Taman Nasional Baluran
Taman Nasional Baluran terletak di wilayah Banyuputih, Situbondo, tepatnya berada di sebelah utara Kabupaten Banyuwangi. Taman nasional ini merupakan perwakilan ekosistem hutan di Pulau Jawa yang cenderung kering, seperti savana, hutan mangrove, hutan musim, hutan pantai dan hutan rawa.
Nama Baluran untuk taman nasional ini diambil dari gunung yang berada di kawasan ini yaitu gunung Baluran. Taman Nasional ini memiliki sekitar 444 jenis tumbuhan dan di antaranya merupakan tumbuhan asli yang khas dan mampu beradaptasi dalam kondisi yang sangat kering. Sedangkan untuk satwa, terdapat 26 jenis satwa yang tinggal di di kawasan ini, diantaranya banteng yang merupakan ikon dari taman nasional ini, kerbau liar, kijang, rusa, macan tutul, kancil dan kucing bakau. Selain itu, juga terdapat 155 spesies burung yang hidup di kawasan ini.
Taman Nasional Baluran memiliki beberapa pos pengamatan yang bisa dikunjungi dan memiliki keistimewaan sebagai sub obyek wisata di dalam Baluran. Seperti: Batangan; di sini terdapat goa peninggalan masa kolonial Jepang, makam putri Maulana Malik Ibrahim dan pengunjung juga bisa melihat atraksi tarian burung merak di saat musim kawin.
Bekol Savannah
Bekol dan Semiang adalah pos untuk pengamatan satwa seperti ayam hutan, merak, rusa, banteng, kerbau liar dan burung dimana terdapat menara pandang untuk mengawasi.
Pantai Bama
Bama, Balanan dan Bilik adalah beberapa pantai di sekitar taman nasional ini yang bisa dimanfaatkan untuk memancing, snorkling ataupun melihat perkelahian rusa jantan atau kawanan kera abu-abu memancing kepiting ketika laut surut. Sebuah fenomena alam yang tidak setiap hari bisa kita lihat.
Saebus Island, Kangean Archipelago
Saebus Island Pulau Saebus is an island in Kangean archipelago, and it administratively located in Sumenep Regency, Madura, East Java, Indonesia. The nearest places to Pulau Saebus are Pulau Saur (6 km west), Pulau Bangkan (6 km north), Pulau Sasiil (7 km east), and Sapeken (9 km north). Saebus island is having magnificent sea world, with the Anemone kingdom that can be seen in sloping sea. To reach Saebus island, it can be start from Surabaya to Madura and crossing to Kangean islands. It can also be start from Bali…
Setancak Waterfall – Situbondo
Setancak Waterfall Setancak waterfall is located in Mojosari village, Asembagus district, Situbondo. It can be reach for about 3-4 hours from the centre of Situbondo. The name of Setancak is taken from Madurese language, which means the water that spout out from the ground. the most attractive panorama in this waterfall is can be seen only at 6 A.M and 5 P.M. it said that, Setancak waterfall is a place for those swallows to take a bath. www.eastjava.com
The Mountain Shade At Bekol Savannah, Situbondo
Bekol Savannah Bekol savannah, is located about 12 km from the entrance Baluran National park, Situbondo regency. You will see the activity of flock deer and dows, bulls, birds and more in the morning. While, in the afternoon those are set to back to their sanctuaries. You can also see the activity of those animals’ behavior from the high. The safari nuance at Bekol Savannah is seems like having safari journey at wild life Africa. There are numbers of endemic flora and fauna that live along the prairie and the…
Baluran National Park Is In Situbondo, Not Africa
Baluran National Park Baluran national park is a forest preservation area that extends about 25.000 ha on the north coast of East Java. It located in Sumberwaru village, Banyuwangi district, Situbondo, precisely on the east border of Java Island. The visitors that come to Baluran national park will experience the exotic panorama of Savannah and mount Baluran, which is inactive volcano and inhabited by exotic animals like wild pigs, deer, peacocks, wild chicken, some species of monkeys and also bulls as the protected animals in the area. Moreover, you can…
