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Sumatra is world famous for its woods, jungles, animals, flora and fauna, and numerous forest reserves, and wildlife sanctuaries. These, of course, attract a lot of people, especially those who love nature, and would like to visit such amazing and vast lands of unspoilt forests, and get to catch a glimpse of the wild animals in their natural habitats. One such place that will be extremely attractive to the many tourists is the Way Kambas National Park. The Way Kambas National Park, lies on the coast of Lampung province to the south-east of Sumatra, bounded by the Java Sea to the east, and to the southeast and west by rivers. Covering an area of approximately 1,300 sq.km., the Way Kambas National Park, consists of swamp forest, lowland plain rainforest, mangrove forests, dry beach forests, Nibung swamps and vast areas of grass-land. In 1937, the Way Kambas National Park was established as a wildlife reserve, but due to extreme logging between 1954 and 1974, it was almost closed off. However, in 1978, it was again proposed as a national park. The Way Kambas National Park received provisional declaration in 1989. Finally, in 1997, the area was officially declared as the Way Kambas National Park. The Way Kambas National Park, is famous for its amazing variety of wildlife, both rare animals, and rare species of birds. Some of the most notable wildlife that can be seen in the Way Kambas National Park are – Animals # like the Sumatran Elephant, Siamang, White-handed Gibbon, Long-tailed Macaque, Pig-tailed Macaque, Silvered Leaf Monkey, Malayan Tapir, Lesser Mousedeer, Large Mousedeer, Barking Deer, Malayan Sunbear, Wild Boar, Wild Dog, Sumatran Tiger, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Clouded Leopard, Pangolin, Temminck's Golden Cat, Leopard Cat, Agile Gibbon, and the Common Otter. Reptiles # such as the False Ghavial, Estuarine Crocodile. Birds -- namely, the White-winged Wood-duck, the Masked Finfoot, the Milky Stork, the Lesser Adjutant, the Asian Dowitcher, the Storm's Stork, the White-bellied Sea-eagle, the Brahminy Kite, the Grey-headed Fish-eagle, the Lesser Fish-eagle, the Osprey.
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