Dieng Plateau
Dieng Plateau
The word of Dieng was derived from “Di” and “Hyang”. Di means high land and Hyang means heaven. So Dieng means mountains ground, the home of Gods and Goddess..
Dieng is an active volcanic area and it can be said is a huge volcano. Lava craters are often found there. The altitude is about 2.000m above sea level. Dieng cool temperatures in the cold approach, ranging from 15-20 ° C in the day and 10 ° C at night. In dry season (July and August), temperatures can sometimes reach 0 ° C in the morning and frost led by local residents called bun policeman ( “dew poison”) that cause damage of agricultural crops.
Exotica scene of this region have no doubt, there are many landscape objects that you can enjoy. One of them is Telaga Warna ( colour lake ). It is the most polupar lake which visited by tourists, over here we can see three kinds of lake to enjoy the blue, green and brown colour. Although there are many other lake such as lake Merdada, Sumurup and Pengilon.
In addition to Lake and tourist attractions, we can enjoy the complex of temples. There are ancient temple ruins sites Borobudur temple, around the 8th century AD, was once a center
The first spread of Hinduism in Central Java. Archaeologists believe the experts Hindu community is the Dieng Plateau inception Dinasty Sailendra that in his time building a monumental temple in history. Apart from the temple ruins we also find the ruins of the remaining The rest of the royal past. Unique, temples around the Dieng is named wayang figures Five Pandavas. There are four groups the temple and the temple Dwarawati Parikshit, the Temple East Dwarawati, Setyaki Temple group, Ontorejo, Petruk, Nala Gareng, and Nakula-Sahadev, and the temple Arjuna, Semar, Sembodro, Puntadewa, and Srikandi. .
Sikidang crater is a favorite place for tourists, because it is a volcanic crater with a lava pit that can be seen from the crater lip. Water vapor and lava always bubbles appear to move and even jump like a deer. So known as the Crater Sikidang