Way Kambas National Park

Way Kambas National Park is representative of lowland forest ecosystem consisting of freshwater swamp forests, desert shrub alang-alang/semak, and coastal forests in Sumatra. Plant species in national parks include those fires (Avicennia marina), Sonneratia (Sonneratia sp.), Palm (Nypa fruticans), absorbed (Melaleuca leucadendron), salam (Syzygium polyanthum), mire (Glochidion borneensis), ketapan (Terminalia cattapa), sea pine (Casuarina equisetifolia), pandan (Pandanus sp.), puspa (Schima wallichii), meranti (Shorea sp.), oil (Dipterocarpus gracilis), and ramin (Gonystylus bancanus). Way Kambas National Park has 50 species of mammals such as Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis), Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), tapirs (Tapirus indicus), coyote (Cuon alpinus sumatrensis), gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus syndactylus); 406 bird species including ducks forest (Cairina scutulata), yarn and clothing stork (Ciconia episcopus stormi), stork barrels (Leptoptilos javanicus), Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita), Bornean Peacock (Argusianus argus argus), Pecuk snake ( Anhinga melanogaster); different types of reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects. Wild elephants are trained in the Elephant Training Center (9 km from the gate of the gate Ijo) can be used as an elephant upside, attractions, transportation of wood and plow the fields. At the elephant training center, can be seen trainers educate and train wild elephants, elephant watching ball games, dancing, shaking hands, respect, put a flower, pull the rope, swimming and many other attractions. Elephant training center was established in 1985. So far has managed to educate and about 290 elephants.