Tolire Lake

Tolire Lake is a lake located in Ternate, North Maluku. The lake is located about 10 miles from the center of the city of Ternate, in addition to the unique shape also has an interesting legend. Tolire lake is under the foot of Mount Gamalama, the highest volcano in North Maluku. The lake itself is composed of two pieces. Local people call it the Great Lakes and Lake Tolire Tolire Small. The distance between them is only about 200 meters.

From both these lakes, the Great Lakes Tolire has its own uniqueness. This lake resembles a giant pan. From the top to the edge of a lake with a depth of about 50 meters and an area of ​​about 5 hectares. While the depth of the lake itself has so far not known. Until now no one has measured the depth of this lake. But according to origin stories, depth meters and kilograms are directly related to the sea.

Tolire freshwater in the Great Lakes are home to various kinds of fish. However, local people have no one dares to catch fish or bathe in the lake. They believe that the lake water was yellowish brown, the crocodile inhabited by many demons.
Another uniqueness of this lake is that throwing something into the lake, no matter how strong throw by using rocks or other objects, for example, will never touch the water of the lake. Yet when throwing from the top edge of the lake, the lake water was seen at the foot of the pitcher. Perhaps those who first visited the lake, would not trust with that fact.

However, they may try to throw it after buying the stones are sold on the lake at Rp 1,000 for a five seed stone. So far no one was able to throw the stones to touch the surface of the lake water.
According to local residents, many treasures stored at the base of the Great Lakes Tolire. This treasure belongs to the Sultanate of Ternate Ternate when the Portuguese colonized the 15th century.Community Ternate was wasting lots of valuable property into the lake so as not deprived of the Portuguese army.
So far there has been no agency or certain parties who conduct investigations specifically for the accuracy of the recognition that society. But some time ago, a member of the Mobile Brigade by using sonar to detect objects that are at the bottom of the lake. The result, indicated there are metal objects at the bottom of the lake.

Tolire Great Lakes and Small Tolire, according to local story, was once a prosperous village where people live. The village was later condemned to the lake by the ruler of the universe, because one of his father in the village that impregnates his own daughter.

When father and daughter who impregnated will escape out of the village, the land suddenly dropped where they stood and turned into a lake. Great Lakes Tolire trusted as a place of the father. While Lake Tolire Small girl believed to be the place.
To visit the Great Lakes and Tolire Tolire Small, it is not difficult. To reach it only takes about 10 minutes from the central city of Ternate, using chartered cars Rp 250,000 per day, or rent a motorcycle with a motorcycle taxi fare of Rp 10,000 per hour.

While visiting the Great Lakes Tolire, many other attractions that can be enjoyed, such as the beautiful panorama of the summit of Mount Gamalama, a number of Portuguese forts and eat Babullah Sultan, Sultan of Ternate, the most famous - who are on the road to the lake.

In addition, tourists can also enjoy the beautiful white sand beach Sulamadaha, which is located only about three kilometers from the Great Lakes Tolire. From here, visitors can also rent boats for fishing or go diving panaroma see the beauty under the sea around the beach.

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