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Alas Purwo National Park

Alas Purwo National Park is a national park located in Tegaldlimo Purwoharjo, Banyuwangi regency, East Java, Indonesia. Geographically located at the eastern tip of Java island south coast region between 8°26'45" - 8°47'00" latitude and 114°20'16" - 114°36'00" East Longitude. Alas Purwo National Park is a lowland rain forest ecosystem on the Island Java. Average rainfall 1.000 – 1.500 mm per year with temperatures of 22 ° - 31 ° C, and humidity 40 - 85%. Alas Purwo National Park has flat topography, light waves to the west with the highest peak of Mountain Linga 322m above sea level). Alas Purwo national park has a variety of objects and natural attractions and cultural tourism (sea, sand, sun, forest, wild animal, sport and culture) that is located not so far away from each other. Sadengan is a wildlife for bison, deer, elk, boar and bird. Located 13 km from the entrance Pasaranyar white sand beach with beach forest formations for marine tourism activities and camping. Ngagelan Beach, we can see several species of sea turtles landed to lay their eggs on the beach and turtle breeding activity. Plengkung, seeing surfer world level professionals who are doing the tourist attractions and forest searches.Bedul Segoro, is a sea tourism with Boating, swimming, water skiing on the lake and observing migratory bird from Australia.

Plengkung located next to South Alas Purwo National Park. Surfer was known to the world stage as the G-Land. The term G-land can be defined, because the location of the water surfing sports are located in the Grajagan Gulf that resembles the letter G. Plengkung including four of the world's best locations for surfing and can be equated with the location of surfing in Hawaii, Australia, and South Africa.

The diversity of animal in the area of Alas Purwo National Park divided into 4 classes animal such as Mammals, Aves, Pisces and Reptiles. Mammals recorded as many as 31 species, These animal is Banteng (Bos javanicus), Deer (Cervus timorensis), ajag (Cuon alpinus), Babi Hutan (Sus scrofa), Menjangan (Muntiacus muntjak), Leopard (Panthera pardus), monkey (Trachypithecus auratus) and Komodo (Varanus Salvator).

Bird that have been identified totaling 236 species of land bird and water bird, some species of which are migratory bird that have been identified totaling 39 species. Bird species is easy to see, Ayam Hutan (Gallus Gallus), Kangkareng (Antracoceros coronatus), Rangkok (Buceros undulatus) and Peacock (Pavo muticus).

Unique and endemic plant in this national park is kecik (Manilkara kauki) and bamboo manggong (Gigantochloa manggong). Other plant are ketapang (Terminalia cattapa), nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum) and 13 species of bamboo.

 

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Baluran National Park

Baluran National Park located at 7 ° 55'17 .76 "S and 114 ° 23'15 .27" E, which is representative of a specific dry forest ecosystem in Banyuputih, Situbondo, East Java, Indonesia, consists of savanna vegetation types (40 percent of total area) , mangrove forest, monsoon forest, lower montane forest, swamp forest and evergreen forests. Generally, in the Java island there is a lot of national park that have ecosystem in common. National park in java island have a rainforest ecosystem with a various animal and plant with astounishing mountain as a core.

"Wild Bull" is an iconic animal in Baluran National Park. In addition, there are about 155 species of birds including the rare such as the "Layang Api" (Hirundo rustica), "Tuwur asia" (Eudynamys scolopacea), peacock (Pavo muticus), "Ayam hutan merah" (Gallus Gallus), "Kangkareng" (Anthracoceros convecus ), "Rangkong" (Buceros rhinoceros), and "Bangau" (Leptoptilos javanicus). Plants in this national park has various species, which there are native plants are unique and interesting that is "Widoro bukol" (Ziziphus rotundifolia), "Mimba" (Azadirachta indica) and "Pilang" (Acacia leucophloea). Other plants that like "Asam Jawa" (Tamarindus indica), "Gadung" (Dioscorea hispida), "Kemiri" (Aleurites moluccana), "Gebang" (Corypha utan), "Api – api" (Avicennia sp.), "Kendal" (Cordia obliqua), "Manting" (Syzygium polyanthum) and "Kepuh" (Sterculia foetida). There are 26 species of animal such as "Banteng" (Bos javanicus javanicus), Wild buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), "Ajag" (Cuon alpinus javanicus), "Menjangan" (Muntiacus muntjak muntjak), leopard (Panthera pardus weld), deer ( Tragulus javanicus pelandoc, Cervus timorensis Russa).

Spots of tourism in Baluran National Park is "Bekol" and "Semiang", where we can observe of wildlife such as pheasant, peacock, deer, and wild buffalo, bird. "Bama" is a marine tourism we can go fishing, diving/snorkeling. "Manting", "Air Kacip" is the source of water that never dry all year and as a habitat of leopard. "Popongan", "Sejile", "Sirontoh" and "Kalitopo" also can boating on the calm sea, seeing various kinds of ornamental fish and migratory bird observation. "Curah Tangis" is a place about activities of rock climbing as high as 10-30 meters, with a slope of up to 85%.

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