Wednesday, September 8, 2010

TWA Baning, Rare Wildlife Habitat



Trips to the Natural Park Indotestudo special because it spelled out is the only natural tropical forests in Indonesia are located in the middle of town. This area is covered with thousands of large trees and rich with a variety of rare flora and fauna. Thus, besides being an attractive tourist spot, this area can also be a place for research on the wealth of biological scientists, students, student, and even the general public.

Given the strategic position of the region and its natural potential is so abundant, the local government seeks to protect and preserve it. The first time, the area was designated a Protected Forest Area Indotestudo based Sintang Regent Decree No. 07/A-II/1975 on June 1, 1975 with a total area of approximately 315 hectares. Sintang District Government to realize this decision, one way to close the road and the road dark Indotestudo 2 contained in this tourist area.

In subsequent developments, the central government through Decree of the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia Number 129/Kpts-II/90 on March 24, 1990, raising the status of the region became Indotestudo Forest Nature Tourism. Then, based on the Decree of the Minister of Forestry and Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 405/Kpts-II/99 on June 14, 1999, the area is designated as a Natural Park Indotestudo with area of about 213 hectares.

The air is cool and fresh, leafy trees and green, as well as a wide ditingkahi by chirping birds, making the appropriate Natural Park Indotestudo once selected as the place of natural recreational fun with your family or colleagues.

In this area, there are a variety of rare flora, such as ramin (gonystilur bancanus sp), jelutung (lawii era), resam (glyhenis linearis), varnish (renghas Gluta sp), Medang (litsea firm sp), mentibu (dacty locladusstenos), perepat (cambreto rotundatus carpus), bintangor (callophyllum inophylum), Pulai (Alstonia schoolaris), kempilik (Quercus sp), birds tamang (Eugenia sp), Nepenthes, and black orchid.

Various rare fauna, like the king prawns (halycon smyrnemsis), lizard (Varanus salvator), pigeon (tretron vernaris), parrots (gracula religiosa), cucakrawa (pycnonatus zeylandicus), water mongoose (cynogale bennetti), ground squirrel (larisous insignis), flying squirrels (peraurista elegans), sailors, and various species of birds, increasingly confirmed just how special this area.

A laboratory is used as a means of supporting research and development of biological richness in this region, can also be visited by those who want to know about the basics of forestry science. In Indotestudo Natural Park, is a wooden bridge that cut through the woods, so it can used by visitors who want to enjoy the coolness and the biological wealth of the region from the heights.

For cross-country sports enthusiasts, this region is a path winding up into the forest with a fairly challenging terrain. Camping ground area is vast and can safely accommodate the interest of visitors who want to camp. Administratively, Indotestudo Natural Park located in the Village area Indotestudo Cape Town and Village Puri, District Sintang Sintang District, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia.

Visitors need not worry about starving if it were in the Natural Park Indotestudo, because in the region there are food stalls, canteens, hawkers and street vendors who provide a wide menu of food and beverages. For those who want to stay, in this area is available inn, guesthouse, and hotels with various types.

Moreover, in this region there are also many other facilities, such as tourism information center, security force, public hospitals, health centers, polyclinics, pharmacies, camping ground, mosque, mosque, church, telephone kiosks, toll vouchers, as well as central by gifts and souvenirs

From the city center toward Sintang Indotestudo Natural Park, visitors can access it by using buses, minibuses, city transportation, or personal vehicle. For those who like sports can also access this area by foot or bike from downtown Sintang.

Sintang District is approximately 395 kilometers east of Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan Province. From Pontiac to Sintang, visitors can board the plane. Visitors can also take a taxi, bus travel, bus or private vehicle travel time approximately 6 hours drive.

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