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Maybe some of you have never tried trekking to Lake Flores but some may still dreaming to visit it . The lake has three colors sifting peak Kelimutu National Park .
 Travel by rental car with a capacity of 7 seats can keep you entertained with impressive scenery along the road for several hours . Winding journey that connects the islands along the 350 km of this somehow is a decent price for Flores panoramic beauty that deserves to be discussed .
 Kelimutu National Park is the smallest national park of six national parks in Bali and Nusa Tenggara . However , his size is not so important when you see the natural beauty of this national park has to offer . Here there are three lakes located atop Mount Flores, the third lake has the same name and popularly known as Lake kelimutu . Each lake has colors and their meanings . The third lake is believed to be the abode of spirits and also believed to have a very powerful natural force .

    Lake Flores popularized a Dutch citizen named Van Such Telen in 1915 . Its beauty is more widely known after Y. Bouman describes the beauty and the lake water discoloration in his writings in 1929 .
To reach the lake , you can start from Moni , a small town which is beautiful backpacker.Pemandangan basecamp along the path to the location of the lake is very beautiful . The westernmost lake named Tiwu Ata Mbupu which means ' lake souls of parents who have died ' . The lake at the center of a lake called Nuwa Muri Koo Fai Tiwu or ' lake untukjiwa - life young people who have died ' . The most eastern lake called Tiwu Ata Polo or ' lake of souls untukorang always do evil ' . The third color lake is always changing .
 There are other lakes in the world that can change color like Blue Lake in Mount Gambier , in South Australia , which changes the color blue into gray and can also diprediksi.Ada Yudamari Lake in Mount Nakade , Japan , which changes the color of turquoise into a water color hijau.Perubahan Lake Flores is unpredictable . Sometimes, the color can be blue , green and black , and other times can be white, red and blue , and some time ago dark brown .
 Scientifically discoloration Lake Flores is a factor mineral content , moss and rocks inside the crater and also the influence of sunlight . Scientists believe that the lake was formed from a volcanic eruption in ancient times . This phenomenon has attracted the attention of geologists because of the existence of the lake which has three different colors but are in the same mountain . Local communities in Moni , convinced that the people who live around the lake have done evil and death .
 Kelimutu Lake is part of the National Park Flores . The highest point of this national park is located at 5.679 feet Kelibara mountain ( 1,731 meters ) and 5,544 feet high Kelimutu or ( 1,690 meters ) . Kelimutu National Park is home to around 19 species of endangered birds including pigeon flores ( Treron florist ) , Wallacea owl ( Otus silvicola ) , sweep the jungle - swinging ( Rhinomyias oscillans ) , kancilan Flores ( Pachycephala nudigula ) , junk dwarf ( Pericrocotus lansbergei ) , tesia East ( tesia everetti ) , opior crested ( Lophozosterops dohertyi ) , opior half thick ( Heleia crassirostris ) , chili gold ( Dicaeum Annae ) , kehicap flores ( Monarcha sacerdotum ) , honey bird to shine ( Nectarinia solaris ) , and eagle Flores ( Spizaetus florists ) .
 Here also can be found mountain rats ( Bunomys naso ) , banteng ( Bos javanicus javanicus ) , deer ( Muntiacus muntjac nainggolani ) , mongoose ( Pardofelis marmorata ) , pangolin ( Manis javanica ) , porcupine ( Hystrix brachyura brachyura ) , and deer ( Tragulus javanicus javanicus ) .
 The local community believes that this lake is where the souls of the dead rest . Flores area surrounded by woods that covered a variety of plants that are rarely found elsewhere in Flores . In addition to pine trees , there are also ferns , plant genus Casuarina , redwood and edelweiss flowers . Pine forest thrives at an altitude of Mount Kelimutu . Another area of barren mountain with sand and soil that is unstable . The local community believes that Kelimutu is kramat mountain and a source of fertility to the soil around it .