Grojogan Watu Purbo — Attraction in Tempel

This is actually only one of many cascade Sabo dams built to hold erupsion materials from Mt. Merapi, but this one in Sleman shows a fantastic cascade waterfall along the dam width, especially in rainy season. The location can be found by Googlemaps, but as it gets closer there are road signs and local guides showing the direction. A nice family recreational site managed by trained, friendly local people. There are food stalls at the parking lot and at the valley below offering simple local foods, instant noodles and drinks. When I and my wife came here recently, there were clean semi-permanent toilets but the musholla (moslem prayer place) was still under construction. Playing with water and taking pictures on the cascades and at the valley below are...

Golden Hour time might be best for visit. But early on the morning days without rain or cloudy days is better too. Water is a little bit murky. The price ticket is 5000 rupiahs / person. Kids under 5 years old doesn't have to buy ticket. Car parking ticket is 5000 rupiahs, and motorcycle about 2000-3000. There is a mosque with clean water. I hope that the park can have a lot of children playground. The music sometimes annoying cause it is so loud, it is better if they put some slow song like keroncong or something rather than karaoke-ing. You can choose to go in the lowest part of the waterfall so you...

Parkiran sangat luas, tarif mobil 5k. Htm 5k untuk dewasa, anak gratis. Di dekat parkiran ada masjid, lengkap dengan tempat wudhu n toilet yang cukup layak dan airnya jernih bersih. Disediakan mukena juga di lemari.

Ada kios2 penjualan makanan n jajanan ringan semacam bakso, bakso tusuk, jadah tempe, mie instant, gorengan, minuman2 botol n sachet. Harga cukup murah n ibu2 penjualnya sangaaaat ramah.

Di area grojogan terdapat pendopo utama, ada akses tangga batu2 untuk turun. Tangga lumayan turunnya, tapi menurut saya tidak terlalu capek. Sepanjang jalan turun banyak tempat duduk n beberapa gazebo, ayunan sederhana tapi sudah cukup buat anak senang.

Bagus sekali viewnya, terutama untuk foto2 di dekat batu2an n grojogan. Saat saya kunjungi di atas sedang ada kegiatan penambangan pasir jadi airnya nampak kecoklatan. Memang benar dari kejauhan saya lihat banyak truk wira wiri di jalan sisi atas.

Jika tidak mau turun tangga pun sebenarnya sudah bisa dapat view yang cukup bagus hanya dengan duduk2 di area pendopo. Beberapa wastafel airnya mati, ada toilet tapi airnya coklat.

Di seberang parkiran terdapat area pengumpulan pasir hasil tambang, untuk anak cukup menarik karena bisa melihat dari kejauhan mesin2 semacam traktor/bighoe. Terutama sore hari cocok untuk anak sambil berlarian di rerumputan terbuka depan masjid. Namun hati2 karena kadang ada benang layangan membentang di rumput, takut kakinya...