Indigineous Ecotourism in Gunung Halimun National Park

 Culture, EcoDestination, Ecotourism  No Responses »
Dec 292011
 

Gunung Halimun National Park, The Mountains of the Mist, a largest remaining rain forest in Java.

Gunung Halimun National Park, Sundanese for “The Mountains of the Mist”, is the largest remaining primary lowland forest in Java. Each year visitors come to Gunung Halimun to explore mountainous terrain, canyons, rivers and waterfalls, natural hot springs, tropical forests and tea plantations at the center of the Park.

Established in 1992, the Park is a nirvana for the native wildlife of West Java with an abundance of untouched wildlife and stunning scenery. Comprising an area of approximately 40,000 hectares, the Park is home to more than 200 species of endemic, rare and common birds such as the endangered Javan Hawk Eagle, as well as several species of primates, including the endangered Javan Gibbon, Javan Leaf-monkey and Black Leaf-monkey. Continue reading »

A Visit to Kupang’s Famous Fish Market

 EcoDestination  No Responses »
Dec 272011
 

At Kampung Solor night market, red snapper is the most popular choice. (JG Photo/Ade Mardiyati)

On the last day of a recent business trip to Kupang, in East Nusa Tenggara, I had some time to travel around the city before my afternoon flight back to Jakarta.

The night before I had arranged for Geby Djari, a local woman I met earlier in the trip, to pick me up in the morning so I could join her at the local fish market.

Geby, 31, runs a small business in Kupang selling ikan bakar , or grilled seafood. After living in Jakarta for more than 10 years, she returned home and is now a vendor at the famous Kampung Solor night market, where my travel group ate dinner one evening. Continue reading »

Samosir and The Geopark

 EcoDestination, Ecotourism  No Responses »
Dec 162011
 

Kayaking on Toba Lake

The Samosir district administration in North Sumatra will build a geopark worth Rp20 billion to add to the Lake Toba region’s marine tourism potentials, a local official said here Thursday as quoted by Antara.

He said the geopark would be built around a location that was formed by earth formation processes thousands of years ago and it would eventually be managed as a nature conservation and tourism area. Continue reading »

 Posted by at 7:54 am  Tagged with:

Rinjani: Towards to The World’s Geopark

 EcoDestination, Ecotourism, Environment  No Responses »
Nov 142011
 

Photo: Courtesy of Gunung Rinjani National Park

The Provincial Government of West Nusa Tenggara and four districts in Central Lombok island are in the middle of completing the proposed filing requirements Gunung Rinjani National Park (GRNP) to be defined as the world’s geopark.

“It’s attempted to be completed later this year in order to be forwarded to the National Committee on the Proposed Geopark Submission, in the beginning of 2012 to be followed up according to procedure and mechanism proposal,” said the Head of Planning and Development (Bappeda) province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Rosiady Sayuti, in Mataram on Saturday. Continue reading »

Gapang Beach: Backpacker’s Heaven on Earth

 EcoDestination  No Responses »
Nov 092011
 

With a great house reef in front of the diveshop and a couple of turtles living in the bay, Gapang beach is a perfect place for snorkeling and long relaxed shore dives.

Gapang Beach

Situated in Pulau Weh or Weh Island -  a small island off the northern tip of Sumatra. The northern most point of the Indonesian archipelago is known as kilometer zero,or KMZero – Gapang Beach is an unique beach, with white sand halfway around the bay, surrounded by large overhanging trees; the ‘Gapang’ trees. So you can choose to sit on the beach in the sun, or in the shade of these grand old trees.

Only 15 to 30 minutes drive from the town of Sabang you will be able to enjoying the beautiful scenery of the beach. From the ferry port at Balohan, Gapang beach can be reached by car in 45 minutes. Continue reading »

 Older Entries  Newer Entries