LINOW LAKE

Tomohon City

Linow Lake

The nature is genuinely beautiful with tremendous panoramic mountains and hills. The flowers that flourished around this area make Tomohon predicated as the city of Thousand Flowers. One of the leading tourist destinations of this area is Lake Linow, a beautiful lake which showing the beauty of 3 colors lake. Located 30 km from Manado or take about 1 hour drive; Lake Linow is can be reached 3 km to the west of Tomohon. During the trip, we will serve by green landscape of hills that covered with large trees. Mount Lokon is still active and it also becomes one of stunning panorama that being presented here. Having almost perfect triangle shape, the mountain seemed to spoil the eye with green trees.

The word Linow is taken from the Minahasa that refer to Lilinowan which means the gathering place of water. In this lake, we can see the color of the water that can change the color to green, blue and amber. The change happens because the element of sulfur that buried in the lake and reflection of sunlight which causes the color of the water in Lake Linow can change