Bandung is the 3rd largest city in Indonesia. Bandung city is located at an altitude of 800m above sea level and is close to the equator, making the weather in Bandung city is cool throughout the year. The temperature reaches 21-28 degrees, and only has 2 seasons, rainy season and dry season. The rainy season start on November till april, and dry season start on mei till october.
Bandung is surrounded by hills and volcanoes so it has a beautiful and fertile landscape.
As the 3rd largest city, Bandung is one of the centers of business and tourism. As a tourism city, Bandung has many natural or artificial tourist attractions that can be visited. Various supporting facilities such as hotels, restaurants, money changers, shopping areas, are very easy to find. And To get to Bandung, you can use airplane, bus or train.
Here are the natural attractions that can be visited in Bandung city
Tangkuban perahu mountain
This mountain in the past thousands of years has a height of more than 4000m, then a large eruption occurred so that now only half of it is left and the shape becomes like an upside down boat so it is named Tangkuban perahu. Until now the mountain is still active, the last eruption was in 2010. If tourists arrive at the top, they can see holes that are 2 km in diameter from the eruption of thousands of years ago.
Kawah putih
Kawah putih is the name of a crater on Mount Patuha due to eruptions 3 centuries ago. As a result of the eruption a beautiful lake was formed, the base colour of the lake is white and due to refraction of light make the colour of the lake become green. This crater is 2,300m high on the sea surface, so the air is very cool.
Ciater Hot spring
Because there are many volcanoes, Bandung has many hot springs, the famous hot spring is ciater hot spring. The hot water comes from the Tangkuban Perahu mountain. At this place there are hotels and resorts, so tourists can visit this place in 24 hours. The hot water temperature reaches 50 degrees and contains sulfur, so it is good for the skin.
Beside those places, bandung still have many places to visit. To explore Bandung, Touris can use bandung car rental or bandung tour packages provided by local bandung people.
