Tourism Destinatons
Puncak Gunung Lawu
Gunung Lawu adalah sebuah gunung yang sedang "beristirahat" dengan status sedang tidak aktif, dan sudah berlangsung lama.
Gunung Lawu memiliki tiga puncak, yaitu Puncak Hargo Dalem, Hargo Dumiling dan Hargo Dumilah, dimana ini adalah puncak tertinggi dari 2 puncak sebelumnya. Dari lereng gunung Lawu, bisa didapati obyek wisata yang sering dikunjungi oleh banyak wisatawan seperti, Tawangmangu, Cemorosewu dan Sarangan. Selain pegunungan, di sekitar lereng gunung juga terdapat situs candi peninggalan Majapahit seperti, Candi Sukuh dan Candi Cetho. Sedangkan di kaki gunung, terdapat komplek pemakaman kerabat Praja Mangkunegaran, yaitu Astana Girilayu dan Astana Mangadeg, dimana juga dekat dengan Astana Giribangun oleh keluarga mantan presiden Soeharto.
Untuk para pengujung yang ingin mencapai puncak gunung Lawu, akan lebih baik datang pada bulan-bulan Agustus-September karena diluar bulan itu, disekitar puncak akan dipenuhi kabut dan sulit untuk melihat pemandangan di sekitar gunung.
Dari puncak lawu, pengunjung bisa melihat semua puncak gunung di Jawa Tengah dan juga gunung di Jawa Timur terutama gunung Semeru. Puncak Hargo Dumillah di gunung Lawu memiliki ketinggian 3.245 m dpl terdapat tugu yang biasa dijadikan tempat berfoto para pendaki.
Sedangkan puncak Hargo Dalem terdapat beberapa pondok yang biasa dijadikan tempat berlindung bagi para petapa dan peziarah. Selain itu, di sekitar puncak banyak sekali tempat-tempat yang dianggap keramat, seperti Goa Jalatunda, Sendang Drajat dan Batu Cokro Suryo peninggalan Kerajaan Majapahit.
The Crowd In Ledug Suro Ceremony
Ledug Suro Ledug suro is one of annual ceremonial that being held in some regencies in each province in Indonesia. Each provinces are having different names but have the same purpose. This Ledug Suro is particularly known for Magetan Regency. Ledug Suro is having purpose to celebrate the year of Saka, which starting on 1st Suro. The word Ledug Suro is taken by Lesung Suro and Bedug Muharam (Ledhug), which is drum that continually and it is been combined by the sound of gong and more instruments that make unique…
Sarangan Lake
Sarangan Lake Telaga Sarangan is also known as sand lake, is a natural lake that lies at the foot of Mount Lawu, Plaosan district , Magetan regency, East Java. Located about 16 kilometers west of the city Magetan, Sarangan is having 30 acres and and 28 meters depth. With air temperatures between 18 and 25 degrees Celsius, Telaga Sarangan able to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The atmosphere is obviously become the most interesting place for the downtown people. Telaga Sarangan is Magetan’s tourism. Around the lake,…
Ledhug Suro Ceremony, Magetan
Ledhug Suro There are so many ways that being held by the local government to celebrate the new year of Hijriah. At Jogjakarta there is Sekaten, at Solo (Central Java) there is Grebeg Syuro because it coincidently come with the change of Java’s year which starting from Suro. Any other places like Sukabumi (West Java) is also celebrate this Islamic new year by doing Larung. In Magetan, East Java, in order to attract the visitors to come, they make “Ledhug”. Lesung Suro and Bedug Muharam (Ledhug) is typical of drum…
Sadon Temple
Sadon Temple Sadon temple or Reog temple is located in Sadon hamlet, Cepoko village, Panekan sub-district, Magetan. The local inhabitants are familiar with Reog temple than Sadon temple. It precisely located on 3 km from Magetan city. This temple was a relic of Majapahit kingdom, that was Shiva Temple, but it is not known exactly when and on what purpose this temple was made. This temple was discovered by a Dutch researcher named Hupermand on 1866, in a state that was not perfect anymore. In 1969, with the supported by…
