Mekarsari
Mekarsari is one of the natural tourism that exist in Indonesian . This tour is a garden tour is a fruit and plant preservation of fruits in Indonesia . Location Mekarsari fruit gardens are on the road Cilengsi – Jonggol KM.3 Bogor regency.
Mekarsari Fruit Garden was inaugurated as a tourist in 1995. Initially , Mekarsari designed as a garden fruit and educational vehicle . In the park you can enjoy the fruits Mekarsari assorted fruits freely as long as in the fruit garden area . Now , Mekarsari has become a modern tourist rides with a variety of vehicle options . Has an area of 264 hectares Mekarsari , therefore, in which there are additional assorted other tourist rides . Mekarsari Fruit Garden also serves as a conservation center various kinds of fruit and vegetables from various parts of the archipelago .
There is also a laboratory to develop a planting plants media . Tourism in the middle of the fruit garden is supported by a variety of rides that draw visitors to nature:
• Family Garden
• Water Kingdom
• Recreation lake 25 ha
• Baby Zoo
• Spotted deer
• Garden Center
• Greenhouse Melon
• Outbound Coconut Fiber
• Carrion flowers
• Kids Fun Valley
• View Tower
• Building Waterfalls ( Puri Tirta Sari )
• Pongo Show
To be able to enter the area Mekarsari Fruit Garden enough to pay a ticket for Rp 25,000 , – one person . The distance between the entrance and the location tourist fruit garden about 400 meters . Once we enter and pass through the gate , we will find a wide range of facilities transportation used , there is a bike there are also buses commonly called tourist train are available to take visitors to the park surrounding the Mekarsari fruit . Train ticket prices are Rp 10,000 , – one passenger . We can enjoy the variety of scenery and a variety of fruit crops in the train .
Assorted tropical plants and fruits that can be found and seen from the train , among others, star fruit , guava variety , bark , orange , jackfruit , melons grown in plastic houses and so forth . Mekarsari fruit garden is now collecting thousands of plants of several types of species . In addition to fruits that are grown in accordance with the original , there is also a fruit crop which is the result of his own creations of Laboratory Mekarsari . Some products that have resulted from this laboratory has managed to attract visitors , even superior products.
Other then that of the train that we can see the building so amazing waterfalls , and do not forget that our train ride will surely cross the beautiful lake of 25 hectares . The lake provides a variety of water attractions such as bike rides water , banana boating , fishing , and so forth . But if we want to enjoy the rides , we still have to pay again . If not enough money or less interested in the vehicle up , we could sit back accompanied by the breeze to enjoy the lake view while eating lunch . Or we can also walk on the edge of the lake and later we will find a yellow bridge Mekarsari end of the lake , the bridge used to be photographed by the visitors , because the view of the lake it would look very beautiful from the top of the bridge .
Besides the lake ,on mekarsari also contained other rides that Water kingdom of approximately 5.2 hectares is a vehicle that is directly connected to the lake . Water Kingdom Mekarsari is the largest water tourist rides in Asia and the first on the island of Java .
And do not forget to visitors of children in Mekarsari also presented show performances and rides that attract children that show Pongo or the forest people . This show became one of which was introduced to the public and popular includes.
This show is very funny and interesting because you can interact directly with the figure Pongo .Using advanced 3D technology , this theater became one of the reasons people currently visiting Mekarsari Fruit Garden. Pongo Show only appear one time only on weekdays and 4 times on Saturday and Sunday .
In Mekarsari so many tourist activities that can be done , ranging from fruit picking tour , tour of children’s toys , outbound through educational tours . To participate in these activities we can choose packages that have been provided as a package tour planting , cultivation , gardening tours , student package , package companies , campsites , outbound , plant tissue culture , entertainment packages and more attractive packages were presented to the visitors Mekarsari . All of the packages is deliberately created to allow visitors to do activities while in the garden of tropical fruit in the world.
Eny Widiyanti 