Swimming and Sorkling
Excellent!clen beaches and good coaral on the south and west sides of Peucang Island,and aruond Panaitan,spectacular deep diving off tanjung Layar ,where the light house is really big fish and good drop offs.clear water most of the year,swimming is not advice,however ,off the southern or western beaches of the peninsula very rocky and exposed to the open SEa
Wild life Animals
Besides rarely seen rhino,There are Banteng The javan wild catle,rusa deer,muntjak[barking deer,and mouse deer,long tail macaques ,leaf monkey,the javan grey gibbon,rare elsewhere and only found in Java.The increasingly rare wild dog,leopard,leopard cat and fishing cats,see otter and clawees otter,the binturong and several civet,the flying lemur,and giant squirelnot a complete list.Marine Mammals;several species of dholphin,reptiles include the estuarina crocodile,reticulated phyton,green turtles,frogs,monitor lizards,birds peafowl,junglefowl,hornbill,pigeon,bee eaters,bul-bul,barbats,kingfisher,darters,leafbirds,drongos,many sea bird,herons,egrets,thick-knees among other shore birds,well opver 200 species of bird have been recorded within the park
Handeuleum Isaland Cigenter river
Handeuleum island [70 km 2hrs]from carita is a small coral island.one of the group islets off the peninsula 's east cost.There is a jetty,a coral path leads through Scaevola scrub to a coconut planted compound and a two storey guest house.Macaques ply in the bushes ,and deer are known to swim over the mainland but do not stay the island because too small.Across the water a litle to the north is the Cigenter Grazing ground and watch tower.Sorrounded by talltrees,it's a an attractive setting for the banteng,frequent the area.
About an hour upstream on the cigenter ,passale only part of the way boat,large and beautifull limestone terraces span the river,forming impressive cascades in the rainy season.The tidal estuaries of this coast,Ideal crocodile habitat,the extensive mangrove forests and the interesting birds of the area can all be seen and explored by boat or seen from 5 km,of trail in this part to the park
Nyiur beach and swamp
The name is Sundanes for coconut palm,but these day is the Gebbang or corpha hutan,a large feanleave palm,which dominates the scenery here.water backad of behind the uplifted coral reefs,on the shore here form an extensive lake and swampy pastures,favourite haunt,of pig and waterfowls,hrones,wooly necked stork,cormorants,egrets.The smaller trees are mostly the red twigged attractive hudicia humilis,which now covers and old grazing ground.South of Nyiur the almost inpenetrable palm and torny bamboo thickets,combined with the sharp leaved Mapaniasedga inthe swampy area,make agood rhino sanctuary area.It has been refuge from hunters and poacher in less protected time.Nyiur has a caracteristic of the beach and sub marine diversity
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