Mixmug News. Bantimurung National Park is a nature reserve with an area of 480 km2, only 45 km north of Makassar / Ujung Pandang. Bantimurang name is a combination of 'slam gloom'.
The park is famous for its many butterflies, in 1856 Sir Alfred Wallace visited this place and he refers to this area as the 'Kingdom of butterflies'. A name that is still used today. Unfortunately the number of butterfly species declined significantly in the last decade. In the first calculation there are 270 species, in 1997 only 147 species number and the last calculation in 2010 found only 90 species. In addition to the decline of species, the number of butterflies has also dropped significantly: before there were so many butterflies, they would gather in each group.
Increased human activity in this area is considered as the cause of this decline. Therefore, the government began a program of breeding butterflies. But despite a significant decline, you can still enjoy the thousands of butterflies colorful here especially in or near one of the caves.
Besides butterflies National Park is famous for its waterfall which has a height of 15 meters. This waterfall is an attractive tourist spot for most visitors. There are some that you can explore caves, behind waterfalls. Waterfalls and caves are in a beautiful tropical forest with limestone cliffs.
Bantimurang National Park is very popular and frequently visited by local tourists from Napier at the weekend, visitors usually go to the waterfall and adjacent recreation area.
Bantimurung Park entrance ticket is Rp 5,000 per adult. There are low-cost lodging around the National Park with a rate of $ 50,000.
Access to National Parks Bantimurung
Bantimurung National Park can be reached from Makassar by using the bus to get to Maros, tell the driver if you want to go to the national park and the driver will drop you in a place, where you must continue the journey with Microlet which will bring you to the park entrance.
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