Zalino by The Crater Lake Traditional Geocache
Zalino by The Crater Lake
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The cache is kept in one location that could be considered as the
best place to start exploring the Lake Maninjau area.
This cache will lead you to an abundant source of knowledge about
the Lake Maninjau, the deep rainforest and also about wildboar/pig
hunting using 3,000 dogs. When you find this cache please use these
keywords and get your hiking boots ready: "Mr. Porcupine", "Pak
Zal", "Babi Hutan", "Sarasah Seven Waterfalls" and "Poison Ivy"
About the Lake Maninjau: Lake Maninjau is a crater-lake. Length is
about 16 km, width about 7 km. The average depth is 105 m with a
maximum of 165 m. There are two access routes, one at the westside
and one at the eastside. The lake is surrounded by wooded mountains
and of a surprising beauty, with often changing vistas. Surplus
water is carried off at the westside. At that place a
hydro-electric plant was built some years ago. At the north-east
side are narrow low-laying plains where most people live, around
the villages Maninjau and Bayur. The hotels and guesthouses are
situated in that area. The eastern access route has 44 hairpin
bends. The first time it's somewhat creepy, but one gets used to it
quickly. There are regular bus connections with among other places
Bukittinggi, an attractive town at a distance of approximately an
hour away. The best season to visit Maninjau is said to be february
and later, untill july. The rainy season is from september/oktober
untill approx. the turn of the year. In the rainy season the
weather is sunny untill the end of the afternoon when rain starts.
It is said that it rains sometimes one or two days continuously.
It's somewhat cooler and these tropical rains have their own charm.
Additional Hints
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Frrx sbe Ze. Cbephcvar jub vf gnxvat n tbbq pner bs guvf pnpur naq lbh funyy svaq "oyhr naq lryybj" cnaqben obk (Vaqbarfvna: oveh qna xhavat)