One Day Trip From Bandung

Lembang is a small town north of Bandung. The weather is much cooler since it is on the slope of Mount Tangkuban Perahu. This town is Bandung's no. 1 family vacation destinations due to its proximity and weather. There are lots of activities you can do here: horse or cart riding, hiking, ATV ride, flying fox, strawberry picking, swimming or spa in hot spring, visit  the caldera of still active volcano of mount Tangkuban Perahu, visit Maribaya and Cimahi falls, or go shopping flower and trees for your garden. 

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Ciwidey is a small town south of the city. Similar to Lembang, the weather is cooler since it is on the slope of Mount Patuha. Here you can visit Kawah Putih (White Caldera), Situ Patengan (Patengan Lake), Glamping Lakeside Rancabali, deer conservatory and camping ground of Ranca Upas, and immerse yourself in hot springs . Along the way to Situ Patenggang, you will see beautiful tea plantations that look like green carpet covering the hills. In addition, there are many self-picking strawberry farms to indulge your children.

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Cipanas is the entrance to Puncak Pass, if you come from Bandung. It approximately takes 2 hours drive. This town is located in the highlands, hence the weather is cool. No wonder it becomes one of the favorite places for weekend getaways from Jakarta, a home for Cipanas Presidential Palace, Cibodas botanical garden, a flower garden called Taman Bunga Nusantara and a major producer of vegetables and flowers. 

Going further to the north you will reach Puncak Pass and if you keep going then you will arrive at Taman Safari Indonesia.

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Garut is less than two hours drive from Bandung to south east. It has cool weather since it is a highland (700 meters above mean sea level) and surrounded by Mount Papandayan, Mount Cikuray, Mount Karacak, and Mount Guntur. The main family vacation destinations in this town is the hot spring in Cipanas, which is a suburb of Garut, instead of Cipanas in Puncak. Don't get confused, ci is a Sundanese word for water source, spring, or river and panas means hot, so several hot spring areas in Sunda have the same name: Cipanas.

Garut is also famous of being the hometown of Candi Cangkuang, the Hindu temple that laid on a tiny island surrounded by lake. You will cross the lake using bamboo rafts, what an adventure! 

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Sumedang is a transit town when people travel from Bandung to Cirebon in the north shore of Java. Nowadays the traffic is more bearable thanks to Cipali toll road connecting Jakarta and Bandung to Cirebon.

Sumedang is very famous for its delicious tofu.