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Sunday, March 26, 2006
POTENTIAL TOURISM OF WAY KAMBAS
Here are two objects of Wisata which are able to visit in Way Kambas :
1.Elephant Training Centre (Pusat Latihan Gajah)
Elephant Training Centre was established in 1985/1986 with approximately 400 ha(hectares) at Karang Sari,which is located about 12 km from the entrance of Way Kambas National Park.In this area the wild Sumatran elephants are trained to be useful ones. Here also,you can enjoy some elephants attractions, as a playing football,swimming or riding on the elephant around the area.
Elephant Training Centre (ETC). There are elephant attractions every afternoon, with football games at the weekend. Elephant rides are great fun, with longer ‘safari’ rides available, where it is sometimes possible to see wild elephants. Strategy trouble-shooting of elephant which have been executed, that is dribbling and arrest of wild elephant ( Tata Liman), training of elephant ( Bina Liman), and also exploiting of elephant to life of society ( Guna Liman). Existence Of this ETC Way Kambas have given positive impact to environment around him. This ETC can be exploited as research media, education, and recreation.To take care of the elephants,the keeper let them free to find their food and taking a bath everyday from 7am till 3 pm,and after 3 pm they must come back to their stable.The elephant love bananas and grass and also coconut shaft. All the elephant are about 62 pieces and all were domesticated. Elephants train in this ETC have been exploited for, for example :
· Elephant Ride
This Elephant can be used for the safari of jungle; tourist can ride it as vehicle explore forest. this Safari elephant can be exploited also for the patrol of security of area.
· Elephant Catch
To be trained on how to be made by elephant catch and elephant train having special ability for the penanggulangan of elephant trouble, that is to catch wild elephant and train wild elephant of haul.
· Elephant Job
The Elephant trained and given the instruction to be conduct to works among others draw wood, interesting of wagon, carrier of goods or burden, ploughing agriculture farm, and others.
· Elephant Attraction
The Elephant trained and instructed to conduct acrobatic movement, for example: giving the salute, sit, standing,random the number, disco, dangdut dance, jaipongan dance, to step over people, and play at football.

2.Way Kanan
Way Kanan represent object of wisata natural which have the condition of natural environment which is genuiness still relative in the form of natural forest of primary ( tropical forest of lowland).
potency of Wisata natural in Way Kanan enriched with existence of River of Way Right which emit a stream go to sea or coast. By tracing this river can reach by places like Kali Biru and Wako.Kali Biru represent place of grass for wild deers which wide enough, can reach during about 2 hour with sampan or boat. While Wako represent very wide bog grassland as habitat ( life place) of deer, elephant, and bog birds. This place can reach in 4 hour with speed boat of Post of Way Kanan.
By tracing river of Way Kanan, visitor can look around various type of vegetasi exist in Garden area of Way Kambas National Park, for example that is " type of Vegetasi lowland forest " type of Vegetasi bog forest " type of Vegetasi forest of mangrove " type of Vegetasi coastal forest
Beside various plant type, [in] Right Way also can meet by various wild animal type, for example from group of mamalia,primate and aves. interesting in this area there are one very scarce bird type that is Mallard ( Cairina Scutulata).

FLORA
WKNP are rich of various flora type from various type of vegetasi. In headwaters of Way Kanan River there are type of vegetasi lowland forest. Forest types able to meet in this area such as : meranti ( Sp Shorea), Greeting ( Eugenia Polyantha), Gristle ( Hopea Sp), Oil ( Dipterocarpus Retusus), Merbau ( Instia Palembanica), Jabon ( Anthocepalus Chinensis), and Flower ( Schima Wallichii). Type of Vegetasi bog forest growed by Nibung ( Oncosperma Tigilaria), Gelam ( Melaleuca Spp), Red Palm ( Cyrtostachys Lakka), Rengas ( Gluta Renghas), and types grass bog. type of Vegetasi forest of mangrove which predominated by Mangrove birchs ( Avicennia Spp), ( Rhizophora Spp), and ( Spp Bruguiera), Nipah ( Nifa Fruticans) and Pandan-Pandanan ( Pandanus Sp). Later;Then type of vegetasi coastal forest predominated by Fir-Tree Sea ( Casuarina Equisetifolia) and Cassia alata ( Terminalia Catappa).
Besides, in some place as long as river of Way Right can meet of a kind liana having bungan like flower " Sack;Bag of Semar" ( Nephentes).
In secondary forests can meet many types of Meranti (Shorea sp), Sempur ( Dillenia Excelsa), Flower ( Schima Wallichii),Jabon ( Anthocephalus Chinensis) and Rengas ( Gluta Renghas). In bog area or in area which wet always can meet Merbau ( Intsia Palembanica), Nibung ( Oncosperma Tigilaria), Cane ( Calamus Sp), Pandan-Pandanan ( Pandanus Sp), Gelam ( Malaleuca Spp), Red Palm ( Cyrtostachys Lakka), and grass types.
Besides there are crop of reboisasi Sonobrit ( Dalbergia Eusetifolia),Lamtorogung ( Leuacena Leucocephala), Kaliandra ( Caliandra Sp), and Jambu monyet ( Occidentale Anacardium) in area of ex- settlement which located in part of step aside area ( prop zona), for example in Karang Sari area.

FAUNA
Pursuant to zoogeografi ( area spreading of animal), WKNP is included in ' oriental region' and ' subregion sundaic' rich of wild animal types. Some among wild animal which are in WKNP that is:
1. Mammal
For example : elephant of sumatera ( sumatrensis maximus elephas), rhinoceros of Sumatra ( Dicerorhinus Sumatrensis),Tapir ( Tapirus Indicus),Rusa ( Cervus Unicolor),Kijang ( Muntiacus Muntjac),Napu ( Tragulus Napu),Babi Forest ( Sus Scrofa).
Besides there are another mammal types,yaitu : Honey bear ( Helarctos Malayanus),Harimau Sumatra ( Phantera Tigris forest sumatrae),Anjing ( Alpinus),Kucing Gold Cuon ( Felis Temminckii),Kucing Fur ( Felis Marmorata) and fox types.
2. Primata
There are 6 type of primate,yaitu : Ape ( Symphalangus Syndactylus), Owa ( Hylobates Moloch),Beruk ( Long Macacanemestrina),Kera Tail ( Macaca Fascicularis), Monkey ( Red Presbytis Cristata),Lutung ( Presbytis Rubicunda.
3. Bird ( Aves)
Area of WKNP have 286 bird types, among others: Rangkong ( White Bucerotidae),Kuntul ( Egreta Sp),Beo ( Gracula Religiosa),Ayam Forest ( Gallus Gallus),Pecuk snake ( Melanogaster Anhinga), and King Prawn ( Halcyon Funebris). There are also type of urung scarce taken as research object that is parroting mallard or forest ( Scutulata Cairina).
4. Others
In this area also there are types of Amphibia,Reptilia, and Fish ( Pisces).Reptilian types such as Sinyulong Crocodile, Estuary crocodile, Tortoise of Sisik and various snake type. While fish type which are here is Fish of Baung which is very famous as typical dish Float of Lampung.
 
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