Situ Gunung

The Situgunung national recreation park that had the area 100 ha was to be the conservation region of nature part of the intensive utilisation zone of the Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park. Situgunung was located in foot the Pangrango Mountain in the height 950 – 1.036 metre from sea level. The situation tofografi a small part of the flat, wavely until hilly. In an astronomical manner the Situgunung region was located between 106 of 54’37” – 106 55’30” Lie Alongside East 06 of 39’40” – 06 of 41’12” Lintang South. According to Schmidt and Perguson Situgunung had the type of the climate of B. The rainfall in general 1,611 – 4.311 mm per the year with 106-187 rain days per the year. The temperature of revolving air between 160 of C – 280 C and humidity in general 84 percent. Apart from having beauty of scenery and the crop forest of the nature forest, Situgunung had the nature tourist attraction that was very interesting to be visited that is:
1. The Situgunung lake: A artificial lake measuring 10 ha with scenery that was beautiful was surrounded the hill and the resin tree.

2. The waterfall: the Cimanaracun Waterfall and Curug Sawer of one of the beauty of nature that joined with the surrounding environment.

In accordance with the potential that was owned situgunung, then tourists could carry out the activity take the form of:
1. The nature tour: took the form of recreation in the wild was open while enjoying beauty, the uniqueness, coolness, the sign and scenery other nature. The other activity that could be carried out was to fish, climbed the mountain, cross-country, the photograph hunting, etc.
2. The convention tour: the activity that could be carried out was the convention, the workshop, workshop, was in a meeting that was carried out in the open-air environment while going on a trip.
3. The educational tour: took the form of recreation in the wild was open while studying about nature and the surrounding environment. So as to be able to invest the feeling of having and loving nature.

Facilities
Various means of giving comfort and tourists's satisfaction that visited at Situgunung including being available:
Pesanggrahan: the Availability 4 (four) pesanggrahan and a multifunction building that could accommodate more than 200 people

the Camp: the Area of the camp measuring 5 hectare under the stand of the resin forest had quite complete camping facilities.

The centre of information and the service: these means were meant as the place to give information and information about the region as well as other regulations.

The footpath: the Footpath was made with the intention to expedite and at the same time giving the guidance for tourists about the available potential in the region, because this footpath was made as the connector of places that had the potential and the tourist attraction.

The cafeteria: provided and served the requirement for food and the drink for tourists.

The souvenir shop: these means are useful in order to satisfies the requirement for tourists would the memento or the souvenir.

Shelter: this Building could be used as the relaxing place while enjoying nature scenery.

Other facilities: other facilities that is taking the form of the parking lot, the prayer room, bathing place, the quay, the playground and the nature theatre.

Accessibility
The location situgunung could be reached easily. Means that were available to head the location could be done by the public's transport or the available motor in the Cisaat Subdistrict. The distance from the Sukabumi city with Situgunung 15 km with time followed that was needed around 30 minutes. When being followed from Jakarta through the toll road, his distance 100 km, needed time 1.5 hours, whereas when from Bandung the distance 106 km could be followed in time 2 hours.