South East Asian Trips

Wildlife Safari in Indonesia is amongst the volcanoes, tropical green forest, green rice fields, and coral fields. There are some major islands- Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Flores, Sumba, Borneo, Sulawesi, Papua. The archipelago teems with a variety of wild life and plant life- orangutan, Sumatran tigers, one-horned rhinos, wild ox, elephants, anoa, babi rusa, dugong, Tarsius spectrum - the smallest monkey in the world, Komodo dragon, and the Giant "Leatherback" sea turtle.

The liveliest way to witness these plant and wild life is to be in one of the nature reserves for wild life safari in Indonesia. There are several national parks in Indonesia.

For wild life safari in Indonesia there are several game parks, which are well preserved. Gunung Leuser National Park is one of the biggest national parks in Indonesia (950,000 hectare). Actually, it's a collection of various nature reserves and forests. About 700 different species of animals (320 birds, 176 mammals and 194 reptiles and amphibians) live in the Gunung Leuser National Park. For wild life safari in Indonesia the other areas are- Ujung Kulon National Park, you may see wild cattle, rusa, leopard, gibbon, and one of the last remaining Javan rhinos. Other national parks which preserve the diversity of the flora and fauna are: Kerinci Seblat National Park (Sumatra), Gede Pangrango National Park (West Java), Bromo Semeru Tengger National Park (East Java), Betung Kerihun National Park (Kalimantan). Meru Betiri- Two species of the parasitic Raffelesia flower are found in Meru Betiri,and is also the last refuge for the nearly extinct Java tiger.

For wild safari in Indonesia permits is necessary which can be obtained form the authorities.