White Cauldron of Patuha Mountain
Patuha mountain is located approximately 2300 feet sea level above, exactly in south of Bandung city, this place saved a mystery in the past. Mount of Patuha community considers the area that is terrible, they are considered the peak of Mount Patuha former meeting place of the ancestors and gains. However, the mystery that has become hereditary extinct after it was started by a Dutch half German scientists, Dr. Franz Wilhelm Junghun, who is also a Dutch planter who loves nature preservation in year of 1837. Mountain valley of Patuha conditions at that time still a dense forest, tree-lined type of local wood, such as Rasamala, Saninten, hurly, samida, and others.
Because it's taste and its believed, Junghun continue to penetrate Patuha forest of Mt. And finally he found a crater lake that looks very exotic, and very beautiful. Although discovered in 1837, but this area into a new object after the tour in 1987 developed by Perhutani PT (Persero) Unit III West Java and Banten.
After entering the crater area is white, not the fear that you will be natural, but you will be glued and touched and see how wonderfull whe see water with a white puff of smoke above. Water color in the crater lake of white is not always white, white is the color of craters found at the most visited, sometimes the water looks green apple and bluish, when the fierce sun and fine weather, sometimes also brown susu.
The less fun in this area is the smell of sulfur that can cause some people cough-cough because of the bad smell, even not far from the tourist areas there is a cauldron of white artificial cave deep as 5 meters that he had first made as sulfur mine. When you go through the cave you will smell the sulfur smell is sting. Because the sulfur contents are very high that, at the first time the factory was built with the name of sulfur Zwavel Ontgining White crater.
White craters caused the eruption of Mount Patuha century occurred around 10 up to to 12 century. Besides white, there are craters in the crater known as crater now.
There are stalls that sell a variety of souvenir that can be made as souvenir. In addition, many vendors who sell fruit typical Ciwidey of Strawberry.
Very be pitied if you travel to Ciwidey does not descend to the crater White, you will miss the place that gives a very natural feel incredible. Especially on holidays, there you will see many people who visit the area this tour to enjoy the beautiful paintings of how the creator. Well, of course we will always remember after once to this place, right, created By Ader.
