Lake Paniai Papua.
. At first, Lake Paniai[1] along with Lake Tigi and Lake Tage were called Wisselmeren. This name is attributed to the person who first discovered the three beautiful lakes in 1938, namely a Dutch pilot named Frits Julius Wissel. At that time, Frits Wissel flew across the mountains of Papua Island and saw three lakes that had beautiful views. Enchanted by its beauty, Wissel decided to land and enjoy the exoticism of the three lakes up close. In fact, during the Dutch colonial period, the name Wisselmeren was more popular than Paniai. Wisselmeren comes from the Dutch language which means Wissel lakes.
The area of Lake Paniai which reaches 14,500 hectares provides enough space for tourists to choose a location that suits their wishes when having recreation to the lake. The presence of rocks and sand on the shores of the lake, and surrounded by fairly high cliffs, adds to the attractiveness of a mainstay geotourism and ecotourism object in Paniai Regency.
- paniai Lake.
Like most of Paniai Regency which is located in mountainous and hilly areas with cool air, Paniai Lake is also located in an altitude area, which is about 1,700 meters above sea level (asl). However, Lake Paniai stores various types of freshwater fish and shrimp. Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), carp/carp (Cyprinus carpio), black nine fish, and eel fish (synbranchus) are among the types of fish that can be found in this lake. While the rainbow fish (rainbow/melanotaenia ayamaruensis) is a biota of Lake Paniai that is often sought after by fishermen and ornamental fish hobbyists because of its high economic value. If lucky, at Lake Paniai tourists can see the endemic shrimp of Papua which is now starting to become rare, namely the cheating shrimp (Cherax albertisii).For tourists who want to visit Paniai Lake, they can start the journey from Enarotali City, the capital of Paniai Regency. From Enarotali City, there are two routes to the Paniai Lake area. First, using the land route by renting a reliable Mitsubishi Strada type bus to traverse the steep and winding road. Second, taking the air route by boarding AMA and AMAF Cessna aircraft that can land in highland areas with runway characteristics from the ground.
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