Bukit
Kelam is a famous tourist spot in Sintang district, West Kalimantan. located in
the district kelam permai, 25 kilometers away from the city Sintang, bukit
kelam offers many interesting places to visit, can include waterfalls, rare
orchids, hiking trail, and other natural charm which would attract the
attention of many tourists. for local people, bukit kelam is identical with the
Bujang Beji legends and Tomonggong Marubai. it is said, bukit kelam also the
largest stone in the world, beat Uluru or Ayers Rock in Australia.
Potential Tourist.
bukit kelam has waterways on hill slopes, so that if rain
brought a lot of volume of water that falls down, there are also some perennial
water discharge, one of which bukit kelam waterfall which is a crowded tourist attraction.
waterfall which is equipped terraced lots of tourist facilities that pamper the
eyes of visitors, and events are often held in this place by local governments.
This route is actually a road that is used by people who have a
dark cave swiftlets on the hill, and maximized the government into concrete
roads for tourists.
These tourist attractions such as cave maria the plan the
largest in Asia, this place for pilgrimage for Catholics. maria cave is a
complex spiritual which consists of retreat house, the road crosses,
dormitories and maria cave.
As Forest Travel, being the object recreation and tourism
becomes an important role to bring visitors. Some of these interesting objects
is the panorama of nature, which reveal a steep cliff as high as ± 600 meters
interspersed with dense forest at the foot of the mountain and its peak, there
are waterfalls and natural cave.
The most unique flora in this area is the presence of type Red
Kantong Semar (Nephentes sp) which
is a plant endemic to this area.
Ekor Tikus Orchid.
Legends.
By the surrounding community, the existence of Bukit Kelam
associated with legends Tumenggung Marubai and Bujang Beji. Bujang Beji and
Tumenggung Marubai is the head group of the fishermen in the State Sintang
(Sintang capitals now). Beji Bujang with his group mastered Kapuas River,
whereas Tumenggung Marubai and the group mastered Melawi River.
Because of differences in fish catches, appear malicious intent
Bujang Beji to close the river flow Melawi with large stones. Then, he went to
Kapuas Hulu to lift a large stone found at the top of Mount Nanga Silat and
bring it to the River Melawi. However, at the intersection of River Kapuas and
River Melawi, the goddess of Khayangan rollicking laugh. When the looked up to
find the origin of sound, without realizing it, he stepped on thorns poisonous.
Immediately, a stone which he endured regardless and then immersed in a place
called Jetak.
According to legend, a large stone which was then immersed in
Jetak slowly grew into a hill. Today, the hill known as Bukit Kelam, a unique
and exotic attractions are greatly admired by domestic and foreign tourists.
Named Bukit Kelam because the stones contained in the black hills.
Bukit Kelam Pictures.
