" 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:

  1. Tangkahan, Gunung Leuser
  2. Kerinci Seblat
  3. Way Kambas
  4. Siberut
  5. Bukit Barisan Selatan
  6. Ujung Kulon
  7. Gunung Halimun
  8. Bodogol, Gunung Gede Pangrango
  9. Karimun Jawa
  10. Bromo Tengger Semeru
  11. Baluran
  12. Alas Purwo
  13. Tanjung Puting
  14. Kutai National Park
  15. Bukit Baka Bukit Raya
  16. Gunung Palung
  17. Sangalaki
  18. Kutai
  19. Bali Barat
  20. Wakatobi
  21. Bunaken
  22. Gunung Rinjani
  23. Komodo
  24. Togean Island
  25. Tangkoko Duasaudara

UJUNG KULON NATIONAL PARK

This national park, located in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula, several offshore islands as well as the Krakatoa natural reserve. In addition to its natural beauty and geological interest - particularly for the study of inland volcanoes - it contains the largest remaining area of lowland rainforests in the Java plain. Several species of

How to get there
The southern Peninsula can be visited by boat from Kalianda or Kota Agung in Lampung to Belimbing area or by charter flight from Jakarta.