
Maribaya is possibly a tourist attractions in Bandung which is quite enjoyable, especially for those who love traveling. Forest Park Ir. H. Djuanda or better known as the Cave of Experts is located in north Bandung area and is the first grand forest parks in Indonesia. While Maribaya located about 7 km east of the town of Lembang. In an area of 5.5 ha and an altitude of 1,000 m above sea level, Maribaya has mineral hot springs with temperatures up to 46 Celsius. It is said that hot water in a wading pool Maribaya could cure rheumatism and other skin diseases.By spending money 3.000 Rupiah for admission and 1000 – 2000 Rupiah for vehicle parking money we can get into the cave expert and see all sorts of flora and fauna. For the flora, there are at least 112 species of 4 families. There are also tree species that deliberately brought by the colonizers such as Mexican Pine, Mahogany Uganda, and Honduras Cedar etc. For this type of fauna fauna, still can be found long-tailed monkeys in the vicinity of the Cave of Japan or around the streets between the Cave of experts headed Maribaya.
During the trip between experts and Maribaya Cave, you can enjoy the natural beauty of forests by air is still clean and fresh with towering trees and lush shrubs plants with a distinctive aroma.
When the fatigue we can take a break and not have to worry will thirst and lack of food. Along the way we’ll see vendors Lahang water (sap water) or Bandrek and Bajigur, there are also sellers of bananas, corn on the cob, roasted and grilled sticky rice. To treat severe food there is also a black lead or red rice.
No less interesting is the phenomenon of fault valley that you can enjoy when they want to enter the Maribaya area. Lembang Fault will be more clearly seen when looking from above the bridge before entering the Maribaya region, exactly near Cikapundung upstream watershed.
Then the trip can proceed to Japan Cave and Netherlands Cave. There are four main entrances to Japan cave. In the era of Japanese occupation in Indonesia, there is cave hideout used for the Japanese army. Cave development is done by native labor force, known as Romusha. There was no lighting in the cave, this state is used by people around to rent a flashlight with a 500 per-rental prices flashlight.
Dutch Cave is the pass behind the mountain. The cave was built in 1918 with its main function as a tunnel gate hydropower Crooked Water because the turbulent atmosphere war during the rebellion against the Dutch East Indies government. Goa is changed into the Dutch army secret communications center. At the time of independence, this cave function changed again into powder magazine and while this can be entered safely.
To enter the cave area experts, when using public transportation route that led to increased transport direction Dago Terminal and connected with a transport Ciburial up to the gate. While the Ciroyom (Bandung station) there is direct transport to the gate. Good luck!