Tiu Teja the Twin Water Fall




On 5th of January 2014, I was exploring a twin water fall at Santong—sub district of North Lombok. I felt a bit ashamed because as a Lombok born Indonesian, this is my first visit to this infamous waterfall. This also made me choose Tiu Teja as the next article for Travelling Column in my website—www.lombokpage.com. Well to get there, I preferred to take Mataram-Senggigi-Tanjung-Santong route. This route allowed to me to enjoy the sunset and showed me a lust blue ocean. 

I started my trip at 8 am and got Santong around 9.45 a.m. From this gate you can ride your motorbike to the water fall entrance especially in the dry season. If you go Tiu Teja In the rain season, it would be better if you do trekking from the main gate. The road is quiet muddy in the rain season. Along the road you will be wrapped by the fresh air and spoiled by the view of tropical forest which is habitat of various flora—cloves, coffee, gaharu and etc—and of fauna—monkey, birds, lizards and etc. 

Photo by Sophian Wijaya
As you find a gazebo, the water fall entrance is right in front of you. The firm stairs will lead you down to the core of a narrow valley. Right from the first stair, the green carpet lay on, it hides the narrow rocky River underneath. After 10 minutes walk; you will be welcomed fist by unnamed small waterfall. This waterfall drops its water on a big stone. When you pass it, you can feel the splashing water touch your epidermis. As you walk down to the valley you can hear the roar of a huge mount of water falls into a little pond. This little pond flows to the small creek that is fully filled by rocks. On the southern side, some huge wet rocks stand firmly. Be careful if you don’t want to get wet. From 20 meters away Tiu Teja mist can make you soaked. Tiu Teja consists of two waterfalls which are separated by about one meter cliff. This border at once could not be seen if the volume of water rises.

This place is the answer for you who keep wandering where to go. Get your sneakers on and have a nice trekking!

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