Landscape onwards will be more charming and exactly one hour trip we will find the location of bathing and washing the local community. Ulungkura, thus the name of this area and an hour walk away with a light trekking terrain along the river upstream we will find a beautiful waterfall.
No half-hearted, waterfall or water down so the locals call it consists of seven levels with the water really clear. This place was still empty of visitors and access roads just improvise, just busy on major holidays such as Eid, so cleanliness of the place is very secure.
Two first-level waterfall is easy to reach, but the next level requires us to climb the steep cliff with a considerable distance away so difficult to access with makeshift equipment. Lush trees and plants orchids adorn many this location, thundering waterfalls overshadow the clear refreshing taste in the throat.
After Ulungkura, we will pass through areas that lined the hill morphology along the road lined. One is a unique place in the area Lengora. On the left, we will be treated to views of steep limestone terbing very riveting. It extends as far as the cliff is approximately one mile with an altitude of approximately 200 meters from the ground. Challenging curves of gray cliffs and vertical lines tertoreh as the product of geological processes in the form of a vertical fault really manly eyes. Many students from both nature lovers from Sulawesi and Java, which routinely come to this place every year to conquer the vertical cliffs.
At the foot of the cliff there is a unique cave, it is unclear the origin of the allotment of the cave, but inside there is sleeping room, kitchen and other house like usual. Explore the cave is possible and can use the services of local guides. Continuing the journey, we will arrive in the village which lies at the foot Tedubara under Mount Sangiang.
Mountain with an altitude of 1,000 m-an is known for its beauty and uniqueness of its peak, the glance is similar to the human face that is being looked up. Right in the wedge on the slopes of Mount Tangkeno Sangiang and on the south, there is the highest village in Kabaena namely Tangkeno which has a height of 550 m above sea level. The view in this village sunggguh beautiful, flanked by towering green hills with the sea horizon in the distance. Village beauty and hospitality of local population is immortalized in song chant a distinctive area of Southeast Sulawesi.
Back to Tedubara, this village is also a way to Sikeli intersection in West Kabaena Kabaena and Phishing on the North. Phishing can be reached as far as an hour to the north, in the form of a fishing village with modest houses but has beautiful views of the bay is flanked by blue hills around it. Travel along Tedubara until Phishing through the foothills and forests are partly inhabited by transmigrants.
The western tip of the island is Sikeli Kabaena, city district that is located on the seafront. What's interesting here is the presence of intact whale skeleton that once stranded. It is not known exactly what the species, but whales are mammals framework dubbed 'King Baena' by locals. His condition now is deplorable, most of the bones were brittle with age and sea water vapor and covered with moss.
To preserve these rare framework, local government is building a permanent building as a new shelter. In addition to the framework is of course typical scenery beautiful fishing village lies on the coast with the majority of Bajo houses built on a pile of limestone which have been prepared, assemble the beautiful scenery at sunset. Sikeli city is most crowded city in Kabaena and cruise lines from Makassar, South Sulawesi, was opened here. Sikeli is the ultimate goal as a journey across Kabaena cover this.
DONGKALA TO SIKELI
Monday, September 27, 2010, 6:19 PM
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