Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango
Mount Gede Pangrango National Park has an important role in
the history of conservation in Indonesia. Established as a national park in
1980. With an area of 22851.03 hectares, the area of the Park is covered by
tropical rainforest mountains, just 2 hours (100 km) from Jakarta. In the
forested areas, can be found "the Giants", "si Rasamala insect
hunters" or Nepenthes (Nephentes spp); orchids are also forests, and there
are even some plant species that are not yet known scientifically, as the name
suggests mushrooms of fire. In addition to the uniqueness of the foliage, the
area is also the habitat of various species of wildlife, such as ladybugs, a
kind of giant beetles, more than 100 types of mammals such as Deer, Babbler,
Coyote, Skunk, Leopard, etc., as well as 250 types of birds. This area is also
the habitat of the Owa Jawa, Surili Langurs and the Javan hawk-eagle and the
population was nearing extinction. When you're hiking in the TNGGP area, you
can enjoy the beauty of the forest ecology of Indonesia.As the tourist and
recreation, while weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and public holidays, the
tourist area of Cibodas Cibodas botanical gardens and will be diramaikanby the
visitors who buy a souvenir and gift shop in the form of vegetables and fresh
fruit at an affordable price from the tourism market at Cibodas.Enjoy your
vacation in the National Park area, with beautiful natural mountains,
refreshing yourself after a busy days, and you can learn about nature and
natural ecosystems.Let's together to preserve valuable nature of this and pass
it on to the generations to come!
Climate
There are two climate that is the dry season from June to
October and the rainy season from November to April.
During the months of January and February, the rains
accompanied by wind and happens quite often, so it is dangerous to climb. Rain
also fell when the dry season, causing the region's rainfall has TNGP average
4000 mm per year.
The average temperature in Cibodas 23 ° C, and the highest
peak is at 3000 m above sea level. If you climb up, prepare yourself against
cold weather because the windis getting tighter at the top of the mountain, and
the temperature will drop to 5 ° c.
The Management Of The Area
TNGGP is one of the five national parks that are dideklarasi
by the Government of Indonesia in 1980, and until 2007 was already 50 national
parks formed by Governments across Indonesia. As with any other conservation
areas in Indonesia, the management was the responsibility of TNGP region
Directorate General of forest protectionand nature conservation, Ministry of
forestry.
Administratively, the area is located at the 3 TNGP district
(Bogor, Sukabumi and Cianjur) West Java province. Office Manager, namely the
great Hall TNGGP was at Cibodas, and in management is divided into three (3)
management of the National Parkregion (areas of PTN Wil), i.e. the areas of PTN
Wil I in Cianjur, PTN SBidang Wil II inSukabumi, Selabintana-danBidang PTN Wil
III in Bogor, and 6 (six) of the Management Section of the National Park region
(SPTN Wil) and 22 (twenty two) resort AreaNational Park Management with the
task and function of protecting and securing the entire area TNGGP in realizing
the preservation of natural resources towards the utilization of are sustained.
