European Sawahlunto

European Sawahlunto
If you want to enjoy a vacation at once returned home to West Sumatra, be sure to stop in Sawahlunto. A small town which is also called the Little Dutch or 'Little Holland'. The city has historical value, because this is where the first Dutch colonial finding high-quality coal deposits are interested asia and europe markets.
Not surprisingly, the Coal Mine Ombilin (TBO) in Sawahlunto found in a geological engineer named Willem De Greev Hendric in 1868, became a target and is considered important by that time the Dutch royal government. In 1892, underground mines (under ground mine Ombilin) to start production by hiring 'human chain' forced laborers from riding the champion-champion Dutch colonial imported, mostly from Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Sumatra.
As the operation of the coal mining business Ombilin who became the largest mine at that time, various infrastructure was built, housing, factories, ports and harbors ships come into an integral part of mining activity that.
Historically, the presence of Emma Haven harbor is now called Port Bay Bayur, Indarung Portland Cement Factory, the railway line Sawahlunto-Padang-Padang Panjang, its construction is inseparable from the existence of such a coal mine in Sawahlunto.
Today, Colonial is no longer stuck here. However, still leaves Ductch Litle greatness that history can still be remembered. The old historic buildings, the footprints of underground coal mining, railway tunnels, and other historic relics still intact to be remembered.
This is the historical Heritage Tourism Sawahlunto continuous improvement and step toward its vision as a City Mine Tour in 2020, the only resort town that relies on the history of coal mining heritage of the colonial era in Indonesia, even in Southeast Asia.
You do not need to wait until the year 2020. Spirit-led regional head mayor Ir Amran Nur H, the city supported the various stake holders and the local parliament, making the occurrence of significant change that.
This means you can enjoy the Susana year 2020 from now, because it has many supporters as a tourist attraction built by the government, the buildings and the old town continues to be revitalized so it is with other objects such as water boom phase is followed by a second phase of development.
Field pacua and national horse's second-largest after the Pulo Mas Jakarta, permanent motor cross circuit, the future of tourism zones in the former open cut coal mining (open pit mining) equipped Kandi Lake and Lake Kandi Tandikek who became a family playground, near the lake There is also a mini Wildlife Park which is now equipped with various types spicies animals like elephants, kangaroos, camels, and other types of animals.
You only need about two hours travel time from Payakumbuh or around 65 km, and 2.5 hours if coming from the direction of Solok Padang. If traveling from Padang Padang Panjang continue to Lake Batur and past the city of Solok and to Sawahlunto only take about three hours. Once the case if it came from the direction of Jambi to the Sawahlunto only takes approximately five-hour journey, the course is straight and wide hot mix asphalt.
In addition to the object wants, above the City "Old" Sawahlunto also Goedang Ransoem existing museum and the Railway Museum. In the two museums that are only about 1 km, you can recognize the history and recognize the historic mining town Sawahlunto as. Especially in the railway museum. You can enjoy the tourist train to and enter the longest railway tunnel in Indonesia with only one trip to buy a ticket to Rp 3000.
And to enter the museum free of retribution Warehouse Ransoem USD 1000 and USD 500 adult children as well as railway museum admission. If you want to waterboom during this holiday entrance fee just for USD 10 thousand. Inside there are entertainment facilities, food stalls, and if you have the guts, you can enjoy the facilities to hang in the sky Flying fox waterboom.
Well, now if you want to the mini zoo, then enjoy an elephant ride just by paying USD 5000 for adult / child per person, you will sit around dipundak elephants.
But first you have to spend into the location of Rp 2,500 to Rp 1,000 for adults and kids. Now about the stomach. When you are satisfied walk and stomach feels hungry, in Sawahlunto many restaurants that provide such specific foods, Soto Urang crew and Restaurants Dendeng Batokok in Muaro Kalaban, and many restaurants. You just select it. Good tour