Ranca Upas (Upas swamp)

Ranca Upas Lake

 

Ranca Upas, taken from Sundanese word is "ranca" which means "swamp", and "Upas" is the legendary Perhutani officers of Patuha region which are called Opas. Told that Upas a burly man with a height of 198 cm, he is Dutch. He died while carrying out field missions to explore the swamp in the area that is now the Ranch Upas, which until now his body was never found.

By local people believed that spirits Upas, still exist in the natural world. In 1960-1980, there are many local people who met with Upas while looking for firewood in the forest. It is said that Upas always wear a felt hat (cowboy) with a wide diameter uniform complete with Perhutani, which at that time are brown with bowed head covered with a hat width.

Kampung Cai Ranca Upas or the popular name of Ranch Upas is one campground in Ciwidey, West Java, Java Island, Indonesia. Located about 30 km or 1,5 hours from downtown Bandung. The area is 215 hectares and at 1700 meters above sea level, with temperatures around 17°C - 20°C. Around the area is the protected forest with a variety of flora such as Huru trees, Hamirug, Jamuju, Kihujan, Kitambang, Kurai, tides and Puspa. While the fauna consists of various types of birds, as well as some other tame animals.

Ranch Upas was a field for the Special Forces training, when it wilderness with vast swamps. After the forest free from wild animals, Ranch Upas legal forest reserves by Perhutani and then open the land to become a Camping Ground.

The Deers

Campgrounds Ranch Upas standing in the shade of Indonesian Forestry Enterprise (Perhutani), a State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). As one of the tourist attractions southern part of Bandung, Ranch Upas not only offers a campsite as a campground in general. Many tourist services are offered with a variety of amenities, as well as interesting activities.

There is tour packages and travel services with a variety of options, according to the needs as well as your travel plans. There are Saba Leweung, Family Camp, Fans Game, Kid Adventure Recreation Education (KARE), Youth Outing, Adventure Swimming Pool Warm Water War Games, Outdoor Training, Corporate Family Gathering, Camp teen, Camp Tour.

If you land at the Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta, continue the journey to the Bandung City (2 hours from Jakarta by car). Then continue to Ciwidey (small town) through Leuwipanjang terminal bus if you don't use a car, you can use a bus from here, it takes 2 hours. From the small town Ciwidey continues to Ranca upas, it takes 1.5 hours by car. Then you can set the camp here. The next day you could visit Patenggang Lake and Kawah Putih. Those  beautiful place is in the same area.