Culinary Tourism

When you are tired of travelling around Batu, you don’t need to confuse to find the center of culinary. There are many culinary centers you can visit, for example in Warung Bambu. It is located in Selecta street, Punten, Bumiaji area. In this place, your tiredness will disappear when you find a relaxing situation. Warung Bambu also offers special menu for you that is roasted gurami. As the place is surrounded by a pool filled with Koi, when you sit near the pool, they are ready to give you a massage on your foot. What a wonderful sensation.

To play with those fish, you just pay Rp 1000,- to buy a small pack of fish woof. By scattering the woof on the pool, the fish will come to you. Next, put your foot on it and you will feel the massage sensation when the fish eat the woof.

This nice situation fits the need of relaxing and filling your stomach. The sound of water flowing will increase your appetite enjoying the roasted gurami. The menu of Warung Bambu is different from others because of its fresh atmosphere and also fresh fish.

Other famous culinary center in Batu is Payung. This place is a favorite place for youth to refresh. There are many cafes offering special meals, such as roasted corn, baked bread, and instant noodles. Beside that you will also find rice if the meal is not make you full.

Payung is located on the main road of Batu-Pujon, for about 3 km in the west of the city. Cafes in Payung have a special characteristic; each place is separated by partitions, so you will have your privacy. While relaxing, you can enjoy the view of Batu with its cool air and the fog that sometimes appears. There is a guarantee that you will stay longer there while enjoying roasted corn, hot coffee and milk with your friends.

There are also other culinary centers in Batu, for instance in Beji street, you will find Warung Sate Kelinci (rabbit) and Rest Ba-Be that serve you a special menu. In the city, you can find several places that are always full on holidays; they are Rumah Makan Khas Jawa, Batu Suki, and Grand Palem.

Handycraft of Batu

Batu is well known as the center of handycraft in East Java. One of it is Batik industry in Sisir village, Batu subdistrict. There are three centers of it, namely Sanggar Butik Olive Batik, Raden Wijaya, and Semar. Batu’s Batik has a special character as the potential of its area, such as apples, vegetables, flowers, and coins.

Besides Batik, Batu also has traditional handicraft called as cobek-a kitchen equipment for blend the spice manually. Cobek is made from stone, so it is a little hard. You can find the centre of cobek in Rejoso of Junrejo village that is very familiar since the independence era.

There is onix handicraft that is located in 130 Mertojoyo St. Dadaprejo of Junrejo area. This handycraft has been exported to some foreign countries. This industry often joins a handicraft expo in Indonesia. You will find many creative design of onix, such as fruit basket, miniature of house, statue, etc.

Various earthenware vessels craft also exist in Batu, such as antique vessels, statue, etc. Those products are mainly sent to Bali, Malaysia, and Malang. Those are used for the need of traditional ceremony.

Batu has a traditional music instrument named as Gong. It is produced in Junrejo village in Munaji’s house. Although he is old enough, 81 years old, he is still able to make Gong. His gong is usually being the part of a complete java’s music instrument. Even more, his creative work has been exported to other countries.

Historically, this handicraft was set up by Munaji in 1945. Formerly, he just learns to make farm tools. Then, it is developed into gong. Now, he is famous up to Europe as his unique gong. His gong succeeds to make a harmonious tone in the production process. Beside gong, Munaji also produces gendang as the part of gamelan.

In this cool city, there is the one who is skillfully making violin. His name is Moestafidz Chaeroni. The quality of his violin can be the same as European making. He started to make violin in 1982. He went to Jakarta with his Italian friend, Alviano, to learn music deeper. Since that time, he learnt hard about piano, guitar, violin and other string instruments. Finally, he can make a good violin. He got many orders. Now, he has produced hundred of violins in various price starting from 1-3 million rupiahs.

Agro Tourism

You can enjoy agro tourism in Batu, starting from picking apples, strawberries, oranges, and vegetables. These spots can be found in Punten, Bumiaji, Sidomiulyo, and the area around it. Another alternative is agro tourism in Kusuma Agro that also serves accommodation for you. Picking apples from its tree will be a memorable think. You will learn how to pick them from the guide in the apple garden. Moreover, the guide will inform you about a good apple, which one is ripe enough to pick. This spot is the only one in Indonesia. It would be an unfortunate if you don’t visit it.

After picking apples, you can continue to buy flowers in Bumiaji area, starting from Punten and Pandanrejo villages. Beside that you can also find it in Pandanrejo in Batu sub district. In those villages you will buy the flowers from the farmers.

There is the name of Bukit Berbunga street as it is famous of flowers cultivation. Entering this street, you will see many kinds of flowers arranged beautifully along the street. If you don’t have much time, you can just drop by, choose and buy the flowers, next, continue your trip. However, if you have spare time, it is better to take a walk enjoying the beautiful flowers there. After that, you can take a rest in flowers market in Sidomulyo Village. While choosing flowers, you can enjoy the great view of flower spreading out with a mountain view as the background.

Besides picking apples and flowers, there is an impression thing you can do in this city, namely milking a cow. Having a great potential of milk-cow producer, Batu is being one of fresh milk supplier to several company, such as Nestle. There are some spot of cow husbandry in Batu. They are Toyomerto of Pesanggrahan village and Oro-oro Ombo village. In the center of this husbandry, you are not only watching how to milk the cow, but you can try it by the guiding from the breeder. This is, of course, will be a memorable experience for you.

Rafting

There is Rafting area in Batu instead of Paragliding and Downhill. It is Kaliwatu Rafting. It flows on Brantas River in Pandanrejo, Bumiaji area. Rafting in this area is very challenging because of its rapid stream and big rocks along the river. Rafting in this river will make your heart beating rapidly, not only because of hitting the rocks but also the sensation of rapid stream as bending and shaking.

To get to Kaliwatu Rafting is easy. It is managed by the concept of society empowerment. It is only 2 km from Batu square and 500 meters from Pandanrejo Street. You can reach the location by foot passing farm area.

Downhill

Besides Banyak mountain, another spot used as an extreme sport is Klemuk mountain. It is located in Songgoriti of Songgokerto , Batu. Since 2004, it has been the track of downhill. The 1,2 km track is a challenging track for every rider.

The descending track is appropriate for athlete to test their adrenaline. If you are not good in riding mountain bike, don’t try this track. It will be very dangerous because there are many deep ravines in both right and left sides. However, for the beginner, there is a special track 500 m before the finished line. This track is saver as the location is a little bit far from the ravines.

Paragliding

Not only offers a beautiful view, Batu also be the best choice for those who love paragliding. They usually start their activities from Banyak mountain that is familiar as the aero sport. However, it is officially established as the paragliding on 20 June 2000. Since then, it is declared as the aero spot. The official announcement is at the same time of PON VI of East Java that is marked by building an epigraphy signed by Indonesian Air Marshal, Hanafi Asnan who is also the chairman of Indonesian Aero sport Federation. Paragliders usually come to this place in June up to October. There is a plan to have a paragliding show on the night. This is, of course, will be unique and interesting. If you want to see paragliding either from the landing area in Songgoriti or from the starting area in Banyak mountain, you will find many facilities such as observation station, food stalls, and shelters.

Climbing Tourism

Climbing Panderman Mountain

Batu offers not only recreational place but also climbing Panderman Mountain. This mountain has been familiar in Holland because it’s name is taken from a Dutchman, Van Der Man, who admires it. To get to Panderman from Malang, you have to take a bus and ask to get off in T-intersection of Pesanggrahan. Next, you have to walk for about 2 km to the west. While walking, you can feel the mountain atmosphere. On the weekend and holydays, there are many local and international tourists do camping in this area. They set up small tends to stay and protect them from the cold air.

To reach the top of the mountain, you need only for about two hours. For the beginner, however, it will take for about three until four hours. Although, there are many ascending paths, the distance to the top is not too far. On the top, you can enjoy the fantastic view of Batu and Malang. If you reach the top at night, you will see the sparkling light of the cities that will make you stay longer.

The first area you will pass in climbing this mountain is Latar Ombo. This area is used to be a camping area. There is also a spring that can be used to wash your face, take a bath, or cooking. In this spot, you can hear the sound of water flowing in the small stream that eases the situation. Meanwhile, the sparkling light of Batu city will impress you much.

After Latar Ombo, the second post is Watu Gede. In this area, there is a giant stone as its name. You can see the exotic view below, although, you have not been in the top yet.

For those who want take Edelweis flowers as the hand gift, you can find them on the bushes and on the slope of the mountain. If you are lucky, you will find these eternal flowers.

Outer Journey from Banyak Mountain
Banyak mountain is not only interesting for its excellent view. As it is located in the border line of Batu and Malang, you will feel as doing an outer journey. The main attraction of it is thousand lights in a scramble line that are seen as candle lights. Some of them seem to look like still and some are moving. That is the beautiful night in Banyak mountain.

Banyak mountain is located in Brau of Gunungsari, Bumiaji area. It is directly in the borderline of Pandesari village in Pujon of Malang. The height of this mountain is 1300 meters above the sea level. To enjoy the beautiful scenery, you have to wait for minutes since the fog can suddenly cover the mountain. When it happens, you will not see anything, just white of the fog and dark.