Since the long valley Harau visited by many tourists especially domestic visitors from Riau, Sumatra and Jambi. Topography Nature Reserve Harau is hilly and undulating. Height from sea level is 500 to 850 meters, the hill include White Water Hill, Bukit Jambu, Mount Batur and Mount Tarantang.
Entering the valley Harau, eyes will be spoiled natural atmosphere mountains incredible especially with a view of 5 waterfalls (Sarasah) which is very large with a height of ± 100 meters. Amazingly beautiful as stories in the heaven that is traversed by four clear river.
Harau Valley is very well known, and is believed by locals when down rainbow then the angels come down from heaven to bathe in the fourth sarah (sarah aie luluih, Sarasah Bunta, Sarasah magpie and Sarasah aka barayun). Even in 2008, reportedly, HP camera belonging to a student who is being traveled to the valley Harau never capture images entourage nymph bathing in white and brown, floating in the waterfall. Nowadays the image is stored on the camera HP traders waterfalls around Sarasah Bunta.
At first Harau name comes from the word "Orau". The original inhabitants lived on Mount Jambu, because the residential areas are often flooded and residents of Bukit Jambu also often collapsed causing commotion and panic locals so often shouted hysterically population due to the collapse of the Cashew Hill and create noise "hoarse" for the people who often shout the hysterical. With the characteristics of the population that many voices "raucous" heard by the surrounding community, the area is called "orau" and later changed its name to Arau, until finally becoming Harau.
Inscription Valley Harau
According to the inscriptions that there are around the waterfall Sarasah Bunta, this area was opened on 14 August 1926 by the Assistant Resident Fifty Cities named JHG Boissevain, by E. Rinner named BOWerken together lareh Sarilamak lord named Rashad Dt. Kuniang nan Black and assistant Demat named Janaid Dt. Kodo Nan Black.
For the first time Assistant Resident fascinated, shocked and amazed while amazed to sing a sense of awe and unparalleled look at the state of nature valley "orau" chuckle "Hemel, Hemel ....... (Beautiful, dazzling like heaven) in Dutch.
With the Assistant Resident terkesimanya to beauty narrow valley flanked by steep rocky hill left right then made of marble stone inscription engraved on one of the walls sarasahnya namely "Sarasah Bunta" on August 14, 1926, that since the time of the narrow valley terkenallaah up to the Netherlands with the name "Hemel Arau" (Heaven Arau) and then shortened by Harau.
Later published Besluitnya by the Dutch Government (then) on January 19, 1933 Number 15 Gazette No. 24 of the Nature Reserve status in the field of Biological and Aesthestis area of 315 ha, then do repeated measurements by the Protection and Nature Conservation (PPA) in 1979 with an area of definitive field is 298 ha,). Furthermore Nature Reserve status in part of its area is converted to Forest Tourism dedicated to natural park with the Decree of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 478 / Kpts / Um / 8/1979, dated August 2, 1979, about the changes the status of a tourist park covering an area of 27.5 ha .
Thus in addition to the status Harau Valley nature reserve is also partly the status of the garden tour. Various means of landscaping, cupola, seating, walkways, children's playground, animal parks, water bikes, Mushalla, toilets and car park and equipped with souvenir stalls, and food / beverage and so on which have been built in the attraction is for the convenience and enjoyment of visitors.
Various types of plants and animals here. Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascirulatis) can be seen here. There is also gibbon (Hylobatessyndactylus), and hoop (Presbytis melalopos) .Hewan that juag protected here is the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrensis), bear (Helarctos malayanus), tapir (Tapirus indicus), wild goat (Capriconis sumatrensis), and hedgehogs (Proechidna bruijnii). There are 19 species of birds are also protected. Among them, pheasants (Argusianus argus) and hornbills (Anthrococeros sp).
Potential Valley Harau
Saiful also explained, the area's attractions Harau Valley consists of three (3) Regional: Aka Barayu Resort, Resort Sarasah Bunta, and Resort Rimbo Piobang. In the resort Aka Barayun which has beautiful waterfall which has a swimming pool, which provides a beautiful natural shades also have the potential for the development of sport climbing because it has a steep rock hill and also has a location that bias reflects sound (echo). Here also there is a lodging facility that can be utilized homestay tourists who want to stay complete with amenities. That said Sarasah Aka Barayun of legend in the community in the surrounding nature reserve Harau Valley was once Sea.
Told rocks contained here is a kind of rock that is usually found on the seabed. Among them are two steep rock walls, depending on a root at high tide and time setting appears in the upper tidal water hanging and swinging in the wind.
Resort is located on the east side Sarasah Bunta Aka Barayun, own a 4 (four) waterfalls (AIE Sarasah Luluih, Sarasah Bunta, Sarasah Murai and Sarasah Aie Angek) with beautiful views of the lake and the like; AIE Sarasah Luluih, which in this Sarasah water flowing through a stone wall and underneath has a natural bathing pool beautiful place, from the stories of the elders first, there is confidence in the bath or washing face Sarasah aie luluih can treat acne and face will look beautiful and young. Sarasah Bunta where this Sarasah has waterfalls-camel camels beautiful as an angel who was in the shower when the afternoon sun radiates so-called "Sarasah Bunta". Sarasah Murai, in this Sarasah often in the afternoon humming bird bath while making love so that people call "Sarasah Magpie" .and if a shower under a waterfall both Sarasah this, by praying to God Almighty, quickly get a mate for unmarried.
In Sarasah Aie Angek not much visited by tourists, a little hot water is towards the north of the "Sarasah Magpie" .In Resort Rimbo Piobang until the end of 2008 has not developed as planned for the Safari Park.
Legend Puti Sari Banilai
Once upon a time, first time sailed a king Hindustan named Maulana Kari with queen Sari Banun to celebrate her engagement named Sari Banilai with Single juaro. Puti Sari Banilai go along with her parents. Before sailing, the two young men had sworn, if Sari banilai deny the engagement promise, it will be a rock and vice versa if the Single juaro deniers, he will become a serpent.
Without realizing their ship drifted and drifted Harau Valley sandwiched between two steep hills and retained roots rock wooden cross between the two hills. So that the ship does not float, the king menambatkannya on a stone found there. The stone is still called Stone Berth Ship / boat.
With the approval of Blood Rajo Putiah ruling at that time in the Valley of the King Maulana Kari Harau and their families were allowed to settle down.
Since it was no longer possible to return to negerinnya they decided to settle there. King Maulana Kari did not know her vows, wed Puti Sari Banilai with a young man in the area named "rambun Pade". From this marriage was born a boy who stout. King Maulana Kari and his wife were saying to her grandchildren so that any request fulfilled.
Tersebutlah one when the king made toys for her grandchildren every day is that he was preoccupied with his toys. On one day the toy falls into the sea. The grandchildren call her mother to fetch the toy. Then the mother jumped into the sea to get it, but the game was drifting is not found anymore. At that time the waves came Sari Banilai pushed to the edge and wedged between two rocks. At that time Puti Sari Banilai begged the sea water receded and dry.
Gradually, from the foot of Puti Sari Banilai began to stone. That's when the thought of his oath and before a whole body into stone, he begged God that household supplies delivered and placed near he pinched.
On the steep valley walls Harau on the left (near echo) faintly appears a stone shaped as if a mother who was holding her son, a stretch of mat and a shaped stone granary.
Thus legend Harau Lemba. This legend is still living in the community, in randai story called "Randai cider Banilai" one of the forms of traditional art community there.
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