Basic ecotouristic information on Mount Tambora National Park (Sumbawa, Indonesia) which can be visited - localization, access, characteristic, fauna and flora, possible activities.
Localization
North Sumbawa
Access
Difficult. Flight from Bali to Sumbawa Besar, then about 5 hours by bus and finally about 20 km on foot to Pancasila.
Characteristic
716 km2; Active solitare stratovolcano 2,751 m high. Its phenomenal eruption in April 1815 left a 6.2 km wide caldera containing a two-colored lake with depths reaching 800 meters, and is considered as the largest caldera in Indonesia. Typical ecosystems: mountain rain forest, cloud forest, mountains lower than 4000 m, volcanic biotopes.
Fauna + Flora
Species List - See the Attachment
Possible activities
Mountaineering with challenging tracks.
Note
The site of the largest and most deadly volcanic eruption in recorded history.
Hot springs
The park is interesting especially form geological and volcanological points of view.