Papua & Kepulauan Maluku

Papua, inilah tanah indah yang luas, memiliki hutan-hutan sangat alami dan puncak gunung bersalju menjulang tinggi di danau glasial. Papua merupakan provinsi terbesar dan paling timur di Indonesia, mencakup bagian barat pulau terbesar kedua di dunia.



Papua is the largest conservation area in southeast Asia, is located at an altitude of 0-4884 m above sea level and spread over 4 District, which Jayawijaya, Mimika, Puncak Jaya and Asmat.

Lorentz National Park is not a conservation area as common as other areas because since December 12, 1999 the United Nations through UNESCO officially designated it a natural site world heritage because it has over 43 types of ecosystems, regions Tropics with glaciers (peak Carstensz) and Lake Habema that menakjudkan decorated meadow alpine and marshes.

Cenderawasih Bay National Park has marine life and beautiful coral. Do not forget also see traditional cultural festivities featured in the Festival Baliem Valley and Asmat. Here you can carry out tourism activities trekking, hiking, hunting and adventure. While in Wasur National Park in Merauke you will see a variety of unique mammal species.

Provincial capital Jayapura is located in the hills overlooking the sea, and is accessible by boat and plane. Here is where General MacArthur gather his forces to invade the Philippines during World War II.

Papua word itself comes from the Malay language meaning curly hair, referring to the physical appearance of the native tribes of Papua.

Papua is a land with a marvelous nature, the scenery is very beautiful beaches, vast stretches of marsh, meadow cool, and rivers that carve through the dense jungle ravine. Part of the island is the most populous counties of Lake Paniai and the Baliem Valley in the east.


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Papua, this beautiful land is spacious, has a very natural forests and snowy peaks towering glacial lakes. Papua is the largest and most eastern province in Indonesia, covering the western part of the second largest island in the world.