Baluran National Park

Baluran National Park is representative of a specific forest ecosystem dry on the island of Java, the type of savanna vegetation, mangrove forest, seasonal forest, forests, beaches, forests, mountains down, forests, swamps and forests, which is always green throughout the year. About 40 percent of savanna vegetation types dominate the area Baluran National Park. How well a location: Banyuwangi batangan with the distance-35 km, which was extended to Bekol time with 45 minutes (12 km) or Situbondo-batangan with 60 km distance by car. Appointed as a national park since 1980 with a broad area around 25,000 ha. The administrative government including District I dati Situbondo Province East Java. Circumstances topography varies from flat to hilly with the highest peak G. Baluran (± 1247 m dpl). Where the height between 0-1247 m, Monsoon climate with rainfall between 900-1600 mm / year and the air temperature between 27 ° - 30 ° Celsius. Have the natural savanna (± 40% of the area), mangrove forest, coastal, brackish / swamp and season. Baluran typical plant is Widoro bekol (Zyzyphus rotundifolia) and other plants that like acid (Tamarindus indica), Gadung (Dioscorea hispida), Candlenut (Aleuritas moluccana), Gebang (Corypha Utan) and others. There are 155 types of birds that are rare among other needle swallow tails (Hirundapus caudutus), Banteng (Bos javanicus), Ajag (Cuon alpinus), Kijang (Muntiacus muntjak), Bird peacock (Pavo muticus), forest Chicken (Gallus sp.) spotted tiger (Felis pardus), mangrove Cats (Felis viverrina) and others.