Bantul is well known as regency that has a variety of beautiful tourist attractions. If you are nature tourism lovers, this place could be the alternatif place to enjoy your vacation. This place is called Mangunan Fruit Farm. This tourist spot is situated 35 km from away the city center of Yogyakarta. It was establised in 2003. From its name, we would know directly that this tourism destination offers a Fruit Farm’s tour. Other than offering an ordinary farm tour, Mangunan Fruit Farm offers also a various spots that surely will never get you dissapointed. The location of this place is actually located at the altitude of 200 meters above sea level which offers exotic mountains view would make you amazed. So this place is such a high land area. From this place we can see the view of the city of Bantul and its surroundings, if the weather is clear you can see Parangtritis also Parangtritis beach.
Enjoying sunrise and sunset view
For those who are lazy to wake up early during the holiday, you should better to leave this habit for a while because you might regret if you would miss the morning view of Mangunan Fruit Farm. In the morning the fog will appear and cover the greenish highlands and Oya River which is located under this area. The view is absolutely extraordinary. You would feel the sensation of being above the clouds while waiting for the sunrise coming over the horizon. You shouldn’t forget to capture this beautiful views because it will certainly make your instagram feeds becoming even more pretty. That’s no wonder if Mangunan Fruit Farm is started to open at 04.30 a.m. Even so you don’t need to be surprised if there will be many visitors who come there already at dawn especially on weekend and holiday season.
The afternoon scenery is no less than magical. You can see clearly the greenish view of Sewu Mountains and the beautiful winding river of Oyo which cut accross Sewu mountain area. Evening breeze would make you feeling more relaxed and forgetting your busy routine office. This is such perfect place to enjoy sunset. So you do not have to go far to the beach to be able to see a beautiful sunset because the sunset at Mangunan Fruit Farm is also absolutely beautiful and serene.
Educational Tourism Package
Other than becoming a favorite place where we can enjoy seeing the sunset and the sunrise view, Mangunan Fruit Farm also offer an educational tour package. The visitors could see a variety of fruits and trees in this farm. On harvest season, we can pick the fruit directly from its tree and taste it. Not only having fruit tasting, the visitors can buy also some affordable fruits to bring home. There are various types of fruit here, such as sapodilla, guava, orange, rambutan, durian, etc.
Facilities
Having done with taking pictures, you can enjoy sitting and relaxing in gazebo provided. It would better if you enjoy also drinking hot coffe once you had relaxed in this gazebo in the morning. It would be delightfull. Mangunan Fruit Farm is kind of a nice place to have gathering activities as well as family, school friends, or office colleagues gathering. This place becomes student’s favorite place to organized joint activities such as night gathering activity. That’s no wonder if there is also a meeting hall that can be hired to hold special meeting. You can also camp because there are spacious camping ground and fun outbound activites package. The facilities provided are such as bathrooms, mushola, and homestay that has been built in this area, so you don’t need to worry about it.
Entrance ticket
For those who want to come here, the cost you have to pay is IDR 10,000 for entrance ticket and parking retribution. You can come everyday starting at 4:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. The route to get this area acces is easy. From the city center of Jogja, you can head directly to the south towards the end of Imogiri Timur Street where you will find a T-junction. From this T-junction you need to take the route to the left and find another T-junction where you can find the signboard direction. Afterward, you have to to take the road the south then continue to follow the next signboard direction. Please make sure that your vehicle is in good condition because the road is quite winding and steep.
