If you see from a distance, this elevation is kindred with a reverse boat and its adjoining with a legend story Sangkuriang. At that story this elevation was created from a boat which is kicked by Sangkuriang and fall reversed. The story was began when Sangkuriang is falling in love with Dayang Sumbi and ask her to marry him. He doesn’t know that Dayang Sumbi is his own mother who never get old. Dayang Sumbi try to refuse him by giving him requirement, to attain a boat on one night and must be done before sunrise. She’s getting worry when the boat is almost finish, she is beetling the “lesung” (one of traditional equipment for beetle the paddy), so that attain the cock up and cackle wake up from their sleep because they think that the sun module raise soon. Sangkuriang is very upset, he kick the unfinish boat up ordered down and finally it’s become a elevation titled Tangkuban Perahu.
Tangkuban Perahu is an active volcano untill now. The terminal erupting is on 1910, she hit nine crevice which are locating in whatever place on the top of the mountain. They are Ratu crater, Upas, Domas, Baru, Jurig, Badak, Jurian, Siluman and Paguyangan Badag. Ratu crevice is the large among the other. The shape of ratu crevice like a big and depth porringer. In the clear weather you module hit the awful image by seeing the land curvature in the wall and bottom of the crater.
You module find a aggregation of small store at Ratu crevice edge selling souvenir such as cloth, pants, trousers, scraft, hat, bracelet, ring, necklace, agate, bonzai plant, angklung (traditional music instrument), west java traditional rifle etc. and also food and beverage.
There are also provide horse for rent if you desire to go around the carter.
1500 meter or 25 minute by walking from Ratu crater, there are the second largest crevice titled Upas crater. Upas crevice hit a shallow and flat humble with trees in one of the crevice base.
The elevation still produce sulphur smoke with the strong smell, that’s way whatever of the crevice are closed for visitor but whatever of them still opened and become of the favourite tourism.
Have a nice day by temporary Mt. Tangkuban Perahu.
