Location: East Java Map
Area: 434.20 km²
Alas Purwo National Park is a biosphere reserve situated in East
Java island in Indonesia. Alas Purwo National Park covers an area of
434.20 km². The name of the park literally means "the forest from
which it all began." According to legend, it was here that the earth
first rose from the ocean.
Alas Purvo Park is one of Indonesia's largest nature reserves; its
area is 434.20 km². The park consists of mangroves, savannah,
monsoon forests and beaches. Plengkung Beach is famous for its
worldwide popularity with surfers. The beach is considered one of
the best places for surfing in Asia. With waves up to 5 meters, it
is considered a place suitable only for experienced surfers. The
place is included in the Quicksilver World Tour circuit. In the park
there is Mount Linggamanis, 322 meters high.
Wildlife is represented in various places in the park. The warm
tropical climate contributes to the growth of lush vegetation. Here
grow: Indian almonds, laurel of Alexandria, sterculia, Asian
barringtonia, manilkara and others.
The park is also a protected area for endangered animals such as
banteng, red wolf, maned thin-body, green peacock, banker jungle
chicken, olive turtle, bisse and green turtle.
The park is located in the peninsula of Blambangan in the southern
tip of the island of Java, along the shore of the strait in front of
Bali.
With an area of 434 km², the park is made up of mangroves,
savannas, lowland monsoon forests and coral-fringed beaches. It has a
break (surf break) famous internationally among surf aficionados, a lo
largo del límite del parque en Plengkung en la bahía de Grajagan. El
monte Linggamanis (322 m a.s.l.) is also located in this national park.
The protected flora in this national park includes: Terminalia
catappa, Calophyllum inophyllum, Sterculia foetida, Barringtonia
asiatica and Manilkara kauki.
It is home to some endangered
species in Java, such as the banteng (Bos javanicus). In April 2004,
there were only 57 bóvidos in the Sadengan savanna, while the population
of the previous year was calculated to be between 80 and 100, but in
August 2010, scientists found 73 bantengs in an 80-hectare savanna area
, a great increase in six years, although they face the danger of
poaching and loss of habitat. Groups of estos bóvidos usually go to
Sadengan por la mañana y la tarde in busca de plantas.
La mayor
amenaza para esta especie son los humanos. The furtive hunters set traps
outside the park during the dry season to attract bantengs outside the
park in search of water. Entonces los matan y se vende su carne.
Otras especies animales amenazadas que se encuentra en son el cuón, Java
langur, pavo real cuelliverde, gallo bankiva y three especies de
tortugas (olivácea, tortoise and verde).
Between the months of March and November, thousands of surfers from
all over the world visit the park for their break (surf break). Its
destination is the beach of Plengkung and the bay of Grajagan, also
known as G-Land, which is around a day's journey from Bali.
The
beach is considered one of the best places to practice surfing in Asia.
With waves of up to 5 meters, it is considered a place suitable only for
experienced surfers. The place is included in the Quicksilver World Tour
circuit.