Tawangmangu in Gunung Lawu

Tawangmangu was a subdistrict in the Karanganyar Regency, Central Java. This subdistrict was famous because of being the area of the very cool tour. Tawangmangu was known as the mountainous tourist attraction in the west slope of the Lawu Mountain that could be followed by the land vehicle for approximately one hour from the Surakarta City (Solo). This place since the colonial Dutch period became the travelling place. The object of the aim of the main tour of being the Grojogansewu Waterfall (high 65 m.). In the place tetirah this was available various supporting means of the tour like the swimming pool and various forms of accommodation. From Tawangmangu could be begun by the climb to the peak of the Lawu Mountain (the Cemorokandang Post).
The Lawu mountain (3.265 m.) was located in the Javanese Island, Indonesia, to be precise in the border of the Central Javan Province and East Java. The status of this mountain was the "rest" volcano and for a long time was inactive, was seen from being in a meeting him vegetation as well as his peak that tererosi. In his slope was gotten the small crater that still was issuing steam (fumarol) and the sulphur (solfatara). The Lawu mountain had the forest region of Dipterokarp Bukit, the forest of Dipterokarp Atas, the Montane forest, and the Ericaceous forest. The Lawu mountain had two peaks, Puncak Hargo Dalem and Hargo Dumilah. That was last this was the highest peak. In the slope of this mountain was gotten several places that were popular as the aim of the tour, especially in the Tawangmangu area, Cemorosewu, and Sarangan. Rather down, in the west was gotten by two complexes percandian from the Majapahit end period: the Sukuh Temple and the Cetho Temple. In foot this mountain also was located the funeral complex of relatives of the Mangkunagaran Jurisdiction: the Girilayu palace and the Mangadeg palace. Near this complex was located the Giribangun palace, the mausoleum for the president's second Indonesian family,