Ancient fish and the Skull Cave in Lake Matano
Matano Lake is one of three lakes in East Luwu district, South Sulawesi. This location is many a story of history and also the attraction of the beauty of natural scenery. In Matano Lake are underwater caves and inhabited the ancient fish.
The name Matano Lake is taken from the name Matano village located at the western end of the lake because of the village there is a fountain that never dry and the water flowing into the lake. It is said by the ancients, that Wellspring Matano is the source of the water of Matano Lake. Even more interesting because the lake is surrounded by green hills to become a beauty. Moreover, if we view the lake from the top of the hill, the lake surface will look like a blue glass surface. Uniquely, this lake comes from a spring whose waters never dry even in the dry season though.
Buttini ancient fish
Along the Matano Lake using traditional boats (katinting), our eyes as if she never tired of looking at the beauty of natural scenery of mountains and rock cliffs around the lake area of 16,000 hectares with a depth reached 600 meters, and recorded as the deepest lake in Southeast Asia.
In addition to offering beautiful mountain scenery that surrounds verbeck coast, Matano Lake is also home to hundreds of endemic species of fauna, including shrimp, crabs, snails, and fish. Unique fauna in Matano Lake, most could not be found in other lakes in Indonesia.
In fact, there are at Matano Lake endemic fish species that are rare in the world. This fish was given the nickname ancient fish because of its brown and its structure is similar to the ancient animal. For the local community, this fish is given the name buttini fish.
Some researchers who have come calling buttini fish is an ancient fish species and breed only in Matano Lake.
Although a bit odd shape with protruding eyes with brownish skin, but the meat was tasty when eaten.
The skull cave under the water
Meanwhile, on the edge of Matano Lake, most boards are rock caves there are some holes in it there are the remnants of history. Such as spears, machetes, and home appliances are also made of brass metal, which is estimated to have been there for hundreds of years ago.
Interestingly, three of the six caves that exist around Matano Lake is right on the edge of the lake, where the burrows cave, its flow through the hole of a rock cliff into the lake water.
There is also a cave whose location is not so far away from residential areas, where the cave is inhabited by many bats, there were many human bones and skulls. The cave was named for the citizens as the Skull Cave.
Cheap Holidays in Matano Lake
In Matano Lake there are also several tourist locations with white sandy beaches. In addition to coastal attractions, visitors can also enjoy the coolness of Mata Buntu Waterfall, life springs pool called Bura-bura, and see first hand the old tribal burial customs Matano, located in the hamlet of Matano.
Interestingly, visitors do not need to spend a lot of money if you want to relax at the location of the shore of Matano Lake tourism because local governments do not attract levy to enter into a tourist attraction site.
With all the natural resources owned by Sulawesi, Matano Lake is present in the middle to give a different feel for tourism on the island. The lake is a favorite location for spend the vacation time to the surrounding community.
Around the lake, there are three villages of neatly arranged so as to make the beautiful scenery, the Matano Village, Nuha Village, and Sorowako Village. Not only the scenery you can see from the three villages, in one of the villages, the Sorowako Village, there is the world's largest nickel mine that makes the attraction for this tourist area.
To get to this area, you can use land and air transportation. However, for air transport can only be enjoyed through the Makassar flight path and also be ready to get plane tickets are expensive.
If you dive and down the countryside, you will find some places with rocks such as lava stone former volcanic deposits. It's just that, to date, there has been no formal studies of this lake is whether or not the volcanic lake. In addition to the rocks, there is also a flooded cave where the cave doors facing the lake so that if water levels recede we will clearly see the door wide open cave.
The beauty of the mystery that is also in this lake, many people interested to visit this attraction. No wonder, if a holiday comes, do not be surprised if many tourists enliven this location.
Visitors can enjoy the scenery around the lake by lake. If you are interested in diving and windsurfing course you can try.
Not only that, but for lovers of photography, the lake has plenty of places to do the hunting. Besides the natural beauty of Matano Lake, friendly community is also one of the attractions that will make it convenient to travel to this area. Community was used to blend in with all the ethnic groups from anywhere.
What are you waiting, please visit and enjoy the beauty of Matano Lake!
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