THE GONG CAVE OF MYSTERY

THE GONG CAVE OF MYSTERY

The Gong cave is located in the village of Bomo, sub Punung, Pacitan, approximately 30 miles from downtown Pacitan. You can go to the city of Yogyakarta through Gunung Wonosari, Solo, and Ponorogo, East Java. The easiest way is to use a vehicle of the city of Solo, because the road is relatively smooth despite having to go through the winding roads up and down the typical mountain. This path can be approximately 3 hours by car. This cave is located approximately 12 km from Goa wasp, Pacitan other tourist destinations that are not less interesting.

Pacitan is best known as the city of a thousand caves because of the many caves in this area. This is not surprising because the city is crossed by limestone mountains that stretches from Kebumen in Central Java region, continues to Gunung Kidul district, continue east until Pacitan, and Roxburgh, Terri, Malang, until ending in Jember. Characteristic of limestone mountains is the presence of underground caves formed by the flow of water which dissolves the rock around him, in addition to the surface of the arid and only certain trees such as teak.

This cave is a cave called gong because it seems like a gong sound often heard from inside the cave. Gong itself is a Javanese gamelan instruments are beaten and serves as pemungkas tone. Having arrived at the entrance gate of a tourist area, you still have to walk 100m before reaching the entrance of the cave. Once inside the cave, you will immediately be amazed by the beautiful stalactite and stalagmite in it. You do not need to worry about the dark and slippery cave because the cave is already built a run that has stairs, safety fence, and light. But of course you still have to be careful and be polite in this cave. The scenery in the cave will hypnotize your mind because of the beautiful curves like a rock in a cave carved masterpiece of high artistic merit. Colorful glow of lights add charm to the interior of this cave. No wonder if the cave is regarded as the most beautiful caves in the region of Southeast Asia.

Another unique thing of this cave is the parts of the cave that is named. Stalactite and stalagmite named Giri Selo, Selo Citro Cipto General, Bomo Pakuan Selo, Selo Adi Citro lane, banh Selo Selo spur wind and wind. While the water source is named Spring Charm Rogo, Panguripan Spring, Spring Niches Jiwo, Kamulyan Spring, and Spring Niches Nisto. According to the locals, the source of water is believed to have magical value to cure disease.