100k Indonesian Jungle Trek
Indonesia offers a wide range of natural diversities in the over seventeen thousand islands. Nature lovers will find here different types of landscapes and vegetation. The marine life and reserves offered by the cliffs are breathtaking in many aspects.
Jungle trekking in Indonesia will take you face to face with the rich bio diversity and scenic beauty of the country. You have a lot of options for trekking with 120 active volcanoes, dense jungles, mountain climbs and remote villages to choose from.
The best way to appreciate and explore the rich nature and diversified culture is through setting out on foot into the Indonesian jungle and experience the fascinating and beautiful environment. Indonesian jungle offers immense trekking experience through the unique, exotic and diversified climate. Nature lovers can discover exclusive vegetation, landscapes, breathtaking cliffs, unique reserves and diverse marine life.
Most of the treks are through dense, confusing forests and experienced guides is a must in those activities. The adventurous jungle trekking in Indonesia ranges from soft treks to challenging ones.
Indonesia is renowned for its long coastline, virgin beaches, rivers, lakes, mountains, volcanoes, wildlife, plantation, ancient monuments, extraordinary architecture, cultural diversity and history. Owing to this natural blend, this place is extensively rich and unique for artistic products, eatables and diversified drinks, which attract worldwide travelers.
Ujung Kulon National Park
On the south western of the island of Java, where the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean and equatorial waters of the Sunda Straits merge, is one of Indonesia’s paramount national parks, Ujung Kulon. Rich in wildlife and forest, noted for its charm and diversity, it is the home of the highly endangered Java Rhinoceros and bestowed with the status of World Heritage(natural) site.
Ujung Kulon which means West Point, possesses an exceptional profile of Indonesia’s wilderness from forested mountain ranges to coral seas. What makes it even more remarkable is that the park remains a pristine haven of nature, on Java, one of the most densely populated island on earth. The park is 120,551 hectares are divided into 78,214 ha of land and 44,337 ha of surrounding reefs and sea. It can roughly be separated into three areas, the triangular shaped Ujung Kulon Peninsula, the Gunung Honje Range to the east of the Peninsula’s Isthmus and the Island of Panaitan to the north west.
Ujung Kulon’s tropical maritime climate, somewhat cooler than inland areas of Java, produces an annual rainfall of approximately 3250 mm. Temperature range between 25° and 30° C with a humidity level generically between 80% and 90%. April to October are the drier months, particularly between July to October. During these months there are long periods of fine, calm weather with occasional spells of overcast skies, rain and rougher seas.
Ujung Kulon National Park is one of the last remaining natural forest on Java and one of very few areas offering a profile of sea-shore to mountain top tropical vegetation. The park holds well over 700 species of plant life of which at 57 are classified as rare in Java Island and perhaps the world.
Ujung Kulon National Park has a vast array wildlife, a number of which are endangered or rare. Some of animals are so tame that freely wander in and around the tourist lodges, others are sighted almost every day, many are heard rather than seen.
The park has a wide variety of marine habitats. The rocky shores, mangrove swamps, mud flats. Sea grass beds, coral reefs and sea trenches provide some of the most diverse and fascinating insights into the underwater world.
An adventure of traveling through the tropical rainforests of Indonesia, full of exotic animals and plants, is likely to stay in your mind for a long time.
