When a Dutch traveler named Junghun came in the 19th century, the population around it as a place where spirits of the ancestors dwell, which no one was there without dying, the birds were reluctant to fly on it. Their opinions are not entirely wrong.
It is true that White crater Patuha was authoritative, because of its height and silence. True, that the white crater was haunted, that merely because of concentrated sulfuric fumaroles to be calculated when the wind stops rotating.
The rest of White crater that is where the incarnation of paradise never lowered into the earth, so elegant, quiet, away.
Month July August temperatures can drop as low as 10 ° C in the daytime and at night 5oC. A light breeze carrying away the fog of concentrated sulfuric steam away. Firmly yell; said will be forwarded echo her by the walls of the Rock to heaven. Around the crater in the dry season quite easy to do; searching for points of view that perhaps forgotten runoff from heaven.
Visitors will not stand for long mountain buffeted by cold winds that sneak into the bone marrow. Seruput bandrek at a stall in the parking lot could provide a sense of warmth in the throat is dry.
The atmosphere of silence in that place will bring relaxed atmosphere. Your inner resonance with the nature around capable of filling the battery life replenished.
Patuha white crater is not the only place that should be hunted in Ciwidey. Many other places around the store for a million charm that would bother chasing paradise scattered.
Advice for friends who will get there a little early attempt was made to depart from Bandung about 6-8 hours. Because usually during the day until the afternoon of the crater is covered with fog so that almost all parts of the crater is not visible and the temperature can drop to 15 degrees. The crater was closed at 5 pm, meaning that visitors are allowed to go up last at 5, but for those who already in the crater could fall at any time (up to 8 pm)
The route taken is that if you from the downtown Dago-Pasteur Toll Gate toll-Entry-Exit toward Cileunyi Kopo Toll-Turn right toward Soreang-Way continues to meet Ciwidey-continue to rise to the top with an increasingly narrow path.
For more established roads Tangkuban Perahu, here the road to the White Crater, the road is full of holes and narrow, sometimes cars have to slow down when passing. Moreover, there are buses that go up / down will cause congestion.
Admission to the car 15 thousand and 10 thousand per person to enter the crater area white. From the entrance gate to the White crater is about 5 km (15 trips by car). It is recommended to use a car with "Ground Clearance" high if the sedan is feared will be stuck with the holes are quite deep.
There are parking facilities near the crater, and we had to walk about 100 to reach the crater. At the time we reached the crater filled with fog and very cold temperatures, so almost no one can see except water crater / lake with a greenish white precipitate balerang at the edges.
An hour is way too long in this crater because the fog thickened and the temperature was so bitterly we finally decided to return to the park. Before the fight to go down again, we tasted bandrek and instant noodle boiled egg in the area of parking stalls. At 6 pm we fell right back in the direction of Bandung, this time there is no congestion because almost all the visitors have returned. A friend suggested to continue the journey to Situ Patenggang where there is Lake / lakes and hot spring like Ciater.
