Berbak National Park

The Berbak is a national park on the east coast of Sumatra with a total area of ​​162,700 hectares. It is located in the district of Tanjung Jabung in the province of Jambi. The area was already in 1935 by the Dutch, under protection, but later declared a national park. It is the largest remaining undisturbed marsh in Southeast Asia.

The park consists of 600 km ² freshwater swamp forest and the 1100 km ² peat forests. To muddy swampland and a fringe mangrove forest adjoins the coast in the east. The tidal range at the coast is more than 2 m. The southern border is the river Benu. The draining to the northeast rivers are up to 20 m deep and cause acidic bog and Torfwasser.

The park is to the west across the river Air Hitam Dalam ( Deep black water) distance. From other locations of tours are offered: Air Hitam sound ( on the east by the coast) and Simpang Kubu.

Flora and Fauna

The park untouched flora and fauna of Sumatra has received. There are, meranti ( Shorea sp.) And many, rare palm species such as Johanesteijmannia altifrons and Lepidaria kingii from the family of Loranthaceae with a red-violet flower.

The park is home to many animal species: Sumatran rhino ( Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis ), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae ), Malayan tapir ( Tapirus indicus), mouse deer ( Tragulus kanchil javanicus ), about 300 species of birds - among other things Kingfishers ( alcedinidae spp. ) And the turtle species Orlitia borneensis and Batagur ( Batagur baska ).