Natural lifes in Karimunjawa
Karimunjawa is a challenge for those who loves natural adventures because of its flora fauna and geological condition.
You can discover many exciting lifes below and above the water.
There are five species of flora ecosystems in this islands;
- coral reef ecosystem
- mangrove forests
- coastal forests
- field-ponder and
- lowland tropical rain forests.
The reefs are mixture of fringing, barrier and patch with bottom depths ranging from 15 to 40 metres.
Those reefs harboring many types fo sponges, gorgonian, hard corals, soft and red corals.
Karimunjawa is a mini archipelago which consist of 27 islands.
It lies in Java sea, between the island of Java (north side) and the south part of Kalimantan (Borneo) island.
Karimunjawa is administratively a sub district of Jepara Regency.
Karimunjawa has designated as National Marine Park by the Indonesian Minister of Forestry in year of 2001.
The total territory area covers 107.225 ha.
More than 93% (100.105 ha) is sea part and the rest is land (7.120 ha).
Only five of those 27 islands are inhabitated ;
- Karimunjawa island, with area of 4.302,5 ha
- Kemujan island (1.501,5 ha)
- Parang island (692 ha)
- Genting island (137 ha)
- Nyamuk island (126 ha)
So can you now imagine how is this mini archipelago by knowing its coverage area ?
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How is the weather ?
According to Schmits and Ferguson's climate classification, Karimunjawa Marine National Park is categorized in type C climate areas with average rainfalls of 3.000 mm per year.
The average temperature in this area is between 26°C to 30°C, with minimum temperature is 22°C and maximum is 34°C.
Generaly rain drops all the year (but this doesn't mean that rain drops everyday J).
From April to October is the dry season, so less rain in this period. Mostly in month of June, average raining is just 1 day.
The wet season is last during November to March. In this period, you will get more rainy days, sometime accompanied by strong winds that will caused big waves which usually comes often in July and August.
So consider very well the best season to visit this area, otherwise you will get disappointed for can't doing everything what you have planned to do here.
A tropical coastline in Karimunjawa
Where is Karimunjawa?
Soft coral in Karimunjawa
Clown fish "Finding Nemo" in Karimunjawa
Tanjung Pudak Island
Kumbang Island
Most of the islands are surrounded by white sand beaches and coral reefs with colorful plateaus and plains in deep and shallow clear water.
Here also can be found many kinds of fauna such as deer, long tail monkeys, sea turtles, white-chested sea eagle, and many kinds of aquatic fauna such as more than 240 variety of decorative fish, shark, starfish, red snapper, jelly fish, dolphin, and some rare ones such as crocodile fish and leafy scorpion fish.
Shallow and clear water in Karimunjawa
