Indecon - Indonesian Ecotourism Center

" Ecotourism is responsible travel to protected natural areas, as well as to unprotected natural areas, which conserves the natural & cultural environment and improves the welfare of local people"
(INDECON, January 1996)

50 National Parks

A unique amrine biodiversity hotspot, the Wallaecea region 28,000 flora species of animals, including the endangered orang utans of Sumatra and Borneo, the unique giant lizard of Komodo,
the horned java rhinoceros and the last tigers of Sumatra.

List of the Park:

Tangkahan, Gunung Leuser
Kerinci Seblat
Way Kambas
Siberut
Bukit Barisan Selatan
Ujung Kulon
Gunung Halimun
Bodogol, Gunung Gede Pangrango
Karimun Jawa
Bromo Tengger Semeru
Baluran
Alas Purwo
Tanjung Puting
Kutai National Park
Bukit Baka Bukit Raya
Gunung Palung
Sangalaki
Kutai
Bali Barat
Wakatobi
Bunaken
Gunung Rinjani
Komodo
Togean Island
Tangkoko Duasaudara

KERINCI SEBLAT NATIONAL PARK

Kerinci Seblat National Park is Sumatra’s largest national park, which sprawls across four provinces. It is home to rhinos, tigers, elephants, bears and the mysterious orang pendek. The Scenery is magnificent, dominated by volcanic cones, including the highest peak in western Indonesia, Mount Kerinci. Lake Kerinci is the best place to see the park’s famous birdlife: hornbills, banded-broadbills and drongos, whose tails give the illusion that the bird is constantly being chased by two black butterflies. Ecotourism is the most promising income generator that involves the local people while at the same time preserves Kerinci Seblat National Park.

How to get there
The shortest approach to Sungaipenuh (the main town and transport hub) is from the West Sumatran capital of Padang. The journey will take 8 hours via the coast road.