JUNGLE EXPEDITION FROM WEST TO EAST OF MERU BETIRI NATIONAL PARK

ITINERARY: (Private Tour)

The tour can be combined to visit Mount Bromo and Ijen (7 days)

DAY 01: SURABAYA AIRPORT – JEMBER (Transfer in) 

Pick up at Surabaya airport, then transfer to Jember, lunch will be served at local restaurant en route. Late afternoon arrive in Jember, Stay at Hotel. Free program

**Exclude : Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner

Suggest flight: better time arrive in Surabaya Airport before 10.00 am.

DAY 02: JEMBER – SUMBER GADUNG – MERU BAY (B,L,D) 

Wake up call 4 am in the morning . Depart from your hotel at 5 am to Meru Betiri National Park with car. It’s about 2 hours drive passing villages, rubber plantations and forest until arrived at starting point in Sumber Gadung village . From this point the Jungle Expedition will be started. The trip will pass through cocoa plantations, rubber plantations, tropical rain forests, then stop for a moment to see the Rafflesia Zollingeriana flower, an endemic plant of Meru Betiri National Park (TNMB). On the way sometimes several groups of langurs and peacocks will greet you.
After a short break in Sumbergadung village, continue with tracking to Teluk Meru through smallholder plantations, a tropical rain forest in which there are several waterfalls with clear water. Usually on the way you will be greeted by several pairs of hornbills and langurs, if you are lucky the bull in the plantation area will also welcome you. In the afternoon you will walk along a clean sandy beach with dead coral pulled over due to the fierce waves of the south sea. Sea eagles and lizards often appear here. Meru Bay has a long, beautiful and peaceful coastline. Being on this beach, for a while the burdens of life seem to disappear and melt with the waves. You will spend the night on this beach.Camp with tents,cooking and resting. (Trekking time about 5-6 hours)

DAY 03: MERU BAY – PERMISAN BAY (B,L,D) 

Wake up in the morning to seeing the sunrise in Meru Bay. After that, you can do bird watching or enjoy the beach atmosphere and clear estuary with various fish in it. Sometimes the tracks of bulls and other animals can be seen on the beach sand.
The journey continues to Permisan Bay through mangrove forests, coastal forests, and along a clear rocky river. You can enjoy the freshness of the tropical forest air here, if you are lucky the black panther will appear. After lunch, the journey continues with rocky terrain that descends steeply with lowland rainforest vegetation, then continues with swamp forest and coastal forest vegetation.
Arriving at Permisan Bay, your body will feel refreshed because you can soak in the river with a small wide waterfall.
After refreshing yourself, you can enjoy the beach atmosphere with various types of birds in and out of the coastal forest. For those who have a hobby of fishing, please test your dexterity here, it is not uncommon for large fish to be found in this bay. Camp with tents, cooking and resting. (Trekking time about 4-5 hours)

DAY 04: PERMISAN BAY – SUKAMADE (B,L,D) 

Wake up in the morning to see the sunrise in Permisan bay, then showering in the permisan waterfall. Breakfast in camp. Today's journey continues with the path that is considered the toughest. The straight uphill path with a slope level enough to make your knees meet your chin when you walk will not be felt because the beauty of the natural lowland rain forest distracts you. On this path you will also enjoy the land that was once the seabed that was lifted by the earth's plates. After lunch, the journey continues by crossing flat and downhill terrain with lowland rainforest vegetation. Not infrequently the voice of the black panther is heard in this area.
The journey continues to the village with a descending path and bamboo forest vegetation and crossing several rivers, until arrived in Sukamade village in late afternoon, then walk to the Sukamade guest house for stay overnight. After dinner visiting Sukamade beach with jeep safari for seeing turtle lay egg on the beach. It’s about 5 Km or 30 minutes drive with jeep to Sukamade post. The rangers of national park will give you information about turtles and visitor rules, after that continue walk to the beach about 700 meters. We hope lucky night and find some turtles where laying egg on the beach. After midnight back to the Guesthouse.

DAY 05: SUKAMADE – BALI (B)

Wake up in the morning about 6 am, to Sukamade beach for release the baby turtles to ocean, then back to the guest house. After having breakfast , check out and continued drive to outside the jungle. Stop over at Green Bay , then enjoy soft trekking to Green Bay. It’s one of hidden bay with white sandy beach with beautiful panoramic and calm waves are ideal for swimming and sunbathing. After one hour enjoy time in the beach then continue tranfer to Bali. End of tour.

**Exclude: Lunch and Dinner

Price:

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