Kaliurang

Kaliurang that is literally in Indonesian means "river shrimp", is a resort located in the province of Yogyakarta. Precisely  Kaliurang is located in Lahore District, on the border with the province of Central Java.  Kaliurang is located at the foot of the hill south of the merapi.sekitar plewang 28 KM north of Jogja. This area is a refreshing place for those who want to enjoy fresh air and green trees. As a mountain attractions,  Kaliurang offers accommodation facilities, villas, bungalows, accommodation as well as recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, tennis courts, and playgrounds are visited by many people.

Kaliurang is the most northern tip of the city of Yogyakarta, and the foot of Mount Merapi is located in the southwest. These tourist attractions in the era of the resort was formerly known as the Dutch colonial period. Over time, the  Kaliurang became a resort town famous people Jogja. Changing Kaliurang become tourist sites are not necessarily followed by the famous Mount Merapi as one of the attractions. Only after 1983 of Mount Merapi was introduced to the public.

This area is quite safe and in addition it is equipped with a siren warning the Merapi eruption that will ring a few hours before the eruption occurred make people able to be prepared and quiet as to be displaced.

The cool weather was able to restore the freshness of body and mind. However, not infrequently used as a location for  Kaliurang meeting or an important meeting. Besides a place to rest,  Kaliurang also provides a place for camping and pathways that can be passed to trekking.

262 hotels listed have been incorporated in the Hospitality Association  Kaliurang (Aspects) with an average growth of 8 hotels per year since 1979.

Kaliurang especially on holidays such as the youth are usually normal scout camping there. For those who like to climb the rock climbing through Kaliurang trim. They can spend the night in Kaliurang the start, kemudianwaktu dawn climb through the village of Kinahrejo and trim to about evening / afternoon. When the weather is good, an amazing sight panorama of forest-covered plewangan and Kaliurang, countryside and the green side of blue ocean can be seen even Indonesia could take a look. The most appropriate time to see the panorama is in the morning when the sun rises.

Entrance of the attraction is the Way Kaliurang Kaliurang, crowded highway by vehicles back and forth inside a solid shelters as well. That dotted the road towards the north end of the Blue Campus and will be translucent Kaliurang and trim. When examined carefully along the road are lined  Kaliurang  KM 10 farmers as well as merchant plants. Plants are starting to have a lot of fans this is a potential that is not less important than other potential has long been recognized.

Still on the road Kaliurang anggerk there is also a vast garden. Precisely at KM 15.5, there is a blooming orchid garden sustainably. In the garden is the center of all orchid growers in Sleman centralized into one. A garden that comes from the idea of ​​some orchid lovers in Lahore region to make this place a center for orchids in Sleman. A place where there are many different kinds of orchids with a variety of species, there are also various sizes of orchids. Of orchid seedlings are still small to large sized orchid breeders even orchids are also found here. Orchid species that are bred from the original also called for here, to the local and hybrid orchid hybrid impot also exist. This will memmudahkan hobis customers and in finding his favorite plants. A very interesting idea, collect some orchid growers in one centralized area. It also can be a very attractive tourist potential. When the Lahore district has ornamental plants, and turn it into a center for agro-tourism. This would defeat the central anthurium Karanganyar district that is very famous. There was also a garden Salak Agro, Turi (18 km from Yogyakarta), Garden Chrysanthemum, Pakem (18 km from Yogyakarta).

When visiting  Kaliurang , do not forget to stop by for a while and buy special food in the form of misbegotten  Kaliurang , which is food made from glutinous rice. Tempe and tofu bacem will be a complement of the bitch, bastard though tasty enough to eat without appendages.