White Crater

Kawah Putih ( white crater ) is located 46 km or around 2.5 hours from Bandung. It took 20 minutes from the enter gate to the Kawah Putih. As long as our journey to Kawah Putih, we’ll se beautiful scenery and many species of tree. The weather is very cold, it’s around 8 – 22 celcius degree. Kawah Putih located in a mountain, named Mountain Patuha, 2434 above the see. At the first people thought that was the haunted place, because many birds died when they passed.

In 1837, Dr. Franz Wilhelm Junghun, the Dutch scientific, did the research and found that place is not haunted. Birds which died when they passed is because the sulfur lava. IN 1987, PT Perhutani decided to make this place as a tourism object. The water color of crater in this mountain is bright and often changes. There are stone and white sand in the surface of this crater, so it called white crater ( kawah putih ).

Before entered to the white crater, there is ATV ( All Terrain Vehicle ). It can be played while enjoying the beautiful scenery. IN the parking lots, there are many kiosk which sells strawberry, and also handicraft. OF course we have to pay for the ticket to enter and see the white crater.