Peucang Island, full of memories!
School holiday is the most awaited and exciting moment, not only for students, as well as for teachers. However, long vacation time would be very boring if they are not filled with things that refresh the body and soul. Some people will charge it by doing the things they like or visiting some tourism objects. Just as the teachers and staff of the school (one of the schools in South Jakarta), who chose to have a travel together to the Ujung Kulon National Park, which is located in Banten province, on 30 June to 2 July 2011. Togetherness in this vacation was intended not only to calm nerves strained by the end of the school year working overtime, but also to further strengthen the sense of family among the teachers and employees of the school.
'Back to nature!’, became one of the reasons of the school laid over in Peucang Island, as it is one of the best and beautiful resorts in the area of Ujung Kulon National Park, as well Handeuleum Island, Panaitan Island, Kalajaten and Taman Jaya. It took a toll road through Jakarta - Merak, and then went out to Anyer / Carita, with the normal travel time from Jakarta ± 4 hours. After arriving at the Carita port, proceeded by using speedboats with a capacity of ± 6 persons in each speedboat and equipped with a live vest and a radio call, with the normal travel time for ± 2 hours. However, the weather was cloudy, also accompanied by rain and wind gusts north coast, the sea also welcomed the tour group of the school with a little dances waves high and hard, so it takes ± 3.5 hours to reach the harbor of Peucang. In addition, the group was forced to postpone enjoying the beautiful views of the western part of the Sunda Strait and Tanjung Lesung located on the west coast of Java Island.
Arriving on the Peucang Island, entourage were welcomed with gently sloping fine white-sand beaches, lodging and hospitality managers and the green expanse of grassland in front of the inn, that was filled with organic fertilizer from the deer, monkeys, and wild boar that roam around the inn, who seemed ready to accompanied visitors break in the island. After lunch and rest for a moment, the school entourage continued the journey to Cibom, Tanjung Layar using speedboats. Then proceeding on foot from the Cibom pier ± 1 hour to Tanjung Layar, where there was an old lighthouse building and historic dungeons remnants of the Netherlands. In addition, Tanjung Layar presents stunning views of the rocks with a backdrop of the Indian Ocean to the expanse of green meadow adorned with magic mushrooms, where the wild bull of Java like to play and graze.
The next day, the group down the rain forest around the island with the ultimate goal was the attractive of Karang Copong, taken at about ± 1.5 hours. Karang Copong named because of the hollow (Sundanese: copong) in the middle. Along the road through the forest, can be found a large and tall trees as if to reach heaven, herbaceous plant such as belimbing wuluh and spinach forest, some rare and unique plants such as mahogany, cijahe, merbau, kihujan, ficus or fig strangler which contort its body in the trunk of its host as snake was wrapped around its prey, parahalar, bungur, luminous, Baringtonia asiatica sp., wood fungus that grows like a flower blooming, and kepel fruitful along the tree trunk. In addition, it appears also some deer herds, honeycomb forests, and wild peacocks. Arriving at the beach Karang Copong, the group enjoyed the waves and beautiful singing of hornbill which shouted to each other, picked up some the rest of seashells and snails as well as the rest of the dead sponges.
Once satisfied with the beauty of Karang Copong beach, felt incomplete, until had been enjoying the natural beauty of the underwater around the Ujung Kulon peninsula beach by snorkeling. It displayed sponges and fishes of various colors and unique shapes, such as clown fish, lion fish, butterfly fish, tembang fish, gerong fish, and semi barracuda fish. Then, the entourage, for a moment, visited Cidaun called wild grazing fields. There could be witnessed some of the wild peacocks and a herd of wild bison females whose color is different from a bull. Bull female has a color such as oxen or buffaloes, which is brown, while male has black and darker colored.
Nothing to lose, it's time, on the third day, the entourage departed to leave Peucang to return to Jakarta. Alhamdulillah, now anchored home, it was sunny weather, the wind blew and the waves crashed gently, so the group could get pleasure from the nice view of Sunda Strait and coastal peninsula area of Tanjung Lesung in Ujung Kulon National Park. A sloping beach with white sand and quiet and smooth color gradations, the greenish sea, blue to dark blue indicates very clearly the depth of the sea and the depth of Allah’s knowledge, surrounded by forest green, still pictured and remembered. Expected after this natural tour, the knowledge of reading the verses listed on the nature of God and gratitude to the majesty of the Almighty can be increased, so that could bolster the resolve to take real action on environment conservation. "Which favors of your Lord that ye deny?". What should be waiting for? Think globally, act locally! (LuckyNuki/072011).
Sources: Peucang Island, Guides (Ahmad Lampung, Bambang Sobari and Iman Sadiman), and a ranger (M. Sakri).
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