Gunung Pancar & Desa Gumati

Last weekend, my family and I went to Gunung Pancar, Sentul, Bogor. It's a hot spring.

You'll be amazed to see the scenery here, the place 's surrounded by pines trees, since we arrived there in heavy rain, so it's really cold and foggy. Still, on the way up here, you'll see the Sentul City view, the trees, the rice fields and the rivers.

It's a hot spring, so we could spend hours in the water without worrying about being frozen or got influenza. The ponds also covered by plastic roof, so you won't get wet if the rain fall out there. Even I let my daughters to stay in the ponds for quite sometime.

The hot springs had been divided into small ponds through piping. So you'll be able to pick where to stay and swim. It's really relaxing. After that you may continue with massage or joining the hot water therapy.

The hot spring was arranged by a middle aged woman, called Uwa' Lis, she manages a small warung, you can eat and drink here with reasonable prices. My favorite is fried cassava (singkong) and milk bandrek. The menus really meet the atmosphere. Cold weather combined with hot meal. It's heaven. They also prepare heavy meal such as rice, lalab, fried gurame fish/chicken, meatball and noodles.

On our way home, we saw a billboard of Desa Gumati, Cafe. Resto.Gallery. Resort. Located at Jalan Desa Cijulang No. 16 Bogor. We followed the directions and here we were at a great place. It's really cozy. I loved it. It offered beautiful panorama, scenery and fresh air. From this resort, we could enjoy marvelous scenery, from nature, the river, waterfall, lake, rice field and forest.

It has a wide variety of facilities, just name it, they have, cafe, resto, outbond, spa, health massage, swimming pool, jogging track, playing ground, delman track, completed also by meeting room and comfortable room to stay overnight.

Go there, you'll enjoy it. I promise. We really had a good time there.