This once rich wetland site has been drastically reduced in extent by housing and golf course development, and now only a 27-ha nature reserve survives. However, this marsh and its adjoining mangroves still offer good birding and are one of the easiest places to see the endangered Javan Coucal.
Key species
Javan Coucal, Javan Plover, Milky Stork, Black-headed Ibis, Small blue Kingfisher, Black-winged Starling, Watercock and a good site for crakes and acrocepha warblers, passage terns and waders.
Getting there
By taxi ask for Pondok Indah Kapuk Estate ($7/IDR 65,000 from blok M).
By bus P37 Blok M-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); P6B Kampung Rambutan bus Station-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); P46 Pulo Gadung-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500); Metro 02 from Senen-Muara Karang (IDR 2,500); Metro U30 Kota-Muara Angke (IDR 2,500). Which ever bus you take, get off at the west end of Jl Pluit Karang. Look for the massive entrance arch to the Pondok Indah Kapuk Estate; 20 m beyond this is a roundabout. Take the only exit, Jl Pantai Indah Utara 2, and walk along for 75 m. on the north side of the road you will see a sign for the reserve and little bamboo bridge entrance.
General Information
A few metres across the bamboo bridge is a warden’s post where you should report. Boats to Pulau Rambut can also be arranged here. Immediately behind the post is a tall watchtower, which is the best place to scan from for Javan Coucal. A 1-2 km boardwalk follows the edge of the reserve (3 sides, excluding the river boundary).
There is good birding from the boardwalk, especially along the western edge, which passes through a fragment of mangrove and nipa palm swamp. Unfortunately, despite frequent repairs, the boardwalk is always in a state of collapse. Be careful not to fall through it, and expect not to be able to get the whole way. On the western edge a rickety bamboo bridge crosses from the boardwalk to the bund surrounding the new housing development. Walk seaward (north) for 55 m to the coastal mangroves.
A path runs west along the back of the mangroves until it reaches the canalized Angke river. The best area of mangrove is on the other side of the river. The mud in fron can be good for waders, and Milky Storks sometimes feed there. You may be lucky and find a boatman who will ferry you across. if not, you have to return to Jl Pantai Indah Utara 2 and walk west along this road for 1.5 km (past another roundabout) where a bridge crosses the river. The mangroves are a further 700 m down the side of the river. 500 m west along the path at the back of the mangroves is a freshwater lagoon and a stone breakwater, which gives access through the mangroves to the mud.
source: Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
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Jakarta
Getting there
By air there are connections from all over the world with jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport located 12 km northwest of the city. Taxi fare into town is $15; there is also a regular AC airport bus service to downtown for $2.
By sea Pelni passenger ferries visit Tanjung Priok docks from all parts of Indonesia. Non-Pelni boats also take passengers; contact them at the harbour master’s office. There is also 24-hr ferry service from Bakauheni, Sumatra, to Merak, 140 km west of Jakarta; journey time 2 hrs.
It is also possible to go by ferry from Batan and Bintan, the two Indonesian Islands situated close to Singapore. Pelni services ply between these islands and Sumatra, as well as Jakarta and Surabaya.
Accommodation/dinning
There is a range of accommodation from the large international chains to the very inexpensive traveller’s’ losmen on Jl Jaksa, in the city centre near Monas square, but not much in the mid range for tourists. There is a very wide range of dining options: international standart (and price)! Restaurants through to roadside food stalls.
TransportBus very cheap but hot, cramped, crowded and dilapidated. Standard fare is about IDR 2,500. smaller Patas buses are slightly more expensive at IDR 6,000, but less crowded and stop anywhere. City bus route maps are (sometimes) available at theVisitor information centre in Djakarta Theatre building on Jl Thamrin. Pickpockets and bag slashers are a common hazard on buses. If you carrying expensive binoculars and cameras you will do much better to travel by taxi or hire a car.
Taxis plentiful, and can be flagged down anywhere. Fares are fairly cheap by international standards. AC flagfall is IDR 5,000, IDR 5,000/km thereafter; make sure the meter is on.
Car rental: many companies now offer both chauffer-driven (CD) cars with driver and gas included, as wel as self-drive (SD) cars. CD daily rates (12 hrs) range from $60 (kijang van) to $126 (Corola sedan); SD daily rates include insurance minus $50 deductible, range from $47 (kijang van) to $85 (corolla sedan).
General Information
Tourist Office Visitor Information Centre (for maps you can see google earth/maps and wikimapia)
By air there are connections from all over the world with jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport located 12 km northwest of the city. Taxi fare into town is $15; there is also a regular AC airport bus service to downtown for $2.
By sea Pelni passenger ferries visit Tanjung Priok docks from all parts of Indonesia. Non-Pelni boats also take passengers; contact them at the harbour master’s office. There is also 24-hr ferry service from Bakauheni, Sumatra, to Merak, 140 km west of Jakarta; journey time 2 hrs.
It is also possible to go by ferry from Batan and Bintan, the two Indonesian Islands situated close to Singapore. Pelni services ply between these islands and Sumatra, as well as Jakarta and Surabaya.
Accommodation/dinning
There is a range of accommodation from the large international chains to the very inexpensive traveller’s’ losmen on Jl Jaksa, in the city centre near Monas square, but not much in the mid range for tourists. There is a very wide range of dining options: international standart (and price)! Restaurants through to roadside food stalls.
TransportBus very cheap but hot, cramped, crowded and dilapidated. Standard fare is about IDR 2,500. smaller Patas buses are slightly more expensive at IDR 6,000, but less crowded and stop anywhere. City bus route maps are (sometimes) available at theVisitor information centre in Djakarta Theatre building on Jl Thamrin. Pickpockets and bag slashers are a common hazard on buses. If you carrying expensive binoculars and cameras you will do much better to travel by taxi or hire a car.
Taxis plentiful, and can be flagged down anywhere. Fares are fairly cheap by international standards. AC flagfall is IDR 5,000, IDR 5,000/km thereafter; make sure the meter is on.
Car rental: many companies now offer both chauffer-driven (CD) cars with driver and gas included, as wel as self-drive (SD) cars. CD daily rates (12 hrs) range from $60 (kijang van) to $126 (Corola sedan); SD daily rates include insurance minus $50 deductible, range from $47 (kijang van) to $85 (corolla sedan).
General Information
Tourist Office Visitor Information Centre (for maps you can see google earth/maps and wikimapia)
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