Wednesday 19 November 2014

Ujung Kulon Pandeglang

Ujung Kulon National Park is one of Indonesia's most famous. Located in the south-western tip of West Java in the Sunda shelf where the area also includes a peninsula and several islands and encompasses the natural reserve of Krakatoa - the famous active volcano in the world. This park is located in Ujung Kulon, Pandeglang - Banten Province is established and declared as a National Park in 1992 by the UNESCO World Heritage Site to protect endangered Javan rhinos and wild bull or bull in Indonesian.
taman nasional pandeglang1 UJUNG KULON PANDEGLANG 
The park is very famous for its natural beauty and flowers. so many researchers from around the world come to visit this park, especially for the study of inland volcanoes. In addition, this area contains the largest remaining area of lowland rainforest in Java and has so many species of plants and animals.

Ujung Kulon which means "West Point" in English, has a tremendous profile of Indonesia's wilderness mountains forested land to sea coral. What makes this park even more incredible is to make the park remains a pristine paradise of nature on the island of Java, the most densely populated areas in Indonesia.

Park covers an area of 120 551 hectares, divided into 78 214 hectares of land and 44 337 hectares of surrounding reef and sea. The land area can be divided into three areas: Panaitan Island to the north west, triangular peninsula, and Honje mountains to the east of the peninsula Isthmus.

climate:

This national park has a tropical maritime climate, several degrees cooler than inland areas of Java and produces an average annual rainfall of about 3250mili meters. Temperature range between 25 ° to 30 ° degrees Celsius with an average humidity level varies from 80% to 90%.

Between April to October is the dry months, during this period there were long periods of fine, calm weather with occasional spells of overcast skies, rain and rough seas.

Flora & Fauna.

Ujung Kulon National Park is one of the very few areas offering a profile of tropical marine coastal vegetation of the mountain and also one of the last remaining natural forests in Java. This park has more than 700 species of plant life at 57 are classified as rare in Indonesia and perhaps in the world. This natural park has a vast array of their wildlife,

enough members of endangered or rare as the Javan rhino. Some animals are so afraid that roam freely around the tourist lodges there, others look almost every day, but many are heard rather than seen, and the same core rarely seen. The park also includes a variety of marine habitats such as rocky beaches, mangrove swamps, mud flats, seagrass beds, coral reefs and sea trenches, providing diverse and fascinating insights into the underwater world.

One of the Indonesian tourist is worth a visit 

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