Jatiluhur tour

Jatiluhur tour Reservoir is located in District Jatiluhur, Purwakarta Regency (± 9 km from the center of Purwakarta). Jatiluhur Dam is the largest dam in Indonesia. The dam was named by the government Reservoir Ir. H. Juanda, with panoramic lake which covers 8300 ha. The dam was built in 1957 by a French contractor, with the potential of available water of 12.9 billion m3 / year and is the first multipurpose dam in Indonesia.

Inside Jatiluhur tour Reservoir, mounted six turbine units with installed capacity 187 MW electric power production with an average of 1,000 million kwh per year, is managed by PT. PLN (Persero).

Apart from that Jatiluhur Reservoir has a function of irrigation water supply to 242,000 ha of rice fields (double cropping year), raw water of drinking water, aquaculture and flood control are managed by Perum Jasa Trita II.

In addition to functioning as a hydropower plant with the world's largest runoff system, Jatiluhur area has many recreational facilities are adequate, are like hotels and bungalows, bar and restaurant, tennis courts, pool, campground, swimming pool with water slide, meeting rooms, recreational facilities and water sports , playground and other facilities. Sports facilities and water recreation such as kayaking, windsurfing, yachts, water skiing, boating and more.

In the waters of Lake Jatiluhur there are also floating net fish culture, which is the main attraction. At the time of day or night and in silence we can provoke a full tranquility while enjoying grilled fish.

This region we can also see the Satellite Earth Station that is managed by PT. Indosat Tbk. (± 7 km from the center of Purwakarta), as a means of international communication. Types of services provided include international toll free service (ITFS), Indosat Calling Card (ICC), international direct and others.

Jatiluhur dam can be visited via the Toll Road Purbaleunyi (Purwakarta-Bandung-Cileunyi), exit at Toll Gate Jatiluhur.