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The Nature and Wildlife in Java can be found in the volcanoes, tropical green forest, coral fields and green rice fields. The Nature and Wildlife in Java include a wide variety of flora and fauna and make for a great Sightseeing in Java. The fauna that can be seen in Java are the Orangutan, Sumatran tigers, wild ox, anoa, one horned rhinos, elephants, babi rusa, tarsius spectrum, dugong, giant latherbacker sea turtle, komodo dragon and Tarsius spectrum, the smallest monkey in the whole world.

To know the Nature and Wildlife in Java better, one can visit the nature reserves for wild life safari. The different Things to do in Java include visit to the following national parks.

• The Gunung Leuser National Park
  It is one of the biggest national park in Indonesia. It is a collection of different nature reserves and forests. There are about 700 different species of animals that could be seen here. These include 320 birds, 194 reptiles and amphibians and 176 mammals.
  
  
• Ujung Kulon National Park
  The park has wild cattle, leopard, gibbon, rusa and is home to the critically endangered Javan rhinos. It is the first national park of Indonesia and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  
  
• Gede Pangrango National Park
  The Park has many flora and fauna, some which are only found only in Indonesia. The place is the right place for hiking as well as mountain climbing. There are twin volcanoes at the park.
  
  
• Bromo Semeru tengger Park
  Here one can finds endangered flora species such as Fagaceae, Moraceae, Streculiaceae and about 200 species of endemic orchids. The park has over 137 species of birds, 22 species of mammals and 4 species of reptiles.
  
  
• Betung Kerihun National Park
  The park has more 1200 plant species, a total of 301 birds, and 112 fish species. The park consists of hills and mountains with the Mount Semeru as the highest peak on Java. One can come across flora species like Fagaceae, Moraceae, Sterculliaceae and over 200 species of endemic orchids.
  
  
• Meru Betiri
  It is the last refuge for the nearly extinct Java tiger. One can also find the parasitic Raffelesia flower here.