Bantimurung Waterfall – Makassar South Sulawesi

When you’re out of options for holiday spot during your stay in Makassar, I recommend you to visit the most famous waterfall in South Sulawesi that has been known for its greatest, the Bantimurung Waterfall.

Bantimurung is located 14 km from Makassar which can be reached by local transportation and private vehicle. But if you had group of friends who also join you to visit it, private vehicle is better choice. You don’t have to be confused of how to get it because once you arrived in Hassanudin Airport of Makassar, there will be lots of rent cars that you can have. The price is also considerably cheap which is about $35 – $45 for 12 hours including for the gas and driver. You can just share the budget with your friends.

Takes about one hour, you’ll see big butterfly replica in front of the gate leading to waterfall. Besides known for waterfall, Bantimurung is also famous of various butterfly species. As regards to its richness, Alfred Russel Wallace had spent one year to particularly research the butterflies. According to Wallace, there are more than 150 different species, that’s why it called as Kingdom of Butterfly. In order to preserve it, government has built captivity just in the area of Bantimurung and it becomes one of the factors that attract lots of visitors. You can also visit the butterfly museum too that is available for public.

Now we’ve come to the biggest attraction which is the waterfall itself. With 20m in height and 15 m in width, it has huge water debit that flows every second. Even if you stand in about 15 m for the waterfall, you’ll still wet. And the good news is you can also swim or just have a bath near it, the water is so refreshing and clean because the small river that formed following stream from waterfall is based on hard stone. 

If you had a hobby in photography, both the waterfall and butterflies are perfect options to look for landscape and macro pictures. My friend had tried and the pictures were amazing. She did some particular techniques using the application provided in her DSLR camera and she made great waterfall pictures which focused in the flowing water.

The fun isn’t ended yet since you can also explore two caves around the waterfall which are the Stone Cave and Dream Cave. Once you decided to enter one of those, you should ready for hard walking because it takes about 20 to walk the stairs until you reach it. But believe, all the tiring will soon disappear when you see the beauties of the caves. They have great stalactite and stalagmite in every part of them. And even better, there is also small waterfall in Stone Cave which is very stunning. All you need to have to do the caving is traditional lamp that is available for rented and only costs about $3 to $5. 

So, what more you need when you have the opportunity to get cheap and impressive holiday in Bantimurung Waterfall? It will give you beautiful landscapes and relaxing time to just lay on the ground and listen to the voice of the waterfall.

Source:http://www.visittoindonesia.com/2011/01/05/bantimurung-waterfall-makassar-south-sulawesi/

List of Vocabularies

1.      Waterfall  : air terjun

2.      Located  : terletak

3.      Budget  : anggaran

4.      Gate  : gerbang

5.      Preserve  : memelihara

6.      Attract  : menarik

7.      Stream  : aliran

8.      Stunning  : mempesona

Grammar Line

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

An adjective (or adjectival) clause usually begins with a relative pronoun (which, that, who, whom, whose), a relative adverb (where, when, why), or a ziro relative. Also known as a relative clause.

Examples :

1. "He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead."
   (Albert Einstein)
2. "Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh."
   (W. H. Auden)
3. "Love, which was once believed to contain the Answer, we now know to be nothing more than an inherited behavior pattern."
   (James Thurber)
4. The man that hit my motorcycle gave me false insurance information.

Complete the sentences below by using the suitable words of adjective clause in the table.

who

that

which

that

where

1. Bantimurung is a place in South Sulawesi____is known for its beautiful waterfall.
2. It is located 14 km from Makassar____can be reached by local transportation and private vehicle.
3. According to Wallace____had researched in Bantimurung , there are more than 150 different species of butterfly.
4. There are also Stone Cave and Dream Cave____we can see great stalactite and stalagmite.
5. In Bantimurung, you can also visit the butterfly museum too____ is available for public.

Find 5 (five) adjective clauses in the text and write them down. Number one as the example.

1. I recommend you to visit the most famous waterfall in South Sulawesi that has been known for its greatest.
2.  ______________________________________________________.
3. ______________________________________________________.
4.  ______________________________________________________.
5. ______________________________________________________.
6. ______________________________________________________.

The video below is video of Bantimurung Waterfall. If you wanna see, just click the button "play" then watch and enjoy it.