Taman Nasional
Bukit Barisan Selatan (Southern Bukit Barisan National Park) is a national park aimed to
conserve the tropical rain forest of Sumatera and its biodiversity. This park
is dabbed a world heritage by UNESCO. While Bukit Barisan Selatan (Southern Mountain Range) is dabbed a
Wildlife Reserve in 1935, but it has become a National Park only since 1982.
Taman Nasional Bukit Barisan
Selatan
(TNBBS) is very rich in biodiversity and is the habitat of three big mammalians
that is on danger of extinction: Sumatran tiger (less than 2,000 still alive
today), Sumatran rhinos (globally 300 individuals and keep on dwindling), and
Sumatran tiger (global population is about 400).
TNBBS
is located in west part of south Sumatera. Seventy percent of this park is
located in Lampung Barat and Tanggamus district. When you are in
Krui, you can see this park when you are in your way to Liwa from Krui. It is
about 25 km from Krui town.
From
Krui, you can take a motorbike or a car to the base camp, where you can start
your journey into this national park. But I am afraid you cannot just go
venturing your way through the jungle by yourselves, you should report to the
forest guards and have them guide you into the forest, just like Marek Obtulovic (28) and Mai Lan Chi from Brno, Czech Republic, did the other day.
Marek
and Mai started from Krui early in the morning of August 18, 2012. They took a
bike taxi from the hotel where they stayed in Krui to the base camp, and
started their journey from the base camp into the jungle at about 8 o’clock.
They were guided by two forest guards with whom they made an appointment
before. The forest guards manage everything for them, including their meals
(three times a day), hammock, and guidance.
After
walking about two hours through the thick forest, they arrived at a small creek
where they built the hammocks for sleeping at night. And after taking a rest by
the creek for sometime, they continue walking around the jungle for about two
hours. They left their belongings at the camp by the creek. The water in the
creek was so clean that you can drink it straight but Marek and his girlfriend
didn’t drink the water from the creek. They were drinking bottle water instead.
In
their journey knocking around the jungles they saw some tree animals like monkeys,
gibbon, squirrel, and hornbill, but they fail to see four-legs-animals like
tiger or rhinos. Instead of seeing the actual animals they saw some footprints
of tiger, tapir, elephant, and deer on the ground. And the thing that amazed
Marek so much was some scratches of tiger claws that left on a trunk of a
tree.
But
one thing that sucked them so much were the bloodsuckers. Both Marek and Mai
Lan got a lot of bloodsuckers stuck on their legs. And Mai Lan even brought
some bloodsuckers on her body back to her hotel in town. And for your
information, it was dry season, and bloodsuckers will be more on rainy season.
Having
enough walk, they came back to the camp where they have the hammocks hanging on
the trees and spend the night there. But, however, both Marek and Mai Lan couldn’t
sleep the night. Even though they had mosquito nets, but still they got a lot
of mosquito bites.
In the
morning, they had breakfast at 7.00 and continue walking the jungle at 8:15. And
after walking for about two hours, they walked home and arrived at the base
camp at about 12:00.
Both Marek
and Mai Lan enjoyed their being in the forest very much and hoping that they
could stay for one more day, but the guides declined because it was Idul Fitri,
the biggest Moslem festival after Ramadan, the time for family gathering for
Moslem people. And if you would like to come into this jungle, don’t come on
Idul Fitri days.
Wondering
if you can follow the path of Marek and Mai Lan? Well, you can make your own
journey into this jungle, but nothing is for free.
For a
two days and one night trip like Marek and Mai Lan’s you’ll have to pay
1.200.000 Rupiah (for two people). The price
included two guides, hammocks (for sleeping), meals (three meals a day), and
permission for taking photographs. All the equipment and the meals will be
provided by the guides.
Photos by Marek Oblutovic
Photos by Marek Oblutovic
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Reading the above journey is really interesting experience. following this journey story i m interesting with the blood sucker that may always a problem for all trekker in the forest. i have an experience walking in the forest like this up and down hill,cross the river and finally check our legs and found bloodsuckers. I would like to share to avoid this bloodsucker, before trekking take some liquid washing soap and wrap it all your pan up to knee and some into your shoes, when you walk up,down and river this soup will have bubbles and cover your leg, it will protect you from the blood sucker, as the blood sucker don't like it. the other benefit of doing this, you will easy wash your walking shoes or your cloth. or you can also do use any sower fruit in the forest to cover your leg by rubbing them. to take them from your skin if they already ve bite you,pls. use salt. as they allergic to acid and salt. thank you. Herman Herry Roust.
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