30/10/2019
NATIONAL PARK ATTRACTION BALURAN
, SAVANA WAS LARGEST IN JAVA ISLAND
Baluran National Park is located in the Banyuputih region, Situbondo, precisely located in the north of Banyuwangi Regency. This national park is representative of forest ecosystems on Java that tend to be dry, such as savannahs, mangrove forests, seasonal forests, coastal forests and swamp forests.
For you lovers of photography you should come here during the dry season, in June-July-August because the water in the forest is dry, and the grass is yellow.
In the dry season, animals such as deer, bison, peacocks in the forest exit to the savanna. The National Park provides water and pools, so that in the dry season animals come out and be close to the road. These animals are very shy, because if there is a car approaching they will run away into the forest.
If you come during the rainy season, plants and water are so abundant that park dwellers such as buffalo and wild buffalo choose to enter the interior of the park rather than face to face with visitors. In order to better enjoy the trip in Baluran National Park try before entering this area you visit the information center to get a brief explanation of Baluran National Park. After hearing the explanation at length we can usually appreciate, not disturb, destroy, take, or hunt for flora, fauna and its ecosystem.
CUkup is different for Baluran National Park, because to enter it we have to enter a rather damaged dirt road for 40 to 1 hour drive.
The name Baluran for this national park is taken from the mountain in this area, Baluran Mountain. This National Park has around 444 species of plants and among them are unique native plants and are able to adapt in very dry conditions. As for animals, there are 26 species of animals that live in this area, including the bull which is an icon of this national park, wild buffalo, deer, deer, leopard, mouse deer and mangrove cats. In addition, there are also 155 species of birds that live in this region.
Based on the 2012 Baluran National Park Hall Zoning Book, the oldest national park in Indonesia has an area of 25,000 hectares, consisting of 26,990.3 hectares of land and 2,051.68 hectares of sea waters, with zoning consisting of 6,920.18 hectares of Core Zone , 68 percent), the Jungle Zone around 12,604.14 hectares (50.42 percent), the Maritime Protection Zone covering 1,174.96 hectares (4.70 percent), the Use Zone around 1,856.51 hectares (7.43 percent), the Traditional Zone covering an area of 1,340.21 hectares (5.36 hectares), the Rehabilitation Zone of 365.81 (1.46 percent) and the Special Zone of around 738.19 hectares (2.5 percent). The latest regulation states that the total area of Baluran National Park is 29,041.68 hectares from 26,990 hectares of land and 2,051.98 hectares of sea waters,
According to its function, the Core Zone is designated as a sanctuary for Baluran National Park's wildlife habitat, namely Bull (Bos javanicus), and other animals namely Timor Deer (timorensis deer), Deer (Munticus muntjak), Leopard (Panthera pardus), Forest Dog (Cuon alpines), Pangolin (Manis javanica), Green Peacock (Pavo muticus) and Forest-green Chicken (Gallus gallus).
The Core Zone also functions to protect rare flora such as Trenggulun (Protium javanicum), Marelang (Pterospermum diversifolium), Bayur (Pterospermum javanicum), Candlenut (Aleurites moluccana), Neem (Azadirachta indica) and Aren (Arenga pinnata).
To see all species of animals and plants in Baluran National Park, visitors can enjoy it in the Jungle Zone in the form of research and conservation activities.
As for nature tourism activities, marine tourism, cultural tourism and other activities can be done in the Maritime Protection Zone and the Use Zone. Baluran is a unique and unique national park because it has diverse ecosystem types ranging from natural forests, seasonal forests, coastal forests, savannahs or grasslands to the waters. Bekol's savanna is even like the African savanna in Indonesia.
With this type of ecosystem, it makes the flora and fauna of Baluran National Park very diverse. There are 26 species of mammals recorded, including Banteng, Wild Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), Call or Forest Dog, Deer, Timor Deer, Leopards, Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus) and Mango Cat (prionailurus viverrinus).
Here there is Bama Beach which is a spot to see the sunrise, around Bama Beach there are also many mangrove trees and conservation areas. But please be careful here because there are a lot of wild monkeys. If you let your guard down a bit, it could be that your cellphone or camera can be taken by the monkeys.
On Bama Beach we can rent a boat to get around the National Park. Besides that here is also a pretty good snorkeling spot, but you have to go a little to the middle and be able to see lots of fish and marine life.
After that we can continue the journey along the Padang Savana along the National Park. If you want to see the maximum animals that are here, you better walk, because the animals here are very afraid of humans. Just hearing the sound of a car or motorcycle engine the animals immediately fled into the forest.
