Rinnoji Temple - Japan

Rinnoji, extends north from the center of Sendai, appears to be a little trite temple. However, in addition to the main hall of the temple has a beautiful Japanese garden and pagoda that are well worth a visit.

The temple was founded in 1441 by Date Mochimune, a member of the clan later date that controlled much of northern Japan in the Edo period Rinnoji family is the temple of the Date clan, and although not semper located in its current location in Sendai, then moved with his family at the time of the early 1600. All buildings were recently restored to its original appearance.

Rinnoji visitors to the gardens of the interior can walk along different paths, admire the Koi (carp), the three storey pagoda and well-tended trees, flowers and plants. There are also several benches for visitors to sit and relax, as they have in the landscape.

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Hongdae Hedonism – A Haven For Young Fashion Experts

It is often said that when it comes to fashion Seoul has something to suit all tastes. Although this statement is quite accurate, the area of Hongdae is in a league of its own when it comes to the characteristics of a traditional commercial district. His appeal is certainly powerful, with its large selection of products in fashion, but around the nightlife makes it even more attractive to the city increasingly youth culture.

And with Hongik University campus nearby, a school famous for its fine arts and design programs, the search for individuality and creativity is also quite strong here and ushers in students and visitors alike clothes comb posts lining the streets of the latest trend - something truly original. Many shops, including clothing feature designed by the students themselves. Hipsters take note, with all the endless series of vintage outlets, discount stores and chic boutiques has elements that are reasonably priced and very fashionable, Hongdae remains a great place to spend the day soaking in the entertainment and grabbing the best deals. If you are outdoors where you want to be in place within goliath indoor shopping malls, and then jumping on the subway and make this stop on his itinerary.

The largest concentration of jobs and vintage clothing shops can be found together along the main passageway of Ulmadang Eo-gil, a short distance from the Hongik University subway station. Eyes also curious to find a good selection of small boutiques Döttingen the many side streets between decor and cozy cafes, fine restaurants.

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The Magnificent Forbidden City - China

The magnificent Forbidden City is the largest and best-preserved Imperial Palace complex in the world. It has 9999 rooms in the flowering period (many of them were bleak and there are now over 8,000 rooms are finished saved) with just a single room below the number that ancient Chinese belief represents "Divine Perfection" and surrounded by a moat six meters (about 6.6 meters) deep and ten meters (approximately 11 meters) high wall. For five centuries, this palace is the administrative center of the country as well as the residence of emperors and empresses of Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Therefore, the place itself is not to be missed by any visitor Beijing. A self-guided tour of audio tapes are available in several languages at the entrance.

In the story, Beijing is the capital of many dynasties past, like Yuan, Ming and Qing. Therefore, in addition to the spectacular imperial palace complex, but it also has large real mausoleums, including the Ming Tombs. Around the city, Eastern Qing Tombs and Western Qing Tombs.

The solemn and respectful Tiananmen Square is the largest central square of the city in the world, which not only serves as a symbol of Beijing, but also the whole of China. This immense courtyard is the site of various historical events. The square is surrounded by a variety of important buildings, namely the Chinese History Museum of the Revolution, the Mausoleum of Mao, the Great Hall of the People, the elegant and beautiful Tiananmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace) Torre, and Qianmen (Front Gate). The daily flag ceremonies in the square, conducted during sunrise and sunset, are most exceptional and well worth seeing time and experience.

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Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi - Indonesia

A flat island about 15 kilometers from Manado, with a friendly nation. Coral reefs in the face Bunaken island should not be lost when you are in Manado. These magnificent virgin reefs are still relatively intact. The decrease in the inlet Liang wall is not only rare in the world, with caves, caves and ravines, which houses a wealth of marine life. Spectacular reefs begin training with flat, with about 5 meters in depth. They dive to the bottom of the vertical cracks underwater often reach several hundred meters deep. In these beautiful coral reefs, a wonderful collection of marine life thrives.

Bunaken The reef is a chain of more than 40 stars, five-point plunge. The Marine Park is spectacular with the greatest concentration of tropical fish, coral species and world famous diving wall.
Clear, warm waters (March, temperatures generally range from 27-30 ° C), the pattern of light and calm sea, allowing easy access to the submarine in hopes of attracting visitors to the five islands of Manado Tua, Bunaken National Marine Park that sits directly on the coast of Muzaffarabad. Bunaken prominent is the favorite, with the highest density of schooling fish and more likely to see the larger species, such as turtles, sharks, and Napoleon Wrasse. There are many sites here to keep any diver happy for more than a week without going elsewhere.

Getting There

Bunaken Island is easily reached from Manado by motorized outrigger boat start from Manado harbor, Molas, Kalasey and Tasik Ria beaches. The public boats from Manado to Bunaken are leaving daily around 2 p.m (depending on tide), except Sundays, from Pasar Jengki near Manado harbor. Back from Bunaken to Manado usually early in the morning, around 7-8 a.m

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Buffalo Racing - Thailand

You could be forgiven for thinking that a domesticated buffalo is not built for sprinting, but in Chonburi town, the gateway to resorts along the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, farmers have managed to tweak a turn of speed from these working animals that is nothing short of amazing.

The annual Buffalo races, 13 October, are a hotly contested series of sprints across on an open space in front of the town’s municipal offices.
Tourists and the town’s residents turn out for these amazing races that have been featured in the past on CNN and the BBC as a must-see event.

The races are taken very seriously by the owners of the buffaloes. Prizes for the first nose past the finishing line guarantee owners go to considerable lengths to ensure their buffaloes are in tip-top condition.
Clouds of dust rise as these hefty animals pound down the short course at an alarming speed, reminiscent of a stampede. The crowd roars in support of the favourites and the atmosphere is as an enthralling as watching thoroughbred race horses.
Admittedly, mites slower than a race horse, but the buffaloes are no slouches when it comes to making a short dash for glory.

Although this day of fun and competition would succeed with just the buffaloes as the celebrities, there are other activities to make it a worthwhile outing for families.
A fair with food stalls and handicrafts appeals to visitors who love authentic Thai food, snacks and sweets. Then there are the rides for children, concerts of folk music and, of course, a beauty contest where the prize is the honour of being declared Miss Buffalo.
Not exactly the most adhering of titles for an aspiring beauty queen, but it does not seem to deter contestants from seeking the limelight of the catwalk.
Here is a festival that provides photo opportunities to capture an unusual adaptation of the 100-metre dash. Well worth seeing, is always the conclusion of those who make the effort to travel to Chonburi.

If the more traditional version of four-legged races is more appealing then the venue should be the Horse Show, 23 October at the Sanctuary of Truth, also in Chonburi province, on the outskirts of Pattaya The show is organised to commemorate the reign of King Rama V, the Great, on a day set aside as a national holiday to honour a ruler who initiated many of the developments that ultimately encouraged the economic and social transformation of the nation.

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Rajasthan, The Land of Romance and Chivalery - India

The magical land set amid the desolate beauty of the desert. The land synonymous with romance and chivalry. Immensely rich in culture, history and natural beauty. That's Rajasthan. Temming semper with color, joy, friendship and unique to this part of the country. All about love Rajasthan miles of golden stretches of sand to the magnificent kaleidoscope of fortresses, palaces and opulent havellis wonderful, each with a splendid architectural creation of his own legend. The beautiful lakes and gardens set that contrasts perfectly with the hilly ranges are a sight to gladden the eyes.

Rajasthan is a land where the whims of nature settled Tuesday to co-exist with the bearing glad tidings of its people. The architectural grandeur of royalty and the stories of courage and bravery are the essence of its very essence. The mountain Aravalis and Vindhyas on one side and the desert landscape, in contrast to another form of blending seamlessly with the story of Rajasthan.

Rajasthan is a destination that delighted visitors with every little discovery is made, because the more we discover, is the greater the need to remain in or return.

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Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi-Land of The Heavenly Kings

The road from Makassar or Ujung Pandand Toraja runs along the coast about 130 kilometers and then hits the mountains. After the entry of Tana Toraja enter a majestic landscape with giant gray, granite and stone and blue mountains at a distance after passing the village of Mebali market. Will form a sharp contrast with the green living in fertility, rain-fed terraces and read the rusted of tropical laterite soil. This is Tana Toraja, one of the most beautiful areas of Indonesia.

Tana Toraja has a specific and unique funeral ceremony is called Rambu Solo. In Tana Toraja, dead body is not buried, but that is put into Tongkonan several times, maybe even more than ten years until the family has enough money to held the ceremony. After the ceremony, the corpse was carried to the cave or on the wall of the mountain. The skulls show us that the body is not buried but just put on the stone or earth, or put at the funeral hole.The festival season begins when the last rice has been harvested, usually in late June or July and lasts until September

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Lampung and Krakatau Volcanic Island - Indonesia

Chinese ancient chronicles travel relate to a post in the southern part of the island of Sumatra called "Lampung" or "place of winds from the south." The province is generally flat rally with the highest mountains of Gunung weighing, Tanggamas, Seminiung, Sekincau Raya and all the volcanoes are dormant. Bandar Lampung, the provincial capital, was once two cities, Tanjungkarang and the port of Teluk Betung, which after the infamous eruption of Krakatoa were completely covered with volcanic ash. In the course of development, however, this city, were merged into a single city.

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Darjeeling Tea Tourism - India

The fog first. Throughout the stay in Glenburn, these are the shades of Raj lives on in some forgotten mountain wafts from the air with the fragrance of the tea leaves distant. Approximately 5 miles before the Darjeeling is the idyllic village of Ghoom-in 7407-feet is the highest point of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. The shrill whistle of the old-fashioned steam engine locks through the fog sifted as retirees Soprano clearing his throat. The fragrance of the tea ceremony evokes foggy tinkling of spoons in China. Estate by mass and by going on holiday took us beyond the beatification Darjeeling. It is the eastern tea country. A new phenomena that tourists in India have woken up in the past few years newfangled has found a way to add to its serene beauty.

Darjeeling, the most beautiful hill stations of their feasts undulating terrain, through many ups and downs green. Although tea lovers like myself, Darjeeling is synonymous with orange pekoe tea. Traversing below New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling is a landscape that has blown green tea gardens and deep canyons in the any of the parties. Traveling by train from Darjeeling gives you an experience of oddball moving in the Raj era when sahibs used to be transported to the seasons of summer. Darjeeling, unlike trains, Rajdhani and Shatabdi, give you the opportunity to collect clothes and snap a view in the area. The scene is even more attractive when you see people hanging from the trains and children romping its forms.

However, taking note of Darjeeling is not at all difficult as Prance above 6000 feet chuckling through their bleak terraces. Well once you get off the old engine of the beautiful lover of tea that make you learn to walk, Darjeeling is devoid of any local transportation.

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Taj Mahal, The Symbol of Eternal Love

There is no other monument in the world that can match the beauty and grandeur of the Taj Mahal. Located between the serene atmosphere of a garden well-defined structure of the massive marble Taj Mahal is impressive. This is more than 350 years since it was built TajMahal, but she has not lost its romantic aura, which attracts millions of visitors to it. It is because of this everlasting charm that the Taj Mahal can boast of being one of the most popular monuments of world heritage of the Earth. The world is divided between those who saw the Taj Mahal and the have-nots.

Tajmahal takes on a different tone at different times of day. We could have seen the Taj could have seen 15 times, but when you see it again in the 16th times, you'll find something different from the previous visit. The Taj at noon, the Taj Mahal at sunset, under the full moon, the sun, and against the rising ball of fire, each time the mausoleum acquires a different accent and tells a different story. This is a reminder of the love of a king for his queen Mumtaz Mahal, which could inspire the monument and also of the king who could sign his love on the horizon.

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Sentosa Island of Singapore

The former fishing village turned British military base, Sentosa was transformed into an idyllic island resort in 1972 to the enjoyment of all and recreation. Sentosa to describe as being just one thing or another would not do justice to the many facets of this island jewel of half a kilometer south of Singapore. Afterall, is the variety and versatility that make Sentosa (meaning peace and tranquility) different and special for millions of visitors from around the world. And unlike any other vacation destination, you are right on the edge of the city buzz, which is just minutes away by cable car, ferry or through a 710-meter road link.

Once you step afoot the island, you can find your own piece of paradise among the many exciting attractions - come from the history and culture alive, entertainment, day and night, lush green surroundings to explore, orderly gardens, fountains dancing and two challenging international 18 - hole golf courses with scenic undulating views.

Today, Sentosa is a 390-hectare haven of leisure boasting a kaleidoscopic variety of attractions and activities that serve a wide audience.

Beach lovers can enjoy exciting games and sports in March, along the 3.2-km of beaches that cross silos, Palawan and Tanjong. You can sell in a range of leisure activities such as cycling, inline skating, canoeing, horse riding or simply relax on the beach pubs. On weekends, the beach pubs will spring into action as beach volleyball fans flock to the Beach Silos of your favorite game. In recent years, Sentosa had also won international fame for holding some of the most exciting themed events like the Singapore's Sentosa Sandsation (an international event sandsculpting), Black Moon Foam parties, Zouk Out Dance Festival and Sentosa's annual Countdown shares right here!

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Statues of Sir Stamford Raffles - Singapore

The statue of the founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles, cast in bronze the dark by Thomas WOOLNER is in front of the Victory Theater. His response, pure white is the polymarble North Boat Quay, in an area colloquially known as the Raffles Landing Site, as this is the place where Raffles is believed to have first stepped ashore.

Location: North Boat Quay

Getting There: Take the MRT to Raffles Place MRT Station (EW14/NS26) and walk across Cavenagh Bridge.

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Baliem Valley Papua - Indonesia

After reading or give it further study to Danis way of life, dont be surprised what you can find your eye lift or forehead wrinkles. Why? Because Dani is singularly amazing.

Men and women sleep separately in different Hona Dani (Danis traditional house). The men grouped into a sleep Hona, while women and children sleeping in another Hona. As a descendant of his ancestor, sex is taboo for women after childbirth, for 2 or 5 years as the result of Dani generated healthy children from the focus on women love children during the most important phase of growth. This makes men vulnerable to polygamy, its true a fact of life that Dani men are allowed to have more than 1 woman or as many as he can afford. A man must give 4.5 pigs for the girls parent he wants to marry. Dani for men, their social status are initiated by the number of wives and pigs he has.

Another custom of Dani remarkable is that women will cut your finger when your relatives die, so does not come as a surprise when you see women with missing finger.

To improve the quality of their experience in Baliem Valley, guide is essential since there are no maps or clear signs brought by visitors. The guide will help lead to track, communicate with local people and in advance, the guide will tell about the sights and donts.

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Changi Chapel and Museum - Singapore

The Changi Museum was relocated to its new home on February 15, 2001. It replaces the old chapel of the Changi Prison Museum (built in 1988) he had to make way for the expansion of Changi Prison.

In compliance with the spirit and commitment of those who rose from the depths of adversity, the Museum inspires future generations to come and deepen their appreciation of the heroic and inspiring stories that took place at Changi. The Changi Museum is dedicated to all those who lived and died in Singapore, in particular the Changi area, during the dark years of World War II.

Through documentation of significant events of the Japanese occupation, the museum serves as an important educational institution and resource center. With regard to prisoners of war (POWs) and their families, is a site that allows the closure of many emotional scars of the war years.

The Changi Chapel, housed in air courtyard of the new museum is a replica representative of the many chapels that were built during the Second World War. Today, it's like a monument to those who do not buckle under Japanese rule, and who maintain their faith and dignity in the face of seemingly hopeless odds.

Letters, photographs, drawings and personal effects at the museum tell a terrible story of more than three years of war and imprisonment of more than 50,000 civilians and soldiers in Changi. Since the fall of Singapore on February 15, 1942 until the Japanese surrender in September 1945, life is a daily struggle against humiliation, loss of freedom, hunger and disease. However, it is here where the conditions were at their worst, that we learned of stories that were heroic, touching, and above all, inspiring. The highlight of a series of magnificent wall paintings called The Changi Murals, meticulously recreated from the originals painted by Bombardier Stanley Warren. Visitors also can view a video as "Changi through the eyes of Haxworth 'and' Elizabeth Choy." Tucked into a quiet corner of the museum is' The University of Changi, "a research area that houses a collection of rare books and literature depicting the life during the war years.

Next to the museum is "the crust Cafe," an outdoor restaurant where you can unwind, relax and enjoy fine dining with family and friends. The restaurant offers a variety of foods on the basis of the cosmopolitan cuisine; wing letter menus and a good range of drinks are available.

There are Sunday services conducted by various religious groups at the Changi Chapel every Sunday at 9.30 am and 5.30pm. Visitors are welcome to join these services.

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Coconut Festival Ben Tre - Vietnam

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre will host its first annual festival of the coconut on January 1 2009 to celebrate the inauguration of Rach Mieu Bridge and the 49th anniversary of Ben Tre General uprising (January 17, 1960).

About VND10 billion from the provincial budget and various businesses, will be spent on the event, according to a press conference held by the provincial town of the Commission on October 10, 2008.

The first Coconut Festival will promote the socio-economic achievements of Ben Tre and investment in the province, which is famous for coconut trees and commodities.

The event will include lectures, competitions, exhibitions and fairs with the participation of managers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and some major local coconut farmers.

Ben Tre is home to 45000ha of coconut plantations and has a well developed industry in the processing and export of coconut and related products.

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Naga Fireball Festival Nong Khai - Thailand

It remains a mystery that never ceases to puzzle both visitors and local alike. Just what is the origin and nature of the fireballs that fly from the surface of the upper Mekong River in the night sky for all to see?

Local swear there is absolutely no doubt at all about the origin of the fireballs. Naga, the snake would be living in the dark current of this mighty river, propelling fireballs into the sky, probably to remind the villagers to cope with this life of rivers with respect.
Of course, there are detractors, the researchers who have devoted years of study trying to explain the phenomenon of fires, all in vain.

Some say it's a hoax prepared, but the only way to determine whether to travel to Nong Khai and check-out river scene and the villagers who hold carnivals to celebrate the now legendary famous snake.
Festivities term of 10 to 16 in October, along the banks of the Mekong River in Pisa Phon district of Nong Khai. There are too corresponding celebrations in Laos side of the river and no shortage of theories about whether the neighbors Thailand, in front of the bank, they can know more than they are admitting about what makes the show.

But there is no denying the fact that there is something almost mystical that makes the fireballs erupt to the surface of the river, and villagers are not taking opportunities, therefore, the religious activities at several temples in the district to appease the Naga.
Visitors can participate in a traditional "stick thevo Tak" ceremony, or the first hour of the morning giving alms to monks. Involves the supply of sticky rice wrapped in coconut leaves, presented the importance of the Buddhist Lent last day of three months.
At night, during the festival week, people gather on the banks of the river Naga for the procession and cultural performance that reflect the traditions of the rural town northeast of the region.

If all goes as planned the highlight of the trip is the incredible view of Naga fireballs burst in the sky, a phenomenon that is very likely to prompt some light heart jokes and arguments in the stream of food put into glasses of beer or the place of rice whiskey on their origin.

The most convenient way to get to Nong Khai is to take one of many that offers daily flights from Bangkok to Udon Thani, both at the national airline Thai Airways International, or one of low-cost airlines. The flight takes 50 minutes and Vila Real, offers mini-buses from 40 minutes for the transfer of Nong Khai. An alternative is to take the train service that runs every night from Bangkok to Nong Khai.

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Komodo National Park - Indonesia

Komodo National Park is located in the region of Indonesia Wallace, identified by Conservation International and WWF as a priority area for conservation overall. The park is located between the islands of Flores and Sumbawa at the border of the Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) and Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTP) provinces. It includes three major islands, Komodo, and PADAR corner, and many smaller islands, bringing a total of 603 km2 of land. The total size of the Komodo National Park is now 1817 km2. Proposed extensions of 25 km2 of land (Banta Island) and 479 km2 of marine waters resulting from the total area of 2321 km2.

Komodo National Park was established in 1980 and was declared a World Heritage site and a man and a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986. The park was originally created to preserve the only dragon (Varanus komodoensis), first discovered by scientists JKH in 1911, Van Steyn. Since then, the goals of conservation have been expanded to protect its entire biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.

Most people in and around the park are the fishermen of BIMA (Sumbawa), Manggarai, Flores South, and South Sulawesi. South Sulawesi are from the Suku Bajau BUGIS or ethnic groups. Suku the Bajau were nomadic and moved from place to place in the region of Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara and Maluku, to make their livelihoods. Descendants of the original inhabitants of Komodo, Mode Ata, still live in Komodo, but there is no pure blood of people who left their culture and language is being gradually integrated with recent immigrants.

Little is known about the early history of Komodo island. They were subjects of the Sultanate of BIMA, despite the remoteness of the island of BIMA understand their subjects were probably little concerned with the Sultanate of other occasional demand for tribute.

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Kuala Krai, Dabong River Cruise - Malaysia

Beginning at the town of Kuala Krai, the River Cruise winds its way up river through virgin rainforests to the city of Dabong. At the passing of time through tropical forests and a number of coastal communities, the secrets of the jungle are revealed little by little by yourself.

You can catch a glimpse of the shy jungle wildlife. Martin, eagles and Hornbills are everywhere, along with several species of monkeys. Elephants are known to inhabit this area as well ...

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Mulu Caves National Park - Malaysia

Mulu Caves National Park is home to one of the largest networks of caves in the world. This is the world's largest underground chamber, the House of Sarawak, able to accommodate Boeing 747 aircraft to forty.

In Mulu, you will also find the world's largest cave passage, Deer Cave, which can fit five or size of the Cathedral of St. Paul's in London. Another attraction is the key to the Clear Water Cave, the largest cave in southeast Asia. The massive caves here are home to thousands of bats and cave swiftlets that swarm in the middle of the forest in big clouds of every evening at dusk!

The sport will be pleasantly surprised by some of the best examples of limestone weathering in the tropical world, including the huge pinnacles-sharp blade, cutting deep canyons, appropriately called the pinnacles. They are not difficult, but rewarding hikes of several days available in the resort. Porter and a guide is recommended.

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Underwater World Singapore

Underwater World Singapore is one of the most exciting tropical oceanarium Asia (big pot). Tourists will be able to admire the amazing life of the sea in this part of the world, along with the endangered animals down. This site offers visitors the opportunity to see various sea creatures that is sure to captivate and you do not need to dive into the water and take it wet. These creatures, native to Australia, have a natural camouflage of the road with sieves and appendices. This large aquarium has a long walk through the warehouse where they can experience the sharks and rays swim right over your head, especially liked the little sea dragons, relatives of the sea horse.

The main attraction is Dugong, sea cow that entertains visitors with their acrobatic moves. You can see through a series of interactive, feeding and training sessions designed to demonstrate their natural abilities of tail-walking synchronization.

The night's Ocean Discovery program begins at 7 o'clock every day and is your chance to see a totally different world where sea creatures come to life at night as night falls. See the brightly colored reef fish in the middle of life or watch Seahorse anchored to the plants. The rare and exotic marine mammals, the intrigue is Dugong visitors with their elegant movements. Gleam deadly sea creatures, such as the Morea, rock fish, fish Leon, fish or the Porcupine Tubarão Leopard. Many marine species such as the tip of white and black tip sharks, eagle rays and big-bellied Seahorse, breed and thrive in the underwater world.

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Wonorejo Dam, The Biggest Dam In South East Asia

Wonorejo dam is a dam in the village Wonorejo, Pagerwojo district, Tulungagung regency, East Java Province, Indonesia. It is about 12 km from the city center. With about 122 million cubic meters of capacity, Wonorejo dam become one of Indonesia's largest reservoir, including Southeast Asia.

Wonorejo dam is declared in 2001 by the Indonesian president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, built after nearly 9 years since 1992. Wonorejo dam has the function of the power of electricity and the source of drinking water in the province of East Java. This dam is also operated to prevent floods in Tulungagung, along with Neyama dam in the district of Besuki.

Henceforth, Wonorejo dam is also functioned as an object of tourism in Tulungagung, next to Popoh Beach. Some facilities are built around Wonorejo Dam, one of them is Swah Loh-Resort.

In addition to how and how PLTA irrigation, dam Wonorejo tourism is also introduced as an object that provides convenient and recreational facilities. In his opinion, Wonorejo dam is designed to supply drinking water in Tulungagung area as well as installation of irrigation in the area Pagerwojo.

As an object of tourism in Tulungagung, Wonorejo dam is equipped with canoeing, camping, lines helicopter, fishing and standart of the circuits of motocross and off road event.

With about 15 km from the city center, Wonorejo dam is easily accessible. Besides that, visitors will enjoy their trip to Wonorejo Dam, because it has beautiful scenery and is filled with the appeal and the villa of high quality. Its nature is the hill again with the valley air fresh and clean, very comfortable and natural area in the tropics. Wonorejo dam is using the concept of casting into a hill and has artistic value to visitors. This object is tourism also has a clean environment that makes visitors will be maintained for a long time.

Many events are held here, both in the region and nationally. The events are annual, national paper kite competition, motocross and 4WD Offroad competition, bow and reduce competition, etc.

The other bombing mission Wonorejo is trying to develop mountain tourism in Tulungagung concept, so the concept of tourism not only in coastal or agricultural business sector, but also the importance of public services can be exposed to tourism. The day, Tulungagung is not only known as the city of marble, but also a city that has many places of recreation.

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