Rawa Pening Lake
Rawa Pening
A highland lake surrounded by mountains, where you can take a small boat through water hyacinths and fishing nets while gazing at Mount Merbabu.
Rawa Pening Lake sits in the Ambarawa basin and covers about 25 square km. It is surrounded by volcanoes including Ungaran and Merbabu. Its surface is dotted with large mats of water hyacinth and fishermen's floating fish pens, and local folklore tells of a "snake that became a lake." At Bukit Cinta (Love Hill) on the northern shore, you can take a wooden boat across the lake and watch fishermen at work, and the morning mist and sunrise are particularly enchanting. Restaurants on the shore grill fresh freshwater fish. It is about 40 km from Semarang, and it can be combined with the Ambarawa Railway Museum and Saloka Theme Park in a day trip.
Opening hours
About 07:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Saloka Theme Park
- Ambarawa Railway Museum
- Umbul Sidomukti
- Gedong Songo Temples
- Pagoda Avalokitesvara
- Goa Kreo & Jatibarang Reservoir
- Sam Poo Kong
- Simpang Lima