Photo Gallery of Lake Danau Dendam Tak Sudah Bengkulu

Fisherman at Lake Danau Dendam Tak Sudah Bengkulu, Indonesia

Danau Dendam Tak Sudah (the "Unforgiven Lake") is man made lake situated 2 km from the city central of Bengkulu - Indonesia. This lake was built in around 1930s by the Dutch Authority in Bengkulu. This lake covering an area of 11.5 hectars and had been set as a natural reservation in Bengkulu City as the part of 577 hectars area of Danau Dusun Besar natural reservation.

The lake is so attractive not only by its clear and clean water, but also by the beauty of it surrounded scenery. Even there are many small restaurant surround it, but the cleanliness of this lake still ell maintained. Beside its purpose to provide water for irrigation around the lake, this lake also provide the water stocks for the Bengkulu citizen during the long dry season.

The tranquility of Danau Dendam Tak Sudah lake

The habitat of the pencil orchid (vanda hookeriana) around the lake

Beside its purpose to provide the water stocks, Danau Dendam Tak Sudah also play an important role in keeping the habitat of rare orchid from Bengkulu - the pencil orchid (vanda hookeriana). This orchid when its bloom has a very beautiful appearance. It had been elected as the Queen's Orchid in the Dutch colonialism era.