This
park is a forest preservation area that extends about
25.000 ha on the north coast of East Java. The location
is in Sumberwaru village, Banyuwangi district, Situbondo
(on the east border of Java Island). You can enjoy
the panorama of savannah and mount Baluran (inactive
volcano) in the center of area that becomes habitat
of many exotic animals such as wild pigs, deer, peacocks,
wild chicken, some species of monkeys and also bulls
as the protected animals in the area.
You
can enjoy the amazing scenery of the forest and do
the safari activities in the wild life and feel the
magic of the forest. This park is so unique because
15 km from the main entrance, you can find a beautiful
white beach called Bama Beach, here in the habiat
of coral reef, fish and mangrove.
You
also can observe hundreds species of birds such as
hornbills, peacocks and bulbuls. If you like to observe
the tropical forest vegetation, the park is a heaven
for many species of trees, plants and flowers such
as pecan nut trees, Maja, Gadung, Java tamarind trees
and mount Widara.
There
are several activities that you can do in this park
such as: - Safari Forest - forest adventure - Diving
and snorkeling - Mountain hiking and mount climbing
- Hill walking - Beach adventure to watch the fishermen's
daily activities and seed seekers - Canoeing, rowing
or boating until you the Fresh Water Gulf, Sejile
Gulf and Bilik Beach.
Conducting
some scientific researching (with prior permission).
Facillities
If you prefer to safari to Baluran National Park,
there are some cottage designed in Madurese style
and operated by Environmental Education Center.
There is also a main lodge that will serve you European
and Indonesia cuisine.
Villas and lodges, you can rent them with your
group members (about 20 persons capacity) and
the also provide a praying room and a canteen.
There
are two guesthouses by the beach, but you should
have prior reservation.
Baluran Information Centre and a small museum that
has several preserved animals by the main entrance
operated by The Forestry Conservation Region Office.
The visitor can do many activities, such as; Diving,
Swimming, boating, snorkeling
Playground
A beautiful camping area that is located in Sumberwaru
village (outside of the forest preservation area)
Watching Towers that are usually used by rangers
to watch or to observe the animals' behaviors and
the region surrounding (you can bring a pair of
binoculars or telescope to have a better look at
the beautiful panorama)
Try
to consider the wide ranges of this area, you will
be better visit Baluran by your car or rent a car
from Denpasar or Surabaya. You can also rent a car
at Pasir Putih tourist resort or Situbondo. There
is also motorbike public transportation called “ojek”
in the main entrance that will take you to Bama Beach
(with Negotiated cost)
The
Route o If you take a car, it takes 5 hours from
Surabaya and 4 hours from Denpasar, Bali.
o For tourists who stay in Pasir Putih, it takes 1.5
hours and only 1 hours from Situbondo.
Gua
Jepang (Japan Cave)
In Baluran National Park, you can see a historical
place called “Gua Jepang” (Japan Cave).
Gua Jepang is one of historical witness that in this
place (Baluran National Park) was happened battle
between Indonesia army against Japanese army. Because
unequal power, there are a lot of Indonesia army who
died in that battle, so this place also called Batangan.
Gua Jepang has wide about 12 km that contains in 2
chambers. The north chamber was used to save the weapon,
while the south chamber was used as a fissure to see
an enemy.
Bekol
Savannah
Beside Gua Jepang, in the Baluran National Park, you
also can see Bekol savannah. It's about 12 km from
the entrance Baluran National park. You will see a
flock of deer, bulls, etc, in the morning and in the
afternoon (when the sun goes down) to do their activity.
You also can see their activity and behavior of those
animals from the height.
Bama
Beach Bama beach is located in the east of Baluran
National Park. You can see the original beach and
the fantastic panorama in here. Beside that you can
see the mangrove forest, Bama source and Mantingan
source. One of special moment here is that you can
see monkey with the long tail (Macaca fascicularis)
that fishing crabs with their long tail. If you like
go on food, you can pass the truck and you can see
the beautiful panorama of Bama Beach on the height.
Just with 15,000 Rupiahs per person you can spend
the night in Bama Beach to enjoy the beautiful panorama
at night here.
This
park is a forest preservation area that extends about
25.000 ha on the north coast of East Java. The location
is in Sumberwaru village, Banyuwangi district, Situbondo
(on the east border of Java Island). You can enjoy
the panorama of savannah and mount Baluran (inactive
volcano) in the center of area that becomes habitat
of many exotic animals such as wild pigs, deer, peacocks,
wild chicken, some species of monkeys and also bulls
as the protected animals in the area.
There
are several activities that you can do in this park
such as: - Safari Forest - forest adventure - Diving
and snorkeling - Mountain hiking and mount climbing
- Hill walking - Beach adventure to watch the fishermen's
daily activities and seed seekers - Canoeing, rowing
or boating until you the Fresh Water Gulf, Sejile
Gulf and Bilik Beach.
The
Route