Lake Sentani Widest and most beautiful on the island of Papua

Danau Sentani

We return to the eastern part of Indonesia matey ... will of course review the existing tourist attractions there, bro. Lake Sentani, here's the name of the famous Lake on the island of New Guinea. In addition to having a wonderful and enchanting view of the Lake also contains 22 Islands that add to the beauty of the largest lake on the island of New Guinea.

Sentani Lake has an area of + 9,360 acres that stretch between the towns of Jayapura Jayapura Regency and to be at an altitude of 75 mdpl. Lake Sentani itself belongs as a volcanic Lake. The source of the water in the Lake comes from the 14 large and small river which rises in the Jaifuri Puay. Being the base of Lake Sentani itself including the sandy mud.

Location Of Lake Sentani

Lake Sentani precisely under the slopes of the mountains nature reserve Cycloops, Papua. From the city of Jayapura is about 50 km. to the location we can do excursions with the route as follows:

1. Flight to Jayapura, Sentani airport. 
2. After arriving to the airport, we can continue the journey by public transport and costs around $0.8 (with 15-20 takes about minutes) to get to the location of Lake Sentani. 

Beautiful View Of Lake Sentani

The beauty of nature in Indonesia was already well known in foreign countries. One of the beauties of nature in Indonesia that attract domestic and foreign tourists is the Lake Sentani. His place is increasingly recognized as one of the popular tourist destination located on the island of Papua.

The scenery around the Lake Sentani looks peaceful and exotic. There are villages that adorn the residents along the coast of the Lake. In addition to the village, there are about 22 Islands that also adds to the beauty and the beauty of Lake Sentani.

Sentani Lake is also a swamp forest ecosystem looks beautiful and adds to the atmosphere of the fair. Around the Lake Sentani besides its own villages and neatly lined trees, there are also vast grasslands and verdant. It looks very beautiful and natural.

A Wealth Of Habitats Of Lake Sentani

Lake Sentani has a wealth of superb habitat, in it there are about 30 species of fresh fish. There are 4 types of species are endemic among 30 species. 4 species are as follows:

1. Fish Cork (Oxyeleotris heterodon)
2. Rainbow fish Sentani (Chilatherina sentaniensis)
3. Red Rainbow fish (Glossolepis incisus)
4. Shark saws (Pristis microdon)
Among the endemic species, the most noticeable shrinkage in numbers up to this point is a species of fish of the Cork.

Activities that can be Done in Lake Sentani

For friends who want to go to the location of Lake Sentani, these are some of the activities that you can do there:

1. Swim
2. Paddle
3. Diving
4. Fishing
5. Waterskiing
6. Culinary tour
7. Watch Festival Lake Sentani

Lake Sentani Festival usually takes place in the middle of the year, that is in June. Because it has become a tourism calendar, you can create a scheduled visit to Sentani Lake a very impressive when it coincides with the Sentani Lake Festival schedules. This Festival showcases indigenous dances that are performed on a boat by the surrounding society, typical of indigenous New Guinea war dance and various cultural arts communities including gastronomic specialities are also displayed. This festival aims to introduce the culture of papua to the local tourist (Indonesia) and foreigners (abroad).