Mount Papandayan

Papandayan Mountain is situated on the island of Java, at 7°32' S and 107°73'E, rising 2.665 m. Papandayan Mountain is one of the natural wonder in West-Java. Papandayan is a complex strata volcano with four large summit craters, the youngest of which was breached to the NE by collapse during a brief eruption in 1772 and contains active fumarole fields.

Tasikmalaya 7.3 SR earthquake

lagi-lagi berita status di FB yang pertama kalil muncul, saya mengetahui ada gempa sebesar 7.3 SR dari teman2 yang berdomisili di Jakarta dan sekitarnya. Gempa terjadi kemarin sore (2 September) sekitar jam 15.00, selama 3-4 menit.

Ada beberapa teman saya yang kebetulan sedang online di YM langsung saya konfirmasi, katanya: "lagi goyang inul se-jakarta, hahahahahahah" masih bisa aja mbanyol...

Untuk meng-update berita langsung saya klik: www.kompas.com yang biasa saya browsing dan beritanya cepat dan akurat...heheheh (maklum di kantor ngak ada TV)

Rabu, 2 September 2009, 15:42 WIB Amril Amarullah

VIVAnews - Gempa berkekuatan 7,3 SR yang berpusat di Tasikmalaya, Jawa Barat, mengakibatkan sejumlah warga yang tengah berada di rumah dan perkantoran berhamburan keluar rumah.

Seperti yang dilaporkan tvone, Rabu 2 September 2009, sejumlah toko dan rumah maupun perkantoran mengalami kerusakan cukup parah, namun belum diketahui pasti jumlahnya.

Hanya saja, hingga kini warga belum berani masuk ke rumah mengingat di Tasik gempa susulan terjadi selama tiga kali, kurang lebih 5 menit kemudian, namun tidak sehebat gempa pertama yang berlangsung selama 10 menit.


ini berita terakhir hari ini:
Kamis, 3 September 2009 | 09:36 WIB
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Hingga Kamis (3/9) pagi, tercatat sebanyak 18.278 rumah di 10 kabupaten/kota yang terkena dampak Gempa Tasikmalaya rusak. Demikian data yang dihimpun dari situs Badan Nasional Pengembalian Bencana, Kamis (3/9).

Data yang masuk ke Pusat Pengendalian Operasi BNPB, Jakarta, menyebutkan, 8.885 unit rumah rusak berat dan 9.393 lainnya rusak ringan. Kerusakan terbesar tercatat di Kabupaten Ciamis. Di wilayah itu, 5.085 unit rumah rusak berat dan 6.211 rusak ringan.

Gempa berkekuatan 7,3 SR yang berpusat di Laut Hindia sekitar 142 km barat daya Kota Tasikmalaya itu juga menyebabkan 45 orang meninggal dunia, sedangkan ratusan orang terluka.

09:11 WIB
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Korban tewas akibat gempa bumi yang mengguncang Tasikmalaya, Jawa Barat, tercatat bertambah menjadi 45 orang.

Data yang diterima dari Bada Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana, Kamis (3/9) pagi, merinci, 10 orang meninggal di Kabupaten Cianjur, 9 di Garut, 2 di Sukabumi, 9 di Tasikmalaya, 8 di Bandung, 1 di Bandung Barat, 2 di Bogor, dan 4 di Ciamis.

Selain menyebabkan korban tewas, gempa berkekuatan 7,3 SR pada posisi 142 km barat daya Tasikmalaya itu juga menyebabkan ratusan orang terluka dan ribuan rumah rusak.

White Crater in Mount Patuha

Mt Patuha is located southwest of Bandung, Kawah Putih is a lake on this mountains is sometimes pale turquoise, or as it's name says 'white'. The direction is drive to Ciwidey.

Kawah Putih can easy be reached by car all the way to the rim and then it is a 100 metre walk to the lake it self. It is a very nice colorful lake. Far to the south of Bandung, the hill becomes greener. The fresh air flows through the bamboo trees marching along the way. Kawah Putih, The White Crater, is waiting for who want to contemplate there.

Two craters adorn the summit of Patuha Volcano. The dry crater of Kawah Patuha lies 600 meters northwest of Kawah Putih, a crater lake with approximately 8 meters of water depth. Kawah Putih Crater Lake represents a relatively stable volcanic system, with no records of magmatic or phreatic activity since A.D. 1600.

Surrounded by the tea plantation, Kawah Putih is a very prospectors tourist's destination in West Java - Indonesia. Located at about 30 km to the south of Bandung, Kawah putih is relatively easy to be reached. But, driving by your own car is recommended, it's convenience because along the way, you can stop by to just take a rest, or buy strawberry, which can be easily found in this area. Fresh and considerably

At the top of Mt. Patuha is a relatively Young crater, and on its southeastern, lower flank is another, picturesque crater lake called Kawah Putih (White Crater).

Besides the enchantment of natural panorama, the crater has a separate uniqueness that is the color of the crater is always fluctuate, sometimes the color is green apple when the sun heat. But often the color is white with a thick mist above surface of the crater. Kawah Putih is also dominated with a white stones that’s why this crater called white crater. About 5 km from the crater there are support facilities such as Punceling hot spring and track jogging.

This nature enchantment can be felt since the visitor in journey to the location entrance by through crop forest of Eucalyptus and nature forest with miscellaneous of species tropical rain forest which is can offers you a truly incredible vacation.

Mount Gede Pangrango National Park

Mount Gede Pangrango National Park is a national park in West Java, Indonesia. The park is centred on two volcanoes—Mount Gede (2,958 m) and Mount Pangrango (3,019 m)—and is 150 square kilometres in area.

It evolved from already existing conservation areas, such as Cibodas Nature Reserve, Cimungkat Nature Reseve, Situgunung Recreational Park and Mount Gede Pangrango Nature Reserve, and has been the site of important biological and conservation research over the last century.

Lower and upper montane and subalpine forests are within the park and have been well studied. To the north of Mount Gede is a field of Javanese Edelweiss (Anaphalis javanica). The park contains a large number of species known to occur only within its boundaries, however, this may be a result of the disproportionate amount of research over many years.

The area is two hours drive from the Indonesian national capital, Jakarta, usually via Cibodas Botanical Garden.

Mount Tangkuban Perahu

Tangkuban perahu is a volcano, 25 kilometers north of Bandung direction of Lembang. Its location is in between Sagalaherang village, Sagalaherang district, Subang regency and Cikole village, Lembang district, Bandung regency. This is Bandung's most famous tourist volcano just 28 km north of the city.

This volcano offers many places to see and explore. Whether we look into the huge crater or hike down into it, stroll through the forest on its slopes, or simply enjoy the splendid panoramic scenery. Mt. Tangkuban Perahu is an interesting destination that everyone in the Bandung area is fond of visiting. When seen from Bandung, Mt. Tangkuban Perahu has a distinctive shape, like an upside down boat.

Tangkuban Perahu means, in fact, "up-turned boat" This peculiar shape has stimulated the fantasy of the Sundanese people from early times as expressed in the Legend of Sangkuriang. Geologically, Mt. Tangkuban Perahu has played a significant role in the development of Parahyangan highlands.

Eruptions have contributed immensely to the hills north of Bandung through lava flowing into the valleys and hardening into rock, thus forming big cliffs over which waterfalls leap. Likewise, mud flows have formed a semi-circular cone of gentle gradient (what geologists call "a fan"), which is now a mass that blocked the valley of the ancient Citarum River near present day in Padalarang (some 18 km west of Bandung), this caused a lake to form covering the whole Bandung pla

Ujung Kulon National Park

This national park, located in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore islands and encompasses the natural reserve of Krakatoa. In addition to its natural beauty and geological interest. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 for containing the largest remaining lowland rainforest in Java.

Ujung Kulon which means West Point, possesses an exceptional profile of Indonesia's wilderness from forested mountain ranges to coral seas. What makes it even more remarkable is that the park remains a pristine haven of nature, on Java, one of the most densely populated island on earth.The park is 120,551 hectares are divided into 78,214 ha of land and 44,337 ha of surrounding reefs and sea.

It can roughly be separated into three areas, the triangular shaped Ujung Kulon Peninsula, the Gunung Honje Range to the east of the Peninsula's Isthmus and the Island of Panaitan to the north west.

It is also one of only two homes of the critically endangered Javan Rhinoceros. – particularly for the study of inland volcanoes – it contains the largest remaining area of lowland rainforests in the Java plain. Several species of endangered plants and animals can be found there, the Javan rhinoceros being the most seriously under threat.

Ujung Kulon's tropical maritime climate, somewhat cooler than inland areas of Java, produces an annual rainfall of approximately 3250 mm. Temperature range between 25° and 30° C with a humidity level generically between 80% and 90%. April to October are the drier months, particularly between July to October. During these months there are long periods of fine, calm weather with occasional spells of overcast skies, rain and rougher seas.


Taman Nasional yang terletak disebelah barat Pulau Jawa dan berada diwilayah Kabupaten Pandeglang ini merupakan merupakan perwakilan ekosistem hutan hujan tropis dataran rendah yang tersisa dan terluas di Jawa Barat, serta merupakan habitat yang ideal bagi kelangsungan hidup satwa langka badak Jawa (Rhinoceros sondaicus) dan satwa langka lainnya. Terdapat tiga tipe ekosistem di taman nasional ini yaitu ekosistem perairan laut, ekosistem rawa, dan ekosistem daratan. Untuk mengenal Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon, berikut ini kami tampilkan data dan informasinya.

Keanekaragaman tumbuhan dan satwa di Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon mulai dikenal oleh para peneliti, pakar botani Belanda dan Inggris sejak tahun 1820.

Kurang lebih 700 jenis tumbuhan terlindungi dengan baik dan 57 jenis diantaranya langka seperti; merbau (Intsia bijuga), palahlar (Dipterocarpus haseltii), bungur (Lagerstroemia speciosa), cerlang (Pterospermum diversifolium), ki hujan (Engelhardia serrata) dan berbagai macam jenis anggrek.

Satwa di Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon terdiri dari 35 jenis mamalia, 5 jenis primata, 59 jenis reptilia, 22 jenis amfibia, 240 jenis burung, 72 jenis insekta, 142 jenis ikan dan 33 jenis terumbu karang. Satwa langka dan dilindungi selain badak Jawa adalah banteng (Bos javanicus javanicus), ajag (Cuon alpinus javanicus), surili (Presbytis comata comata), lutung (Trachypithecus auratus auratus), rusa (Cervus timorensis russa), macan tutul (Panthera pardus), kucing batu (Prionailurus bengalensis javanensis), owa (Hylobates moloch), dan kima raksasa (Tridacna gigas).

Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon merupakan obyek wisata alam yang menarik, dengan keindahan berbagai bentuk gejala dan keunikan alam berupa sungai-sungai dengan jeramnya, air terjun, pantai pasir putih, sumber air panas, taman laut dan peninggalan budaya/sejarah (Arca Ganesha, di Gunung Raksa Pulau Panaitan). Kesemuanya merupakan pesona alam yang sangat menarik untuk dikunjungi dan sulit ditemukan di tempat lain.

Jenis-jenis ikan yang menarik di Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon baik yang hidup di perairan laut maupun sungai antara lain ikan kupu-kupu, badut, bidadari, singa, kakatua, glodok dan sumpit. Ikan glodok dan ikan sumpit adalah dua jenis ikan yang sangat aneh dan unik yaitu ikan glodok memiliki kemampuan memanjat akar pohon bakau, sedangkan ikan sumpit memiliki kemampuan menyemprot air ke atas permukaan setinggi lebih dari satu meter untuk menembak memangsanya (serangga kecil) yang berada di i daun-daun yang rantingnya menjulur di atas permukaan air.

Dermaga di Pulau Peucang

Rusa (Cervus timorensis) Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon bersama Cagar Alam Krakatau merupakan asset nasional, dan telah ditetapkan sebagai Situs Warisan Alam Dunia oleh UNESCO pada tahun 1991.

Untuk meningkatkan kemampuan pengelolaan Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon sebagai Situs Warisan Alam Dunia, UNESCO telah memberikan dukungan pendanaan dan bantuan teknis.

Masyarakat yang bermukim di sekitar taman nasional yaitu suku Banten yang terkenal dengan kesenian debusnya. Masyarakat tersebut pengikut agama Islam, namun mereka masih mempertahankan kebiasaan-kebiasaan, tradisi, dan kebudayaan nenek moyang mereka.

Di dalam taman nasional, ada tempat-tempat yang dikeramatkan bagi kepentingan kepercayaan spiritual. Tempat yang paling terkenal sebagai tujuan ziarah adalah gua Sanghiang Sirah, yang terletak di ujung Barat semenanjung Ujung Kulon.

Beberapa lokasi/obyek yang menarik untuk dikunjungi: Tamanjaya dan Cibiuk. Pintu masuk utama dengan fasilitas, pusat informasi, wisma tamu, dermaga, sumber air panas.

Pantai Kalejetan, Karang Ranjang, Cibandawoh. Fenomena gelombang laut selatan dan pantai berpasir tebal, pengamatan tumbuhan dan satwa. Pulau Peucang. Pantai pasir putih, terumbu karang, perairan laut yang biru jernih yang sangat ideal untuk kegiatan berenang, menyelam, memancing, snorkeling dan tempat ideal bagi pengamatan satwa satwa rusa di habitat alamnya.
Karang Copong, Citerjun, Cidaon, Ciujungkulon, Cibunar, Tanjung Layar, dan Ciramea. Menjelajahi hutan, menyelusuri sungai, padang pengembalaan satwa, air terjun dan tempat peneluran penyu.

Pulau Handeuleum, Cigenter, Cihandeuleum. Pengamatan satwa (banteng, babi hutan, rusa, jejak-jejak badak Jawa dan berbagai macam jenis burung), menyelusuri sungai di ekosistem hutan mangrove.
Pulau Panaitan, dan Gunung Raksa. Menyelam, berselancar, dan wisata budaya/ sejarah.

Musim kunjungan terbaik: bulan April s/d September.

Cara pencapaian lokasi:
Jakarta – Serang (1 1/2 jam via jalan Tol), Serang – Pandeglang – Labuan (1 1/2 jam) atau Jakarta – Cilegon (2 jam via jalan Tol), Cilegon – Labuan (1 jam) atau Bogor – Rangkasbitung – Pandeglang – Labuan (4 jam).
Labuan – Sumur (2 jam), Sumur – Pulau Peucang (1 jam dengan kapal motor nelayan) atau Labuan – Pulau Peucang (4 jam dengan kapal motor nelayan).

Kantor :
Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan No. 51, Labuan, Pandeglang 42264
Telp. (0253) 801731; Fax. (0253) 804651

E-mail :
btnuk@cilegon.wasantara.net.id

Dinyatakan Menteri Pertanian, tahun 1980
Ditunjuk Menteri Kehutanan, SK No. 284/ Kpts-II/92,
luas 122.956 hektar
Letak Kabupaten Pandeglang, Provinsi Banten
Temperatur udara 25° – 30° C
Curah hujan Rata-rata 3.200 mm/tahun
Ketinggian tempat 0 – 608meter dpl
Letak geografis 6°30’ – 6°52’ LS, 102°02’ – 105°37’ BT

Green Canyon

Green canyon at Indonesia?”. Green Canyon is a river-cave-waterfall unique travel spot located at 31 km south of Pangandaran. The real name is Cukang Taneuh, Green Canyon itself called by some france tourist when they first visit at 1993.

Green Canyon is part of Cijulang River that goes through a cave full of stalactites and stalagmites surrounded by two beautiful green hills. Boat to green canyon can be rented at the Ciseureuh dock to reach this area. Green Canyon is located not far from Batukaras and Nusawiru Airport (31 km south of Pangandaran)

At the entrance of the cave lies the Palatar waterfall. The waterfall gives this area cool and adventures atmosphere. Not far from here you will find an amazing natural pool, the water really fresh and cool, you should try swim here!

If you like extreme activity, you can go inside through the cave by crawling on the cave wall, better do it with local guide. The route is very extreme, sometime you need to jump on rock from side to side.