To be honest before i went there, i never heard this name. This waterfall might not be the most famous waterfall in Malang, but worth a shot. I'll tell you why :)
I went to Coban Pelangi (Rainbow Waterfall), on 1st Sept 2014 with my teammate at PDAKI FEB UA. Well, just FYI, the possible translation for PDAKI maybe Data Center and Financial Analysis of Indonesia. Sounds cool? Haha. I join for an internship. Because it was an "office's employee travelling", i didn't pay anything for this trip except train tickets, food and tips. And it wasn't cost that much. How nice!
Coban Pelangi is located in Desa Gubugklakah, Kecamatan Poncokusumo, Kabupaten Malang. This waterfall isn't that far from Bromo. Most people might visit here after Bromo, like i did. Just like other tourism object, first we need to pay entrance admission only for Rp 6000 per person. Then enter the gate, and walk, probably around 1,5 km (?). The path is clear and we just need to follow the way. There are only beautiful green view as far as my eyes go, which is really great.
But the thing is, you walk downhill to meet the waterfall, and that's a bit steep. Me and friends be like:
Oh My God, just how we gonna walk this incline later??? *and cry*
Cause we actually don't exercise that often, and we just climbed Bromo few hours ago. This challenge is actually killing us.
But nope! Keep going.
Btw, don't worry if you need toilets during your walk, because there are 2 spots where toilets are available. In each spot, also there are sellers if you want to buy drinks or snacks, even instant noodle. Also a spot for Mushola if you probably a Moeslem.
After you passed those 2 toilet spots, soon you will find a bamboo bridge to cross over the river. Don't hesitate to take photos, this bridge is somehow a nice photo spot! :)
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| Bamboo Bridge (1) |
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| Bamboo Bridge (2) |
After the bamboo bridge, walk a little bit more. Just a little bit more.
And.......
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| Coban Pelangi (Rainbow Waterfall) |
Taaa~~~~ raaaaaaahhhh!!
You've arrived at Coban Pelangi!!!
Just like another waterfall, the water is cold but super fresh. It's okay if you decided to swim, but way too cold for me. I put only feet into water, for photo purpose only. Hahaha.
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| Cold yet fresh water :D |
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| I think my photos with water sparkles over my camera lens turn out so nice :D |
Special thing about this waterfall is, you can see many rainbow. Small to big rainbow. If you visit at the right weather and time (they said the best time is in the morning), you'll see a big rainbow near the cliff around waterfall. I wonder how beautiful it can be. But even if you don't get to see a big rainbow, as long a quite strong sunshine is present, you still have a small, but many rainbows. I see rainbows everywhere at some spots with a nice sunshine. They are small and at your hand reach. So wonderful :)
(Apologize. No rainbow photos were capture :| )
The small rainbow, it works like... when you spray water to plants in a garden, and there's sunshine so somehow you get to see rainbow on the water you spray. I can't explain it with a right science -_- but it works like that.
I suggest to stay a bit longer at the waterfall, or near the bamboo bridge, to make your walk worth. Hehe. Because your way back will probably be tiring if you don't usually walk.
Well, so don't hesitate if you have plan to visit Coban Pelangi. Go visit ! :)
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| Green view during your walk :) On our way back, and this is probably the only "flat" path. After this, only stairs and incline. Haha |
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