Sewu Hills Kars Area

Gunugkidul Regency has landscape hills Kars area formed by rock dissolubility. It's also known as Sewu Hills Kars Area extends to Gunungkidul, Wonogiri, and Pacitan Region. The Gunungkidul Kars Area covers about 13.000 km with uniquely geomorphology. it's indicate by conical limestone is predicted to have 4000 canocal limestone, domes, and valleys (doline and poltje) and caves with stalactites and stalagmites inside,and also underground rivers. Based on its uniquely and it scientific values and also society fenomenon, the International Union of Speleology proposed the Sewu Hills Kars Area as World nature Heritage. Own Gunungkidul's advantage as main capital to develop Gunungkidul tourism by means of Sustainable Tourism. Therefore December 6, 2004, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (President of Republic Indonesia) make official announcement is Gunung Sewu and Gombong Selatan area as Eco Kars Region. All of its uniquely and its scientific values, namely white sandy beach already expanded as mass Tourism, The Adventure Tourism like rock climbing (Siung beach, Seropan and Watu Gupit), caving (Cerme, Seropan, Bribin, Grubug , Jomblang and Kalisuci cave). History and Religy Tourism (Rancang Kencono, Braholo and Maria Tritis Cave).