Way Kambas National Park is one
of two National Parks in Lampung, Indonesia. Geographically, Way Kambas is located in the southeastern
part of Sumatra Island. Occupying an area of approximately 125,631.31
hectares, which has a variety of flora and fauna as well as beautiful nature. The unspoiled ecosystem makes various flora and fauna
grow well. Visitors can also feel how natural the ecosystem in this
National Park is. With wild animals that occupy the Way Kambas ecosystem.
Way Kambas has a relatively flat topography to
slightly bumpy, with an altitude of 0-50 meters above sea level. In the
eastern region, it is a valley area that is cut off by a river, which forms a
wavy topography. In addition, the most extensive type of soil in this
national park area is podzolic. On average, the age of the soil is
relatively young, this is due to sedimentation or deposition. Way Kambas
also has savanna, forest, and river areas. Visitors can take pictures
directly in the savanna with animals, which are generally elephants. If
you enter the forest, visitors will find elephants bathing. Or walking in
the river while spraying water all over the body.
Based on
history, the establishment of Way Kambas has been started since 1936 by
Resident Lampung, Mr. rookmaker. Then it was designated as a nature
conservation area to protect various wild animals.
Elephants are one of the most intensively
managed animals by Way Kambas National Park. These elephants are placed in
the Elephant Training Center (PLG). Initially, the purpose of the PLG was
to train the elephants and not attack humans. Because, PLG's hope is that
it can become a high-quality Sumatran elephant conservation center.
These elephants are trained with various
exercises that make these elephants tame. Among them are trained to catch,
attractions, and do certain jobs. This attraction can be witnessed by
visitors, even visitors can interact directly with elephants. Among the
attractions of elephants dancing, kicking a ball, parades, and even stepping
over a row of people.
In addition, visitors can also ride the
elephants around. The most exciting is the night safari ,
where visitors can explore the forest by riding an elephant. Attractions
become exciting because they are done at night, in a dark and cold forest. This
is where the adrenaline of visitors will be challenged to get around the PLG
area.
This National Park is located
in Lampung, precisely in Labuhan Ratu District, East Lampung. It is
approximately 90 Kilometers from the city of Bandar Lampung. Can be
reached within 2.5 hours driving.
As a conservation area and
tourist attraction, visitors who come have a specific purpose. The rates
charged also vary depending on the purpose of the visit. Weekday tickets
150,000 IDR and 225,000 IDR on holidays
What Asian Destinations Readers
can do include camping, forest exploring, observing wild life, outbound,
shooting videos to films, and conducting research activities both researching
elephants and elephant habitat in Way Kambas. In addition, Asian
Destinations Readers can also observe birds in Way Kambas
Before you
enter the Way Kambas National Park area, you will easily find banana vendors. You
can buy bananas that are being sold and then given to the elephants there, the
price is around IDR 10,000. While inside Way Kambas National Park, you can
try to ride the elephants by paying a retribution fee of IDR 20,000 for one
round which is 50-100 meters. One elephant can be ridden by 2 visitors and
1 handler. Make sure you take the time to see the elephants bathing in the
morning, if you want to experience this, you must be at the location by 6 am.
The visiting time of Way Kambas
for general tourists is from morning to night. For other activities such
as research or the like that must be carried out outside of operating hours,
you can contact the manager. Operational hours open 08.00-18.00 WIB
Source :
https://travelspromo.com/htm-wisata/taman-nasional-way-kambas-lampung/
https://www.batiqa.com/id/hotels/lampung/read-article/way-kambas
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