Beautiful Lake Sentani Paradise on Earth

Who says the Papuans or the island known as the "paradise earth" is just about the hills, forests and hot weather it? The island also has nautical tourism is no less than other regions in Indonesia. One of them is Lake Sentani.
No less than fourteen districts in Papua has its own uniqueness and special attraction for those of you who visit. Many options can you visit, there are marine tourism park offering stunning sea, cultural tourism, historical tourism and especially fauna and flora that may not get you find elsewhere such as birds of paradise.

All sights are amazing this is still very natural. With a civilization that is still primitive rural communities, making Papua as a tourist spot so attracted the attention of foreign tourists and local tourists.

Jaya Pura town formerly known as Hollandia, there is a museum that provides a variety of cultural information in Papua such as carvings from various districts, warfare, weaving and traditional dances, and various rites and ancient relics.

lake Sentani

There is also a monument in Sentani General Douglas Mc Arthur relic of World War II. In the north monument Mc Arthur, at an altitude of 325 meters there is mountainous terrain with peaks of Mount Cyclops Dofonsoro. This area is very beautiful and ancient times this place is the base defense Mc Arthur.

Lake Sentani in Papua is located between 20:33 to LS 2041 and 1400.23 to 1400 38 BT. Located 70-90 m above sea level. Cyclops is also located among the mountains. Is a volcanic lake. The source water comes from 14 large and small rivers with a river estuary, Jaifuri Puay. Western region, old and Boroway Doyo, the depth of the lake is very steep. While the east and center, ramps and shallow, Puay and Simporo. Here also there is a swamp forest in the area Simporo and Yoka. In some records mentioned, the basis of waters containing sandy mud substrate (humus). On a per-Airan shallow, overgrown with pandanus and sago plants. Extent of about 9360 ha with an average depth of 24.5 meters. Disekitaran this lake there are 24 villages. Dipesisir scattered and small islands that exist in the middle of the lake.

Sentani Lake is the largest lake in the province of Jaya Pura. This historic location, offers incredible scenery. There still exists some Stork and Eagle that will grab a fish in Lake Sentani. You also provided a Johnson boat as it travels around the lake.

Honey Lake Sentani is still less well known as one tourist destination object compared with the marine tourism spots in Indonesia. Therefore, the government makes an event nicknamed the Lake Sentani Festival as a step to introduce Sentani in the eyes of tourists, domestic and foreign baek.

Lake Sentani Festival

The festival is held annually and is intended to preserve cultural values ​​as a unique asset of Ondoafi and put together travel packages that can be enjoyed by domestic and foreign tourists.

Sentani-festival
At this festival will be displayed in a very unique culture as a heritage from our ancestors (or Ondofolo Ondoafi), among others, such as Dance War On top of the boat and other traditional dances from various tribes in Jayapura District coupled with the culture of other regions in Papua and other regions in Indonesia that have characteristics similar to such Sentani lake community around Lake Toba in Sumatra, North Sulawesi, Mindanao in the lake, lake Tempe in NTT and so on.