Piece of African desert, at the End of East Java

 Piece of African desert, at the End of East Java, Bali, Indonesia

Piece of African desert, the eastern tip of Java. Situbondo famous than his White Sand Beaches premises, it also has other tourist areas are no less exotic, the National Park Baluran. Baluran National Park located in District Banyuputih, Situbondo, East Java Province. Baluran National Park established a Wildlife since 1937 by the Government of the Netherlands East Indies. By decree. Minister of Forestry. 279/Kpts.-VI/1997 dated May 23, 1997 Baluran TN area covering 25,000 ha.

In accordance with the broad destining region is divided into several zones based on the SK. No Director General of PKA. 187/Kpts./DJ-V/1999 dated December 13, 1999 consisting of: a core zone of 12,000 ha, an area of ​​5537 ha forest zone (aquatic and terrestrial = 1063 = 4574 Ha Ha), the intensive use zone with an area of ​​800 hectares, the zone special use area 5780 ha, and the rehabilitation zone covering an area of ​​783 Ha.Initial idea of ​​going there is a friend of mine, Ayos Purwoaji. I've never travel memamg a national park. Then six men went to TN Baluran. Since we departed from Jember, the latency is only 3 hours. If from Surabaya, about 5-7 hours to the Port of Ketapang, Banyuwangi.

Entrance fee per person untu 2500 dollars, fairly cheap.From the entrance, we were treated by the forest collided with bushes on either side of the road. Its path is a paved road that is only just enough to "salipan" two cars. After the + 10 km, faintly visible on our left was a mountain not very high tower, called the mountain glaze. After that around mile 12, we see a different landscape.

A stretch of savanna with rare shrubs. A beautiful African appearance, but of course without the wild animals roam. That's called Bekol savannas. We had parked our car in front of a complex of buildings that turned out of office and some homestay. It appeared in the post Bekol have a tall tower penagmatan hambpir 10 meters which is located above a hill. Once we are able to view over the towers are quite beautiful. On the one hand, there is a stretch of the plains against the backdrop of Mount Baluran. Second hand, it appears the vast expanse of the plains, which seemed endless. Just like the African savannas.

No less fascinating is that if we look at the east, a dim-looking blue sea twinkling in the light of the sun. Without the command again we immediately agreed to go to the beach later known as Bama Coast.From Padang Bekol to Bama Beach about three miles with a decent asphalt road. During a trip to Bama Beach, we are finding some animals, such as pheasant, deer, monkeys, butterflies as well. Beautiful butterfly that we have encountered many of the first entrance earlier.

In addition to earlier fauna, reportedly said the clerk in the office there was a buffalo bull and Java. But the amount is very small and mostly hiding in the mountains.Bama on the beach we decided to rent a home stay, because we want to enjoy the sunrise disni. Our homestay rent for a 350 thousand dollars. Our homestay is directly facing the beach. On holidays, the beach was full of visitors bama school kids (that's what makes us want to stay, to enjoy this beach bias in person). Bama beach has a long coastline with mangroves and some decoration there is the beautiful black rock formations.

The next morning we were a bit disappointed, because the weather is cloudy. But there is little sunlight in the morning redness that appears and makes us a little smile back. Your morning along the beach and we found a spot that wow. A puddle of water with a diameter of about five meters with a strange background of trees and mountains glaze. Even one of us call it a dinosaur park.After photographed in the dinosaur park we decided to go into the forest tracking shrubs. During the trip, we were really treated to something different. 

Trees, shrubs, have not we met before, just sometimes we see on television is showing the event on the African savanna. We also found a herd of deer that was feeding.Our journey in Bama we end with a bath in the sea. Bama has the sea on a sloping base and not in. Until a few hundred yards, Bama has not increased in the sea. Right for me who can not swim. And, once again we were treated to something beautiful. Our homestay in view of the sea are also beautiful and we've noticed. So without thinking, we capture the output with a Canon DSLR.Our journey in TN Baluran we end with a photo with a background in mountain savanna Bekol Baluran. Baluran goodbye, someday we'll get there again.

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Sun City, combination of Nature & Fake Travel in South Africa

Sun City, combination of Nature & False Travel in South Africa

Sun City, combination of Nature & False Travel in South Africa. In South Africa, Sun City is a resort with several hotels in it, and also the amazing wildlife parks. Unmitigated, the legendary pop singer Michael Jackson has ever stayed two months in this location.Sun City, located in Rustenburg, South Africa. If you want to go there, it took two hours drive from Pretoria, or about less than 3 hours drive from the City of Johannesburg, South Africa's capital. During a trip to Sun City, you'll be treated by a typical hilly landscape is enchanting Africa, as well as tens of kilometers long pasture.

You can also see the poor areas in South Africa along the way. On the right and left of the road seem small houses nan is about 2x3 meter rundown, with zinc roofs were scattered in arid areas. Food and beverage vendors, such as roasted corn also appear hung at every intersection.But the atmosphere is dry and barren, will disappear when we arrived at the Sun City. Resort area plus play facilities as well as a natural park looks cool, the weather was Rustenberg, South Africa is hot.Sun City area is fairly pretentious. Located in a valley flanked by several hills, Sun City has an area of ​​approximately 1,500 hectares. In the resort there are four luxury hotels, the Palace of the Lost Hotel, Crascade, Sun City and Cabannas Hotel.

"The most luxurious and most expensive is the Palace Hotel, which is coated with gold," said one of the staff of the Embassy of Indonesia in South Africa, Dami that leads to the AFP on Monday (12/12/2011) yesterday.In fact, one of the resort, Palace of Lost City, was once occupied by the late pop singer Michael Jackson's world for two months. Likewise, the world's top artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elton John, also had to stay here. Sun City resort is also equipped with various facilities.

All located in a resort which features a golf course, convention space, entertainment space, and artificial sea-made lake, as well as any casino in it. Various children's games are also commonly found here.For those of you who want kosher food menu, do not worry. Here also are kosher restaurants, The Raj, an Indian restaurant that serves a full menu of kosher dishes such as curry chicken, meat, and so forth.Actually, the Sun City is not much different from the Ancol, Jakarta. But because his was among several hills, this area feels more natural although some places, such as oceans, lakes, is artificial, fake alias.AFP and some delegation of Indonesia took a ride to the highest tower in the Palace Hotel. It appears from these nine star hotel-style panorama of ancient Egyptian Sun City Resort is amazing.

Hills, lakes, and artificial sea, and hundreds of visitors into a beautiful landscape.The most intriguing is actually a national park, that there are many species of native African animals roam freely, such as lions, giraffes, elephants, and dozens or even hundreds of other animal species. But unfortunately, due to limited time, AFP and the entourage of BNP2TKI could not enjoy it."If you're lucky, you can meet with a lion," said one of the staff of the Embassy of Indonesia in South Africa.He added that all the animals in this park just released, and given no food.

They were freed to seek its own food. And what about the security of our national parks and things to do in Sun City? Apparently to get into the area we had to sign an agreement that if there are things that are not desirable, for example, was attacked by elephants or other animals, all the responsibility of the visitors themselves. The manager was out of hand."But our cars are usually equipped with the Gunmen, which secures us," he added.Luckily, when a quick stop to the Palace Hotel, AFP accidentally meeting with Miss South Africa 2011, which was held a ceremony at the hotel. AFP also took time to get acquainted, and ends with a photo together.

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