BABAT BARRAGE TOURISM

BABAT BARRAGE TOURISM


Babat Barrage is a giant barrage with 25-30 million meters3, built above Bengawan Solo river as flood control. The barrage that built with million dollars has also functioned as water supplier of Rawa Jabung area and Sudetan Bengawan Solo (also called as flood way). Babat Barrage in Babat district, Lamongan regency is part of Project Of Lower Solo River Improvement Phase I. Beside as barrage, this barrage also functioned as tourism object. In Ramadhan month (a month before Ied Day – feast month), this area has many visitors. In Sunday, many people have jogging here. And when it starts to dark, many youngster came here to enjoy sunset or just walk around.

Maharani Cave

Maharani Cave, is located in Tanjung Kodok sea tourism area, Paciran district Lamongan regency, about 200 m from Tanjung Kodok gateway fringe the roadway to east. About 50 m in the south of the street, there is stone that its soil is tire to form the bank that has downwards. Here, some labourers had mine the coral soil, phosphate material and dolomite fertilizer that had sold out of Paciran region. On this area, is a countryside road, which is the footpath, and every day passed by non irrigated dry field farmers, the stone mineworker workers, also once in a while is crowded passed the boy scouts who performing a camp around the area.

This Maharani Cave found by 4 labourers who being led by Mr. Sugeng. This cave had found on 6 Augusts 1992. The name of this cave had selected by the situation of the beautiful cave like a palace from a beautiful queen. Before the invention, one of the members, had dream, she had met with a beautiful woman who had a beautiful as the property of a queen that called Maharani. The queen seems to be a head time door of the cave that had found. The name of this empress has specified by the fact of this cave condition. In platform of the cave named Paseban Maharani, there is stone which has crown form, the property of a queen, which named “Selo Mahkota Maharani”. This beautiful cave room also alike an empire palace of subterranean that is full of graven pillar and roof.

The situation of the nature cave of Maharani Palace is stay at 200 m from Java seashore residing in Tanjung Kodok area, Paciran district, Lamongan regency. This cave is easily to visit and fluent to obtain the transportation towards to the location.