Tourism Destinatons
Telaga Sarangan
Telaga Sarangan, atau telaga pasir adalah salah satu obyek wisata yang paling banyak dikunjungi oleh para wisatawan saat berada di Magetan. Telaga Sarangan ini terletak di kaki gunung Lawu, tepatnya berada di kecamatan Plaosan, 16 Km arah barat dari kota Magetan.
Telaga Sarangan memiliki luas sekitar 30 hektar dengan kedalaman 28 meter. Obyek wisata ini sungguh indah dengan sentuhan romantisme di setiap sudutnya, dengan suhu udara sekitar 18 derajat dan hijaunya pegunungan sebagai background, menambah keindahan yang alami di telaga ini.
Telaga Sarangan terletak di perbatasan antara Jawa Timur dengan Jawa Tengah tepatnya di bagian barat Kabupaten Magetan. Dari Kota Surabaya dapat ditempuh melalui rute-rute berikut, Surabaya-Mojokerto-Jombang-Kertosono-Nganjuk-Madiun/Ngawi-Magetan-Sarangan.
Di sekitar telaga Sarangan ini disediakan beberapa penginapan untuk para pengunjung yang ingin tinggal lebih lama untuk menikmati telaga yang eksotis ini. Terdapat juga beberapa pedagang keliling yang menawarkan sate kelinci sebagai menu utama mereka, dan beberapa penjual yang menawarkan menu untuk menghangatkan badan seperti ronde dan angsle. Di sini juga, para pengunjung bisa berkuda untuk menyisir daerah yang indah ini atau menyewa Speed Boat untuk mengaruni danau Sarangan. Sungguh tempat yang sangat nyaman untuk dijadikan tempat peristirahatan dari penatnya kesibukan kota.
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…
