Why this ride
On the way it passes Honje Nature Reserve and Panaitan Island. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Panaitan Island and Honje Nature Reserve
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 16 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 17 min
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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
Panaitan Island is where the day begins. Next is Krakatau Nature Reserve.
2. 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
about 8 km into the recorded legs you reach Honje Nature Reserve. Next is back through Krakatau Nature Reserve.
3. Back to 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 Krakatau Nature Reserve, late in the day. Next is Panaitan Island.
4. 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 at Panaitan Island. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Panaitan Island to Honje Nature Reserve
Panaitan Island → Honje Nature Reserve is 8 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Honje Nature Reserve to Back to Panaitan Island
Honje Nature Reserve → Back to Panaitan Island is 8 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.