Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatera which consists of three national parks was recognized by UNESCO in 2004.

Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) is one of nature conservation area which administratively located in two provinces, namely Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatera. TNGL includes native ecosystems from coast to high mountains covered by dense forest, a typical of tropical rain. In this TNGL area, there are rare plants such as giant umbrella leaf (Johannesteijsmannia altifrons), raflesia (Rafflesia atjehensis and R. micropylora) and Rhizanthes zippelnii which is the largest flower with a diameter of 1.5 meter. In addition, there is a unique plant which is fig or strangler plant.










Meanwhile, Kerinci Seblat National Park is the largest national park in Sumatera. This park lies on four provinces, namely West Sumatera, Jambi, Bengkulu, and South Sumatera. This park consists of Bukit Barisan, which is the highest plateau in Sumatera, hot springs, rushing rivers, caves, highest waterfalls and caldera in Southeast Asia, Mount Tujuh. This national park also has a diverse flora and fauna. About 4000 species of plants grow in the national park area including the largest flower in the world, Rafflesia arnoldi, and the tallest flower in the world, Titan Arum. Fauna in the national park includes Sumatran Tiger, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Sumatran Elephant, Clouded Leopard, Malayan Tapir, Sun Bear and about 370 species of birds.





Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is located on administrative region of West Lampung and Tanggamus where both of them are part of Lampung Province. This park is very rich in biodiversity and is home to three species of the most endangered mammals in the world: the Sumatran elephant (less than 2000 survive today), Sumateran rhinoceros (total of global population of about 300 and is diminishing drastically) and Sumateran tiger (total of global population of about 400). This park is listed on Global 200 Ecoregions, which is a list of ecoregions identified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as priorities for conservation. According to the WWF, an ecoregion is defined as a “relatively large unit of land or water containing a characteristic set of natural communities that share a large majority of their species, dynamics, and environmental conditions (Dinerstein et al. 1995, TNC 1997).” This park is highlighted as a priority area for Sumatran rhinoceros conservation through Asian Rhino and Elephant Action Strategy (AREAS) program of WWF. In addition, IUCN, WCS and WWF have identified Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park as a Tiger Conservation Unit (Wikramanayake, et al., 1997), the most important forest for tiger conservation in the world. Finally, in 2002, UNESCO has chosen this area to be nominated as World Heritage Cluster Mountainous Area along with Gunung Leuser National Park and Kerinci Seblat National Park.

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If you are on the hunt of a tropical ecstasy on this planet then you can undoubtedly flee to Sri Lanka for a great vacation. The country serves as the home for most of the fantastic locales, beaches and the people on the planet. This is a country that enjoys the position of the best vacation spot for every tourist. The tourist attractions in the country are in a huge abundance. But the chief visited spot by the tourists is the Yala National Park. The park is a great place for all those tourists that enjoy the exquisiteness of the nature.


Yala National Park is one of the premier eco – tourist destinations present in Sri Lanka. The National Park lies in the Northeast of the Tissamaharama and 290 kms.  From Colombo The3 place lies at the distance of 290 kms on the Southeast coast of Sri Lanka. The vegetation of the park if comprised up of the semi – arid barbed scrub which is intermingled with the pockets of this secondary fairly dense woodland. Tiny lagoons of the Mangrove vegetation also mark its presence across the coastal lagoons in this wooded area.

The National Park is well – known for the variety of its natural world. The Most remarkable point Park is the presence of Elephants in this National Park. The Park has an outstanding Shoreline which is connected to the Coral Reefs. It also takes pride in the presence of the huge amount of the vital culture ruins that5 bear the evidences to the ancient civilizations. This also signifies that much of the area of the Park is colonized and is highly sensitive.

Since the Yala National Park is located in the arid – regions of Sri Lanka, the climate of the Park is generally hot and dry. The region receives its annual rainfall by the Northeast monsoon winds that blow in the area from November to January. It can also receive an unpredictable rainfall by the Inter – Monsoonal rains in March or April and in the month of September. The month of February is generally dry for the region. Other months that share this dry climate are June, starting days of September and the mid part of October. The average temperatures close to the sea level is 27 C. In the period of the dry season the temperatures of 37 C is not a matter of surprise.

So be assured that the next time when you make a visit to Sri Lanka then you do not miss a trip to this National Park.

Japan is the nation which is well – known for its technology as well as fashion. It enjoys a well – preserved historical as well as religious edifice that was built hundreds of years ago. Apart from all this the country has some great and lavish natural views that can be visited. One meticulous town of Japan is Nikko which serves as the gateway to the popular Nikko National Park and some fabulous temples and shrines. If you want to acknowledge the waterfalls, temples, shrines, the ancient imperial house, mountain ranges, lakes, marshland, botanical garden and many other natural sights then you must make a trip to this beautiful spot.


The Nikko National Park has some mighty Peaks, ancient forests, elongated moorland, lakes and some of the highly visited waterfalls of the nation. It is the most visited region of Japan. The Nikko National Park has as number of spas that give way to hot mineral water and is the favorite visited spot of the tourists. The recreational competence in the national park includes the games like skiing, mount climbing, boating, fishing, skating, camping and hiking.

When you reach to this spot you must not forget to discover the scenario of the countryside of Nikko National Park. It will take your entire day to visit this national park completely. Nikko has been served as the centre for both Shinto as well as the Buddhist Mountain for worship. The place is well – known for its panorama, wild monkeys and the hiking trails.

You will enjoy the complex colorful structure that features the splendid craft work of the artists of Japan in the 17th century. You will come across a famous carving: “Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and See No Evil”.  You will surely enjoy the drive on the Zig – Zag Mountains. After you are over with your Japanese dine at a local bistro you must start for a visit to Lake Chuzenji, situated in the Nikko National Park. This lake is at the butte of the consecrated volcano mount Nantai. The lake was formed by the lavas.
The Nikko National Park is well – known for its area and the beauty of the landscape. The existence of the beautiful fall foliage is the best feature of the park. The best time to visit this place is the mid October when you can view the beautiful rusted leaves.

So make sure that you explore this place at least once in your life time.