Baluran National Park is a national park in Indonesia, located in the territory Banyuputih, and Wongsorejo Situbondo, Banyuwangi (north), East Java, Indonesia. The name of the national park is named after the mountain located in this area, namely Mount Baluran. Gate to enter the Baluran National Park is located at 7 ° 55'17.76 "S and 114 ° 23'15.27" E. This national park consists of savannah vegetation types, mangrove forest, monsoon forest, coastal forest, lower montane forest, swamp forest and evergreen forests throughout the year. Savannah vegetation types dominate Baluran National Park which is about 40 percent of the total land area.
Baluran National Park is the largest savanna in Java with animal and plant species are diverse. A visit to this location makes you seoalah are in Africa. That is why the National Park is often referred to as his African Indonesia.
Here you'll be treated to a view of a herd of deer running towards the pool of water to drink, the peacock spread its tail, hordes of buffaloes and elephants, dozens of eagles that fly to foraging until the monkey hanging in a tree. The scenery is exactly as you can find in Africa.
In addition to the hordes of animals that are free to move in the wild you will also be treated to a view of 444 native plant species typical as Widoro bukol (Ziziphus rotundifolia), and neem (Azadirachta indica). The third plant is a plant species that is able to adapt to very dry conditions. When other plants have started to dry, the third species is still green.
In addition to 444 species of plants, here too there are 26 species of mammals and 155 species of birds. Mammals that live in Baluran National Park is like bison, deer, leopards, deer, cats and mangroves. There are also some rare birds such as kites fire, tuwuk / Asian Koel, red jungle fowl, hornbill, hornbills, and the stork casks.
Baluran National Park is representative of the dry forest ecosystem in Java with the type of savanna vegetation, mangrove forest, monsoon forest, coastal forest, lower montane forest, swamp forest, and forest green. 40 percent of savannah vegetation dominates the park.
The road leading to the Baluran National Park is very convenient because it was paved and a traffic lane that connects the province of Bali, Banyuwani to Surabaya so that those who are in the nearby towns can access easily.
The road leading to the Baluran National Park is very convenient because it was paved and a traffic lane that connects the province of Bali, Banyuwani to Surabaya so that those who are in the nearby towns can access easily.
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