Wasur National Park

Understand

About 70% of the total area of the park consists of savanna (see Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands), while the remaining vegetation is swamp forest, monsoon forest, coastal forest, bamboo forest, grassy plains, and large stretches of sago swamp forest. Common fauna species include the agile wallaby, pesquet's parrot, southern cassowary, blue-crowned pigeon, greater bird-of-paradise, king bird-of-paradise, red bird-of-paradise, New Guinea crocodile, and saltwater crocodile.

Park information Wasur National Park website

Getting there

To reach this park, you can take airplanes from Jakarta to Merauke, a city at the southern-most part of Indonesian Papua. From Merauke to the entrance of Wasur National Park takes a 2-3 hours drive on the Merauke-Jayapura main road. Alternatively, the town of Merauke is also accessible by a 1.5 hour flight from Jayapura's Sentani Airport, capital city of Papua Province.

See

1 0 km monument (Tugu 0 KM Merauke - Sabang), Sota. The most eastern point of Indonesia monument. (updated Sep 2022) 2 Lake Rawa Biru (Danau Rawa Biru), Sota. Entry: Rp5,000. (updated Sep 2022) 3 Onggaya Beach (Pantai Onggaya), Nasem. (updated Sep 2022)

Do

Birdwatching by camping on Wasur National Park. The park provides habitat for a large variety of up to 358 bird species of which some 80 species are endemic to the island of New Guinea including the endemic birds-of-paradise, kookaburra, cassowary, cockatoo, crowned pigeon, and so on.

Buy

1 Teh Celup Sarang Semut, Wasur, Merauke, ☏ +62 812 942 50475. 08:00-16:00. Teh sarang semut, a herbal tea made from musamus or ant house. Musamus is a nest of an animal similar to the termite Macrotermes sp. The "tea" is made by Marori Manggey tribe in Wasur, Merauke. (updated Sep 2022)

Sleep

There are lots of accommodation in the city of Merauke.