Why this ride
177 km from Polos to Polos, about 3 h 03 of riding. The stops in between: Ujung Kulon peninsula, Panaitan Island, Ujung Kulon National Park and back through Panaitan Island.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Honje Nature Reserve and Ujung Kulon National Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 177 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 03
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Honje Nature Reserve
Nobody takes a motorcycle into the interior of Ujung Kulon, because there is no road to take it on. The park fills the far western tip of Java, a peninsula where the island simply runs out into the Sunda Strait, and Honje is its eastern block, a hilly, forested reserve of lowland rainforest and mangrove that is the first part you reach from the mainland. Beyond it lie the lowlands, the Peucang islands, and Gunung Payung, and the roads stop at the villages on the edge.
Read the complete Honje Nature Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Honje Nature Reserve is where the day begins. Next is Ujung Kulon peninsula.
2. Ujung Kulon peninsula
The western tip of Java is a place where roads give up and the forest takes over. Ujung Kulon, the peninsula that pokes into the Sunda Strait, is a national park protecting the last wild population of the Javan rhinoceros, one of the rarest large mammals on Earth, along with banteng cattle, wild pigs, gibbons, langurs and a great diversity of birds. UNESCO listed it in 1991. Honje, on the mainland side, is a nature reserve of lowland rainforest, a green mass of tall trees, palms and tangled vines, where the air is thick, warm and loud with insects.
Read the complete Ujung Kulon peninsula write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ujung Kulon peninsula comes up about 31 km into the recorded legs. Next is Panaitan Island.
3. Panaitan Island
There are no roads on Panaitan Island, and you will not reach it by motorcycle, so this stop is one to read about before you ride to the coast and board a boat. It lies off the south-western tip of Java, a few kilometres from the mainland, within the Ujung Kulon National Park, one of the last great stretches of lowland rainforest on the island, and the nearest road ends at small villages on the peninsula's edge, such as Sumur and Tamanjaya.
Read the complete Panaitan Island write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 64 km into the recorded legs you reach Panaitan Island. Next is Ujung Kulon National Park.
4. Ujung Kulon National Park
Ujung Kulon sits at the far western tip of Java, a peninsula that points out into the Sunda Strait like a thumb, and it is the last refuge of the Javan rhinoceros. A few dozen of these shy, armoured animals survive, the rarest large mammals on earth, and the whole of the world's population lives in this one forest. The park was protected in the early twentieth century, partly because the great eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 had devastated the coast and left the area empty of people, and the forest recovered. UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage site in 1991.
Read the complete Ujung Kulon National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ujung Kulon National Park, about halfway. Next is back through Panaitan Island.
5. back through Panaitan Island
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Panaitan Island write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Panaitan Island sits at 118 km, about halfway. Next is back through Ujung Kulon peninsula.
6. back through Ujung Kulon peninsula
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ujung Kulon peninsula write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ujung Kulon peninsula comes up about 146 km into the recorded legs. Next is Honje Nature Reserve.
7. Honje Nature Reserve
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Honje Nature Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Honje Nature Reserve closes the day.
Leg by leg
Honje Nature Reserve to Ujung Kulon peninsula
Honje Nature Reserve → Ujung Kulon peninsula is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ujung Kulon peninsula to Panaitan Island
Ujung Kulon peninsula → Panaitan Island is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Panaitan Island to Ujung Kulon National Park
Panaitan Island → Ujung Kulon National Park is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ujung Kulon National Park to back through Panaitan Island
Ujung Kulon National Park → back through Panaitan Island is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Panaitan Island to back through Ujung Kulon peninsula
back through Panaitan Island → back through Ujung Kulon peninsula is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ujung Kulon peninsula to Honje Nature Reserve
back through Ujung Kulon peninsula → Honje Nature Reserve is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.