Baluran National Park
Last weekend I got a chance to visit Baluran National Park as an attempt to get to know more of Indonesian Eco Tourism destinations. Baluran is a protected forest in East Java, that also got Savannah called Bekol and a beach called Bama Beach. You can go there from Surabaya (5 hours drive). More technical info about the place go to this website.
It’s cheap. The entrance ticket only $2 and if you don’t bring a car, you can ask for Ojek or motorcycle ride for around $3-$5. Instantly I enjoy the beauty of Baluran. This is a great place to have Pre-Wedding session or even just doing a photography rally with your friends.
It’s adventurous. Because you can see animals that you’d normally see at the zoo. Now you can see them in their own home. We saw some peacocks and must played hide and seek with them (remind me of the movie ‘Up’), also I just knew that they could fly! How bizarre :P
It’s beautiful. All over the forest we can see beautiful sceneries of any type of trees/plants. We can also view Bekol Savannah from a tower. It’s beautiful up there!
It’s Magical. When it’s time to get back, we can see the misty mountain from afar. Truly magical!
Bonus: a beach! Not only Bama Beach, just 1 hour from Baluran, if you go to Banyuwangi direction, you’ll get a beautiful beach around Watudodol are. Take a sip of coconut drink, and that would be the best way to sealed the day!
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Llia
A writer of 30 books. Co-Founder & CMO Storial.co & NulisBuku.com. Initiate StartupLokal, the biggest startup community in Indonesia. Co-Managing Director of Girls in Tech Indonesia.
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Juliawan
wao really interesting place mbah Ollie ^^, I want to go there somewhere ,ehmm..I just read your book Ollie about mendesain template joomla,and I just want to know pada saat kita masuk ke halaman administrator itu user name and passwordnya kok gak bisa masuk ya?itu username and password pada saat instalasi dibagian mana ya mbah?,minta tolong jawabannya ya Ollie di blogku,btw nice blog mbah ^^ ,kalo boleh sih tukeren link Ollie ^^
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Ollie
Semoga kapan-kapan bisa main ke Baluran ^^ Soal Joomla, kemaren sebagai contoh usernamenya: admin passwordnya: password mas. Coba dulu ya
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b4nch4
keren foto2nya ol!!!
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Donny Herdianto
Mba Olli, perkenalkan saya Donny,
liat blignya mba Ollie bagus banget, saya sekarang sedang belajar buat blog, dengan membaca buku mba Ollie.
Yah, saya sekalian lagi nyobain usaha baru yang ingin saya jualan secara online. Tolong liat yah blog saya , megabaja.blogspot.com, masukannya yah.
Terimakasih
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rouf
keliling nusantara terus, Ooollll…. ;-)
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Setyagus Sucipto
Ollie gw mau masukin gambar elo ke gantibaju facebook page atau group boleh nggak
gambarnya bener2 nyerminin baju itu
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Ollie
Boleh dooong… more pictures yang lebih jelas di sini nih
http://www.flickr.com/photos/salsabeela/sets/72157622115033010/
Masukin aja yang banyak hahahahaha *banci-tampil*
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melinda
Nice report and great picture of an amazing adventure.
I hope one day i can be there too.
Thanks for sharing about baluran park.
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didut
Jalan jalan terus!!!
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thomas
wah detail banget laporannya mbak, manteb deh. saya dulu sering kesana kalo pas ke bali or ke banyuwangi, tp gak pernah jalan2 khusus je balurannya….
selamat mbak…sukses selalu
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swiss winnasis
saya sudah cukup lama kerja di baluran. banyak foto juga yang saya dapat. tapi cerita anda bener2 simple but cool…salam dari baluran…
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eko setiawan ansel
aku cinta baluran
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Catharine Lariosa
Hello dude , Why dont u put facebook badge on your site? Because I want to add your fan page. Thank Regards Admin of slareng.com
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Ricky Hermawan
Wah…. mbak salsa, udah pernah ke banyuwangi toh….??? ^_^
Gimana kesannya stelah ke baluran mbak? Asik gak? hehe…
Kalo maen lagi ke banyuwangi, kabar2 ya mbak. Q kan fansnya mbak! hehehe….
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Ollie
@Ricky Hermawan, hehe aku kan orang Banyuwangi
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This post gives the light in which we can observe the reality. This really is very nice one and gives in-depth information. Thanks for this good article.
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Duong Le
Hello Ollie,
So far, I have some information about the places to get the public bus or other transportation. But the places sound new to me, so I cannot link it to each other. I’ll be very happy if you may share some detailed information about how to go to Baluran National Park from Surabaya.
I am Duong and I am from Vietnam. I have been searching information for my trip to Indonesia in early next month. Two of destinations where I am going to are Baluran National Park and Mount Bromo, East Java. If possible, Could you share to me how to get to Baluran National Park from Surabaya?
Many thanks.
Duong.
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