SO hard to find agro-tourism Situ Bolang Indramayu. Like a tourist attraction, along the road to Situ Bolang, scattered food carts. In the carts, visitors look for food.
If you are confused looking for Situ Bolang Agrotourism, diva traveler can ask the food vendor. In fact, it's easy to find it. Not far from a row of food carts, a simple wooden gate. The writing of Situ Bolang Indramayu Agrotourism on brown wood is a sign that this is the place you are looking for.
After going through the gate, diva traveler was immediately greeted by a smooth road with green trees on the left and right. This road can only be passed on foot. Vehicles are not allowed to enter.
Owner of Situ Bolang Indramayu Agro tourism, Alive, has provided a special parking area outside the garden. The scenery there is not only green. Colorful flower gardens are also ready to welcome the traveler's diva. And, of course fruit trees. "The majority of Agrimania mangoes,"Said Urip.
Cultivate Mango Agrimania
Agrimania is a new national superior mango variety. "It's different from other mangoes, the aroma is sharper. Big fruit, 1 kilograms more,"Added the man who was over 20 years in agriculture.
How to plant it is also different. Local mangoes are usually grown spaced apart 10 x 10 meter. Agrimania mangoes just need 2 x 3 meter. So, save more land.
If it's harvesting, The red and yellow Agrimania mangoes are supplied to the market city in Jakarta. In the garden, Agrimania mangoes are sold for IDR 50,000 per kilogram. In Jakarta, the selling price reaches IDR 80 thousand per kilogram.
Urip also explained, the background of the establishment of agro-tourism is to ward off imports of mangoes from abroad. So it is not surprising if it grows more imported mangoes. There are more than 10 kind of mango Taiwan. The fruit will be exported later. Urip told it with enthusiasm, but in a calm style. Travel Diva is fascinated with his intention to ward off imports of mangoes from abroad. Moreover, he also tried so that fruit from Indonesia could be exported abroad.
However, not all of the fruit from Situ Bolang can be exported because visitors usually pick them up already. All the fruit in Situ Bolang can be picked. Visitors just pay according to the weight they buy.
Other fruits are durian Musang King and Bower. Then there is also guava. He predicts the durian will harvest at the end 2020. July to August 2020, the longan harvest's turn.
Place to Eat Together in Situ Bolang Indramayu Agrotourism
Visitors who come to Situ Bolang can not only pick fruit. Usually, visitors come in droves with their families. They brought food from home to eat together in the garden. "We provide huts. Visitors can use it to eat together,Said Urip.
Diva Traveler is planning to go there? Agrowisata Situ Bolang Indramayu is located in West Java Province. This tourist destination can be reached from Cik Gedung in time 45 minute. Cikedung is the entrance to the Cipali Toll Road in Indramayu. This agro-tourism is also close to the Terisi Station. The same goes for accommodation, the closest one is on Jalan Terisi. The price of admission to Situ Bolang Indramayu Agrotourism is only Rp.10,000, drink included.
