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Ujung Kulon & South West Straits
Ujung Kulon Park offers visitors a wide range of activities, from diving and snorkeling, jungle treks to some of the most un-spoilt beaches anywhere. Peucang island's beach is superb for swimming and shallow snorkeling reefs are also found all along the shore. For deeper snorkeling there are coral reefs to the east, midway between the island and mainland. Scuba diving areas are also found to the west and at several other locations off Peucang island Ujung Kulon is the last remaining viable natural refuge for Javan rhinoceros, for which the most recent estimate indicates a stable total population of about 60 individuals. Other notable mammals include carnivores, such as leopard, wild dog or dhole, Leopard Cat, Fishing Cat, Javan Mongoose, and several civets. |
Today Ujung Kulon National Park is one of the last remaining natural forests on Java. It consists of over 120k hectare and is one of the very few areas offering a profile of sea shore to mountain top tropical vegetation. The Park holds well over 700 species of plant life of which at least 57 are classified as rare in Java and perhaps the world.
