Tempe Lake is a lake located in the western part of Wajo Regency, precisely in the District of Tempe, about 7 km from the city to the banks of the River Walanae Sengkang. This lake is the largest freshwater fish producer in the world, because the lake is saving a lot of fish food sources. In addition, this lake also has a freshwater fish species that can not be found elsewhere. This is expected because the location of the lake is located just above the continent of Australia and the Asian plate.
In the middle of Lake Tempe, appear hundreds of fishermen’s houses that line the float decorated with colorful flags.Each August 23 was held festival at Lake Tempe sea. The party is called Maccera Tappareng fishing ritual or ceremony to purify the lake marked by the slaughter of buffalo led by a chairman of the fishermen. On the day of the Lake Festival Tempe, there are many fascinating tourist attractions.
All participants of the Maccera Tappareng ceremony dressed Shirt Bodo (Bugis traditional clothing). The event was also enlivened with many attractions such as the traditional boat races, boat races decorative, folk game contest (traditional kite competitions, the selection of virgin and Land kallolona Wajo), beating the race dimples (padendang), performances of traditional music and dance performed by transsexual bissu , and various other traditional performances.
Slottsskogen literally have the meaning “forest castle”. In Slottsskogen, you can visit the museum’s historic nature of Gothenburg (Naturhistoriska Museet), children’s zoo (Barnens Zoo), and the family zoo (Djurgardarna). You also do not miss the feeding of seals at 2 pm local time. This park is also home to the city’s oldest observatory.
Gemuhak Hot Spring tourist attraction is located on the summit of Mount Umang, near the village of Penindaian, Semendo District, about 70 km from the district Muara Enim. With temperatures between 150-180 C. It was said that hot springs can cure various skin diseases.
“Yogya Kembali” (Back Yogya) Monument is a museum of history of the struggle for independence of the Republic of Indonesia in Yogyakarta city and managed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Museum located in the northern part of the city is visited by many students in the event excursion.
