Blora, which is located at the eastern districts of Central Java, the proven quite keen in working on tourism sector. Aware that region more besieged teak forests, the local District Government had no desire to build a tourist area but to optimize the potential of forests that have been held.
Since the vast forest that stretched maximized as a tourist, Blora immediately grabbed two benefits at once. The first advantage, in the form of levy income is proven to increase revenue (PAD). The second advantage, in the form of public recognition outside the region, that was Blora not as bad as people say.
Today, many tourists in the country and abroad wondered if you have not seen the potential of forest tourism in Blora. Developing diverse stories that say, if we trace the depth of the forest in Blora, then we will get a peek at a beautiful "paradise".
One of the means for tourists to be able to peek beauty of "Heaven" was, among others, by utilizing the locomotive's Tour. Locomotive's Tour is a tour package in the Teak Forest KPH Cepu, Blora, with a series of train pulled by an old locomotive made by Berliner Maschinenbaun, Germany, in 1928.
The main object of this trip is to see the teak forests (tectoca grandis), which is managed by taking into account the principle of forest sustainability. Tour locomotive specially prepared for the tourists, the route is very long. With teak forests across the region BKPH Ledok Kendilan, Evening Market, Blungun, detail description. Cabak, and Nglebur. In public administration, these locations are in the subdistrict of Cepu, Sambong, Jepon, Jiken, Blora district. Medium two other areas, enter the District Kasiman, Bojonegoro, East Java.
To get to the locomotive's Tour, the tourists can take it with four-wheel drive or bus through the Surakarta-Ngawi-Cepu (122 kilometers), Surakarta-Purwodadi-Blora-Cepu (161 km), Semarang-Purwodadi-Blora-Cepu (162 km) , Semarang-Kudus-Rembang-Cepu (182 km), and Surabaya-Bojonegoro-Cepu (149 km).
Special trips taken from Surakarta, though a bit far but it is more profitable for tourists. Because at this point, tourists can stop first at the Archaeological Museum Sangiran in Sragen Regency, or witnessed the wonders of nature Bleduk Kuwu in Grobogan. Bleduk Kuwu a traditional salt producing region, where the salty water of raw materials sourced from the crater are ejected from the ground.
A number of attractions that can be witnessed in the locomotive's Tour package was in addition to an old locomotive made in 1928, also there Auto Traction, TPK Batokan, Bergojo, principled Teak Huta Management Activities on the principle of preservation of forests (planting, maintenance, felling, saradan, transportation), and Gubug Umbrella.
Bergojo, is a kind of reservoir water for locomotives which are located in the middle of the forest. Here, the locomotive will stop for a moment to fill water. When a locomotive filled with water, the tourists were allowed down to witness the beauty of the famous Blora forest with timber thieves that.
About two kilometers from the Traction Workshop, participants will be shown Tour locomotive dump timber (TPK) Batokan. TPK has an area of 36.2 hectares, helpless capacity 40,000 m3 and 10,000 sm carpentry. Adjacent to the TPK Batokan, there Teak Wood Industry (IPKJ) Cepu.
After spinning tired, tourists participants locomotive's Tour by tour guides from Perhutani office brought to Gubug Payung. Hut in the jungle is a resting place that has the Teak Forest Natural Monument, located on the plot 1.092a, BKPH Evening Market, KPH Cepu here, visitors can see the old teak trees that had cut in 1976. Teak itself over 100 years old. This is evidenced by calculating the circle of the beam cross section that is cut, totaling about 108 circles.
If the tourists want to do a travel package for two days or more with the locomotive's Tour, the committee has provided three lodgings. That is the Ambassador Ubaya Rimba (12 rooms), Wisma Sorogo (5 rooms), and Guesthouse (4 rooms). Rates travel package Tour locomotive is relatively cheap, only 40 dollars / person / day, including lodging and meal costs.
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