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Posted on September 27, 2013 by bertamasyatour — Leave a comment

Explore Meru Betiri National Park and Finding Turtles at Sukamade BeachJelajah Taman Nasional Meru Betiri dan melihat penyu bertelur di pantai Sukamade

Have you seen turtles lay their eggs directly while in the wild? It is an rarely found experience, but you can watch it directly on the Sukamade beach, located inside Meru National Park Betiri.
Meru Betirin National Park (TNBT) is located on the south coast of East Java that is included in the two districts namely Jember and Banyuwangi in the east end with an area of 50,000 hectares. The name refered to the highest mountain inside national Park (Meru) Betiri (1,223 m).
Besides being able to see the five species of sea turtles are often visited this beach, we still can find Java tiger (reportedly). It also can be seen buffalo, leopard, deer, and various types of monkeys, peacocks, various eagles and hornbills. In addition, the flora here include Rafflesia zollingeriona and Balanphora fungosa. Beautiful landscape with charming beaches can be found in Green Bay. For those who are not satisfied with the adventure of watching turtles lay eggs can perform other activities, among others, exploring the woods around Bandealit and Mt. Gendong. You can also do rock climbing and rope climbing down a cliff in Bandealit coast.
This area is preserved in the form of protected areas since 1972. Until 1979 Sukamade turtle eggs are still hunted by the pengumpulnya. However, now the collection, removal of saplings, and catching turtles is strictly prohibited, because the green turtles, including protected species. According to the research report WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), the most common green turtle nesting in Sukamade. And from there the data is sometimes absent some kind of nesting for several years, but then returned again.
This area is preserved in the form of protected areas since 1972. Until 1979 Sukamade turtle eggs are still hunted by people. However, now the collection, removal of saplings, and catching turtles is strictly prohibited, because the green turtles are protected species. According to the research report WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), the most common green turtle nesting in Sukamade. And from the data there is sometimes absent turtles for nesting for several years, but then returned again.
Turtles will avoid the beach if they find spotlight wheil they get to land. That’s why we must walk for along the beach to watch turltes lays their eggs. For the owner of a sedan type car, you should not have to do exploration in the jungle of Meru Betiri to Sukamade beach, because after entering the main gate post of Meru Betiri, the road is no longer paved. No longer a macadam road, but the road is full of pointy rocks. In fact, to get to Sukamade beach, travelers will pass seven rivers by knee-deep of adults, the water can be as high as jeep body when it’s rainy season.
There are 4 types of 6 species of sea turtles in Indonesia that usualy landing and laying on Sukamade beach, the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Slengkrah Turtle (Lepidochelys olivaceae), and the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriaceae) . Among the turtles are the most frequently landed were green turtles.
The facility in this location include: Home stay, Camping Ground is equipped with a pavilion for meeting rooms, shelters, street tourist trail, information centers, laboratories and workshop.
Another tourist attraction in Sukamade is the coastal mangrove forests located on the east coast estuary of Sukamade beach, the river can be used for canoeing while doing bird watching. Birds such as Roko Roko, sea eagles, terns and many more sea birds that can be observed. Bird watching is usually done while waiting for sunset.

To head towards Meru BetirinNational Park can be reached via 4-lane road from both of Jember and Banyuwangi, are:

Line-Ambulu Jember-Curahnongko-Bandealit (Meru Betiri Gateway of the West) at about 64 km can be reached in about 1.5-2 hours with vehicle two-wheeled or four.
Line-Glenmor Jember-Sarongan-Sukamade (Meru Betiri Gateway of the East) along the 103 km can be reached within 3.5-4 hours with vehicle two-wheeled or four.
Line-Jember- Geneng – Jajag -Pesanggaran -Sarongan-Sukamade with a long 109 km can be reached within 3.5 – 4 hours with vehicle two-wheeled or four.
Line-Banyuwangi-Jajag Pesanggaran-Sarongan-Sukamade along 137 km can be reached within 5 minutes by motor vehicle

Sources: http://banyuwangihariini.com/

Pernahkah kamu melihat penyu secara langsung saat bertelur di alam bebas? Ini adalah pengamalam yang jarang ditemukan, tetapi kamu bisa menyaksikannya langsung di pantai Sukamade yang terletak di dalam kawasan Taman Nasional Meru Betiri.

Taman Nasional Meru Betiri (TNMB) terletak di pantai selatan Jawa Timur yaitu masuk dalam dua kabupaten yakni Jember dan ujung timurnya di Banyuwangi dengan luas mencapai 50.000 hektare. Namanya diambil dari gunung tertinggi yang terdapat di dalamnya Gunung (meru) Betiri (1.223 m).

Selain dapat melihat lima jenis penyu yang kerap menyambangi pantai ini, di sana juga masih ada harimau Jawa (kabarnya). Selain itu juga bisa disaksikan banteng, macan tutul, kijang, dan berbagai jenis monyet. Dari jenis burung terdapat burung merak, berbagai elang dan rangkong. Selain itu, flora di sini mencakup Rafflesia zollingeriona dan Balanphora fungosa. Pemandangan indah dengan pantai menawan bisa ditemukan di Teluk Hijau. Bagi yang tidak puas dengan petualangan menyaksikan penyu bertelur dapat melakukan kegiatan lain, diantaranya. menjelajah hutan di seputar Bandealit dan Gunung Gendong. Juga bisa panjat tebing dan meniti tali turun tebing di tebing pantai Bandealit.

Kawasan ini dilestarikan dalam bentuk kawasan lindung sejak 1972. Hingga tahun 1979 telur penyu di Sukamade masih diburu oleh para pengumpulnya. Namun, sekarang pengumpulan, pemindahan anakan, dan penangkapan penyu dilarang keras, karena Penyu hijau termasuk satwa yang dilindungi. Menurut laporan penelitian WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), Penyu hijau yang paling umum bersarang di Sukamade. Dan dari data kadang ada ada beberapa jenis yang absen bertelur selama beberapa tahun, namun kemudian kembali lagi.

Penyu akan menghindar pantai jika saat ia hendak mendarat untuk bertelur terdapat sorotan lampu. Ini sebabnya mengapa ditetapkan jarak yang jauh untuk mendekati pantai Sukamade yaitu dengan cara berjalan kaki. Bagi pemilik mobil jenis sedan, sebaiknya tidak usah melakukan penjelajahan di rimba Meru Betiri hingga Pantai Sukamade, karena setelah masuk pintu pos Meru Betiri, jalan tak lagi beraspal. Bukan lagi jalan makadam, tapi jalan penuh bebatuan runcing. Bahkan, untuk sampai ke Pantai Sukamade, mobil wisatawan akan melewati tujuh anak sungai yang airnya setinggi lutut orang dewasa, belum lagi kalau musim hujan bisa sampai setinggi mobil jeep.

Penyu yang biasa mendarat dan bertelur di pantai Sukamade ada 4 jenis dari 6 jenis penyu yang ada di Indonesia, yaitu Penyu Hijau (Chelonia mydas), Penyu Sisik (Eretmochelys imbricata), Penyu Slengkrah (Lepidochelys olivaceae), dan Penyu Belimbing (Dermochelys coriaceae). Diantara penyu-penyu tersebut yang paling sering mendarat adalah penyu hijau.

Fasilitas yang terdapat di lokasi ini antara lain: Pondok Wisata, Camping Ground yang dilengkapi dengan pendopo untuk ruang pertemuan, Shelter, jalan trail wisata, information centre, laboratorium dan pondok kerja.

Obyek wisata lain yang ada di pantai sukamade adalah Hutan mangrove yang terletak di muara timur pantai Sukamade. Sungainya dapat dipakai untuk berkano sambil melakukan pengamatan burung. Burung-burung tersebut diantaranya burung Roko-Roko, Elang laut, Dara Laut dan masih banyak lagi burung burung yang dapat diamati. Pengamatan burung tersebut biasanya dilakukan sambil menunggu matahari terbenam.

Menuju kawasan Taman Nasional Meru Betiri dapat dicapai melalui 4 jalur jalan darat baik dari Jember maupun dari Banyuwangi yaitu :

Jalur Jember-Ambulu-Curahnongko-Bandealit (Pintu Gerbang ke Meru Betiri bagian Barat) sepanjang 64 km dapat ditempuh dalam waktu sekitar 1,5-2 jam dengan kendaraan roda dua maupun roda empat.
Jalur Jember-Glenmor-Sarongan-Sukamade (Pintu Gerbang ke Meru Betiri bagian Timur) sepanjang 103 km dapat ditempuh dalam waktu 3,5-4 jam dengan kendaraan roda dua maupun roda empat.
Jalur Jember-Genteng-Jajag-Pesanggaran-Saro-ngan-Sukamade se-panjang 109 km dapat ditempuh dalam waktu 3,5 – 4 jam dengan kendaraan roda dua maupun roda empat.
Jalur Banyuwangi-Jajag-Pesanggaran-Sarongan-Sukamade sepanjang 137 Km dapat ditempuh dalam waktu 5 jam dengan kendaraan bermotor

Sumber: http://banyuwangihariini.com/

Posted on July 23, 2013 by bertamasyatour — 2 Comments

[:en]From Sukamade beach to Mt Bromo – part 3[:id]From Sukamade beach to Mt Bromo With Singapore Friends – part 3[:]

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Mt Bromo

After a fun activity observing turtle laying eggs on a full moon night and release the babies turtle at Sukamade beach, five of us (Alan Yeo Yuan Lun, Loh Ee Chong, Hu Enwei and Ong Peng Kiat and me) will continue the journey to Mount Bromo via Probolinggo, we stopped at the home of a friend in Banyuwangi for a short break and wash our face and replace vehicles that we use. From Banyuwangi to Probolinggo, we can use one of two alternate paths, via Jember or via Situbondo, our friend suggested us to use Situbondo route by consideration of road conditions much comfortable and flat, after completing affairs, we begin the journey to Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, this trip is going to last for about 6-7 hours, throughout the course my friends spend the time with playing cards in the back of the car and chatted some topics that I did not understand, because I do not understand their language. We occasionally stopped at the mini market to buy mineral water, beer, snacks and dinner at Kraksaan – Probolinggo, in a shop serving seafood dishes.

I was offered a beer by my friends for a drink together, with their innocent little faces say “we know maybe beer is banned to be a publicly distribute in Indonesia, but we want to high-five to the boss” and we had a drink together. I had thought, it might be banned, whereas now, we can buy beer in almost every mini market that can be found along the road on Java, and for myself, it’s not big deal. We also share the knowledge in playing cards and telling stories about the motivation to support business in each country, from the conversation I know some of the general differences between a card game motivation in Singapore and Indonesia, they bet on every card game, card game in Indonesia is not always used to put a bet, it is often used for entertainment only, in particular, Singapore legalized gambling but not in Indonesia, people always secretly when gambling, while in Singapore, they are free to do so, and it becomes one of the state income tax.

We arrived at the hotel at the foot of Mount Bromo approximately 10 pm, then get out of the car we felt cold fresh air and distinctive mountains and we enjoyed it, after drinking hot tea we had to rest because explore Bromo will start early morning at 3 am, time for rest relatively short in, but that’s it, the tour is always draining power and reducing the duration of our rest, a tour was tiring but also fun.

2:30 am I was awakened by the hotel clerk to prepare, as did my friends, we were picked up by Hardtop at about 3:15 am, I always use this hardtop every I visit Bromo, and I already called ahead of time to explore Bromo today. This morning we will witness a famous beauty Bromo sunrise, we will go to Penanjakan, a location in altitude, from here we can enjoy the Bromo sunrise with landscape mountains as background in the area of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, on arrival at Penanjakan, there were many hardtops that preceded us, and we had to walk about 100 meters because our hardtop was far behind the queue. Bromo seems is never quiet, every day throughout the year Bromo is always full of visitors, including the time we visited, although working days, people meet at Penanjakan to watch the Bromo sunrise, early morning air at Bromo area is actually cold, but because there are hundreds of people who gathered here, Bromo not so cold again.

This is the awaited moment, as the sun rose, the sky so brightly colored, the combination of blue color sky, red and yellow at dawn as forming painting in very broad background unattainable, when the sun is getting shined we looked away to the right side of point arises sunrise, the beauty of nature painting pamper our eyes and every visitor, coating mountains that look great and beautiful from a distance, surrounded by a sea of sand that is protected by high cliffs mounting, and we’re standing on one of the cliffs. This region isolated from the outside world and just like the area has their own world, from the height, Mount Bromo was clearly visible and most arid lower than the other, the smoke billowing from the crater sulfur, in front of Mount Bromo is Mount Batok, higher then Bromo and almost impossible to climb, on the farther side, Mount Semeru, the highest peak in the Java, sturdy towering and majestic, take your pictures with the mountains in the background, we look like being in the dazzling paintings.

Bromo Crater and Teletubbies hill

The rising sun, we got down to the sea of sand to visit Bromo and climb to the crater, we arrived at the parking area on the sea sand, and four of my friend continue to climb Bromo crater on horseback, while I have had several times visited Bromo, so I choose to wait for them in the parking area while enjoying a hot meatball and playing with cute dog owned by a local resident who played at nearby parking location. From a distance it seems clear Poten temple is located just below the foot of Mount Bromo, a sacred place by native Tengger was a place of worship for Hindus, the Hindu community across the country will occasionally come to worship in the temple, and once a year Tengger community held a traditional ceremony called Kasodo, the ceremony begins the parade troupe that brings all sorts of offerings towards the temple to pray and ended by throwing offerings into the crater of Mount Bromo. Poten temple in the sea sands located between the parking area and stairs leading to Bromo crater.

Soon four of them came, and I was finished eating my meatball, then we went to the Savana of Bromo, this place is known as Teletubbies Hill as a form resembling locations in the Teletubbies doll play in their cartoon series, rolling green hills in the distance, there is a path that will guide us to a certain height to the hills and we could follow it, even though the sun was getting hot, cold air immediately make the tourists comfortable when playing around the hills. Once satisfied to take pictures, we left the savannah towards Bromo Sand Whisper, a mini desert formed from the ashes of the eruption of Mount Bromo, for hundreds or even thousands of years, this is the last spot to be visited when exploring Bromo, by noon we finish explore Bromo and back to the hotel for rest and lunch. As usual, I will invite my friends to eat at home of Agung one of my friends that I deliberately asked to prepare lunch for us plus our driver.

Tired explore Bromo was nothing compared to the tired explore Ijen, ascent field is obviously different, after all, in Bromo we much helped by hardtop that takes us to all the interesting places in Bromo, after lunch, we rested at the hotel, at 1 pm we’ll continue to visit one of the legendary waterfalls that still has historic links with Gajah Mada the Prime minister of Majapahit, a high waterfall and beautifully situated on the slopes of Bromo mountain, waterfall named Madakaripura.After a short break we went to the waterfall location, approximately 40 minutes from Bromo, upon arriving at the gate of the waterfalls, we still had to walk down by the river and cross it sometimes guided by local residents that we lease, after approximately 30 minutes, we arrived at the waterfall, that resembles splashes of rain, every person who visited this waterfall will definitely wet, there are a lot of rental umbrellas here and rain coats are made of plastic, if you do not want to get wet, you can rent an umbrella or buy a rain coat. Unfortunately when we arrived at the waterfall site are drizzly, local guide advised us not to linger in the waterfall area, because if the rain came suddenly, there was the possibility of flash floods will come, so it will close the path back, and we do not want to stuck in the waterfall area due to rain or flash floods. After taking photos and enjoying the atmosphere, we immediately left the area of the waterfalls and back along the river bank, the torrential rain when we got back, we were lucky to cross the river flow is not too high so that we can still go back to the gate. We enjoy taking hot tea at the stalls that line inside the area of the waterfall entrance, after all the rain coming down so hard, but after waiting some time, the rain also never let up, we finally decided to go back to the hotel without waiting for the rain to stop.

Tonight we were supposed to spend the night at the homestay provided by the rafting operator Pekalen – Probolinggo, but after considering the information from the operator that there are a lot of mosquitoes in the homestay would we live, we decided to once again spend the night on the slopes of Mount Bromo in the same hotel. When we arrived at the hotel the rain had stopped and it was afternoon, we will spend the rest of the day at the hotel on the slopes of Mount Bromo in the evening while enjoying a cold Bromo, tomorrow morning after breakfast, we will continue the journey to the rafting location in Pekalen river, which is still in Probolinggo.

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After a fun activity observing turtle laying eggs on a full moon night and release the babies at Sukamade beach, five of us (Alan Yeo Yuan Lun, Loh Ee Chong, Hu Enwei and Ong Peng Kiat and me) will continue the journey to Mount Bromo via Probolinggo, we stopped at the home of a friend in Banyuwangi for a short break and wash our face and replace vehicles that we use. From Banyuwangi to Probolinggo, we can use one of two alternate paths, via Jember or via Situbondo, our friend suggested us to use Situbondo route by consideration of road conditions much comfortable and flat, after completing affairs, we begin the journey to Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, this trip is going to last for about 6-7 hours, throughout the course my friends spend the time with playing cards in the back of the car and chatted some topics that I did not understand, because I do not understand their language. We occasionally stopped at the mini market to buy mineral water, beer, snacks and dinner at Kraksaan – Probolinggo, in a shop serving seafood dishes.

I was offered a beer by my friends for a drink together, with their innocent little faces say “we know maybe beer is banned to be consumed in Indonesia, but we want to high-five to the boss” and we had a drink together. I had thought, it might be banned once, whereas now, we can buy beer in almost every mini market that can be found along the road on Java, and for myself, it’s not big deal. We also share the knowledge in playing cards and telling stories about the motivation to play cards in each country, from the conversation I know some of the general differences between a card game motivation in Singapore and Indonesia, they bet on every card game, card game in Indonesia is not always used to bet, it is often used for entertainment only, in particular, Singapore legalized gambling but not in Indonesia, people always secretly when gambling, while in Singapore, they are free to do so, and he became one of the state income tax.

The rising sun, we got down to the sea of sand to visit Bromo and climb to the crater, we arrived at the parking area on the sea sand, and four of my friend continue to climb Bromo crater on horseback, while I have had several times visited Bromo, so I choose to wait for them in the parking area while enjoying a hot meatball and playing with cute dog owned by a local resident who played at nearby parking location. From a distance it seems clear Poten temple is located just below the foot of Mount Bromo, a sacred place by native Tengger was a place of worship for Hindus, the Hindu community across the country will occasionally come to worship in the temple, and once a year Tengger community held a traditional ceremony called Kasodo, the ceremony begins the parade troupe that brings all sorts of offerings towards the temple to pray and ended by throwing offerings into the crater of Mount Bromo. Poten temple in the seasand located between the parking area and stairs leading to Bromo crater.

Unfortunately when we arrived at the waterfall site are drizzly, local guide advised us not to linger in the waterfall area, because if the rain came suddenly, there was the possibility of flash floods will come, so it will close the path back, and we do not want to stuck in the waterfall area due to rain or flash floods. After taking photos and enjoying the atmosphere, we immediately left the area of the waterfalls and back along the river bank, the torrential rain when we got back, we were lucky to cross the river flow is not too high so that we can still go back to the gate. We enjoy taking hot tea at the stalls that line inside the area of the waterfall entrance, after all the rain coming down so hard, but after waiting some time, the rain also never let up, we finally decided to go back to the hotel without waiting for the rain to stop.

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Posted on July 10, 2013 by bertamasyatour — 3 Comments

[:en]Sukamade Trip – Finding turtles and The Best Activity In Sukamade – part 2[:id]Trip Sukamade – Mencari Penyu dan melepas tukik – bagian 2[:]

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Banyuwangi to Meru Betiri with 4WD

We continue the trip from Ijen Crater, as the second day the adventure of East Java.

After a breakfast with a special menu and vegetable named “lodeh” and fry wader fish, I bought two bunches of fresh bananas as a preparation for the journey to Sukamade. We met our friend named Ika in Banyuwangi, I knew her when we were in college and active in some social activities, she helped us to find off-road vehicles that can drive us to Sukamade beach in the south of Banyuwangi because the path to Sukamade can only be reached by that vehicle. After a brief chat and pleasantries we start exploring Sukamade using 4WD vehicle (Trooper), from Banyuwangi we have to travel 5-6 hours to arrive at the nearest homestay to Sukamade beach inside Meru Betiri National Park, along the way we just sleep because tired after an exhausting climb of Ijen one day before and the lack of rest, occasionally awakened by the driver to buy some necessities in mini market, we also woken up when we arrived at the gate of Meru Betiri National Park and pay the entrance fee of IDR. 20.000, – per person for foreign tourists, from here we drive through the forest past the steep rocky path up the mountain is just passable by bicycle or 4WD cars. At 2 pm we arrived at the homestay, there is nothing for lunch, in addition to fried noodles in the canteen that only exist in the region. We spent the afternoon by relaxing and playing cards, finding turtles activities that lay their eggs on the Sukamade beach will be held in evening, after playing cards we fell asleep and was awakened by the officers at 7 pm for dinner.

Sukamade is a beach located in the Meru Betiri National Park, a conserved forest that stretches includes Jember and Banyuwangi districts, can be accessed from these two districts. The Sukamade beach is protected by the National Park, with a coastline that extends approximately 3 km covered by cliff in the sides and forest, these situations make this beach protected from the greed of the human hands. Throughout the year we can find turtles laying eggs on this beach, the turtles are deliberately conserved by the National Park to be preserved.

Turtle And The Eggs

At 8 pm we start the activity to find turtles lay their eggs on the beach, of the homestay we must walk approximately 500 m to arrive on the beach, national park officer gave us an instructions in order for the exploration do not make noise and turn on any lights, luckily it was a night full moon, so the light remains abundant. Did not take long to find turtles laying eggs on this beach, after waiting only about 45 minutes, we were given a sign that there is a turtle laying eggs and we headed to the location, wow ..! adult green turtle was about 50 years old laying eggs in a hole, spawn process takes a long time, for about 3 hours, from start digging holes, laying eggs, cover the hole and the last to make the camouflaged hole that predators can not find original egg hole, then the turtle back to the beach and disappeared. Usually, female turtles lay eggs for a period of approximately 15 days in a cycle of 3-4 years, once laying approximately 200 eggs and will last for 2-4 days in the period of 15 days. There are several types of turtles that lay their eggs on the Sukamade beach, most often are green turtles, Sukamade indeed their native habitat, there are also occasional hawksbill and leatherback turtles lay their eggs on the beach, although the intensity is very rare. We found 2 turtles are laying eggs that night, around 11 pm we completed this activity and go back to the homestay for a break after making sure to the officer for tomorrow agenda that we will take release turtle babies to the beach.

Package: Sukamade and Ijen crater tour

I Woke up at 05:30 pm for morning prayers, then I woke my friends, they are from Singapore and getting ready to release baby turtles into the sea. To be able to release the turtle babies, tourists are usually charged a fee of IDR. 50.000, – per group, in addition, Conservation Center officer also ask you for volunteer donations. At 7 am we went to the beach, carrying a bucket of turtle babies amounts to approximately 50 babies. Morning warm, bright morning sunshine, the fresh morning air, and the coastal wind is not too strong refreshing atmosphere in the morning, we lined up on the beach, and after making a line in the sand, we put off turtle babies right at the top of the line in the sand, they were running with gusto, although slowly heading towards the beach to welcome their new life, most of them will not survive to adulthood because hunted by predators, but a small group of turtles that survived will provide hope of survival of their species in the times to come and lay back on the Sukamade beach.

After releasing the babies of turtle in the morning and enjoy the atmosphere in Sukamade, we go back to the homestay and breakfast, after completing the payment administration, approximately at 10.00 am we left Sukamade and back to Banyuwangi, we stopped at a shop that serves a buffet for lunch, and proceeded to the house of my friend in Banyuwangi, we arrived around 3 pm. From Banyuwangi, we will continue the journey to Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, we still have to travel for about 6-7 hours to arrive in Bromo

– to be continued – From Sukamade beach to Mt Bromo With Singapore Friends

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Setelah sarapan yang mengenyangkan dengan menu istimewa sayur lodeh dan ikan wader goreng, aku menyempatkan membeli dua tandan pisang segar sebagai bekal untuk perjalanan menuju Sukamade. Kami menemui kawan kami yang bernama Ika di Banyuwangi, aku mengenalnya dulu saat kami masih kuliah dan aktif di beberapa kegiatan sosial, dia membantu kami mencarikan kendaraan off road yang bisa mengantar kami ke pantai Sukamade di Banyuwangi selatan, karena jalur ke Sukamade hanya bisa ditempuh dengan kendaraan tersebut. Setelah obrolan singkat dan basa-basi kami memulai penjelajahan ke Sukamade menggunakan Trooper, dari Banyuwangi kami harus menempuh perjalanan 5-6 jam lagi untuk tiba di home stay di dalam kawasan Taman Nasional Meru Betiri yang terdekat dengan pantai Sukamade, sepanjang jalan kami hanya tidur karena lelah setelah pendakian yang melelahkan di Ijen sehari yang lalu dan kurangnya istirahat, sesekali saja dibangunkan oleh supir untuk membeli beberapa kebutuhan di mini market, kami juga dibangunkan saat tiba di pintu gerbang Taman Nasional Meru Betiri dan membayar tiket masuk sebesar Rp. 20.000,- perorang untuk wisatawan mancanegara, dari sini perjalanan masih akan berlanjut menyusuri hutan melewati jalan terjal berbatu mendaki gunung yang hanya bisa dilewati dengan kendara roda dua atau mobil FWD. Antara jam 2 sore kami tiba di home stay, tak ada sesuatu untuk makan siang, selain mie goreng di satu-satunya kantin yang ada di dalam kawasan tersebut. Kami menghabiskan sore dengan bersantai dan bermain kartu, aktivitas menemukan penyu yang bertelur di pantai Sukamade baru akan dilaksanakan malam hari, setelah lelah bermain kartu kami tertidur dan baru dibangunkan oleh petugas pada jam 19.00 untuk makan malam.

Sukamade adalah sebuah pantai yang terletak di dalam kawasan Taman Nasional Meru Betiri, sebuah kawasan hutan lindung yang membentang meliputi kabupaten Jember dan Banyuwangi, dapat diakses dari dua kabupaten tersebut. Pantai Sukamade dilindungi oleh pihak Taman Nasional, dengan garis pantai yang memanjang kurang lebih 3 km di batasi tebing di sisi-sisinya dan hutan di sisi daratannya menjadikan kawasan pantai ini terlindung dari tangan-tangah serakah manusia. Sepanjang tahun kita bisa menemukan penyu bertelur di pantai ini, penyu-penyu tersebut secara sengaja dikonservasikan oleh pihak Taman Nasional untuk dijaga kelestariannya.

Jam 20.00 kami memulai aktivitas menemukan penyu yang bertelur di pantai Sukamade, dari home stay kami berjalan kurang lebih 500 m untuk tiba di tepi pantai, petugas Taman Nasional meberi kami instruksi agar selama penjelajahan jangan membuat suara bising dan menghidupkan lampu apapun, untungnya malam itu adalah bulan purnama, jadi cahaya tetap berlimpah. Tak butuh waktu lama untuk menemukan penyu bertelur di pantai Sukamade, setelah menunggu hanya sekitar 45 menit, kami diberi tanda bahwa ada seekor penyu yang sedang bertelur dan kami menuju lokasinya, wow..! seekor penyu hijau dewasa berumur kurang lebih 50 tahun sedang bertelur di lobang yang iya gali, proses bertelur memakan waktu cukup lama, kurang lebih selama 3 jam, dari mulai penggalian lubang, bertelur, menutup lubang dan terakhir membuat lubang kamuflase agar para pemangsa tak dapat menemukan lubang telur yang asli, setelah selesai penyu tersebut kembali ke pantai dan menghilang. Penyu betina mengalami periode bertelur selama kurang lebih 15 hari dalam siklus 3-4 tahun, sekali bertelur mencapai sekitar 200 butir dan akan berlangsung selama 2-4 hari sekali dalam periode 15 hari tersebut. Ada beberapa jenis penyu yang bertelur di pantai Sukamade, paling sering adalah penyu hijau, sukamade memang habitat asli mereka, sesekali terdapat juga penyu sisik dan penyu belimbing bertelur di pantai ini walaupun dengan intensitas yang sangat jarang. Malam itu kami mendapati 2 penyu yang sedang bertelur, sekitar jam 11 malam kami menyelesaikan aktivitas ini dan kembali ke home stay untuk istirahat setelah memastikan agenda untuk besok kepada petugas bahwa kami akan melepas bayi-bayi penyu ke pantai.

Package : Sukamade and Ijen crater tour

Aku bangun jam 05.30 WIB untuk sholat subuh, setelah itu aku membangunkan kawan-kawanku dari Singapore itu dan bersiap-siap untuk melepas bayi penyu ke laut lepas di pantai Sukamade. Untuk dapat melepas bayi-bayi penyu, wisatawan biasanya dikenakan biaya sebesar Rp. 50.000,- pergroup, selain itu, petugas Balai Konservasi juga menyampaikan permohonan donasi dari anda yang sifatnya sukarela, jika anda suka dapat memberi jika tidak tak apa-apa.

Jam 07.00 pagi kami berangkat ke pantai sambil membawa satu ember bayi-bayi penyu berjumlah kurang lebih 50 ekor. Pagi yang hangat, sinar mentari pagi yang cerah, udara pagi yang segar, dan hembusan angin pantai yang belum terlalu kencang menyegarkan suasan pagi, kami berlima berdiri di tepi pantai berjejer, dan setelah membuat garis di pasir kami melepas bayi-bayi penyu tepat di atas garis pada pasir, mereka pun berjalan dengan penuh semangat walaupun pelan menuju arah pantai menyambut kehidupan baru mereka di alam bebas dan liar, sebagian besar dari mereka tidak akan bertahan sampai dewasa karena diburu oleh para pemangsa, tapi sekelompok kecil penyu yang berhasil bertahan tersebut akan memberikan harapan keberlangsungan hidup spesies mereka di masa-masa yang akan datang dan bertelur kembali di pantai Sukamade.

Setelah melepas bayi-bayi penyu dan menikmati suasan pagi di Sukamade, kami kembali ke home stay dan sarapan pagi, setelah menyelesaikan administrasi pembayaran, kurang lebih jam 10.00 WIB kami meninggalkan Sukamade dan kembali ke Banyuwangi, kami mampir di sebuah warung yang menyajikan hidangan prasmanan untuk makan siang, dan melanjutkan perjalanan ke rumah kawanku di Banyuwangi, kami baru tiba sekitar jam 15.00. Dari Banyuwangi, kami akan melanjutkan perjalanan menuju gunung Bromo di Probolinggo, kami masih harus menempuh perjalanan selama kurang lebih 6-7 untuk tiba di Bromo – to be continued –

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