Tourism of Indonesia
Ready to Go to Lake Ranau or Danau Ranau
Planning to go on a tour or travelling, we definitely want a smooth trip, comfortable accommodation, cheap hotels, good food, cheap plane tickets, close to everywhere, and can rent a motorbike or car.
Attraction
In Lake Ranau or Danau Ranau, there is natural beauty and unique culture of the local community. There are many uniqueness, starting from the village (desa), sub-district (kecamatan), district (kabupaten) and provincial levels.
In Indonesia, each province has different and interesting characteristics. Each province has a different and unique culture and lifestyle.
Lake Ranau or Danau Ranau is the second largest lake in Sumatra after Lake Toba. The lake is located on the border of Lampung Barat province of Lampung and Ogan Ogan Ulu province of South Sumatra.
This lake was created from a large earthquake and volcanic eruption from the volcano that made a large basin.
A big river which previously flowed at the foot of the volcanic mountain then filled the ravine. Various types of plants incuding bushes locally known as ranau, then grew by the lake and while the remains of the mountain became Mount Seminung, which currently stands tall beside the clean lake water.
Marisa Island is located in the middle of the lake. It has a natural hot water spring. Visitors are charged Rp 1,500 per person. The island also has a waterfall and extensive rice paddy fields, and most of its land is covered by forests with primates.
Lake Ranau is famous for its abundant giant fish. You could also buy fish from fishermen. You could enjoy the beauty of Lake Ranau while eating grilled fish and drinking a cup of hot tea. Don’t forget to drop by the hot water spring on Marisa Island.
The government is taking good care of the preservation of nature and maintaining the condition of the forest.
The environment is also well maintained.
Activity
Visiting Lake Ranau or Danau Ranau, we will witness routine community activities in unique traditional cultures. And there are special dishes and food as part of culinary tours that are delicious and yummy.
In this place there are also regular events or activities held every year, both national and international.
Accessibility
The journey to Lake Ranau or Danau Ranau is now very easy. We can enter through various modes of transportation.
From the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II airport in Palembang, visitors could rent a car to Lake Ranau. If you wish to take public transportation, you could stop a bus or other type of local transportation in Baturaja Be advised that public transportation in South Sumatra usually operates only when the market downtown is open, which is every Wednesday.
To travel around this 44 square kilometer lake (about 10872 acres), visitors can take a motor boat, locally known as a ketek. The rates vary from Rp 100.000 to Rp 250.000 (about 9-23 US Dollars), depending on whether or not you want to travel around the lake. To see the waterfall, you should take land transportation.
The condition of the infrastructure is getting better. Starting from highways, airports, trails, ports, bridges, stairs, even some places can be reached by toll roads.
We can visit by plane, car, ship, bus, motorcycle and bicycle. At some point, we can take the train. We can also walk freely.
Amenity
In Lake Ranau or Danau Ranau, as technology getting better. We can easily find locations for mini markets, shops (warung kedai), Money Changer, ATMs, Bank BRI BCA BNI Mandiri, BTPN Bank Nagari BJB, supermarkets, and restaurants. So we will not starve or lack the necessary items.
If you are sick and need help, you can also visit clinics, drugstore pharmacies (apotek), practice doctors, hospitals, and health centers (puskesmas).
In this place we can also look for places of worship such as mosques, churches, and others.
Accommodation
Finding place to stay in Lake Ranau or Danau Ranau is very easy. We can stay at home stays, hotels, inns, hostels and other places.
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Experience and Reviews
There are already many visitors have visited Lake Ranau or Danau Ranau, there are many interesting stories that are told. Like feeling satisfied, happy, wanting to come again, sleep well, and almost no one is disappointed or complains to come here.
So, visitors will find out on how to find the best hotels, where is exactly located, why it is amazing, how much is the fare and rate, who are the people, whom to ask, and when is the best time to visit.
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That’s all the information we provided, hopefully useful.
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