Africa Van Java ... Baluran

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” 

– Robert Louis Stevenson -

Mount Baluran

Many people especially Indonesian feel strange to visit places that have never been. Although they remain in the territory of Indonesia itself. the reason is very classic, scared. They want to getaway but do not want in the new places. Too much consideration at the beginning of the pitfalls before heading to a new vacation spot.

You will not become a foreigner in your own country. 

Indonesia has all the uniqueness that does not even exist in other countries. A lake inhabited by an untoxic jellyfish like in Lake Kakaban, East Kalimantan also in Togean islands, other that there is an eternal snow on Cartenz submit. Moreover, you do not need to go to if you just want to see African savanna too. You could see vegetation is dominated by plants that are similar to the conditions in Africa. The place is a national park in the eastern Java. Baluran.

Welcome To Baluran

Baluran National Park is one of the National Parks in Indonesia are located in the Banyuputih, Situbondo, East Java, Indonesia (north of Banyuwangi). The name of the Park is taken from the name of the mountain is in this area, the mountain Baluran. This national park consists of savanna vegetation types, mangroves, monsoon forest, beach forest, lower montane forest, swamp forest and evergreen forests throughout the year. Savanna vegetation types dominate Baluran National Park which is about 40 percent of the total land area and has an area of 25,000 ha. In the National Park, there are 26 species of mammals, among which are: Bull (Bos javanicus javanicus), Wild buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), Dhole (Cuon alpinus javanicus), Deer (Muntiacus muntjak muntjak), Deer (Cervus russa timorensis), Leopards (Panthera pardus melas), Deer (Tragulus javanicus pelandoc), Cats mangroves (Prionailurus viverrinus), Monkey, and also macaques (lutung/siamang). In addition, there are about 155 species of birds which include the rare. 

Bull is an animal mascot of Baluran National Park. Their numbers are increasing slightly even the number of bull that only 22 tail, so now the Baluran National Park try to perform artificial insemination for breeding populations of bull. However, this still takes time, especially to capture the original bull from this national park. Existence untracked, Vast territory and large sized bull so add problems and making it hard to arrest it by the manager. For  your information, the size of the original bull Baluran National Park exceeds a car more than Ford Strada. How big is it !!!. 

Not much costs should you spend on admission tickets are only Rp6.000,00/car and Rp.2,500.00/person. The mostly activities that can be done here starting from research, observation and wildlife attractions like safari night with camping with natural view, as well as marine tourism in Bama beach and a sight seeing Padang Bekol from Tower view will be presented a real amazing natural when hundreds of deer running towards the pool of water, a male peacock tail stretch to attract the attention of the female, dozens of very large buffalo, dozens of foraging eagles, monkeys and macaques.

Therefore, you should not have to go abroad if all the uniqueness is available in Indonesia. Baluran National Park also known as Africa Van Java. Interested ?. Go and escape here.

Have a great travelling and create your own journey.

With Leisure, 

MKS

Situbondo, 16 Sept 2012