Goa Selarong

Selarong Cave is located more or less 14 (fourteen) kilometer to the south of Jogja, at Guwosari Village, Pajangan District and lies on a hill with guava trees which are the characteristics of local area.

Back to the history, this man-made cave was used to be a headquarter for Pangeran Diponegoro in a guerilla war against the Dutch colonialism during 1825-1830. Another interesting sites are Goa Kakung, Goa Putri, waterfall and Sendang Manikmoyo.

Besides you can also see the process of making wooden handicraft by the local people such as mask, statue, etc.

This tourism object of Selarong Cave is categorized as nature tourism object with its cave and waterfall and also a historic and cultural tourism object seen from the historical background of Pangeran Diponegoro and his guerilla war.

(Village Guwosari, Pajangan, Bantul INDONESIA)

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Goa Gajah

Gajah Cave is located at Lemahbang hamlet, Mangunan village, Dlingo, more or less 21 kilometer on the south east of Bantul.

Gajah cave is a karztic cave which is located on the karztic area of Mount Seribu. This is a horizontal cave but its depth is not yet measured, so that it gives a challange to explore more on the depth of the cave. So far visitors can only go as long as 200 meters. The remaining is still a secret.

The name of Gajah cave originates from its typical formation of stones that appears likely an elephant.

( Lemahbang Hamlet, Village Mangunan, District Dlingo, Bantul INDONESIA )

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Goa Cerme

Cerme cave is located at Dusun Srunggo, Desa Selopamioro, Kecamatan Imogiri, more or less 15 (fifteen) kilometer to the south east of Bantul.

The total length of the cave 1,2 kilometer and flowed with underground river (current) which is safe for caving. Average of water depth is 1-1,5 meter.

The end of the cave is a pool (sendang) at Panggang, Ploso village, Giritirto, Gunungkidul.

Besides the main cave, there are also another caves used for meditation such as Goa Dalang, Goa Ledhek, Goa Badhut, and Goa Kaum.

To reach the front gate of the cave, you have to climb up a hill through 759 steps. At night, the view of city on the northern side seems beautiful with thousands of sparkling lamps.

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