Ujung Kulon National Park Pandeglang

Ujung Kulon

Ujung Kulon is one of the most famous national parks in Indonesia. The area is located in the southwest corner of West Java on the Sunda platform and also includes the peninsula and some islands, as well as the Krakatoa Nature Reserve, a well-known active volcano in the world. The Park in Ujung Kulon, Pandeglang County, Banten Province, was established in 1992 by the UNESCO World Heritage Site as a National Park to protect the endangered rhinos. wild bull or banteng in the language. Indonesian

This park is very famous for its natural beauty and geological significance. That is why many researchers from all over the world come to visit, especially to study volcanoes from the inside. In addition, this area contains the largest remaining area of ​​the lowland forests of the island of Java and is home to many plant and animal species.

Ujung Kulon, which means "West Point" in English, presents an outstanding profile of the Indonesian desert, from mountains to mountains with earthly forests to coral seas. What makes this park even more remarkable is the fact that the park remains a virgin sanctuary on the island of Java, Indonesia's most densely populated area.

The park covers an area of ​​120,551 hectares, which extends to 78,214 hectares of land and 44,337 hectares of surrounding reefs and the sea. The land area can be divided into three zones: the island of Panaitan in the northwest, the peninsula of triangular shape and the cordillera of Honje east of the isthmus of the peninsula.

The climate:

This national park has a tropical marine climate that is a few degrees cooler than the interior of the island of Java and produces an annual rainfall of about 3250 million meters. The temperature range between 25 ° and 30 ° Celsius varies with an air humidity of 80% to 90%.

Between April and October are the driest months. During this period, there are long periods of good weather and calm, with sometimes cloudy skies, rain and rougher seas.

Flora Fauna.

The Ujung Kulon National Park is one of the few areas with a tropical vegetation profile from the coast to the top of the mountain and one of the last natural forests on the island of Java. The park is home to more than 700 plant species, of which 57 are rare in Indonesia and possibly in the world. This nature park has a great variety of wildlife.

Some of its members are endangered or rare, such as the Java rhino. Some animals are not afraid to move freely in tourist huts, others are seen almost every day, but many are seen instead and the same core is rarely seen. The park also includes a variety of marine habitats such as rocky shores, mangroves, mud, seagrass, coral reefs and moats, which offer diverse and fascinating perspectives on the underwater world.

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