Way Kambas National Park

Way Kambas National Park is representative of lowland forest ecosystem consisting of freshwater swamp forest, meadow alang-alang/semak shrub, and coastal forests in Sumatra.

Plant species in national parks, among other fires (Avicennia marina), Pidada (Sonneratia sp.), Palm (Nypa fruticans), Gelam (Melaleuca leucadendron), salam (Syzygium polyanthum), mire (Glochidion borneensis), ketapang (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 including Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis) Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), tapir (Tapirus indicus), coyotes (Cuon alpinus sumatrensis), gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus syndactylus); 406 forest bird species including ducks (Cairina scutulata), yarn clothing stork (Ciconia episcopus stormi), storks barrels (Leptoptilos javanicus), sempidan blue (Lophura ignita), pheasants (Argusianus argus argus), pecuk snake ( Anhinga melanogaster); various types of reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects.

Wild elephants are trained at the Elephant Training Center (9 miles from the gate signpost Ijo) can be used as elephant riding, attractions, transport timber and plow the fields. At the elephant training center, can be witnessed coaches educate and train wild elephants, elephants playing football watching attractions, dancing, shaking hands, respectful, draping flower, tug of war, swimming and many other attractions.

Elephant training center was established in 1985. To date has succeeded in educating and tame elephants about 290 birds.

Some locations / attractions to visit:
Karangsari Elephant Training Center. Elephant attraction. Way Kambas. Right berkemah.Way activities. Research and breeding of the Sumatran rhinoceros with a natural laboratory facilities and guesthouses peneliti.Rawa Kali Blue Elephant Swamp, and Kuala Kambas. Right Way scour the river, observing animals (duck woods, egrets, deer, migratory birds), meadows and mangrove forests.

Cultural attractions outside the Park: Krakatoa Festival in July in Bandar Lampung.
The best visiting season: July to s / d of September each year.

How to reach the location:

How to reach the location: Bandar Lampung-Metro-Way Jepara using the car for about two hours (112 miles), Metro-Branti-Way Jepara approximately one hour 30 minutes (100 miles), Bakauheni-Long-Sribawono-Way Jepara about three hours (170 km), Bakauheni-Labuan-Way Kambas Meringgai about two hours.

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