A few years ago I went a little inside Berbak National Park;we went on a family visit to my wife uncles and cousins home to Jambi and I traveled to Berbak located in Tanjung Jabung Timur where my wife uncles was the Camat at Sabak Kecamatan(like mayor of that subdisrict);we came to Jambi from Padang driving more than 15 hours passing through Solok,Sijunjung,Dharmasraya,Muara Tebo,Muaro Jambi and finally Jambi city.
The
Berbak National Park in Sumatra island,
forms part of the largest undisturbed swamp forest in southeastern Asia,
and the peat swamp forest with the greatest number of palm species.
Protected since 1935 under Dutch colonial law and later declared a
national park, it has been also recognised as a wetland of international
importance.is one of the last strongholds of Sumatran tiger as well as Sumatran Rhino between many hundreds more
We drive from Jambi to an area called Kandis at the shores of Batanghari River,the biggest river in Sumatra and from there we rent a speedboat for Rp 500,000 for the day and we drive through the Batanghari river and into Sungai Air Hitam Dalam,one of the entrances to the park;these speedboats travel from Kandis to the village of Nipah Panjang at the mouth of river Batanghari with the sea at Malacca Strait;they are boat taxis but they not leave until they are full,we could be waiting for long hours;as a taxi is just 40,000 Rp but must be full thr boat and the same when geting back;on the way to Nipah Panjang stops qhere you want to go down
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| This is the Batanghari river on the way to Malacca Strait to the astoishing hamlet of Nipah Panjang(Nipah is a species of palm tree found in many swamp forests and panjang means long) | |
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| Burial place of Orang Kayo Hitam Orang Kayo Hitam is famous character in Jambi's history. According to several different legends he is accredited with
having been the first king, although there are many accounts of kings
reigning over Jambi prior to him. |
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| Bridge over Batanghari river;only motorbikes access the bridge as there are no roads from Jambi until here for cars |
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| Entrance to Air Hitam Dalam and one of the entrances to the park |
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| From Kandis we reach air hitam dalam in 2 hours;air hitam dalam is one of the branches of the batanghari river that leads to the malacca strait through deep mangrove and peat swamp forest;at the mouth where air hitam dalam meets the malacca strait is the village of Air Hitam Laut;there are crocodiles around here |
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| Air Hitam Dalam mean Black Water Inside |
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| A fisherman fishing prawns;normally to fishing inside the park is not allowed |
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| Om Jon,he used to drive me anywhere in Sumatra |
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| We drive the boat through Air Hitam Dalam for around 2 hours but the driver of the speedboat sacred of the boat broken as many fallen trees inside the small river and the jungle was becoming more and more deep and inpenetrable,so we back to Kandis |
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| Orang Kayo Hitam burial |
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| The tomb of Orang Kayo Hitam and his wife |
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| A remain of some hindu temple |
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| This is the caretaker of the tomb of Orang Kayo Hitam |
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| Om Pen met his office mate there |
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| After the boat ride to Berbak and back to Kandis we eat Durian |
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| A small clinic on the way back to Jambi |
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| A house on the road back to Jambi city |
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| One street in Jambi |
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