Sunday, August 16, 2009

Kandi's Zoo Resort

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Resort Tourism Kandi Sawahlunto have +400 ha total area. Former mining area is now developed into tourist areas. Here there are many tourism objects. Just a Lake Tour Kandi, Animal Park with its Lake Tandikek complete with a variety of water tours, Horse Arena stages the National Road Race Arena, Motor Cross. For a hobby Beternak tourists can also visit the horse and cattle breeding.

Animal park Kandi (tsk) with the area +5 ha, are in a Tourism Resort Kandi have a total area +300 ha. Animal Parks in the City of Sawahlunto Kandi has been developed since 2006, here travelers can find a wide range and color of animals.

Kandi Animal park is equipped with a variety of family games. Arena outbound and games of children. Here, not only elephants have a mount, but also horses that will take tourists around Animal Park to tour the Lake is still in the area.

Animal park, Lake Tour and out bound and the various games children deliberately are presented in a single package in order to visit the tourist experience. See and enjoy the various facilities ranging from air tour train, water, banana boat, single-double kayaks, speed boat. Moreover, near the Central Plaza is located directly opposite the lake and Animal Park. Held at the Plaza this variety of entertainment that can be enjoyed directly from the arena Plaza, or from the lake while on tour various facilities of water, rest or while relaxing in the gazebo-gazebo available.
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As bathing officials and son-daughter of the Netherlands. Cold bathing water in 2001 to be re-styled swimming pool with the name of Cold Water Swimming Pool. And in 2006 a swimming pool is upgraded to become objects of Tourism Boom Water that has various facilities such as: Pujasera (Food Court), Gazebo (Permanent and Traditional), Garden, Arena Outbond (Flying Fox, V-Bridge, Spider Web). All these are for comfort and satisfaction of the tourists. Now it has been operating Water Boom II is still in one area with a total area of 5 ha + development, including agro and various other entertainment facilities.





Now there is Water Boom with 2 facilities:

* A. High Speed Water,
* B. Sanca Water Snake,
* C. Kiddie Water Slide,



Weekly event in Waterboom:

* Race catching fish
* Race Bucket spill
* Race Gebuk pillow
* Race Car Games
* Race Pool
* And many other games are a special visitor. Winners will get prizes and free entertainment every second week of each month.
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Built in 1916 with the name "Ombilin Meinen" that serves as a mining office. And until now, is still used as office PT BA UPO.

Great Mosque Nurul Islam

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In 1894 the center was built enegi PLTU electricity (power plan) in Kubang Sirakuak for various engine menggerrakan expedite the process of coal mining and transportation. Built after 1924 in the successor Salak, since the former PLTU in Kubang Sirakuak experiencing various functions of the transition. This place was a warehouse and assembly of weapons where there is a revolution in the bungker used by the combatants of freedom as a storage place for weapons such as grenade fire other weapons. And 1952 in the former PLTU a magnificent building, the Muslims built the liturgy, (now City Sawahlunto Mesjid Raya). While the former tower chimney smoke PLTU berketinggian that more than 75 meter minaret is made.

"Goedang Ransum Museum"

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An achievement and pride can be seen here, where the advances in technology, cooking in a large-scale technology with steam heat already present in Sawahlunto since the beginning of the 20th century, even the first time in Indonesia. This can be seen from every part of the building and the equipment used.

Here, not only where there is a kitchen to cook, there are also some buildings that have a different function, but is one piece of mutual support to one another. Among the buildings are: the main building (Public Bath), large warehouse (warehouse) inventories of raw materials and rice,

Steam generator (furnace) made in Germany year 1894 made by the ROHRENDAMPFKESSELFABRIK DR PATENTE. NO.13449 & 42,321 units of 2, Menara chimney smoke, batangan ice factory, hospital, office cooperative coal mine Ombilin, Heuler (rice mill), ransum head home, house staff, post guards, animal slaughterhouse, the dwelling house cut animals .

Note the history of cooking shows Kitchen General average 65 PIKUL rice each day. It also provides food and cooking, such as light-drenched drenched workers for mines, pulp for hospital patients Ombilin. Thus can be Dapur Umum serve thousands of people need to eat. Because the cooking equipment is also available in all size large. We can imagine how the large pot cook rice and vegetables with diameter of 124 cm to reach 148 cm, body beriuk high as 60 cm to 70 cm thick and 1.2 cm.

In the kitchen was working as a General that serve the needs of the food:

1. Inmate, better known as the chain
2. Employees who have not Tambang him (celibacy), especially those who are far from the Dutch (Nederlands).
3. Mine is already bekeluarga.
4. Workers and patients home Ombilin Health.

Since 1945 Kitchen General cooking is not effective anymore for mine employees, but are preferred to the needs of the army. In the year 1945 for use in cooking food for TKRI. In the year 1948 General Cable is for use in cooking food for the needs of the Netherlands (Kenil) and after independence in 1950 until now RI General Kitchen is no longer in use as a place to cook. Various functions have been changes such as the period of 1950 1960s enabled the former General Cable as a place providing administration for the company Tambang Batubara Ombilin. Society as a place to call pengetikan. Dahun period 1960 - 1970 Kitchen-an ex-General as a place of formal education at Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) Ombilin.

Period Year 1970 1980 kitchen-an ex-enabled Public housing as mine employees Ombilin until 1980. Period 1980 to 2004, still as a residential company employees, but also take some of the people who obtain permission to stay by the company. Circumstances such as this take place until early 2005.

Main exhibition space is a former General Kitchen cooking space. Here exhibited objects collection Kitchen General cooking equipment. Cooking equipment which can be witnessed all-round great system here with the hot steam from cooking steam generator that is unique.

Travelers can also penetrate through the first Sawahlunto tempo PHOTO GALLERY presents a different theme. Here, through photographs of the tourists can travel long Sawahlunto from time to time.

With the growing diversity of cultures in the City suburnya Sawahlunto Charcoal. This is seen from the various arts and cultural attractions as well as in the area. Not only cultural and traditional Minangkabau only clothing that is in the City Sawahlunto, cultural areas, such as Javanese, Batak, and China also participated in the cultural diversity of color Sawahlunto

With the diversity of cultural Sawahlunto this is known as the multi-ethnic city. Sawahlunto nagari in each frame in the culture Minangkabaumemberikan distinctive style and color with the Adat Nagari Salingka it. Nagari Silungkang, Talawi, Kubang, Tak Boncah, Lumindai, Kolok, Lunto, Kajai, Talago Gunuang and Sijantang for example, give a different color between one another. Moreover, the presence of others such as ethnic Javanese, Batak and Chinese khasanah consecutive increase the diversity of art and culture in the city Sawahlunto.

Ethnic and cultural diversity in the City of Sawahlunto is represented with the presence of Sawahlunto Gallery ethnography. Furthermore gallery presents a variety of ethnographic objects, living equipment that people used Tambang Sawahlunto City. All that can be witnessed in the area of the city museum Goedang Ransoem Sawahlunto.


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Sugai peak or also known by the name of Peak-so., Is one of the hills which the background is the natural wall of the city caparison Sawahlunto. Top of the hill from this beautiful city is clearly visible Sawahlunto skillet. From the top of the hill this Forum sports can be done. Wharf / landing right in the field Ombilin be located in the heart of Sawahlunto. Flying over the city air can now be done in Sawahlunto by lovers of the Forum.
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Kuda Kepang Arts

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Sawahlunto city known as the city's multi-cultural or ethnic or multicultural city, where there are so many arts groups that represent the origin of each. Diverse and berbudaya, ... accordance with the various ethnic and cultural community there. There Randai, saluang, gamaik (who represent the arts minangkabau), there are also paguyuban batak, there are also barongsai (Chinese), there are Paguyuban sunda and have also mixed extract, Keroncong, puppet and Horses braid representing the tribe of Java. At this time, I want to tell a little about one of the traditional arts of the City Tour Sawahlunto, namely Kepang Horses.


Horses Kepang jaran or braid or lumping horse is one of the traditional art that is bred in the City of Sawahlunto. My own is less so, since when the tradition of horse braid and how this is the origin muasalnya. But I do, since I know little of horses in this city braid Sawahlunto. And this art is probably one of my favorite art from the first.

Trips to the city SAWAH LUNTO


"Suro Hole" is one of the witnesses at the time of colonization history of the Dutch colonial government
"Goedang Ransum" here is the first woman to work as cooking and general kitchen ....... Dutch colonial time ....
Rail museum contains various forms of the train from the era of Dutch, good photos, mock-and still have the original, from the first of the famous rice lunto coal
"Irrigated Cultural Center building" that contains Lunto History of Culture in the city Irrigated Lunto

"Heritage Hotel Ombilin" with Dutch heritage building design that is still Good and rehabilitated in accordance with the original.

Sawahlunto have many kind of Tourism Atraction such as

Sawahlunto have many kind of Tourism Atraction such as

  • Water Boom
  • Fying Fox
  • Danau Kandih
  • Taman Safari
  • Pacuan Kuda
  • Lubang Kalam 800 mtr
  • Kereta Api Wisata
  • Gudang Ransum
  • Meseum Kereta Api
  • and many others

Geography and history of Sawahlunto

Sawahlunto City is one of the regencies in the province of West Sumatra. The city has a total area 5.86 km ² and a population of 15,279 inhabitants.

Sawahlunto City is a city only one mine in West Sumatra. As a city of mine, so the city is also a parallel with the emergence of coal mining that is done by the Dutch colonial government in the year 1892.

Coal is found here since mid-19th century by Ir. de Greve. He was then put to the Dutch government to mine coal in this area because it is needed for the industry and transportation during that.

Since the invention of the coal region is always visited by the geolog. Finally, after the local people "submit" to the region this year in the Netherlands in 1876.

So dirintislah mining coal in this area. Mining is managed by the state after independence, and given the name of PT Tambang Batubara Ombilin (Shinyhearts). Shinyhearts dilikuidasi then become children of PTBA (Bukit Asam), which are located in South Sumatra.

Now, since the reform scrolling also developing the mine in the area of people. People also feel entitled to do the mining. Mining they do not just land in the nation, but also land owned by mining PTBA UPO.

Mayor of the city at this time is Sawahlunto Mr. Ir. Amran Nur deputy mayor with Mr. Fauzi Hasan.

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