Holiday
is coming, do you already determines want to vacation somewhere? Or do you
planning to do something? If you are still confused where you want to vacation
I give you suggest to go to my hometown, Sanggau.
Some
people still don’t know Sanggau town. Sanggau town has a lot of natural charm
if you're far explored. From tourist attractions like parks shores of rivers or
waterfalls and mountains. You can find them all in Sanggau.
Sanggau
is a regency in West Kalimantan province of Indonesia.
It’s situated in the north-central part of the province, with an area (since
the separation of the former eastern part of the regency in 2003 to
create Sekadau Regency) of
12,857.80 km². To get to Sanggau you can use land and water
transportation. If you want to go with land
transportation roads in Sanggau are pretty narrow and not well. In
certain areas, the road is in pretty poor condition with many holes and
slightly muddy along the road, but now it’s good because there is roadwork. Water
transportation remains the popular choice amongst the people live in small
villages / remote areas which are not accessible by road. In addition, it is
also used for distributing goods such as foods, medicines, etc. The followings
are the popular transports sampan,
barge
and motorboat.
Many
tourist attractions that you can visit in Sanggau and the most famous are
Kampung Sentana, Taman Sabang Merah and Air Terjun Pancur Aji. As for some of
the attractions which are far from the Sanggau town like Arung Jeram Suruh Tembawang
and Pemandian Air Panas Sipatn lotup.
1.
Kampung Sentana
Kampung
Sentana is a park located in downtown Sanggau and located on the banks of the
Kapuas river, from here you can see the sunset and the extent of the Kapuas
river.
Not only that when you want around the Kapuas river you can ride a big
boat called Bandong.
As
well as Kampung Sentana, Taman Sabang Merah is a garden with a gazebo and
several lots of stairs, there we can see the forest around us and also there are
some games like the slide. Usually a few people jogging there region.
3.
Air Terjun Pancur Aji
Pancur
Aji is a natural tourist attraction located in the district, is located in the
Sanggau city with a distance 4 km from the
town of Sanggau and can be reached by motorcycle or car. Panjur Aji offers the
sensation of the cold mountain water. Natural sound of water splashing and
thick felt here. Authenticity flora and fauna in the area was guarded. Here, it
is not difficult to find a tallow tree, deer, orang-utan, and various types of
wildlife are grounded properly. Not hard to reach area Pancur Aji and bathed in
the cold water. And also you can picnic there.
4.
Arung Jeram Suruh Tembawang\
This
rafting location is situated in Entikong also has 20 obstacles that are
difficult and steep and has a narrow river bend. It’s very challenging for
lovers of this sports rafting.
5.
Pemandian Air Panas Sipatn Lotup
This
hot water is located in the Peruntan village, Sape village, Jangkang District
which can be visited by road from the Kembayan District towards Jangkang or out
of Sanggau town through the Mukok District next to the location of hot water
with the distance of approximately 70 km from the Sanggau town.
These
hot water by the locals called Sipatn Lotup which means boiling water. The
uniqueness of the hot water Sipatn Lotup is derived from the hot water heated
by geothermal energy (geothermal) with a temperature of 52-55 degrees Celsius,
hot water Sipant lotup including travel mainstay Sanggau district, but not many
people know this tourism potential, so not much who visit it.