Kelimutu ; The Three Colors Lake

The Kelimutu lake, is a paradise lake which also called The three colors lake. Kelimutu lake is one of wonder world which indeed save beauty and mystery. The unique of Kelimutu lake is color change. That changing is because of mineral content, the influence of biota type of moss and rocks in the crater. For local people that the color change has its own meaning. Kelimutu lake has three giant pools or crater which always do color change every year. Water in one of three pools is red and can change be dark green and red- hearts, in other pools is dark green and change to light- green, and in three pools is brown-black to blue -sky. Those three pools are contains Tiwu Ata Polo, Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai, and Tiwu Ata Mbupu

Kelimutu lake is located in 3 sub-district i.e Detsuko sub-district, Wolowaru, and Ndona. All of three sub-district are under the auspices of district II Ende, province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Kelimutu lake is exactly on peak of Kelimutu mountain about 1.690 meters on sea level. It is about 66 km from Ende, and 83 km from Maumere.

Kelimutu originally combination between 'keli' word and 'mutu', keli is mean mountain, and mutu is boiling. Kelimutu is trusted as dwelling place of human souls. The gate, Pere Konde is trusted guarded by the Queen, The Ruler. Meanwhile, Tiwu Ata Polo is trusted to be the gathering place of the bad guys, and Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai as place young people, while Tiwu Ata Mbupu is the gathering place for parent souls.

Morning is the best time to watch the lake, because by the middle of the day, especially at afternoon, the lake is covered by fog. That's why the tourists usually stay in Moni village and view the kelimutu lake in early days.

The colors change, in the middle of 2006 ago, several change mainly happen to two lakes i.e Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai, and Tiwu Ata Polo which located more adjacent. Tiwu Nua Muri is previously green in june last year was changed to blue. While Tiwu Ata Polo is previously dark brown changed to slightly reddish. A separate lake, Tiwu Ata Mbupu remain dark green or moss green. However, last December when Updates sector visited the lake, the color of Tiwu Nua Muri is back green, Tiwu Ata Polo became dark blue, and Tiwu Ata Mbupu became blackish brown. Anyway, the colors of Kelimutu lake is a mystery of nature.

The change toward a single color crater lake located on the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT), was initiated in December 2008. Tiwu Ata Polo Lake when it changes color from blackish brown to dark green. Followed by the Lake Tiwu Ata Mbupu from blackish green moss to light green.
The color of the two lakes are now the same color as the Lake Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai, who early studied in 1915 by BCH MM van Suchtelen lake was predominantly light green.

When first Suchtelen researching , Tiwu Ata Polo Lake show color of red blood, Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai is emerald green, while Tiwu Ata Mbupu is white.Visit The Kelimutu lake, one of the wonderworld.