Lake Sentani Festival runs from July 16 to July 19 2008 to support the annual Lembah Baliem Festival in Jayawijaya District in August, 2008. The Lake Sentani Festival will be held as an effort to protect the culture of the Jayapura District, mainly in the Sentani Lake area. Besides holding the cultural events, he added, the province has been reorganizing the tourist sites in the area, including the Holtekam Beach located some 60 kms from Jayapura.
Lake Sentani is natural lake with medial hilly islands. Wide of lake is 3,63 hectare with height of 75 m above sea surface. In this location there are view of beautiful nature with a few equiped fishing place.
Most societies here have living as a fisher besides selling various traditional engraving of wood. This lake is the place is good very to swim, canoe, fishing or playing water ski and do some other water sports.
Visitors also able to witness the traditional dance art at festival event or at celebration days, like Lake Sentani Festival. Lake Sentani located in Kecamatan Sentani, 20 kilometre in westside town Jayapura, can be reach with assorted of transportation medium is during 20 minute. Publik transport able to be used by that is path Abepura-Sentani.
