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Malang lovely city
with cool air mountain



Ever visited Malang, a city in East Java? No?

Consider to visit this lovely town.

Compare to Surabaya, this town is like a cool breeze, make you easier to breath. That’s really great feeling. As soon as you are in the area of this town, you would great by cool air mountain.

This is the second largest city of East Java after Surabaya, and the fourth largest city of Indonesia, so this is certainly one of the most loveliest city of Indonesia, also very famous with their apple farm. Very known throughout Indonesia, we called it “apel malang” the great choice of Indonesian apple.

The city is not really far from Surabaya, but since the Lapindo Mud in May 2006, you have to take another way to reach this city. This Lapindo Mud is a mud volcano take place in Sidoarjo, and it still flows until today.

Do you want to know more about this mud, click here to find the info from Wikipedia

An excellent place to stay if you want to explore the interesting places of East Java, and I can guarantee you, there is enough to see and to enjoy around this town. And not to forget, this town has one of the best night markets.

Great view of the city

Here are the great places to see around:


• Batu, about 15 km away, a lovely high hill town, on the slopes of Mount Arjuna, the view of Batu is incredible.

• Selecta, about 5 km from Batu, further up to the mountain, a popular hill resort with incredible view of the surrounding mountain.

• Wendit hill resort, 9 km to the east side. They have pool, forest and a lot of monkeys.

• Coban Rondo Waterfall, about 32 km from the city, the beautiful waterfall on the slope of Mount Panderman.

• Sempu island, nature reserve, it’s worth of visit with their rare bird species.

• Sendang Biru beach, resorts on the south part of the town, about 70 km. The beach is free from heavy waves of Indian Ocean.

• Singosari temple, 12km on the north side, located about 500 meters from the main road Malang-Surabaya. The last monument of Singosari dynasty, built around 1300 AD.

So enjoy your staying in this lovely town, I'm sure it’s really worth it.



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