Alas Purwo National Park

Alas Purwo National Park before being passed into a national park, previously existed as Wildlife Banyuwangi. Based on the Decree of the Governor Dutch East Indies General No. 6 Stbl 456 dated September 1, 1939, with a total area of ​​62,000 hectares. Then, converted into Alas Purwo National Park with an area of ​​43,420 hectares by the Decree of the Minister of Forestry in 1992. Alas Purwo National Park mandated by Law No. 5 of 1990 on Conservation of Biological Resources and Ecosystems, has three main functions, namely:

• The support protection system of the ecological life.
• Preservation of diverse plants and animals and their ecosystems.
• The utilization of natural resources and ecosystems in the form of research, science, education, cultivation support, and nature tourism.

Alas Purwo National Park is a forest containing a wide variety of types and relatively intact ecosystems on the island of Java. Ecosystems range from forests owned beaches to lowland rain forests, mangrove forests, bamboo forests, plantation forests, and savannas. The variety of ground flora species in the National Park Alas Purwo is high. There are more than 700 species of plants, ranging from plant level down to plant tree levels of various types of vegetation. Distinctive and endemic plants in the Park are kecik sapodilla (Manilkara kauki). In addition, a common plant is ketapan (Terminalia catapa), nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum), bitterness (Barringtonia Asiatica), bulging (Sterculia Foetida), and 10 species of bamboo.

Sukamade Beach

Sukamade Turtle Beach is located 97 kilometers to the southwest of the city of Banyuwangi within the Sukamade, Village Barongan, Pesanggaran, Banyuwangi. For thousands of years this coastal spawning ground for giant turtles from Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean region. Sukamade Turtle Beach is part of National Park Meru Betiri.

Sukamade Turtle Beach is the most preferred by foreign tourists and domestic. Encountered a group of animals and the monkey Macaca who are used to the tourists. Visitors can enjoy a walk through a stretch of lowland tropical rainforest with a trail pass. The view can be enjoyed such a large collection of bats, lizards, deer, wild boar, and several species of birds including albatrosses.

At night, Sukamade turtle beach will be transformed into a paradise. One by one, the turtle will be heading to the mainland from the beach to lay eggs. The moment that is eagerly awaited by tourists, especially foreign tourists. Because it is a rare sight, then treatment must be careful to observe it. Visitors are not allowed to turn on the light and noise while at the beach. The process of laying eggs on the turtle itself takes about 3 hours of riding to the beach to go back to sea again. Some of the existing facilities at the beach Turtle Sukamade: are cottage accommodation, camping ground, meeting hall, trekking jungle track, information center, laboratories, and cottage teamwork.

Sangiran Museum

Sangiran Museum is an archaeological site of Ancient Man in Java, Indonesia. Sangiran lies in the northern city of Solo, about 15 kilometers. Sangiran gate is located on the highway Solo - Purwodadi near the border between Gemolong and Kalioso. Used as a marker to get to the gate of Sangiran, Krikilan village. From the gate to the village of Sangiran site Krikilan is about 5 kilometers.

Sangiran site has an area of ​​about 59, 2 square kilometers, including administratively into two territories: Sragen and Karanganyar regency of Central Java province. In 1977 Sangiran was determined by the Minister of Education and Culture as a cultural heritage. Therefore, the 20th session of the World Heritage Committee in Marida, Mexico on December 5, 1996, determined that one of the Sangiran is World Cultural Heritage No. 593 and this site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In 1934 anthropologist Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald begin research in the area of ​​Sangiran. Excavations discovered fossils of human ancestors first was Pithecanthropus Erectus or Java Man. There are about 60 more of these fossils and another fossil Palaeojavanicus Meganthropus found on the site. Sangiran Museum presents the history of early humans between 2 million years ago to 200,000 years ago, which is from the late Pliocene to the middle Pleistocene. Sangiran Museum has a collection of 13,086 ancient human fossils and is the site of ancient humans that stands upright and most comprehensive in Asia. It also found vertebrate fossils, fossil marine plants, water animal fossils, and stone tools. The fossils found in the Sangiran area represent 50% of the fossils in the world and 65% of the findings in Indonesia.

Sultan Palace Yogyakarta

The Sultan Palace Yogyakarta's history began when in 1558 AD, Ki Ageng Pamanahan get a gift from the Sultan area in Mataram for services that has been defeated Aryo Penangsang. Ki Ageng Mangir archery remained always loyal to Sultan Agung to the end, building a palace in Kotagede in 1577. Substitute Ki Ageng Sutawijaya is the son of archery, in contrast to his father. Raden Sutawijaya Pajang refused to submit to the Sultan and want to have their own territory and even dominate the whole island of Java. After winning the battle with the kingdom Pajang in 1588, Mataram became a kingdom and Sutawijaya was the title Sultan Panembahan Senopati. Mataram kingdom has much experienced rapid developments during the reign of the Sultan 4th generation, namely Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo. After Sultan Agung died and then was succeeded by his son, named Amangkurat 1.

Mataram kingdom suffered internal conflicts and was utilized by the VOC and ended with Giyanti Agreement in February 1755 which divided the kingdom of Mataram into Surakarta and Yogyakarta Sultanate. In agreement, Mangkubumi be declared Prince Sultan Jogjakarta Sultanate with his Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwana I. In 1988 until now, Jogjakarta Sultanate led by Sultan Hamengkubuwana X. Yogyakarta Palace was founded by Sultan Lane I a few months after the Treaty of Giyanti. The location is a former royal palace of Pesanggarahan named Garjitawati. The houses are used to break the funeral procession of the kings of Mataram to be buried in Imogiri.

Another version states court location is a spring that is named Bannerman Pacethokan and was in the middle of the woods of Beringan. Before occupying Sultan Palace, Lane I inhabit Houses Ambar Ketawang which now includes the District of Gamping, Sleman regency. Location Yogyakarta Palace is between Code River in the east and the river on the west and Winongo Krapyak Stage in the south and Tugu Monument in the north. The site is also located in a line between the Sultan's Palace, the Southern Sea, and Mount Merapi.