KERINCI SEBLAT NATIONAL PARK
Kerinci Seblat
National Park is the largest National Park in Sumatra Indonesia covering
1.5 million hectares. Parts of the park are in West Sumatra and South
Sumatra. In this national park, live up to 129 species of birds, 36
mammalians with 24 protected, 10 species of reptiles, 6 species of
amphibians, and 8 species of primates. There are also 4000 floras
dominated by family of Dipterocarpaceae. Some of these are highly
endangered, especially the animals like Sumatera Rhinoceros
(Dicerorhinus sumatraensis), Wild Mountain Goat (Capricornis
sumatraensis), Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatraensis), Sumatran
Elephant (Elephanus maximus sumatranus), Dead Flower (Amorphophallus
titanum) and also the largest flower in the world, Rafflesia Flower
(Rafflesia arnoldi). Ecologically, Kerinci Seblat National Park is a
conservation area with prime complete ecosystem, starting from low
rainforest area, up to sub-alpine area. Some areas may represent high
wetland like Peat Lake, freshwater swamp and volcanogenic lake.
MOUNT KERINCI
Mount Kerinci is the highest
volcano in Indonesia, and the highest peak in Sumatra.It is located in
Province of Jambi, the west central part of the island, in the
Pegunungan/Bukit Barisan, near the west coast, and is about 130 km (81
mi) south of Padang. It is the most prominent feature of the terrain of
Kerinci Seblat National Park, with pine-forested slopes rising
2,400-3,300 metres above the surrounding basin, and a cone 13 km (8 mi)
wide and 25 km (16 mi) long at the base, elongated in the north-south
direction. At the summit there is a deep 600 m (1,969 ft) wide crater,
often partially filled with green-yellow water.Kerinci is more active
than most Indonesian volcanoes, with nearly annual phreatic eruptions.
Kerinci last erupted in 2004, and continues to spew clouds of sulphurous
smoke, with plumes reaching as high as 1,000 m (3,281 ft) above the
summit. While there is farmland in the area, and a tea plantation on its
southern slope, Kerinci, being located in an Indonesian national park,
and perhaps out of respect for its frequent growlings as well, sits in
an area that is sparsely populated by Indonesian population-density
standards.Kerinci can be climbed from the village of Kersik Tuo, 6 or 7
hours away from Padang by car or bus. The climb and descent normally
takes 3 days and 2 nights, if you choose to go to the summit. You may
also choose to go up only till Camp 2 or 2.5, skipping the summit
attempt which is a night climb; and take 2 days and 1 night instead. As
of November 2007, the alert level for Kerinci was raised to Level 2-
Orange, due to black smog seen coming out of the crater. But climbing
the volcano is still relatively safe and allowed; though you may not
climb any further than 1km to the crater. Kerinci’s terrain consists of
thick jungle, it can get muddy and slippery even if there are only mild
drizzles, which may occur occasionally even during the dry season. To
climb the volcano you need a guide, for there have been rare cases of
people disappearing after attempting to trek alone.
WEH ISLAND
Weh is a beautiful island located at
the north western tip of Sumatra. It presents the western most part of
the Indonesian archipelago – the world’s largest, stretching some 4.000
km to the east. The great attraction of this small island is its scenic
beauty. Weh’s rugged terrain, rocky caves, harbour views, hillside
lookouts, marvellous beaches, and sleepy traditional villages all attest
to these. The island of Weh is surrounded by other smaller islands
including Klah, Rubiah, Seulako, and Rondo. Together, all these islands
cover an area of 154 square kilometers with the population concentrated
on the main island of Weh. Among the smaller island, Rubiah is the most
well known. This small 17 Ha island was once the site of a special
hospital for psychic therapy, and thereafter an important location of
quarantine for Indonesian Muslims performing their pilgrimage of Hajj to
Mecca. Since then this tiny island has been made famous by the
spectacular coral reefs that surrounded it.
MOUNT KRAKATAU
The island group of Krakatoa (or
Krakatau) lies in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. Krakatoa
is infamous for its violent Plinian eruption in 1883, that destroyed the
previous volcanic edifice and enlarged its caldera. Collapse of the
former volcanic edifice, perhaps in 416 AD, had formed a 7-km-wide
caldera. Remnants of this ancestral volcano are preserved in Verlaten
and Lang Islands; subsequently Rakata, Danan and Perbuwatan volcanoes
were formed, coalescing to create the pre-1883 Krakatoa island. Caldera
collapse during the catastrophic 1883 eruption destroyed Danan and
Perbuwatan volcanoes, and left only a remnant of Rakata volcano. This
eruption, the 2nd largest in Indonesia during historical time (the most
violent being the eruption of Tambora in 1815), caused more than 36,000
fatalities, most as a result of devastating tsunamis that swept the
adjacent coastlines of Sumatra and Java. Pyroclastic surges traveled 40
km across the Sunda Strait and reached the Sumatra coast. After a
quiescence of less than a half century, the post-collapse cone of Anak
Krakatoa (”Child of Krakatoa”) was constructed within the 1883 caldera
at a point between the former cones of Danan and Perbuwatan. Anak
Krakatau has been the site of frequent eruptions since 1927.
WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK
Way Kambas National
Park is a large national park covering 1,300 square kilometres in
Lampung province, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Way Kambas consists of swamp
forest and lowland rain forest, but was extensively logged before
becoming a reserve in 1972 so there is little primary forest. The
reserve still has a few Sumatran Tigers and reasonable numbers of
elephants. It is also provides excellent birdwatching, with the rare
White-winged Duck among the species present. Accommodation is available
at the village of Way Kanan, where there is a small guest house. Another
special feature of this national park is the Sumatran Rhino still
present in the area. Only 275 remain in South East Asia today. In Way
Kambas a managed breeding center or Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) has
been build up in 1995. At this moment 5 Sumatran Rhinos live at the
Sanctuary, most have been translocated from zoos to the large enclosures
(with natural habitat) at the SRS.
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