorama, lake area is also very beautiful. As far as the eye memadang, visitors will be spoiled landscapes of Bukit Barisan blue and faintly visible in the distance.Around the lake is now a nature reserve area because the plasma pencil nuftah for orchids. Also found a variety of fauna such as long-tailed monkey, monkey, bird finch, wild boar, python, gibbon, snails and various kinds of fish, including rare fish such as kebakung and Palau. 
Encroachment nature reserve has reached 70 percent of the total area, especially along the side of the road water-Village Nakau basket. This encroachment has threatened the physical condition of the region as well as a number of flora and fauna that is now getting hard to find.Lucky, which is a pencil orchid flora of Lake flagship Revenge Not Already, up to now can still be enjoyed by visitors. Orchid with white flowers and purple blend of black spots, as reported by the BBC, always an attraction for tourists who come to the lake. Langur and long-tailed macaques was sometimes still be seen swinging in the trees. However, other fauna, are now beginning to rare.Now the lake also serves as a water catchment area (catchment area). This region is the supplier of most of the water for farmers in the town of Bengkulu and storage of groundwater reserves.Hamlet the Great Nature Reserve where the lake is located has a 0-8 percent topography. Altitude region of the ocean surface about 15 meters. Land formations of the rocks that make up the region consists of rocks neogin (Pliosin and myosin).In the area of ​​the lake, visitors can see the natural scenery of the lake's surface that looks reddish overwritten before the sun went keperaduannya. Attractions morning sunrise with the clean air and a tinge of red color on the surface of the lake in the evening is ideal when immortalized from the camera lens.Beauty of the lake as well as a vast nature reserve environment is a potential for special interest tourists to conduct education and research. At this location, visitors can also boating and use the raft around the lake, and fishing.Some residents around the lake provides cabins that offer a variety of foods such as roasted corn and coconut. Some typical foods such as stomach pigeon Bengkulu, lempuk and tat cake can also be purchased around the site.

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