A little 'bout Kuningan

507 years ago Pangeran Aria Kamuning was inherited an area from his father, Sunan Gunung Jati, which then he called the place Kuningan. Kuningan is one of 16 Kabupaten (regency) in West Java Province which located at the most eastern of West Java. At north side of Kuningan is border on Cirebon, Brebes at east, Ciamis at south and Majalengka at west. Read map of West Java, and you can barely see that Kuningan is a little regency which have no beach but just mountainaous area within. It's about nine hundred people live in Kuningan Regency. Not very big city but I love it very much.

There are two ways to go to Kuningan. You can pick public transportation through Cirebon or Majalengka, and both ways journey take 5 hours from Bandung. Once you came to Kuningan you can feel fresh air and see that there was no traffic jam, because there's not many people have vehicle. People usually go by public transportation such as angkot, angdes and ojeg maybe to reach their destination. Beside motorized public transportations, there also traditional transportation called delman. Delman is kind of two wheeled buggy that pulled by animal, or horse exactly.

There are few industries that can be found in Kuningan, home industries and craftsmans only. Lack of potency in industry and commerce aspect make a lot of people leave this town to earn living, most of them go to Jakarta and Bandung. But I think Kuningan have big potency at tourism. There are so many beautiful places in Kuningan such as unharmed mountains and jungle, reservoir and basin, caves and also waterfalls that located at the edge of city. I would like to describe some places that you can visit in Kuningan.

If you fond of hiking, I suggest you to visit gunung Ciremai. Gunung ciremai is the highest mountain in West Java. It's about 3078 metres high above sea surface. To reach the peak of this mountain climber must passing through one of three routes available, two of them are located within Kuningan. The first route is Palutungan route, Cisantana Kuningan, the most known and smoothest route of all. From the downtown you can use angdes to Cisantana village then you can continue on foot or ride in farmer vehicle to Palutungan. There is a beautiful waterfall name Curug Putri in Palutungan, you can just rest there or collecting water for your journey. There are eight resting posts between Palutungan and Peak of Ciremai, and the last fresh water source that we can find during journey is at second post, Cigowong. Another route from Kuningan is Linggajati Route, you can access this route from desa Linggajati. If You intersted in seeing historical site you can visit Gedung Perundingan Linggajati (Linggadjati Agreement 15th november 1946) for a while then. There are 10 resting posts in Linggajati route, it's because this route is route.

If you fond of fishing or you just wanna see fish, I suggest you to visit Talaga Remis, Waduk Darma, and Darmaloka. Talaga Remis is located at desa Cipaniis, you can reach this place by elf Kuningan Cirebon from Kuningan to Cilimus then by angdes to Cipaniis. Main purpose of Talaga Remis is to water the rice fields around Cilimus and Pasawahan. Waduk Darma is located at kecamatan Darma. You can reach this place by angkot 01 or by elf Cirebon Cikijing. Main purposes of this basin is to irrigate rice fields in Kuningan and some places at cirebon, and also for city consumption. You wanna fish as long as you want, or you just wanna eat grilled fish while enjoying scenery. You can do both at both place. Darmaloka is located near waduk darma. In Darmaloka you can see sacred fish "Nila Putih". The history said that these fish are incarnation of Siliwangi soldier who did penance at Darmaloka, and the fish must not be eaten or you’ll be unlucky for your whole life.

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