Goa Gong Pacitan, Goa Beautiful Charm in Southeast Asia

Goa Gong Pacitan in East Java is one of the tourist attractions in Pacitan popular and holds the title as the most beautiful tourist cave in Southeast Asia. Goa Gong Pacitan charm comes from the beautiful panorama of stalactites and stalagmites that you can encounter when the cave down for approximately 2 hours.

Geographically, Pacitan is located in the southwestern region of East Java, has a landscape that is composed of limestone mountains are less fertile for agriculture. Nutrient content of the soil in this Pacitan area including a little, thus the criteria in Pacitan relatively barren land. Contour elevation of the land in the region in general Pacitan fact opens up the potential of nature tourism, one of Goa Gong Pacitan.

Goa Gong is administratively located in the hamlet Pule, Bomo Village, District Punung, located about 37 miles west of downtown Pacitan. Attractions cave in East Java, this one is surrounded by mountains, north is Mount Manyar, south mountain Coral Pulut, east of Mount Gede, and the west is the mountain Grugah. The fourth mountain is a mountain of non-active.
Goa Gong Pacitan cave has a depth of 256 meters long and has a stalagmite and stalactite hundreds of years old. Goa emerged as a result of volcanic activity and thermic movement which is expected to last hundreds to thousands of years ago.

Stalactites and stalagmites Goa Gong in Pacitan

Based on the story of the local community, this cave was named as Goa Gong is because people often hear the sound of the beat like a gong sounds echo from the cave. Gong is one of the tools in the art of Javanese gamelan percussion. Sounds like a gong on in this cave is the result of reflection nature water droplets that hit rock cave stalactites or stalagmites the cave. The sound it produces sounds harmonious and beautiful, even if you are at the entrance of the cave.

Address Goa Gong: Bomo village, district. Purung Donorejo, Pacitan, East Java
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GPS Coordinates: -8.16484,110.97984