Anggi Lake is
located in the Arfak Mountains, Anggi Subdistrict, Manogwari Regency, West
Papua Province. To get on the Anggi Lake have to took about 6 hours
from the Manokwari City. The road conditions are not so good be one cause,
because about 40% of roads have been damaged and have to pass up and down the
mountain, but as long as you will see in the course of Arfak Mountains views in
the beautiful and natural. Can be by passed with 4WD car with
regular public transport fares from Manokwari to the Arfak is
IDR 350.000 or equivalent with USD 36,5 per person. It could be by using an
airplane type of Twin Otter andCessna with it takes about 25
minutes by IDR 400.000 or USD 41,5 per person.
Anggi Lake consists
of two lakes namely Anggi Ginji Lake (Lake Of Men) and Anggi
Gita Lake(Lake Of Girl). It is said that the two lakes was formed from a
pair of humans who have ever lived in the Arfak Mountains. Both are
only separated by a towering mountain. Oddly enough, both of these lakes have a
different color to each other. The first lake is Black while the
second is Blue. That’s why both the lake known as Lake Of Men (Anggi
Ginji Lake) andLake Of Girl (Lake Anggi Gita). Anggi Gita Lake has
an oddity until recently have not been resolved, i.e. the depth of the Anggi
Gita Lake to date has yet to be measured so that its depth is unknown.
Anggi Lake located about 2.000 metres above sea level. It is a suitable
location to do many activities such as picnicking, camping, take
pictures with the family even swim. This Lake also has a very clear water
and the surrounding temperature is very cold.
Temperature
around Anggi Lake is very cold, i.e. about 8 to 20 degrees Celsius,
let alone on the Kobrey Hill where temperature can reach 6 degrees
celsius. Therefore most Sough Tribecommunity in Iray Village many
horticultural farming such as potatoes, carrots, leeks, celery, various types
of flowers including Gladiolus Anggi and Rhododenrum. They have
not been acquainted with pesticides, so plants that they plant thrives and
avoid toxic chemicals and dangerous. Unfortunately, their yields are still hard
to be marketed out of their ghetto area with high transport costs reasons, not
enough for a roundtrip fare like in the Ransiki orManokwari. They’re
still very hopeful if traders from outside came in to buy their crops.
Anggi Lake is
also a source of clean water for life that exists around it. One of them is aSough
Tribe that living around the shores of Anggi Lake, they generally
build the Thousand Feet House (Traditional Home Of Sough Tribe) made
of different types of fruit wood is resistant against all season in the Arfak
Mountains. The Sough Tribe is also known for its hospitality towards
visitors coming. So, if you want to know more about the ins and outs
of Anggi Lake and life around him, you can ask directly to the surrounding
communities as well as looking at traditional house of their own.