PANTAI SUKAMADE ( COAST OF SUKAMADE )

GREEN TURTLE PLACE LAY EGGS

Coast Sukamade located in National Park Meru Betiri and In General National Park of Meru Betiri of located in south coast of East Java. Incoming in two regency namely Jember and tip of east in Banyuwangi. Broadness reach 50.000 hektare. Its name taken away from a highest mount which in Mount ( meru) Betiri ( 1.223 m). This park contain the rest of Java plain area forest which wide enough. Also there are mangrove, lowland bog forest and unfold coast.

Besides frequent five turtle type coastal beehive over there were the tiger of java there still in fores. Others also can be witnessed a bull, leopard, deer, and various monkey type. From bird type there are peacock, various hawk and rangkong. Besides fauna, flora here include Rafflesia zollingeriona and Balanphora fungosa.

Access to go to there can through town Banyuwangi. Coastal Distance of Sukamade about 97 km up at South-West from Banyuwangi. Use bus to Gallery and from there continue with small bus to Sarongan or with truck to Sukamade and can be through to Rajagwesi. Permit enter area National Park Meru Betiri can got office Police ranger in Sarongan.

Coastal of Sukamade represent calm coast, and respect, coastal in the begining this finding by Dutch in the year 1927. Rubber, copy and brown planted in plantation land for the width of 1200 hectare. Sukamade representing of experienced protected forest in coresponding East Java ranch of turtle. Trough trip of Night time to coast of Sukamade become unforgettable. All visitor guiding by all guide custodian of experienced forest to see the turtle landing to coast and lay eggs in sands. Female turtle generally lay eggs till hundreds of placed in sand in coast. Female turtle generally start to land clock 07.30 night and back to sea at 12.00 night time.

This area preserve in the form of covert area since 1972. Till year 1979 turtle egg in Sukamade still be hunted by all compiler. But after gathering, turtle child evacuation, and the turtle arrest prohibited to ossify. Green turtle which most commonly have a nest in Sukamade, that way the research WWF report ( World Wide Fund for Nature). And from data sometime there are some absent type lay eggs for a number of years, but later return again.

November till March is season of turtle lay eggs, road to Sukamade very challange to exploring. Through the street to visit this place, all visitor can desist Coast Rajegwesi. Coastal of Rajegwesi are located in Countryside Sarongan, Gallery Subdistrict. Walke to go to Rajegwesi also respect. All visitor of through plantation area. calm road greet all visitor. Hill, plantation and house in right left side walke. All its resident with all visitor. For a while its coast respect and experience of. Its wave do not too high, so that all visitor can take a bath and swim in coast. Rajegwesi also represent place connecting other beautiful place. You don't overcome Green Bay, a bay of green which fantastik with beautiful precipitous rock circuit. Green Bay reside in Gallery Subdistrict. Apart Green Bay and Rajegwesi about 2 km. beautiful view and experience of visible as long as eye look into. Fresh air from solid coast with air from forest of tropical rain of National Park of Meru Betiri very impressive. bird's eye view of Hill beside the bay really wonderful. Make a trip in blind morning to see animal which grass in grassland also get an impression. The place represent place which still experience of you the soybean cake which must be easternmost of Java, Banyuwangi, Indonesia. Even National Park of Meru Betiri represent house for Java Tiger

Sum up tourist since early eighty year increasing to Sukamade. Strive to maintain place permanence lay eggs turtle pursuedly is biggest barrier, namely the lamp focus. Turtle will refrain from coast if moment he will land to lay eggs there are lamp focus. This is cause why specified a distance which far to come near coast Sukamade walkedly

For saloon car owner, better bracket its intention explore coastal jungle Meru Betiri Till Sukamade. Cause, after entering the post Meru Betiri door, road do not again pave.
Non again the macadamised road, but walke the full of sharp-pointed stoney. Even, to come to to Coast Sukamade, tourist car through five watercourse which knee high water of adult. On the contrary, that heavy field, of course become habit for jeep wheel. Because full adventure, rental jeep owner open entire kap, and change it with ratch roof. Become, recreation to Coastal and Green Bay of Sukamade as recreation full of Challange.