Coban Rondo Waterfall

Coban Rondo Waterfall is one of Indonesia’s tourism objects located around 12 km from Batu, East Java, Indonesia.

With its 80 height, Coban Rondo Waterfall is easy to looking for. Just ask peoples who live around Batu and they will let you know the way to go there. The access road to go to the location has been asphalted and still in good condition for any kinds of vehicles.

Coban Rondo’s environment is full with pine trees and a lot of casuarina (a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants), make the atmosphere cool and fresh. Not only the waterfall available in Coban Rondo Waterfall, but you could see the beauty panorama of the Batu City from there, various healthy plants, various fauna, floras, and inn.

Coban Rondo Waterfall have a unique Javanese Legend. It seems, under the waterfall has been the residence cave of a woman whose name was Dewi Anjarwati. His husband, Raden Baron Kusuma fought against Joko Lelono, the young man who was interested in the beauty of Dewi Anjarwati and would kidnap her. Raden Baron was killed in the battle and the his wife hid in the cave. Therefore this place was given the name of the Coban Rondo Waterfall (the widow’s waterfall - in Indonesian widow is “janda “, in Javanese widow means “ Rondo”).