Lake Kelimutu
Lake Kelimutu, part of kelimutu national park, is situated
on the peak of mount kelimutu which is at an altitude of 1.631
meters.administratively located in the district of Ende, East Nusa Tenggara
Province.Kelimutu is a volcano,
close to the town of Moni in central Flores Island of Indonesia containing
three summit crater lakes of varying colors. Tiwu Ata Mbupu (Lake of Old
People) is usually blue and is the westernmost of the three lakes. The other
two lakes, Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai (Lake of Young Men and Maidens) and Tiwu Ata
Polo (Bewitched or Enchanted Lake) are separated by a shared crater wall and
are typically green or red in color, respectively. The lake colors do vary on a
periodic basis. Subaqueous fumaroles are the probable cause of active upwelling
that occurs at the two eastern lakes.
The lake have been a source
of minor phreatic eruptions in historical time. The summit of the compound
1639-m-high Kelimutu volcano is elongated two km in a WNW-ESE direction; the
older cones of Kelido and Kelibara are located respectively three km to the
north and two km to the south. The scenic lakes are a popular tourist
destination. Keli Mutu is also of interest to geologists because the three
lakes are different colors yet reside at the crest of the same volcanothere are
three bacwaters in the lake which tend to turn their colours. for instance the
water in oone of those , change fro red to bottle green then someday it can be
pink and in another backwater , the water turn from bottle green into light
green, the last one , the water can change from deep brown into azure. Although
the guidebooks all talk about being up on the summit for sunrise, you should do
that only if you're a fan of sunrises.
The lakes do not show their
glory until the sun hits them, which will be about 8 or 9 in the morning,
depending on the lake. It can accessed by taking air transportation from
kupang, the capital of east nusa tenggara province, to ende district, it will
be approximately 40 minutes,The closest airports are Maumere, and Ende. There
are regular flights to Maumere from Bali. continue the journey by public
transportations to kaonara village, about 93 km away or 3 hous, then continued
by walk for around 2.5 km. entrance ticket is IDR 3000, on the weekend the
ticket will be IDR 5000. Moni is a small settlement at the foot of the volcanic
Mount Kelimutu on the island of Flores in Indonesia. It is a good base for a
trip to the coloured lakes of the volcano. The drive from Maumere to Moni, the
town at the base of Keli Mutu, takes about 3 hours.
We could visit
Detusoko walk for 1,5 km to see the Three Colored Lake of Kelimutu, which has
dark red, brown and turqoise blue colors. Lakes of Kelimutu were discovered by a Dutch geologist
in 1914 and the colors were red, blue and white. Descent to Moni village and
see the traditional houses at Kowana.
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