The Legend of Situ Patengan
In fact the lake is beautiful save as a legend by inscription found in this area. There Patengan come from Sundanese language, which means Lake is Situ and Patengan derived from the word "Pateang-teangan" or find each other. On the story name is a myth that local communities typifies immortal love story of two pairs of lovers are separated. Love Prabu's son and daughter Dewi bead with a large natural that Ki Santang and Dewi Rengganis. They are separated for the duration, but because they love the way in making sense of so much want to meet. They find each other and eventually meet in a place that until now called "Stone Love".



Dewi Rengganis also make a request in the lake and the boat to sail. This is the boat which then turned into an island in the heart and then known as "Island Sasaka" which means island of Asmara. According to the stories and beliefs of the local community if I stay over at Stone Island and then encircle Asmara, so always be in love as they are immortal.

When Junghun to travel to Mount Patuha, he had to ask local people about the natural environment fell very serene and quiet it. But he was getting a strange fell, he got answers that the area is haunted as the kingdom of the jin and the spirit of the ancestors place. Mountain valley Patuha conditions at that time still a dense forest, tree-lined type of local wood, such as Rasamala, Saninten, hurly, samida, and others.

Because its taste and he didn’t believe it, Junghun continue to penetrate Patuha forest. And finally he found a crater lake that looks very exotic, and very beautiful. Although discovered in 1837, but this area into a new object after the tour in 1987 developed by Perhutani PT (Persero) Unit III West Java and Banten.
Haunted? Really so? To prove its for your own need to come to tour the area this white crater. And after entering the crater area is white, not the fear that you will be natural, but you will be glued so watch yourself and see how wonderfully water with a white puff of smoke above. Water color in the crater lake of white is not always white; white is the color of craters found at the most visited, sometimes the water is green apple and bluish-blazing sun when the weather and light, sometimes also brown milk.

The less fun in this area is the smell of sulfur that can cause some people cough - cough because its smell kiss, not even far from the tourist areas there is a cauldron of white artificial cave deep as 5 meters that he had first made as sulfur mine. When you go through the cave you will smell the sulfur smell is sting. Because the sulfur contents are very high that, at the first time the factory was built with the name of sulfur Zwavel Ontgining White crater. In the era of Japan, the business continued with the name White crater Kenxaka Gokoya Ciwidey which is under the direct control of the military.



Travel to the area this tour we will see scenic valley that is very captivating and strawberry gardens prepared for the tourists to cite their own strawberry fruit which you want to buy. Landscape offered along the way to White crater is stunning. Carpet Caster Mountains and valleys is very refreshing after the tired eyes by routine work.

After paying for the car Rp.5000 retributions and Rp7, 500 per person at the main gate, still have to travel resumed approximately 15 minutes by car to reach the car park near the White crater object. In fact visitors can also park the car in the parking lot near the main gate and use the minibus provided by the manager. At the main gate area is also available lodging facilities and restaurants.

Pangandaran Beach is very special because the form or more simple peninsula is a land that stick to sea, so that during the morning from the east side can see the sunrise (sunrise) and evening of the day in the west with a distance not so far down you can see the sun (sunset). In addition, a sloping beach with crystal clear water and ebb tide-water marine, which is relatively long, allowing the visitors to swim, even though there are actually forbidden to swim because Speed is part of the south coast of Java Island's famous waves have a large and often take the victim.

Other attractions in the area is quite promising as the destination is the activities, such as: a ceremony intent sea each month Muharam with a variety of offerings in the East Coast Speed made by local fishermen as the embodiment of their sense of gratitude towards God; and kite festival international in June or July.



Facilities supporting tourism Pangandaran beach are full. For example, for visitors who want to encircle the area Pangandaran beach, rent a bicycle can be relaxed or four-wheel drive vehicles with the rental price is quite varied, ranging from Rp35.000, 00 to Rp50.000, 00 per hour, according to the model and size. Livery vehicle range can be found easily along the roads in this area of tourism.
Meanwhile, for visitors who want to get around while enjoying the natural scenery on the beach together, can also rent visitors an introduction to using the services delman gig or tour. And, for those who want to rent a sail boat tour may be the property of the fishermen. This boat tour is the boat used by fishermen to the sea has been modified with a tent so that the passengers can enjoy panoramic views with comfortable beach.
Some hotels in Pangandaran also provide equipment for water sports such as parasailing, jet ski, and wind surfing, scuba diving, Snorkeling and others. However, for visitors who want to do water sports such as the above instructions must obey instructions from officials, coast guard safety in order to awake.