If you visited Ternate, North Maluku, is incomplete if not stopped took Tolire Lake attractions. The lake is located about 10 km from the center of Ternate, in addition to the unique shape also has an interesting legend.
Lake Tolire under Gamalama feet, the highest volcano in North Maluku. The lake itself is composed of two pieces. Local people call the Great Lakes and Lake Tolire Tolire Small. The distance between them is only about 200 meters.
From both these lakes, the Great Lakes Tolire has unique characteristics. This lake resembles a giant pan. From the top to the edge of the lake water surface with a depth of about 50 meters and a width of about 5 hectares. While the depth of the lake itself is so far unknown. Until now there is no measuring the depth of this lake. But according to ancestral stories, depth miles and connect directly with the sea.
Tolire Great Lakes had a variety of freshwater fish live in it. However, local residents no one dares to catch fish or bathe in the lake. They believe that the lake water is yellowish brown, the crocodile inhabited by many stealth.
Another uniqueness of this lake was that if you throw something into the lake, however the strength of the throw by using rocks or other objects, for example, will never touch the water of the lake. Yet when the throw from the edge of the lake, the lake water was seen in the lower extremities thrower. Maybe they who first visited the lake, would not believe the facts.
However, they may try to throw it after buying a lot of stones sold in the lake for Rp 1000 for a five seed stone. So far no one is able to throw the stones to touch the surface of the lake water.
According to local residents, many treasures are stored at the base of the Great Lakes Tolire. This treasure belongs to the people when the Portuguese colonized the Sultanate of Ternate Ternate-15th century. Ternate society at that time a lot throw away the precious treasure into the lake so as not deprived of the Portuguese army.
So far there are no agencies or certain parties who conduct investigations specifically for the correctness of the recognition that society. But some time ago, a member of the Mobile Brigade using sonar to detect objects that are at the bottom of the lake. The result, indicated no metal objects benada 'residing' in the bottom of the lake
Great Lakes and Tolire Tolire Small, according to local stories, is a village that was once a prosperous society. Villages are then condemned to the lake by the ruler of the universe, because one of his father in the village were knocked up her daughter alone.
When father and daughter who dihamilinya would escape out the village, the land suddenly dropped where they stood and turned into a lake. Great Lakes Tolire trusted as a place of the father. While Tolire Small Lake as a place believed to be the girl.
To visit the Great Lakes and Tolire Tolire Small, is not difficult. To reach it only takes about 10 minutes from downtown Ternate, using chartered car.
While visiting the Great Lakes Tolire, many other attractions that can be enjoyed, such as panoramic beauty Gamalama peak, a number of relics of the Portuguese fort and eat Babullah Sultan, Sultan of Ternate, the most famous - who are on the road to the lake.
Besides that, `we` can also enjoy the beauty of white sand beach Sulamadaha, which is only about three kilomerer from Tolire Great Lakes. From here, visitors can also rent boats for fishing or go diving to see the beauty of the underwater Panaroma around the beach.
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