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The Bali Barat National Park

About the Park
In 1974, an area of 200 square kilometers of coastal forest around the Prapat Agung peninsula in the northwestern tip of Bali was designated as a “Nature Park”. One of the reasons for this was to preserve the Bali tiger which became extinct anyway ! The park was extended in 1974 and again in 1985 when further 500 square kilometers of interior forest was included and the whole area was upgraded to become the Bali Barat National Park.

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The terrain here is not really forest land, it is a actually coastal savanna. During the dry season from June to September, when there is sparse rainfall, the trees shed their leaves and the landscapes becomes scorched and yellow. When the monsoon rains fall in December, the entire landscape is magically transformed and becomes lush and green.

Floras and Faunas
The park is home to the critically-endangered bird species White Starling (Leucopsar Rothschildii) . The bird is pure white except for its black wing-tips and blue face. A cooperative conservation program is being implemented by the Indonesian and overseas agencies to try to introduce some of these captives birds back to the wild. Being Bali's closest tip to Java, the park is also inhabited by a variety of indigenous migratory bird species which cross the Bali Strait from Java. The Black Shouldered-Kite , the Yellow Billed-Oxpecken, the Blue Kingfisher , the White-Bellied Sea Eagle are among few of the birds.

The park is also habitat to a number of other faunas such as Ant-Eater (Manis Javanicus) , Porcopines (Hystrix Branchyora) , Leopard Cat (Felis Bengalencus) , Barking Deer ( Mantiacus Muntjak) , Black Monkey (Presbytis Cristata), Giant Squirrel (Ratufa Bicolar).

Typical floras floras found in the park include Lontar Palm (Bonasus Flabellfer), Sawo Kecik (Manilkara Kauki), Keruing Bunga (Dipterocarpus Hasseltii), Sono Keling (Dalbergia Intifolia), Cendana (Santalum Ulbum), Pulai (Alstonia Scholaris), Kepuh (Sterculia Foetida), Kemiri (Alcuritas Moluccana), Trengguli (Cassia Fistula), Bayur (Pterospermum Diversifolium), Buni (Antidesma Bunius), Bungur (Logerstromia Speciosa), Burahol (Stelechocarpus Burahol), Kesambi (Scheichera Oleosa), Mundu (Garcia Dulcis).

The resort is located just on the doorstep away from this preservation boundary serving as an ideal base camp to explore this wildlife.

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