Cimahi Waterfall

As we get closer to the waterfall, we began to hear the thundering sound of the falling water and see it amid the forest canopy.

Curug Cimahi is about 87 meter (about 285.5 feet) tall. The water falls from the Cimahi River (hence its name) that flows from Situ Lembang (lit. Lembag lake) above it.

Cimahi in the Sundanese language (the language of the people of West Java) literally means enough water. The name was probably given because the water volume in this river and down the waterfall remains more or less the same throughout the year.

Semakin dekat ke air terjun ini, kita akan mulai mendengar gemuruh suaranya dan air terjun akan mulai terlihat di sela-sela pepohonan. Curug Cimahi memiliki ketinggian sekitar 87 meter. Namanya sendiri diambil dari sungai yang mengalir di atasnya, yaitu Sungai Cimahi, yang airnya berasal dari Situ Lembang (Danau Lembang) yang terletak di atasnya. Cimahi dalam bahasa Sunda berarti air cukup. Barangkali nama ini diberikan untuk menggambarkan debit air di sungai dan air terjun ini yang hampir tidak berubah sepanjang tahun.

There is a pool and clearing at the bottom of the waterfall where visitors could bathe or simply sit and enjoy the view.

Para pengunjung dapat mandi di bawah air terujun ini atau sekedar duduk-duduk di tepiannya sambil menikmati pemandangan yang menakjubkan ini.

The Long-Tailed Macaque of Curug Cimahi

On the way down (or up on the way back) to Curug Cimahi (Cimahi Waterfalls), you would see these long-tailed grey macaques (macaca fascicularis) playing in the forest canopy. Sometimes they would go down too and interact with visitors.

Known locally as monyet ekor panjang (long-tailed monkey) or monyet abu-abu (grey monkey), these monkeys are native to Southeast Asia.

According to the forest rangers, currently there are about 200 individuals living in the small patch of forest around the Cimahi waterfalls.

Monyet ekor panjang, disebut juga monyet abu-abu (macaca fascicularis), yang menghuni kawasan hutan di sekitar Curug Cimahi. Monyet ini adalah spesies asli Asia Tenggara, dan di Indonesia banyak dijumpai di pulau Sumatera, pulau Jawa, pulau Kalimantan dan pulau-pulau kecil di sekitarnya. Menurut jagawana yang menjaga kawasan hutan lindung di sekitar Curug Cimahi, saat ini terdapat kurang lebih 200 individu yang hidup di hutan sekitar Curug Cimahi. Monyet-monyet ini cukup jinak. Mereka kadang-kadang turun dari pepohonan untuk berinteraksi dengan pengunjung curug, terutama orang-orang yang menawarkan makanan kepada mereka. Namun para pengunjung harus tetap hati-hati karena, seperti di tempat-tempat lain, mereka bisa saja menjambret barang-barang bawaan mereka.

Stairway to Curug Cimahi

I didn't post yesterday because I was too tired, fell asleep, and when I woke up it was already today. But here's the next picture in the Curug Cimahi (Cimahi Waterfall) series.

As I said in the previous post, we have to go down a few hundred meters from the gate through the forest to get to the waterfall. This is part of the stairway that leads to Curug Cimahi. It was very cloudy and about to rain when I got there, so the picture looks a bit flat.

Going down was quite easy and refreshing. Going back and up was quite an effort, but quite energizing I must say. You have to be quite fit physically to visit this place.

Anak tangga menuju Curug Cimahi. Rerimbunan pepohonan dan semak dan pemandangan di kiri kanan anak tangga ini sangat menyegarkan. Perjalanan turun cukup mudah, namun untuk kembali ke atas, diperlukan diperlukan kebugaran tubuh yang cukup baik.

Gate to Cimahi Waterfall

This is the gate to 'Curug Cimahi', a waterfall located at the village of Kertawangi, Cisarua, some 20 kilometers to the northwest of the city of Bandung through the district town of Lembang. To reach the waterfall you have to go down a few hundred meters from this gate trough a little forest.

Gerbang menuju Curug (Air Terjun) Cimahi di Desa Kertawangi, Kecamatan Cisarua, Kabupaten Bandung Barat. Air terjun ini terletak di pinggir jalan raya yang menghubungkan kota Lembang dan Cimahi, kurang lebih 10 kilometer dari kota Cimahi, atau 20 kilometer dari kota Bandung melalui Lembang.