NOT need all the way to go to Sibolga to enjoy the charm of nature while playing the white sand. In the cluster Island Ujung Kulon National Park, you can see the charm that had lost paradise. That Peucang Island.
We start the adventure from Merak, Banten, Banten. Rhinoceros Sea aboard the Department of Forestry who has been docked in the harbor. Busy people one by one into the stern of the ship. The ship was crowded, the capacity should be loaded with up to 50 passengers 100 passengers, all want to join the adventure, including the Minister of the Interior (Home Affairs) Mardiyanto, Banten Governor Ratu Atut, and Pandeglang Regent Dimyati Natakusumah.
I sat with a group from the Department of the Interior (Home Affairs) at the stern of the ship. Plaited folding chair with the sun piercing sting the skin. Crowded passenger who wants to travel to ships crew Rhinoceros Sea makes emergency seats. 10:00 am, the ship began to move. The skipper announced that the trip would be taken from the Harbor Island Red Peucang approximately three hours.
That’s three hours of torture, because the wave height more than two feet pounding the ship quickly that we were riding without stopping. Almost all the passengers to feel queasy. Some of us vomited stomach contents. Actually, to reach the island did not have to go through Peucang Merak, Banten. If you want a more relaxing trip without the high waves, could be through the village of Well in Pandeglang.
Harbor Village at the Well is, can hire speedboat or fishing boat to go island Peucang, although both 3-hour distance travel, but the wave is not so great, compared with Merak, Banten. At noon, we began to enter the group of islands in the Ujung Kulon. Rhino slowly Sea dropped anchor in the waters.
That is because the pier Peucang Island can only stop off boat or outboard motor boat type. Besides shallow waters, so that I can not help all passengers were evacuated by boats speedboat owned forestry administration. Indeed, it was three hours drifting at sea as missing immediately.
The sea around the island cluster of Ujung Kulon was so clear. Thousands of school playing fish under the boat. Like dancing to greet us. In the distance, the white sand with calm waves bluish green haste makes us want to swim in it.
Peucang island itself is a buffer area of Ujung Kulon National Park. Incidentally, when we visited there, the minister Mardiyanto, Banten Governor Ratu Atut, and Pandeglang Regent Dimyati Natakusumah was launched as the island braces Peucang Ujung Kulon National Park.
“In Java, we rarely encounter this class natural attractions,” said Mardiyanto.
No wonder indeed, the island that had ravaged the tsunami struck by the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 and now grows wild like heaven incarnate. Success nature provides the natural formation of new Peucang amazing. Peucang island full of green growing trees, ficus, and Kiara giant.
Kiara here is very large size. 22 requires an adult to join hands around it by simply knowing the diameter, the Giants named Kiara. Kiara is a parasitic plant that lives twisting and sucking food from its host tree.
There is also Areuy kasongket, this is a kind of liana plants. Growing up with a stretched and wrapped around from top to bottom so as if like a string of masterpieces that fell from the sky. At the end of the island Peucang, no less violent nature created masterpieces of rock carvings Copong.
Copong reef named because there was a large hole opened right in the middle of the natural beauty of coral Peucang Because of this, the manager provides tracking services to split Peucang Island Reef Copong. Only take three-hour commute from the assembly in Peucang. Who knows, if you are lucky to see wild animals like deer, peafowl, lizard or bird fluttering Kangkareng.
Tired of tracking, bathing in the sea while playing grains of white sand can be carried out along the coast Peucang. Here, in this place, easy to find species of coral reef anemone, brancing Acropora, Acropora massive, encrusting Acropora, Acropora to foliose (rose-shaped) and Acropora mushroom (mushroom shape).
Currently various types of reef fish that live in it, making the perfect diving activities. Not yet complete, live across the 10-minute speedboat ride to reach the Ujung Kulon Peninsula. This is where the one-horned rhinoceros habitat for the rare life.
It’s hard to see this Java rhino in their natural habitat. Hearing and a keen sense of smell makes rhino-rhino who live alone will direct them away when she heard starfish feet from a distance of more than 100 meters. But do not worry, the Ujung Kulon Peninsula, there Cidaon pasture. This is where the buffalo prairie life crowded for dinner.
There are also occasional peacock showing off the beauty of the feathers of wild life in Cidaon. Unfortunately, when we reached the Cidaon, can only see one group of buffalo were grazing. Peucang islands also provide lodging.
More fun again, in the rest house that we could play with the wild deer that have been benign. Feeding it and posed together. Not only the wild deer which fell in the rest house, there are many monkeys who asked alms of food and wild boar are casually walked in the midst of human groups.
However, if you’re here, do not expect to make contact with the outside world. Because there was virtually no mobile signal unless using a satellite connection. Matches are to break from the office activities, while enjoying Peucang, who had lost paradise.
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