Lake Sentani

Lake Sentani is a lake located in Papua, Indonesia. Lake Sentani is under slopes of the Cyclops Mountains Nature Reserve has an area of approximately 245,000 hectares. This lake lies between the city of Jayapura and Jayapura regency, Papua. Lake Sentani which has an area of approximately 9,360 hectares and is located at an altitude of 75 meters above sea level. Lake Sentani is the largest lake in Papua.

In this lake also there are 21 small islands adorn this beautiful lake. Sentani sense of the word means "here we live in peace." Sentani name itself was first mentioned by a Christian Pastor BL Bin when carrying out missionary in the lake region in 1898.

This lake has been managed as a tourist attraction due within 50 kilometers of Jayapura and easy to reach, as a complement to the lake there are many tourist boat to get around Lake Sentani.

In this lake there are 30 species of freshwater fish and four of which are endemic to Lake Sentani namely catfish Lake Sentani (Oxyeleotris heterodon), rainbow fish Sentani (Chilatherina sentaniensis), rainbow fish red (Glossolepis incisus) and shark saws (Pristis Microdon). Lake Sentani rich variety of marine life and has been used for freshwater fish farming.

Lake Sentani is also used as a tourist location for swimming, boating, diving, fishing, water skiing and culinary tourism. Antaraketiga endemic fish in the lake sentani whose population is dwindling fish cork Lake Sentani, this is because the eggs of these fish eaten by fish cork from other species.

You can fish, swim or drive around a lake with boat rental. If you still feel are lacking, why not visit the local villages? You can stop by the homes and talk while enjoying the culinary trademark.

This lake is also held in the Lake Sentani Festival to attract tourists. Lake Sentani Festival is usually held in mid-June each year, FDS itself has been established as an annual festival and entered in the main tourism calendar. The festival is filled with traditional dances on boats, Papua typical war dance, traditional ceremonies such as the coronation Ondoafi, and serving a variety of unique culinary Papua.

If you visit in mid-June, congratulations! You might as well enjoy the Lake Sentani Festival. The festival is an annual event featuring a variety of art and cultural performances Papua. In addition, a variety of unique culinary Papua you can enjoy here.