This former airport is being rebuilt as a garden city but is not due for completion until well into the 21st century. It is the home of the Jakarta Fairgrounds. A 6-ha fragment of mangrove swamp has been retained next to a man-made lagoon. Its full name is Hutan Rawa Payau Baru Bandar kemayoran. A board provides access to the marsh.
Key species
Little Cormorant, Little and Cattle Egrets, Black-crowned Night-heron, Small Blue and Sacred Kingfisher, Great Tit, Racquet-tailed Treepie.
Getting there
By bus from Blok M take metro Mini S610 to Pondok Labu (IDR 2,500), then kopaja 06 (IDR 2,500) to the Jakarta Fairgrounds, kemayoran district (IDR 2,500).
By taxi from kota station to kemayoran (near the golf course $3/IDR 27,000). The guard will ask to see your permit.
General information
A permit for a visit to kemayoran is obtained from DP3KK, Jl Angkasa, Kemayoran, Jakarta 10610 (behind pasar baru). Phone 4217135; fax 424 1356. permits are free of charge but insurance for each site is IDR 1,000
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Pulau Rambut: Birdwatching Island
One of the closer in-shore “thousand Islands” of Jakarta Bay, the 45-ha Pulau Rambut is home to a large waterbird colony including Milky Stork, Herons, Egrets and Ibises. Well maintained trails enter the forest and a tall watchtower provides memorable viewing.
Key species
Breeding and roosting Milky Stork, purple and Grey Herons, Black-crowned Night-heron, Intermediate and Little Egrets, Little Cormorant, Glossy and Black-headed Ibises, White-bellied Sea-eagle, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Frigatebirds on the crossing.
Getting there
From Muara Angke arrange a boat charter at the warden’s post. Expect to pay $70 for a 20+ seater, or $40 for a smaller vessel. The trip along the coast to Pulau Rambut takes 1.5 hrs.
A cheaper way to get there is to drive to Tanjung Pasir, at the back of the airport. The regular boats that ferry villagers across to the neighbouring Untung Jawa Island will drop you at Pulau Rambut for $1.5 (20 mins). Arrange for pick-up, too, for not later than 4.00 pm. Alternatively you can charter a boat ($30).
To reach Tanjung Pasir by bus: fffrom blok M to Kalideres bus station, getting off before Kalideres at Pasar Cengkareng. From there take a white bemo to Kampung Melayu (IDR 2,500), then a further bemo to Dadap (IDR 2,500), and finally at bemo (IDR 2,500) to Tanjung Pasir.
General information
A permit is required and may be obtained from SBKSDA, Jl Salemba Raya 16, Central Jakarta, phone/fax 3904402. to save waiting, fax them your permit request with your name and passport number the day before you want to collect it. This is a full-day excursion.
Researchers are allowed to stay on the island with a permit but there are no facilities on the island for visitors, so take all your own food and drink with you. PHPA has a guest house on nearby Untung Jawa Island ($7/IDR 65,000).
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
Key species
Breeding and roosting Milky Stork, purple and Grey Herons, Black-crowned Night-heron, Intermediate and Little Egrets, Little Cormorant, Glossy and Black-headed Ibises, White-bellied Sea-eagle, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Frigatebirds on the crossing.
Getting there
From Muara Angke arrange a boat charter at the warden’s post. Expect to pay $70 for a 20+ seater, or $40 for a smaller vessel. The trip along the coast to Pulau Rambut takes 1.5 hrs.
A cheaper way to get there is to drive to Tanjung Pasir, at the back of the airport. The regular boats that ferry villagers across to the neighbouring Untung Jawa Island will drop you at Pulau Rambut for $1.5 (20 mins). Arrange for pick-up, too, for not later than 4.00 pm. Alternatively you can charter a boat ($30).
To reach Tanjung Pasir by bus: fffrom blok M to Kalideres bus station, getting off before Kalideres at Pasar Cengkareng. From there take a white bemo to Kampung Melayu (IDR 2,500), then a further bemo to Dadap (IDR 2,500), and finally at bemo (IDR 2,500) to Tanjung Pasir.
General information
A permit is required and may be obtained from SBKSDA, Jl Salemba Raya 16, Central Jakarta, phone/fax 3904402. to save waiting, fax them your permit request with your name and passport number the day before you want to collect it. This is a full-day excursion.
Researchers are allowed to stay on the island with a permit but there are no facilities on the island for visitors, so take all your own food and drink with you. PHPA has a guest house on nearby Untung Jawa Island ($7/IDR 65,000).
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
Muara Angke
This once rich wetland site has been drastically reduced in extent by housing and golf course development, and now only a 27-ha nature reserve survives. However, this marsh and its adjoining mangroves still offer good birding and are one of the easiest places to see the endangered Javan Coucal.
Key species
Javan Coucal, Javan Plover, Milky Stork, Black-headed Ibis, Small blue Kingfisher, Black-winged Starling, Watercock and a good site for crakes and acrocepha warblers, passage terns and waders.
Getting there
By taxi ask for Pondok Indah Kapuk Estate ($7/IDR 65,000 from blok M).
By bus P37 Blok M-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); P6B Kampung Rambutan bus Station-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); P46 Pulo Gadung-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); Metro 02 from Senen-Muara Karang (IDR 2,500); Metro U30 Kota-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500). Which ever bus you take, get off at the west end of Jl Pluit Karang. Look for the massive entrance arch to the Pondok Indah Kapuk Estate; 20 m beyond this is a roundabout. Take the only exit, Jl Pantai Indah Utara 2, and walk along for 75 m. on the north side of the road you will see a sign for the reserve and little bamboo bridge entrance.
General Information
A few metres across the bamboo bridge is a warden’s post where you should report. Boats to Pulau Rambut can also be arranged here. Immediately behind the post is a tall watchtower, which is the best place to scan from for Javan Coucal. A 1-2 km boardwalk follows the edge of the reserve (3 sides, excluding the river boundary).
There is good birding from the boardwalk, especially along the western edge, which passes through a fragment of mangrove and nipa palm swamp. Unfortunately, despite frequent repairs, the boardwalk is always in a state of collapse. Be careful not to fall through it, and expect not to be able to get the whole way. On the western edge a rickety bamboo bridge crosses from the boardwalk to the bund surrounding the new housing development. Walk seaward (north) for 55 m to the coastal mangroves.
A path runs west along the back of the mangroves until it reaches the canalized Angke river. The best area of mangrove is on the other side of the river. The mud in fron can be good for waders, and Milky Storks sometimes feed there. You may be lucky and find a boatman who will ferry you across. if not, you have to return to Jl Pantai Indah Utara 2 and walk west along this road for 1.5 km (past another roundabout) where a bridge crosses the river. The mangroves are a further 700 m down the side of the river. 500 m west along the path at the back of the mangroves is a freshwater lagoon and a stone breakwater, which gives access through the mangroves to the mud.
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
Key species
Javan Coucal, Javan Plover, Milky Stork, Black-headed Ibis, Small blue Kingfisher, Black-winged Starling, Watercock and a good site for crakes and acrocepha warblers, passage terns and waders.
Getting there
By taxi ask for Pondok Indah Kapuk Estate ($7/IDR 65,000 from blok M).
By bus P37 Blok M-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); P6B Kampung Rambutan bus Station-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); P46 Pulo Gadung-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); Metro 02 from Senen-Muara Karang (IDR 2,500); Metro U30 Kota-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500). Which ever bus you take, get off at the west end of Jl Pluit Karang. Look for the massive entrance arch to the Pondok Indah Kapuk Estate; 20 m beyond this is a roundabout. Take the only exit, Jl Pantai Indah Utara 2, and walk along for 75 m. on the north side of the road you will see a sign for the reserve and little bamboo bridge entrance.
General Information
A few metres across the bamboo bridge is a warden’s post where you should report. Boats to Pulau Rambut can also be arranged here. Immediately behind the post is a tall watchtower, which is the best place to scan from for Javan Coucal. A 1-2 km boardwalk follows the edge of the reserve (3 sides, excluding the river boundary).
There is good birding from the boardwalk, especially along the western edge, which passes through a fragment of mangrove and nipa palm swamp. Unfortunately, despite frequent repairs, the boardwalk is always in a state of collapse. Be careful not to fall through it, and expect not to be able to get the whole way. On the western edge a rickety bamboo bridge crosses from the boardwalk to the bund surrounding the new housing development. Walk seaward (north) for 55 m to the coastal mangroves.
A path runs west along the back of the mangroves until it reaches the canalized Angke river. The best area of mangrove is on the other side of the river. The mud in fron can be good for waders, and Milky Storks sometimes feed there. You may be lucky and find a boatman who will ferry you across. if not, you have to return to Jl Pantai Indah Utara 2 and walk west along this road for 1.5 km (past another roundabout) where a bridge crosses the river. The mangroves are a further 700 m down the side of the river. 500 m west along the path at the back of the mangroves is a freshwater lagoon and a stone breakwater, which gives access through the mangroves to the mud.
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
Jakarta
Getting there
By air there are connections from all over the world with jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport located 12 km northwest of the city. Taxi fare into town is $15; there is also a regular AC airport bus service to downtown for $2.
By sea Pelni passenger ferries visit Tanjung Priok docks from all parts of Indonesia. Non-Pelni boats also take passengers; contact them at the harbour master’s office. There is also 24-hr ferry service from Bakauheni, Sumatra, to Merak, 140 km west of Jakarta; journey time 2 hrs.
It is also possible to go by ferry from Batan and Bintan, the two Indonesian Islands situated close to Singapore. Pelni services ply between these islands and Sumatra, as well as Jakarta and Surabaya.
Accommodation/dinning
There is a range of accommodation from the large international chains to the very inexpensive traveller’s’ losmen on Jl Jaksa, in the city centre near Monas square, but not much in the mid range for tourists. There is a very wide range of dining options: international standart (and price)! Restaurants through to roadside food stalls.
TransportBus very cheap but hot, cramped, crowded and dilapidated. Standard fare is about IDR 2,500. smaller Patas buses are slightly more expensive at IDR 6,000, but less crowded and stop anywhere. City bus route maps are (sometimes) available at theVisitor information centre in Djakarta Theatre building on Jl Thamrin. Pickpockets and bag slashers are a common hazard on buses. If you carrying expensive binoculars and cameras you will do much better to travel by taxi or hire a car.
Taxis plentiful, and can be flagged down anywhere. Fares are fairly cheap by international standards. AC flagfall is IDR 5,000, IDR 5,000/km thereafter; make sure the meter is on.
Car rental: many companies now offer both chauffer-driven (CD) cars with driver and gas included, as wel as self-drive (SD) cars. CD daily rates (12 hrs) range from $60 (kijang van) to $126 (Corola sedan); SD daily rates include insurance minus $50 deductible, range from $47 (kijang van) to $85 (corolla sedan).
General Information
Tourist Office Visitor Information Centre (for maps you can see google earth/maps and wikimapia)
By air there are connections from all over the world with jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport located 12 km northwest of the city. Taxi fare into town is $15; there is also a regular AC airport bus service to downtown for $2.
By sea Pelni passenger ferries visit Tanjung Priok docks from all parts of Indonesia. Non-Pelni boats also take passengers; contact them at the harbour master’s office. There is also 24-hr ferry service from Bakauheni, Sumatra, to Merak, 140 km west of Jakarta; journey time 2 hrs.
It is also possible to go by ferry from Batan and Bintan, the two Indonesian Islands situated close to Singapore. Pelni services ply between these islands and Sumatra, as well as Jakarta and Surabaya.
Accommodation/dinning
There is a range of accommodation from the large international chains to the very inexpensive traveller’s’ losmen on Jl Jaksa, in the city centre near Monas square, but not much in the mid range for tourists. There is a very wide range of dining options: international standart (and price)! Restaurants through to roadside food stalls.
TransportBus very cheap but hot, cramped, crowded and dilapidated. Standard fare is about IDR 2,500. smaller Patas buses are slightly more expensive at IDR 6,000, but less crowded and stop anywhere. City bus route maps are (sometimes) available at theVisitor information centre in Djakarta Theatre building on Jl Thamrin. Pickpockets and bag slashers are a common hazard on buses. If you carrying expensive binoculars and cameras you will do much better to travel by taxi or hire a car.
Taxis plentiful, and can be flagged down anywhere. Fares are fairly cheap by international standards. AC flagfall is IDR 5,000, IDR 5,000/km thereafter; make sure the meter is on.
Car rental: many companies now offer both chauffer-driven (CD) cars with driver and gas included, as wel as self-drive (SD) cars. CD daily rates (12 hrs) range from $60 (kijang van) to $126 (Corola sedan); SD daily rates include insurance minus $50 deductible, range from $47 (kijang van) to $85 (corolla sedan).
General Information
Tourist Office Visitor Information Centre (for maps you can see google earth/maps and wikimapia)
Tangkuban Perahu Nature Reserve
The 2,076 m Tangkuban volcano dominates the northern side of the Bandung Basin. A surfaced road winds right to the edge of the crater. this spectacular "drive in"volcano is a popular tourist spot-with souvenir stalls and restaurants, but it is not difficult to slip off along one of the trails for some pleasant birding.
key species
this is the easiest place in Java to see the high altitude specialties-volcano Swiftlet and Island Thrush-and the forest birding is good.
Getting there
from Bandung drive north 16 km to the old Dutch resort town of Lembang. From here the Subang road skirts the eastern flanks of the volcano; a gate marking the entrance to the reserve is about 9 km from Subang. A surfaced road leads to the crater.
General Information
At the crater follow the trail anti-clockwise round the rim. 500 m below the crater is a big car park with restaurants. Across the road from the car park a trail leads 1 km through excellent forest to a second, smaller crater.
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
key species
this is the easiest place in Java to see the high altitude specialties-volcano Swiftlet and Island Thrush-and the forest birding is good.
Getting there
from Bandung drive north 16 km to the old Dutch resort town of Lembang. From here the Subang road skirts the eastern flanks of the volcano; a gate marking the entrance to the reserve is about 9 km from Subang. A surfaced road leads to the crater.
General Information
At the crater follow the trail anti-clockwise round the rim. 500 m below the crater is a big car park with restaurants. Across the road from the car park a trail leads 1 km through excellent forest to a second, smaller crater.
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
Segara Anakan : Best Mangrove to Birdwatching
This large mangrove area, with its vast tidal mud-flat area, is unique in Java. though not particularly rich in different species, the area holds some rare species in considerable numbers.
Key species
Lesser Adjutant, Milky Stork, Javan Coucal, Ruddy and Stork-billed Kingfishers, Long-billed Spiderhunter, Copper-throated Sunbird.
Other Wildlife
Silvered Leaf Monkey, Long-tailed Macaque, Otters are often encountered along remote creeks; freswater dolphins and dugongs have been reprted but seem to have disappeared with the siltation of the estuaries.
Getting there
from Kalipucang, east of Pangandaran, there are passenger ferries to Cilacap (4 hrs, IDR 5,000 at 7.00 am, 8.00 am, 12.00 pm and 1.00 pm, although boats are sometimes cancelled. a car ferry is also planned, starting from Majingkak. there are bus connections from Cilacap to the major towns of Central Java.
Accommodation/Dining
there is no accommodation inside the area, except for some huts and shelters owned by the forestry department, and private houses in the villages. if you stay overnight in Cilacap (it is not somewhere to hang around) there is accommodation ranging from $3-50.
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
Key species
Lesser Adjutant, Milky Stork, Javan Coucal, Ruddy and Stork-billed Kingfishers, Long-billed Spiderhunter, Copper-throated Sunbird.
Other Wildlife
Silvered Leaf Monkey, Long-tailed Macaque, Otters are often encountered along remote creeks; freswater dolphins and dugongs have been reprted but seem to have disappeared with the siltation of the estuaries.
Getting there
from Kalipucang, east of Pangandaran, there are passenger ferries to Cilacap (4 hrs, IDR 5,000 at 7.00 am, 8.00 am, 12.00 pm and 1.00 pm, although boats are sometimes cancelled. a car ferry is also planned, starting from Majingkak. there are bus connections from Cilacap to the major towns of Central Java.
Accommodation/Dining
there is no accommodation inside the area, except for some huts and shelters owned by the forestry department, and private houses in the villages. if you stay overnight in Cilacap (it is not somewhere to hang around) there is accommodation ranging from $3-50.
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
Carita Beach
the patch of lowland rain forest along the trail to the Curug Gendang waterfalls is an increasingly popular destination for birdwatchers as it offers the best chances to see most of Java's lowland endemics along a very accessible trail. about 125 birds have been recorded here, with undoubtedly more to be added.
key species
Javan Hawk-eagle, Red-billed Malkoha, Javan Owlet, Brown Boobook, Javan Frogmouth, Javan Kingfisher, Black-crested Bulbul, Grey-cheeked Tit-babbler, White-breasted Babbler, Violet-tailed Sunbird, Crested Jay.
Other wildlife
Javan Leaf Monkey, Land Tortoises
Getting there
the turn off and entrance gate to the forest (where there are cheap losmen) are about 10 km north of Labuan on the coast road.
Accomodation/Dining
there are plenty of hotels, from 5-star to cheap penginapan, along the road between Cilegon and Labuan. there are also many food stalls and restaurants, though most may be closed on quiet weekdays.
General Information
the forest is managed as a hutan wisata (recreation forest) by the Perhutani Forestry Department. entrance IDR 2,500. Best time to visit Mar-Sept.
Source: Birding Indonesia, Periplus Publishing, Singapore
key species
Javan Hawk-eagle, Red-billed Malkoha, Javan Owlet, Brown Boobook, Javan Frogmouth, Javan Kingfisher, Black-crested Bulbul, Grey-cheeked Tit-babbler, White-breasted Babbler, Violet-tailed Sunbird, Crested Jay.
Other wildlife
Javan Leaf Monkey, Land Tortoises
Getting there
the turn off and entrance gate to the forest (where there are cheap losmen) are about 10 km north of Labuan on the coast road.
Accomodation/Dining
there are plenty of hotels, from 5-star to cheap penginapan, along the road between Cilegon and Labuan. there are also many food stalls and restaurants, though most may be closed on quiet weekdays.
General Information
the forest is managed as a hutan wisata (recreation forest) by the Perhutani Forestry Department. entrance IDR 2,500. Best time to visit Mar-Sept.
Source: Birding Indonesia, Periplus Publishing, Singapore
Cerme Cave: Speleologi, Birdwatching and Bicycling
The longest cave in Java Island
I woke up at 05.00 am. after i prayed for my God, i prepared to travelling by bicycle. i invite long my friend among tono, bejo and others. but who can go with me is tono and sunar. so, at the time who can go to cerme cave is 3 persons.
Start at krapyak wetan, we took west imogiri street, straight stay this street to south. we bicycled in morning air, its make our body fresh. the distance cerme cave from krapyak wetan less or more 18 km. We arrive in cerme cave at 09.00 am. We get relaxing and chat with genuine people. I took birdwatching activity to see bird in this area. Unfortunately i can't see them. May be they are shiny.
But i can hear their voice. we took rest and relax for 1 hrs. After that we continue to go cerme cave. We need guide to go there. We pay IDR 20,00 for 3 persons. In the cave we took 1,5 hrs journey. For 1,5 hrs we can see stalaktit-stalagmit, pilaar, beautiful rock or drip stone, canopy, gordyn (flow stone), animals cave such as bats, swiflet, fish in bottom cave river, insect. I have chance to touch of fish and insect. They are unique animals because they can live in deep cave and deep dark. They morfologi have adopt with this situation. insect have long antennae. After we get out from cave we walk trails to go back. We get fortune to see Javan eagles in canopy tek trees.
I woke up at 05.00 am. after i prayed for my God, i prepared to travelling by bicycle. i invite long my friend among tono, bejo and others. but who can go with me is tono and sunar. so, at the time who can go to cerme cave is 3 persons.
Start at krapyak wetan, we took west imogiri street, straight stay this street to south. we bicycled in morning air, its make our body fresh. the distance cerme cave from krapyak wetan less or more 18 km. We arrive in cerme cave at 09.00 am. We get relaxing and chat with genuine people. I took birdwatching activity to see bird in this area. Unfortunately i can't see them. May be they are shiny.
But i can hear their voice. we took rest and relax for 1 hrs. After that we continue to go cerme cave. We need guide to go there. We pay IDR 20,00 for 3 persons. In the cave we took 1,5 hrs journey. For 1,5 hrs we can see stalaktit-stalagmit, pilaar, beautiful rock or drip stone, canopy, gordyn (flow stone), animals cave such as bats, swiflet, fish in bottom cave river, insect. I have chance to touch of fish and insect. They are unique animals because they can live in deep cave and deep dark. They morfologi have adopt with this situation. insect have long antennae. After we get out from cave we walk trails to go back. We get fortune to see Javan eagles in canopy tek trees.
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