Thursday, August 16, 2012

Arts And Crafts Of Bondowoso



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Embroidery Industry
Embroidery Industry in Bondowoso has its own style and design. With various colors and motif. This embroidery becomes the main characteristic of Bondowoso. 

Blacksmith
There are various knife and sword produced constantly in good quality. These blacksmiths are produced at Pucang Anom village – Tamanan district and many entrepreneurs who order and sell them in the other cities.

Bird Cage Handicrafts
The birdcage handicrafts factory is located in Mengen village - Tamanan district. In this traditional factory, they make various kinds of birdcages with various kinds of size according to the size of the bird and the demand of the consumers.

Handwritten Batik
The Handwritten Batik handicrafts factory is located in Sumbersari village - Maesan district, about 13 from Bondowoso to the west. The traditional handmade batik from Bondowoso regency is known as Cassava Batik. For recent years, it has been managed well, so that it can be compete with the other batik in Indonesia. It has distinctive features that make different with others. Bondowoso Batik has unique cassava motif that combined with various colors, so that looks beautiful and has its own characteristic. 

Klompen (wooden shoes) Handicrafts
Klompen is traditional sandal of Javanese that made from wood material. Klompen handicrafts factory produces various kinds of Klompen with different designs and sizes for teenagers and adults. It is located at Jambe Anom village – Tamanan district, about 15 Km southern of Bondowoso. 

Whip Handicraft
Whip ("Pecut") handicraft is located in Suger Lor village - Maesan district. Animal broker in Bondowoso area commonly uses this product to sell cows. Nowadays, during the development / improvement of the shapes, this handicraft is also used for household decoration.

Beads Handicraft
There are many kind of beads handicrafts produced here, such as; necklace, ring, briefcase, belt, etc. Those products are made of shells, produced at Cerme district, about 32 km north east of Bondowoso city. The quite, varicolored, shapes, and size, become a special attraction for visitor to be owned, or as souvenirs for families and friends.

Leather Handicraft
The central of leather handicraft is situated at Pujer district, about 12 km southward of Bondowoso city. The products are jacket, bags or purse, belt, wallet, and more various motif and models, size and color. The development in creating depends on taste of the customer. All of products are made of cowhide as the main material. The products quality didn’t need to be doubt, and achievable. Usually, the products are sold in a specialty store in around Bondowoso and Bali.

Silver Handicraft
Silver handicraft in Bondowoso Regency may be called as a very young effort. But, it doesn’t mean that it has not a good quality and large market. The products such as bracelet, necklace, and ring, are not only marketed in around Bondowoso, East Java, or Indonesia, but also have been able to reach the international market, like Holland, Germany, and USA. Those fine handicrafts are produced by handmade workmen in Jati Tambang Village, Wringin district, about 16 Km west of Bondowoso city.

“Ketebung” Furniture
This furniture handicraft is quite different with other furniture, which is usually used wood or rattan as the main materials, but it is not. It is by banana leaves, so that it is called by “Ketebung” Furniture. As well as other furniture. It also produces into kinds of shape and size. The motif of each furniture also give an art value that combine with exclusive natural banana leaves color, being glossily polished, will definitely give a luxurious nuance. The centre of “Ketebung” Furniture industry is located at Karang Melok Village, Tamanan district, it is about 15 Km from Bondowoso to the south.

Brass Industry



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Brass (kuningan) handicrafts are located in Cindogo village, Tapen district, about 12 km east of Bondowoso - Situbondo. There are many brass handicrafts in this area; for example, it is used to make the colorful decorations for house equipments, ceremony equipments (like Bokor and Gayung) and it also used for various souvenirs. 

The brass handicraft of Bondowoso is very famous in tourists. It has beautiful colors and do not easily fade. Those products are also offered to other countries. They have been distributed and exported to many foreign countries.

Visit Bondowoso tourism and get those kind of brass handicraft for your travel souvenirs or may be you want to having business with these products.


Bondowoso Handicraft: Brass Industry That Very Famous With Beautiful Colors


Arak - Arak Natural View



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Arak-arak is a tourism object that located on the road between Surabaya and Bondowoso, precisely in Sumber Canting village, Wringin district. The natural view of Arak-arak hill slope is very beautiful. It lies about 345 meters above sea level. 

In this area, there is also some resting place of Arak-arak natural view. The tourists can enjoy the beauty of its natural panorama, and the fresh air. The interesting natural scenery is completed with the green forest and cold air. The tourists are commonly using transportation (Bus, MPU) to visit this object.

Agro Tourism of Arabica Coffee Plantation Kalisat Jampit



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Arabica Coffee Garden Tourism object belongs to BUMN PT Perkebunan XXVI; it is 4,000 hectares, and 900 heights from the bottom of the sea. It is about 57km east of Bondowoso town. The guest can watch and enjoy beautiful scenery. 

There we can watch the processes, such as: the picking of coffee, selecting coffee at the field and the factory, drying of coffee seeds and the process of milling coffee seeds that produces Arabica Instant Coffee that has a special taste and a nice fragrance. Arabica coffee has a typical taste with a good smell and a delicious taste. The tourists can also do the garden area tour by bicycles or by cars (which is coordinated by PT. TIMUR CIPTA PESONA AGROWISATA). This car coordinator also provides the transportation to other tourism objects, such as:
- Blawan - Sempol hot water bathing garden
- Kawah Wurung in Jampit - Sempol
- Blawan - Sempol waterfall
- Flower garden in Jampit

Besides enjoying the Arabica coffee, the tourists have several other facilities to enjoy at the plantation. The guests can enjoy the roses and lilies in the flower garden and can enjoy recreational fishing at the fishing arena. There are also meeting rooms, a tennis court, and a swimming pool. The guesthouse at Jampit I, Arabica home stay / Jampit II is also equipped with fireplace rooms. Entertainment programs as well as arranged coffee breaks are available. The wide land can be used as the place for bicycle rides and a car tour.

Bosamba Rafting



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One of develop tourism object in Bondowoso is Bosamba rafting. It has full of adventures and challenge activity. Bosamba Rafting has complete equipment for rafting and Bondowoso has big river with beautiful nature scenery to support rafting activity. Visit and having rafting with Bosamba rafting, you will feel the real nature adventures.
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Kawah Ijen



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Ijen Crater or Kawah Ijen is another volcanic tourism attraction in Indonesia. Ijen Crater (Kawah Ijen) is a famous tourism object, which has been known by the domestic and foreign tourists because of the beautiful and charming nature. It is 5,466 hectares, 2,386 meters high from the depth of the sea, with a 92 hectares tourism forest. Its temperature is between 2 to 8 degree centigrade and the crater area lies at 2.386 meters above sea level (mdpl). 

There are many beautiful species of plants that can be found there, such as; the edelweiss flower and the Casuarina Junghu (cemara gunung), etc. Various animals can also be seen in the area like jungle fowl (ayam hutan) and porcupine (landak).
The Ijen Crater lies about 68km from the town center. There are some of facilities here such as: a campground, a shelter and Tourist Information Center (TIC) etc.
The best time to enjoy the crater scenery is at morning, when the yellow sunlight glows the yellow water and shines the surrounding mountain like mount Merapi, the sister of Mount Ijen. Morning haze is creating a tranquility that we don’t get at the metropolitan towns. At 2 pm, the crater is closed for the reason that the thick smoke from the crater that is poisonous.

How to get to Ijen Crater
There are two alternatives route to get to Ijen Crater, the first is from Banyuwangi to Licin – Jambu – Patulding. Its about 38 kilometers from Banyuwangi, but the road is bad. The second is from Bondowoso – Wonosari – Sempol – Patulding, about 70 kilometers with better road. It is suggested to go from Bondowoso.

Visiting from Bondowoso route, the tourists will travel across a coffee plantation. It has beautiful view either. The green of Arabica coffee trees are really an exciting scene to enjoy.

To reach Ijen Crater from Surabaya, we can use the public transportation with the route as follow:
- Surabaya – Bondowoso : 180 km with public bus
- Bondowoso – Paltuding : 68 km with public transport
- Paltuding - to the location : 2 km on foot

Tancak Kembar Waterfall





Tancak Kembar waterfall is located at 24 km from Bondowoso to the west in Andungsari village, Pakem district. The height of the waterfall is 77 meters. The function of this waterfall is not only as the tourism object but also for irrigation. Local legend holds that the left side of the waterfall is cared for by men and the right side is cared for by women. It is believed that if the visitor washes his or her face in the waterfall their skin will remain eternally youthful. 

Tancak Kembar waterfall is also supported by the center of Arabica Coffee research around this place with an area of 180 hectares. This area is managed by Department of Agriculture.
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