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Thousand Islands Map

Thousand Islands National Park is one of the representatives of the marine nature conservation area in Indonesia, which is located approximately 45 km north of Jakarta.

There are 78 large-small island with a height of not more than three meters above sea level., And it is a group of islands reefs.

In hundreds of years ago, the coral islands were formed on the colonies of coral animals are already dead. The colony was initially grown on the shallow seabed, and the upper layer of the ocean surface and the experience of weathering. Then on top of rock plains, growing pioneer species such as shrubs, some species of trees and there was land. Mainland is in the islands were not the same as mainland consisting of land. Similarly, the plant and its animal wealth.

Generally, the plants contained in the Thousand Islands National Park is dominated by coastal plants, such as Calophyllum inophyllum (Calophyllum inophyllum), hibiscus (Hibicus tiliaceus), pandan (Pandanus sp.), Sea pine (Casuarina equisetifolia), cangkudu (Morinda citrifolia), butun ( Barringtonia asiatica), bogem (Bruguiera sp.), breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), almond (Terminalia cattapa), and defeated (Cerbena adollam).

The wealth of marine life park is composed of hard corals and software as much as 54 species, 144 species of fish, two kinds of clams, three groups of algae such as Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta and Phaeophyta, six types of seaweed such as Halodule sp., Halophila sp., And Enhalus sp ., and 17 kinds of shore birds.

Thousand Islands National Park is a place of nesting hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Hawksbill and green turtles are endangered species and rarely found in other waters, especially the northern coast of Java Island, breeding on the island of bushes leaves.

Captive breeding is aimed at restoring populations of endangered sea turtles. Breeding activities include semi-natural hatchery and turtle child care until it is ready to be released into the wild.

Thousand Islands

Most of the beaches in this national park is protected by mangrove forests, where the living monitor lizards, snakes and pythons gold ring.

Behind the phenomenon and the secrets of the universe, actually save the Thousand Islands group of the most captivating natural beauty. Symphony tiny islands of green, crashing waves, golden colored sunlight in the evening; course will reassure those in the Thousand Islands National Park.

Some islands / attractions to be visited:
Scout Island, Island Bush Leaves, Coconut Island and Island Grill: Seeing the turtle breeding, animal observation and marine tourism.
Scout Island, Opak Island, Coral Island cocky. Wreck diving ships that sank.
Long Island, Island Princess, Island and Island Rainbow Silver: nautical tourism which is managed by the private sector.
Ant Island, Coral Island cocky, Coral Island Kroja, kotok Big Island, Small Island and Island Gosong kotok Action: For diving and snorkeling activities.

November to February each year with frequent large waves (dangerous), and not so good weather usually occurs during May to August.

The best visiting season: March to May every year.

How to achieve the location: The Marina Jaya Ancol every day there is a special vessel to serve visitors who want to see the objects of nautical tourism, with travel time between 1-2 hours. Or from Muara Angke to Scout Island ferry boat about 2.5 hours.

Office: Jl. Salemba Raya 9, Jakarta Pusat 10 440
Tel. (021) 3915773, Fax. (021) 3103574
E-mail: tnlks@indo.net.id

Stated the Minister of Agriculture, 1982
Appointed Minister of Forestry, SK No.162/Kpts-II/95
with an area of 108 000 hectares
Determined by the Minister of Forestry Decree No. 6310/Kpts-II/2002
with an area of 107 489 hectares
Location of the Province of DKI Jakarta
Air temperature 21 ° - 34 ° C
Average rainfall is 3000 mm / year
Altitude of 0-2 meters above sea level
West monsoon from November to February
East monsoon from May to August
The geographical position of 5 ° 23 '- 5 ° 40' latitude, 106 ° 25 '- 106 ° 37' E

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