Sativa Sanggraloka: Surrounding's Nature

 

Madura Island

 

Madura is the small island in the eastern of Surabaya city; the sea crossing from Surabaya to this island takes just half an hour. It is the one of the unique culture of Indonesia and has many interested places to be visited; beach, culture, village, and others. The most famous attraction is the annual bull racing (kerapan sapi), which takes place during the dry season in August and September. These exciting and colorful tournaments consist of a race between two pairs of bulls, each team pulling a rider and sled.

South Banyuwangi Reserve

 

Situated on the North of Banyuwangi on the Java's North Eastern tip, this park covers an area of twenty five thousand hectares. The unique about this park is the climate; this is the driest place in Java.
Beside the home of many jungle fowl, wild pigs, deer, wild bull, leopard, leaf monkeys, and species of wild dog, known as asu ajak, South Banyuwangi Reserve occupies the whole of the eastern peninsular known as Blambangan, or alas purwo. This peninsula has idyllic beach that well known as the world's finest surfing beaches.  

 

Kawah Ijen

 

 

Kawah Ijen is one of the most outstanding craters in East Java beside Bromo. There is vast turquoise lake in the center of crater. Streaked with sulphur, the crater is active and the lake has been known to boil over time to time.
There is about 10 miles (16 km) in diameter caldera surrounding the crater that has fertile soil. You can also watch see the beauty scene of coffee vegetation maze, which planted in this calderas.  

 

Bromo

 

  

 

Mt Bromo is the most popular and well known of East Java's tourist attractions. It has a spectacular sunrise and sunset view. Everyday, people from every nationality trek across the sand sea around the mount in pre-dawn to watch the sun rise at the crater rim.
Bromo has special reputation due to its unique location and its role for culture reserve of Majapahit remains that shown by local inhabitants, the Tenggerese, who descent from a princess of Majapahit.

 

Purwodadi Botanical Garden

 

  

Founded in 1941 for the study of plants growing under relatively dry conditions, the Purwodadi Gardens is situated on the lower slopes of Mt. Arjuna at an altitude of about 3000 m and covers an area of 85 hectares (212.5 acres). We can see and observe all sorts of plants. The scarce and dry plants can also be found there. 

Baluran National Park

Baluran National Park, located on the entire northeast corner, is a dry countryside of open forests and scrubland, bordered by marshes, swampy groves, and white sand beaches. Its extensive savannah provides a grazing ground for wild cow, wild buffalos, deer and wild dog, spotted leopard, primate, peafowl, jungle pawl, jackals, macaque, long tail macaque, small antelope, civet cats, fruit bats, monitor lizards, squirrels wild pigs kingfishers, bee-eaters, owls, peacocks, and Javanese wild ox.

Occupied by an area of twenty five thousand hectares, the Park provides a unique natural attraction for your nature pleasure.

Meru Betiri Reserve

Meru Betiri Reserve is well known with its exotic natural attraction on southern beaches; the sea turtle nesting beaches. The park consists of one of the last extensive areas of lowland rainforest on Java, as well as mangrove, lowland swamp forest and beach formations.
Situated on 50,000 ha area at the south coast of East Java, this reserve is also known as the last place on the island where the Javanese tiger is exist.

Batu

Batu is the most favorite natural retreat place for east java people. It has a beautiful mountainous view, which 0have attractive sunrise and sunset. With its climate and scenic beauty, Batu is sometimes even referred to "little Switzerland of Java". Its plateau appearance is almost like an alpine.
The cool climate and fertile soils are ideal for growing many species of flower and fruits, which the plantation is performing beauty scenery. You can also see Bamboo and tropical wood being split to create maze surrounding the vegetation.
Apples, for which Batu is well known all over the island.