Sukamade turtle beach tour is the Adventure offering Sukamade Unforgettable Experience to see the Giant Turtle. Sukamade is the sanctuary for various turtles, there are the green turtle (Chelonia Mydas), Olive ridley (Lepidochelys Olivacea), Hawksbill (Eretmochelys Imbricata) and Leatherback (Dermochelys Coriacea).
The most common in Sukamade beach is The Green turtle (Chelonia Mydas). Because there are a lot of Green turtles landing and laying eggs on this beach. A turtle is an ancient animal,which lives more than 100 years.
Sukamade turtle beach is a part of Meru Betiri National Park, which is 6-7 hr from the center of Banyuwangi. The national Park was protected by Dutch East Indies government rules in 1931-1938. The ministry of agriculture designated it as a wildlife sanctuary for the Java tiger territory area of 50.000 hectares . an increase to 58.000 hectares addition from plantation land. In 1997 this area became a national park by the ministry of forestry. the national park border with different environments. in the north area border of treblasala and perum RPH curahtakir plantation. in the eastern part border by sarongan village and sumberjambe’s plantation area. directly bordered on the south by the Indonesian ocean. and western part is bordered by various villages, Curahnongko village, Andongrejo Village, Sanenrejo Village.
Meru Betiri national park which is renowned for abundant diversity of biodiversity, and conservation for flora and fauna. One of the magnetisms of Meru Betiri National Park is the turtle conservation. as the multiply place of the turtle, it makes the national park its known as paradise of the turtle. every year a thousand green turtle landing in sukamade beach and lay eggs. the ranger as the conservation team, try hard to protect the turtle and the egg from predators.
In addition, Meru Betiri National park also protect the endemic flora and fauna. the fauna that possible you meet along the trip are giant palm tree, teak, benda tree,jungle jackfruit, rubber, and many more. and beside this,the endemic fauna in this area such as leopard, bull, peacock, eagle, black long tail monkey(lutung), grey monkey, jungle roster, etc.
What makes this trip interesting?
Challenging place for the adventure. The maze of twisted pathways, it can not off for the way go to Sukamade beach.
The ways to go to Sukamade takes about 4 hours by using the jeep 4WD. Along the way, you will be presented with an incredible view. The shooting sound of the wind, wildlife that we meet.This not only an adventure but also a good trip for us to learn about nature. we close to the nature , reorganizing the importance thing to caring and protecting the nature
Riding on the 4WD transport through the forest
For you guys,Meru Betiri Offer many interesting thing to do, the most common thing that you can do like Trying the sensation,enjoying the view on the stony and bumpy road and Crossing the rivers ,as the amazing challenging adrenaline in the nature on the rooftop of 4WD . you must try it when you are going to sukamade.Beside that you can stop for a while, and have some walk to take a picture and enjoy the road by smooth trekking.
See processing of making the brown sugar
Brown sugar the healthier sugar possible for you to see the process. brown sugar is made from the coconut branches. the process from getting the liquid from the coconut the until it becomes printing brown sugar traditionally. Making the brown sugar is quite longer it takes about 4-5 hour for processing until solid afterward transfer to the cup and wait around 1 hour. coming here to get another experience of the local life.
Coffee Break at the riverside inside the National Park
Enjoying a cup of coffee with the nature near the river. After the tiring trip, the best sensation would you try. during that you may possibly meet jungle roaster, bull or dears. watching the small fish in the clear water, is another sensation offered by the river.
Smooth Trekking
if you want to have other sensation, let’s try this one. Trekking in the jungle. down the road through the jungle, explore the jungle and forest, enjoy the scenery, see the wildlife such as Javanese bull, black long tail monkey, and various forest birds. You also can do camping in this jungle, in several locations, provided by the national park
1 Night Camping in the forest
A part of the abundant beauty of Nature, National park also provides the camping area. Camping also offers some activities such as fishing, bird watching, outdoor cooking, etc. camping is not only offers having fun but also allows to try something different during the tour.
Meet to our happiest idol 🙂
If you love the social activities, to be closer with local life, playing with children, you will get in this trip. there is some small villages with over 250 family cards that will give you a warm welcome. playing and joking with them you may not get in other place. try a local activities such as swimming in the river, Plenty the peanut plants, looking for their cattle, etc.
Seeking the Turtles
Seeking the turtle is the main Thing we do in the National park. located in Sukamade beach, we do seek the sea turtle in the evening. Mama sea turtles stay in the sea, in the afternoon. if they want to lay the eggs. Then at dusk, the mama will go to the beach and find the best place for laying the egg. find the temperature to make their egg stabil. 85% of green turtles coming to the beach lying the egg. There are many natural factors that make the turtle don’t come to the beach such as the predators, the brighten environment, etc. Green Turtles average more than 100 eggs in one nest. According to the National Park regulations, only one turtle every night allows for the observed attraction. Meanwhile let the other turtle process naturally.
Plant the egg in the semi-hatchery area
After processing the egg, the ranger will take out all the eggs and bring them to the semi-hatchery area and plant there. This is the place for relocating eggs from the beach, to avoid predators. The predators are jungle pig, wild bard, monkey and people. the semi-hatchery area also has the predator’s red ant. the red ant will eat the placenta of the baby.
the egg will stay in the semi-hatchery around 2 weeks- 2 months. they take 25% for the attraction for the visitor and education.and the rest will be released naturally.
Release Baby turtle in the next morning
releasing baby turtles we do it in the early morning around 6 AM. The ranger has prepared a bucket of the turtle for every group.
Bring them to the sea, release them the sun rise is rising. that we know the turtle is truly sensitive to the sun. so it is a good choice for them release in the early morning.
realising them rather far from the sea, it is makes their memory printing on where they are coming from. if they are ready to laying the egg, they will come back again here. so how clever they are.
during we release them, some predator like sea eagle will come. so the amount that we have released, from 1000 turtles only 1 turtle can survive in the nature. many factor in the nature such us, the underwater predatorsthe temperature of water , and pollution of water.
so, what we are doing now is helping the regeneration of the turtle from ancient animal.
How about The Accommodation?
The accommodation is basic. We live in the jungle all the things are limited such as the electricity starts at 5 PM – 10 PM. No networking, phone signal and TV. It is good for you who are a peaceful seekers. So, before you start the trip, get everything done before you enter this area.
All the things are fun and adventures. You must try and gain a lot of experiences in a different way while traveling to Sukamade.
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