Goa Terawang

Overview of Goa Terawang.

Goa Terawang tourist area  a cave complex which has six cave in one area, this is the highest in Central Java. In the area of 13 hectares, it consists of one main cave, a spring, and five other small caves. This cave is the only cave in which the light in the daytime because of exposure to sunlight.

Location Goa Terawang.

Its location is 32 kilometers west of Blora or 107 kilometers from the city of Semarang. To reach Goa Terawang village roads  is available in smooth, can be reached from Semarang-Purwodadi-Wirosari headed Kunduran Blora district. Right in front fork Kunduran Health Center, visitors can turn left and cross the village street which is more or less smoothly along the 8 kilometers. Goa Terawang tourist area located right on the road. If from Blora, visitors toward Ngawen Market junction, then turned right across the road leading to the Japah, Padaan, Ngapus, until arriving at Todanan or about 10 kilometers.

For visitors who use public transport to reach Goa Terawang, the easy way is to take the bus from Semarang or from Blora, then down right in the center Kunduran. Then, visitors move into the transport minibuses-Todanan Blora majors are available every time. We recommend that visitors avoid travel after sunset or just after at 15:30. Therefore, public transport routes serving the tourist area of Goa Terawang extremely rare. Indeed, the signs for directions to the cave were not seen again. Along the main road Semarang-Blora, signs are also not installed, so a bit troublesome visitors using private vehicles. However, do not worry, you can ask any local residents.

Goa Terawang Zone area has a cool temperate environment, fresh, with a stunning panorama of the forest. Mid-November 2006, for example, although the area was still covered with the dry season,  temperature is only 21.8 degrees Celsius. When the sun reaches its peak, the temperature in the region is still below 36 degrees Celsius. This is nothing thanks to the crowded old teak trees are large and leafy, in addition to another large tree, like a tamarind tree and the tree trembesi. The location of the cave located at an elevation of 172 meters above sea level, in the Chalk Mountains area of north eastern part of Central Java. Goa Terawang is located in the recesses of the cave bottom. Go to the door of the cave is available equipped iron stair safety at its center along the 15 meters. The height of the five caves in the region of Goa Overlay varied between 1 meter and 24 meters. The width also varies, from 3 meters to 18 meters.Goa Terawang is elongated, resembling a row of houses connected to each other along the 600 meters more. High ceilings are also variable, ranging from four yards. There is a parabola-shaped stalactites decorated with a charming variety of forms. When the rainy season, stalactites and stalagmites will shed water throughout the season.

 The uniqueness in Goa Terawang, visitors freely observe the cave during the day. On the cave ceiling there are a number of natural openings that allow sunlight breaks into and illuminate the inside of the cave. Therefore, this cave is called Cave Terawang. Thanks to the light holes earlier, visitors not only get fresh air circulation, but can carefully observe the uniqueness and diversity of the forms of stalactites and stalagmites found in caves. It is believed, stalactites and stalagmites in the caves that are still growing and provide diversity of forms, such as the giant squid or fungi. While the stalactites that hung down from the wall of the fused connecting from the ceiling to the floor of the cave. The light that comes into the cave it creates bias which gives the impression of sunlight itself. There are shades of "enlightenment" in the files of light that fell into certain parts of the cave wall. As there is a set course, incoming light that illuminates only certain panoramic, but clarify the details of each corner of the cave. Thus, the shadow that the cave was haunted be gone. That there is an amazing natural painting.