Sumatra ,west ,bukit barisan,way kambas tour

BUKIT TINGGI WEST SUMATRA

West Sumatra the home of matrilineal of Minangkabau prople is the Charmed land of west Sumatra.Scattered trought its highland terrain are urgent lake where sailing,fishing and swimming abound
.Bukittinggi is the provinces loveliest city of the’ Narching montains ’80 kilometres from the coastal capital.
Padang it is rich in fascination:The horn-shope museum,the enchanting Ngalau Camang caves,with their haunting calcite formation.The immense Sianok Canyon,filled the eerie with drifting mists.West Sumatra is proud with its traditional culture unlike any  in Indonesia.

 

The city has its origins in five villages which served as the basis for a marketplace. The city was known as Fort de Kock during colonial times in reference to the Dutch outpost established here in 1825 during the Padri War. The fort was founded by Captain Bauer at the top of Jirek hill and later named after the then Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Hendrik Merkus de Kock. The first road connecting the region with the west coast was built between 1833 and 1841 via the Anai Gorge, easing troop movements, cutting the costs of transportation and providing an economic stimulus for the agricultural economy. In 1856 a teacher-training college (Kweekschool) was founded in the city, the first in Sumatra, as part of a policy to provide educational opportunities to the indigenous population. A rail line connecting the city with Payakumbuh and Padang was constructed between 1891 and 1894.
During the Indonesian National Revolution, the city was the headquarters for the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PDRI) from December 19, 1948 to July 13, 1949. During the second ‘Police Action’ Dutch forces invaded and occupied the city on December 22, 1948, having earlier bombed it in preparation. The city was surrendered to Republican officials in December 1949 after the Dutch government recognized Indonesian sovereignty. The city was officially renamed Bukittinggi in 1949, replacing its colonial name. From 1950 until 1957, Bukittinggi was the capital city of a province called Central Sumatra, which encompassed West Sumatra, Riau and Jambi. In February 1958, during a revolt in Sumatra against the Indonesian government, rebels proclaimed the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI) in Bukittinggi. The Indonesian government had recaptured the town by May the same year.
A group of Muslim men had planned to bomb a cafe in the city frequented by foreign tourists in October 2007, but the plot was aborted due to the risk of killing Muslim individuals in the vicinity. Since 2008 the city administration has banned Valentine’s Day and New Year’s celebrations as they consider them not in line with Minangkabau traditions or Islam, and can lead to “immoral acts” such as young couples hugging and kissing. It is a city popular with tourists due to the climate and central location. Attractions within the city include:

TOURIS OBJECT

Sianok Canyon
•    Ngarai Sianok (Sianok Canyon)
•    Lobang Jepang (Japanese Caves) – a network of underground bunkers & tunnels built by the Japanese during World War II
•    Jam Gadang – a large clock tower built by the Dutch in 1926.
•    Pasar Atas and Pasar Bawah – traditional markets in downtown.
•    Taman Bundo Kanduang park. The park includes a replica Rumah Gadang (literally: big house, with the distinctive Minangkabau roof architecture) used as a museum of Minangkabau culture, and a zoo. The Dutch hilltop outpost Fort de Kock is connected to the zoo by the Limpapeh pedestrian overpass.
Notable nearby destinations include Lake Maninjau and the Harau Valley.
TOUR PACKAGES

Day 01 PADANG-KERSIK TUO (LD) Drive to Kersik Tuo via the twin lake Dabau Diatas and Danau Dibawah, tea plantation. Dinner and overnight at lodge. Day 02 : KERSIK TUO – GUNUNG TUJUH (BLD) Breakfast at Guest House, the continued Kersik Tuo tour, visiting Telun Berasap Waterfall, tea plantation. Afterward continued by trekking to Lake Gunung Tujuh, which the highest lake in sumatra Island (it’s about 2.000m from the above sea level). Then trek back to Kersik Tuo. Lunch box will be provided en route. Dinner and overnight at lodge. Day 03 KERSIK TUO – PADANG (BLD) After breakfast, drive back to Padang. Lunch en route. Accommodation and dinner at hotel in Padang. Day 04 PADANG – AIRPORT (B) Breakfast at hotel. At appropriate time transfer to the airport for your next flight leaving for next destination.

Rate Per Person Minimum Participant Single Supplement US$ 675.00 2 Persons US$ 275.00 Price includes Accommodation based on twin sharing, 3 x breakfast, 3 x lunch and 3 x dinner, sightseeing transfers and tours with AC minivan, Guide, entrance, parking, donation fees. Price excludes Airline tickets, airport taxes, personal expenses and others are not mentioned above. Accommodation provided : * Kersik Tuo/Kerinci : Simple Lodge. * Padang : Hotel Bumi Minang (4 stars) or similar.

Gunung Kerinci or Mount Kerinci is located on West sumatra closed to the city of Padang the capital city of West sumatra or known also as the land of Minangkabau. The island of sumatra has the mountain chain called Bukit Barisan means the procession of mountains or more precisely as mountain chain with many peaks along the chain which is around 1200 kms long. One peak is on west sumatra with dense tropical forest known as home of various wild animals such as the famous sumatran tiger, deer, wild pigs, and many kind of birds. A big flower called Raflesia is also can be found in the forest of this mountain. An adventure trip to Mount Kerinci can be organized from Padang city with the sample of itinerary as mentioned above. Most people taking this adventure trip would like to trace the tiger, but so far it is hard to be found since their population is believed to have been decreasing steadily due to the illegal hunting. To see the tiger one might have to be patient to stay for many nights peeping in the forest. Our expert can explain how to see the tigers in their habitat. Kerinci Seblat is one of sumatra ‘s largest National Park, encompassing a 345 km long strip of mountainous uplands in the Bukit Barisan Range, parallel to the West Coast of sumatra. The scenery is among the most spectacular on the island, dominated by volcanic cones that include Mt. Kerinci at 3.800 meters high, the highest mountain in the west Indonesia. Altogether the park covers an area of almost 15.000 sq. km spread across four provinces; West sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu and South sumatra. It was set up to preserve the unique habitats to the South of Lake Toba, in the same way that Gunung Leuser park preserves a representative portion of habitats north of the Lake. The massive volcanic eruption which formed Lake Toba about 100,000 years ago laid waste to such a vast area in between that a biological barrier was created separating populations in the northern and southern parts of the island. Today there are significant differences between the wildlife of the two areas; the white-handed gibbon, for instance, only exists at the north of Lake Toba, while the dark handed gibbon is found only to the south. The same applies to many birds; 17 species live only to the north, while 10 are found only at the south of lake Toba. Kerinci Seblat is home to most of the largest sumatra mammals including rhinos, tigers, elephants, sun bears and tapirs, which only live in the south. It also has several endemic mammals, including Giant sumatra rat and the sumatra rabbit. The eagle serow, a black mountain goat, lives on forest inaccessible lime stone hills in the park, sometimes quite close to cultivated areas. Persistent stories of short, hairy people known as orang pendek exist among local people; it is possible that these tales arose from sightings of sun bears in the poor forest light, or from a folk memory of orangutans, which one lived in southern sumatra

 

BUKIT BARISAN NATIONAL PARK SELATAN

Wildlife and adventure opportunities:
Wild Life:Sumatran Tiger, Sun Bear, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Malayan Tapir, Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran Serow, Siamang, Agile Gibbon, Clouded Leopard, Wild Dog, Reticulated Python, Water Monitor, Green Turtle and Leatherback Turtle Adventure:Trekking, Marine Tour, Swimming, Boating, Camping and Kayaking/Canoeing
Where is Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park:
Region: Location:Tanggamus, West Lampung, South Bengkulu Regencies, Lampung and Bengkulu Provinces, Indonesia
When & how to get to Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park:
Best Time to Visit:01-Jan to 31-Aug Getting There:There are four possibilities to enter the Park. Permits are available from the PHPA office in Kota Agung. For Liwa you can get permit in the rayon office in Liwa. Kubu Perahu Kubu Perahu is attainable from Bandar Lampung (station Rajabasa). Take bus with destination Liwa or Krui. Kubu Perahu lies 6km from Liwa. Suwoh more difficult access because part of the road to the park is not metalled. For Suwoh take bus from Bandar Lampung (station Rajabasa) to Kota Agung. From Kota Agung minibuses go to Sedaya. From Sedaya take an ojek (motorcycle) to Suwoh. This trip is only possible during the dry season. Sukaraja Atas Sukaraja Atas is as difficult to reach as Suwoh. For Sukaraja travel the same way to Sedaya. From Sedaya take an ojek to Sukaraja Atas. Tampang-Belimbing is the most developed area of the park. Take bus from Bandar Lampung to Kota Agung. In Kota Agung go to the harbour by minibus and take boat along the coast to Tampang. The boat-trip will take 5-7 hours. Nearest Town: Bandar Lampung Nearest Airport:Telukbetung Nearest Railway Station:

WAY KAMBAS

Way Kambas is an Elephant training Camp
Way Kambas National Park is a large national park covering 1,300 square kilometres in Lampung province, South Sumatra, Indonesia.Located in East of Lampung province and the eastern part facing to Sunda strait.Take 1 hr From Bandar Lampung. 

Way Kambas consists of swamp forest and lowland rain forest, but was extensively logged before becoming a reserve in 1972 so there is little primary forest. The reserve still has a few Sumatran Tigers and reasonable numbers of elephants. It is also provides excellent birdwatching, with the rare White-winged Duck among the species present. Accommodation is available at the village of Way Kanan, where there is a small guest house.

Another special feature of this national park is the Sumatran Rhino still present in the area. Only 275 remain in South East Asia today. In Way Kambas a managed breeding center or Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) has been build up in 1995. At this moment 5 Sumatran Rhinos live at the Sanctuary, most have been translocated from zoos to the large enclosures (with natural habitat) at the SRS.
Habitat
Much of the park is dominated by a mosaic of Imperata cylindrica grassland and secondary forest habitat types, primarily a result of intensive logging operations in the past, but maintained by frequent fires and seasonal flooding. A central core area of the park is characterised by relatively intact primary tropical rainforest.

Access
There are four possibilities to enter the park.
Rajabasa station in Bandar Lampung (Tanjung Karang) to Way Kambas, also named Plang Hijau. The trip will take 2-3 hours (100 km). Panjang station in Bandar Lampung to Sribawono (1 hour). In Sribawono get on a bus to Way Jepara (1 hour) and from there with a minibus to Plang Hijau. Rajabasa station to Metro (1 hour) and from Metro to Way Jepara. Merak ferry terminal in Bakaheni, where the ferry from Java arrives, to Plang Hijau.

Permits for the park are available at the entrance in Plang Hijau.

Accomodation
In Way Kanan, in the park, are some simple bungalows. You should bring food.

Trekking
Plang Hijau-Way Kanan (13 km) 3 hours From Way Kanan, by boat along the rivier Way Kanan to the river mouth in Kuala Kambas

Flora
A large part of the park is overgrown with Serdang Palms (Livistona hasselti). The lowland forest consists mainly of trees from the Dipterocarpacea family.

Fauna
Because of the vast areas of grass-land, Way Kambas is a reserve where you can easily spot the animals.

Animals
Sumatran Elephant (a lot of them are very dangerous due to ill-treatment in the adjacent elephant training school!), Siamang, White-handed Gibbon, Long-tailed Macaque, Pig-tailed Macaque, Silvered Leaf Monkey, Malayan Tapir, Lesser Mousedeer, Large Mousedeer, Barking Deer, Malayan Sunbear, Wild Boar, Wild Dog, Sumatran Tiger, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Clouded Leopard, Pangolin, Temminck’s Golden Cat, Leopard Cat, Agile Gibbon, Common Otter.

Reptiles
False Ghavial, Estuarine Crocodile.

Birds
White-winged Wood-duck, Masked Finfoot, Milky Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Asian Dowitcher, Storm’s Stork, White-bellied Sea-eagle, Brahminy Kite, Grey-headed Fish-eagle, Lesser Fish-eagle, Osprey.

The Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is a subspecies of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). It is the biggest land animal in Indonesia and is found only on the island of Sumatra. They are found in the island’s forests at altitudes of 1 750 m, but they prefer to live in lowland forests. They also have a large home range; they move from the mountain area to the coastal lowland forest during the dry season and then retreat to the hills when the rainy season comes.

A number of factors, such as forest fires, human resettlement, logging, timber estates, plantations, agriculture expansion, shifting cultivation, and road building commonly cause the fragmentation and degradation of the island’s elephant habitat. These activities, which are increasing year by year, have resulted in a rapidly shrinking elephant habitat and are responsible for the increase in the number of conflicts between elephants and humans each year.

Since the 1980s, the Indonesian Government has tried to solve this conflict by three main activities:
1. First, population management (Tata Liman). This involves moving or translocating elephants from the fragmented or degraded habitat to a more suitable habitat. Every year, until the current fiscal year, the government has allocated a budget for translocating solitary, isolated or troublesome elephants.
2. Second, elephant empowerment (Bina Liman). This involves habitat rehabilitation, fencing, community education/extension, and training troublesome elephants to participate in human activities.
3. Third, utilization of trained elephants from the Elephant Training Centres (Guna Liman). This involves using domesticated elephants for forestry, agriculture and recreation activities.

The Sumatran elephant, the smallest of the Asian elephants, is facing serious pressures arising from illegal logging and associated habitat loss and fragmentation in Indonesia. The island’s elephant population has come under increasing threat from rapid forest conversion to plantations. As forests shrink, elephants are increasingly closer to fields and cultivated land, generating conflict with humans that often result in the death of the elephants by poisoning or capture, as well as economic losses to humans.

Sebesi island ,fact of the Krakatau erupt explosion.

Sebesi (also Sebeezee, or ‘Bleezie’)(2825 m) is an island in the Sunda Strait,45 menit by boat from Krakatau and 1 hr from Kalianda,it’s between Java and Sumatra. It lies about 12 km to the north of the Krakatoa Islands and is the closest large island, about the same area and height as the remmant of Rakata. Like Krakatoa, it too is volcanic, although there are no dated eruptions known. (A single report of an eruption in 1680 seems to be a confusion with the Krakatoa eruption reported from that year.) Unlike the Krakatoas, Sebesi has permanent streams and is inhabited.

Sebesi was devastated during the 1883 volcanic eruption of Krakatoa (Indonesia). Official records give approximately 3,000 people killed, with 1000 of these being ‘non-residents’.

By 1890, Sebesi was being re-cleared. It is believed that since it lies closer to Sumatra, it has served as a ‘stepping stone’ for much of the flora and fauna which was reestablished at Krakatoa. By the 1920s, settlers had returned, and today Sebesi is virtually completely cultivated, with only a small area at the peak and some mangrove swamps still natural.Sebesi one of main destiantion for scuba diver ,and nice to visit with easily from either Java and Sumatra.

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