Explorer's
Jungle Book
Timo Weismeier and Marieke Bakker in Kerinci Seblat National Park
Above
, Timo Weismeier and Marieke Bakker at the Mount Tujuh Crater Lake,
locates in the heart of Kerinci Seblat National Park, which is also
the highest lake in Southeast Asia staying deeply blue at 2200 meters
above sea level.
Timo
and Marie, by their first visit to Indonesia last August 2002, chose
to take out our tiger package in Kerinci, and along with us explored
the green slope of Mount Tujuh volcanic suite. The main objection is
to have an eye contact with the endangered Sumatran Tiger ( panthera
tigris sumatrae ), as well as enjoying the year-long green paradise
of Sumatran climates.
Below,
the sparkling water of Sangir River sourced from the Lake Mount Tujuh,
at the further background of the photo. Trekking up normally take 3-4
hours, depend on your target and , surely, physical fitness.
Basically
, Timo is an advisor working in one of world's largest finance company
in Netherland, while Marie is a dentist. Having guiding him for several
days, I found out that Timo had been monitoring the conservation of
Sumatran Tiger, as well as Marie, which one of her family is deeply
involved in Siberian Tiger Conservation Project up in the Siberia.
The main program was set up at mountain reserve,where research was once
taken following common occurence of residence tiger near by the Pasir
Putih Ridge / White Sand Ridge. Attached to the program was to meet
Debbie Martyr, the former Orang Pendek Project Coordinator, now the
current Project Coordinator of Tiger Project in Kerinci Seblat National
Park.She had a long brief explanation about both the wallking cryptozoological
myth of Orang Pendek and Sumatran Tiger conservation project. Timo really
loved the Orang Pendek gypsumed footprint of the Orang Pendek at The
Park office though.
Last
day was spent at the Office of the Kerinci Seblat National Park, having
a perfectly directed slide show by the National Park Database officer,Mr
Rudijanta, continue with some discussion with key player in the Indonesian
conservation.
To
our dearest guests, here we upload some of the photographs we had collected
during the trips and take a sharp decision on visiting the most complex
and biologically diversed national park of Indonesia.
Please click on below, and enjoy every single moment
of the the trip with us
