Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve is famous for its mountains of marble stone by local people called Faut Kanaf or stone name. This tourist area is about 140 km northeast of the city of Kupang and an area of approximately 12,000 hectares. This nature reserve inhabited by one of the oldest tribes in the province of Ethnic Dawan.
Mutis Mountains Tourism Region has a type of vegetation which is representative of a homogeneous forest highlands. This area is also dominated by various types Ampupu (Eucalyptus urophylla) and sandalwood (Santalum album). Apart from the two plant species, there are various other types such as ferns, grasses.
Fauna of this region is equally rich. In this area, visitors can see deer (Cervus timorensis), polecat, timor monitor lizard (Varanus timorensis), Timor python (Python timorensis), pigeon Timor (Treon psittacea), parakeet Timor (Apromictus jonguilaceus), Timor Imperial-pigeon (Ducula cineracea) , etc..
Another interesting thing to watch is how the indigenous tribes of this region take advantage of branches and twigs of trees to build houses for the forest bees producing honey.
Tourism Regions Mount Mutis Nature Reserve is located in the subdistrict of North Mollo, South Central Timor regency.
To reach Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve area can be achieved through three channels, ie from the south, east and north. From the south and east through the South Central Timor District, where after arriving in the When (City of North Molo District) path to the location of Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve consists of two direction ie, south toward the Village Fatumnasi (49 km from Soe, TTS District Municipality) , and eastwards through Bonleu Village (30 km from SoE, City TTS). While from the north through the North Central Timor regency.
Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve Area is located in the northwestern part of Timor island, is administratively Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve located in two districts of South Central Timor regency and East North Central.
Overall topography Mutis Forest Group is heavy with hilly to mountainous relief and a state tilted to steep slopes. While the state of the field area of Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve and surrounding undulating to mountainous, most of the territory has a slope of 60% and above. The highest peak is Mount Mutis with an altitude of 2427 meters above sea level.
Geological formations in the Group of Mutis Forest - Timau (Timor Island), partly composed of the series Sonebait and a small portion of the Series Kekneno. Schist rock crystal, rocks Medium Wet, Wet rocks, rocks and Paleogene sediments Meogen.
Soil types found in the area consists of Mutis Timau complex lands with mountains of complex forms and soil types mediterium to form fold mountains.
Gunung Mutis and surrounding areas are the wettest areas on the island of Timor, the rain fell almost every month with the highest frequency of rainfall occurs during November to July, temperatures range between 14'C - 29'C, and in extreme conditions can decrease up to 9'C. High-speed high winds occurred in November until March.
Condition of rain fell almost every month throughout the year, allowing the region of Mount Mutis Nature Reserve has become the main water source for three Watershed (DAS) on the island of Timor is Noelmina and Benain Noel Noel in the southern and northern Fail. Flow of the river drainage patterns dendritis (Mina and Noel Noel Benain) as a result of the complexity of the surface in the south and parallel patterns (Noel Fail) due to a relatively uniform slope in the north.
There are six villages immediately adjacent to the Nature Reserve of Mount Mutis Tutem Village, Bonleu, Pineapple, Nuapin, Nunbena and Fatumnasi.
Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve Area and surrounding areas including the rain forest type that is relatively homogenous and dominated by species Ampupu (Eucalyptus Urophylla). Another type is prominent after Ampupu Podocarpus sp, casuarinas junghuniana Mig and Celtis Wightii Planch forming a second layer beneath the canopy canopy Ampupu.
Vertically forest area of Mount Mutis Nature Reserve can be seen made up of three layers of tree canopies. The top layer as high as 35-45 meters, the second layer between 15-25 meters and third layers form a small clump of trees with a height of 2-5 meters.
Each layer is dominated by a particular type, the top layer of trees generally Ampupu (Eucalyptus Urophylla), the second layer by Tune tree (Podocarpus sp) and Celtis Wiqhtii Planch, while the third layer is the Belta type Natwon (Daphiniphyllum Glancescens BI) spread evenly at the bottom.
In general it can be said that the observation of relatively homogeneous forest location and grow naturally. This can be seen from the small number of tree species recorded in the sample plot area of 1 ha. Apart from a very small number of species, tegakannya also dominated by one type of tree. From the sample plots recorded 15 tree species, Eucalyptus urophylla with dominant species that have significant value
Although this forest is homogenous unlike tropical rain forest, tree density was realtif. Limited number of observations in site, other than due to a relatively broad sample of small plot also allegedly caused by the rather extreme circumstances. These circumstances limit the number of species able to adapt to the local area. Circumstances are alleged as the barrier surface topography, wind pressure, temperature, weather conditions, zoning livestock activities, logging and agricultural practices to move around.
Not unlike the state tree, Belta location is also less number of species and dominated by one particular type. Of the sample plot size of 10m x 10m Belta there are only nine species recorded. The most dominant types are Daphniphyllum Glaucescens.
Ampupu tree has a shallow root system although this plant can reach a diameter of more than two meters high and 45 meters, a result easily uprooted trees when blown by strong winds.
At the bottom of the tree stands Ampupu slightly open and overgrown with grass species. In Gunung Mutis Nature Reserve area looks no meadows covered with shrubs and even trees datau other herbs. Grasslands are mainly cattle grazing around the area residents
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