My project for green holy day! visit Way Kambas National Park

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My project for green holy day! visit Way Kambas National Park
by \| 22-07-2013 17:29 0
Today, I finally got home on 4 o?clock at dawn. I just finished my final test for this semester, so I use my holyday to come back to my lovely hometown. Being in my hometown is such a beautiful time to be spent. During my holyday, I am planning to make the green holyday as my project support by my family and my best friends. It will be started from one of the biggest elephant training center in Indonesia, Way Kambas National Park. Let me tel you about that. The Way Kambas National Park is located at the southern tip of Sumatra, 110 km from Bandarlampung (Capital city of Lampung province). The Way Kambas National Park (WKNP) is one of the oldest reserves in Indonesia. It occupies 1,300 sq km of coastal lowland forest around the Way Kambas River on the east coast of the province of Lampung. WKNP is closely associated with elephants, since aside from being a sanctuary for these gentle giants, the national park is also known as their training ground. It is believed that approximately 200 Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranensis) lives within park. The Sumatran elephant is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian Elephant, and native to Sumatra Island. In general, Asian elephants are smaller than those of Africa and have the highest body point on the head. Wild Sumatran elephants were formerly found in eight provinces of Sumatra. However, the dense and tangled vegetation of the tropical rainforests there makes it difficult to estimate their exact number. Officially established in 1985, the Elephant Training Center, located 9 km from the park?s Plang Ijo entrance, is an establishment aimed to protect the existence of the elephant and at the same time create mutual benefit for both the elephants and men. The training center is also a reminiscent of the time when kings or sultans ruled Sumatra, when elephants were trained and deployed in warfare and also for ceremonial purposes. Here, visitors can observe elephants perform various tasks such as transporting lumber or plowing fields. They can also perform peculiar activities such as playing football or other entertaining performances. Other mammals that also inhabit the national park include : the Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae), the tapir (Tapirus indicus), the jungle dogs, and the siamang monkeys. Among the 406 species of birds are : the Jungle ducks, sandang lawe herond, tong-tong herons, and many more. There also numerous reptiles, fish, and insects within the sanctuary of WKNP. WKNP is also home for many exotic floras. Hope it will be an awesome project this holy day! Let?s care with animals and ecosystem!

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