mount Ranu Kumbolo

Ranu Kumbolo is a mountain lake in Lumajang District, East Java. It is located in the Tengger Mountains, at the foot of Mount Semeru. The extent of 15 hectares.
Ranu Kumbolo is part of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.

Tourism 

      In Ranu Kumbolo there are campsites. This place is one of the starting points for climbing Mount Semeru. Ranu Kumbolo is very good
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The legend of the origin of Ranu Kumbolo mountain
      Ranu Kumbolo, almost all Indonesians know this place either directly or through a 5 cm film. Behind the beauty and comfort, do you know about the origin story ranu kumbolo? Here I will describe the origin story ranu kumbolo based on the story that aired by MNCTV.
Once upon a time there lived a very poor husband and wife named Marmoyo and Sawitri. At the time of young pregnant palm cravings want to eat fish. Marmoyopun goes to the fishing river for fishing because he does not have enough money to buy fish in the market. Marmoyo shocked because the goldfish can trigger the talk and the scales can turn into pieces of gold.
Finally the fish is kept and kept secret from his wife if the fish can remove gold pieces from the scales. Marmoyopun went to the market to sell gold and buy fish for his wife. Sawitri who was not strong enough to resist the hunger to see there is a gold fish in the barrel and frying it. Coming home from the marmoyo market was shocked because the goldfish lived only his head and bones. Marmoyopun tells his wife that the fish he eats is a magical fish. Sawitri gets a curse for having eaten a magical fish with the birth of a scaly man like a fish. the boy was named kumbolo same marmoyo and sawitri. Kumbolo grows into a smart kid swimming and diving long enough in the water. Because of the peculiarity of kumbolo so alienated and always a mockery of his peers.
One day kumbolo help catfish king wedged in the bottom of the river. As a thank you the king cat catfish tell kumbolo that the scales of his body can be lost with a rainbow pearl that is on the top of the mountain semeru. Kumbolo also given a catfish whiskers that can turn into a stick, whip magic and can be used as a belt. With the blessing of his parents, Kumbolo went to find a rainbow pearl at the top of a mountain cider. Step by step obstacles after obstacles have been kumbolo trough ultimately kumbolo reach the top of the mountain semeru and see the glittering pearls. Kumbolo parents are worried about his son and start catching up. However, upon arriving on the slopes they were bullied by 3 naughty boys. Their supplies are stolen and misled in the forest.
After the kumbolo managed to take a rainbow of pearls and leave the mountain peak semeru. But until the middle of the slopes of the mountain semeru kumbolo intercepted by 3 naughty boys who want to seize the pearl rainbow. Even the inevitable seizure pearl eventually fell and collapsed. Miraculously from the land immediately springs a great spring and in an instant turned into a lake. The three naughty boys were killed by drowning. After a long time finally the old man reached the lake Kumbolo. They were surprised to see a beautiful lake (ranu) and saw kumbolo poking out of the lake with fish scales that have been lost. Finally they call the lake with the name Ranu Kumbolo.
source : cah bantul