Fauna

The park offers rusa deer, kancil, barking deer, long-tailed macaques, civets, monkeys, wild boars, and perhaps 30 or so banteng (Bos javanicus) living ancestors of today's deer-like Balinese cattle.

The park's profuse and beautiful bird life includes the endangered Bali starling (popularly known as jalak bali) and sea and shore birds, the most conspicuous being brown boobies and lesser frigate birds. Two species of terns nest in large numbers; on a sandy cay at the entrance of Teluk Lumpur ("Mud Bay"), while the boobies and frigates roost on Pulau Burung farther east.

An extremely rare species, Bali's only remaining endemic creature, the Bali starling Jalak putih in Indonesian) averages 23 cm in length and features black wingtips and tail, silky white feathers, and brilliant blue rings around its eyes. Not to be confused with the black-winged starling which has black wings and tail. It lives in groups of two or three in the acacia scrub and dry monsoon forests on the north coast of Cape Prapat Agung.

To see live specimens, visit the Bali Starling Recovery Project in Tegal Bunder or at Teluk Kelor, north of Batu Licin, to the east. When you come to some buildings, turn right and walk another 200 meters to the aviary.

Take off your shoes and socks, walk down a hall, and look through the tiny windows of the aviary. The birds live in the trees and are fed from big buckets of bugs. There are only nine birds and perhaps 50 more in the jungle.

Hawksbill turtles and 10-meter-long toothless whale sharks have been sighted along the reserve's north coast, and whales and dolphins migrate via Selat Bali between Java and Bali.

More like a forest than a jungle, the park offers exceptional walking and first class panoramas. Day trip can be arranged by the PHPA office in Labuhan Lalang. Part of the walk is cross-country with no trails. At times you have to crawl through undergrowth and use paths frequented by wild ox and deer. Birds are everywhere-incredible surround sound.

An interesting walk is the 25-km long track along the coast of Cape Prapat Agung (310 meters). This cape is cut off from the rest of reserve by the main Singaraja-Gilimanuk road, as well as by settlements and coconut, teak, and eucalyptus plantations. Into this wilderness bring lots of water as it can get extremely hot. Make sure your guide is a good birdspotter (the park has 160 species) and bring binoculars.

Flora

Rare flora that can be found in the park are:

Bayur (Pterospermum diversifoliu), Buni (Antidesma bunius), Bungur (Logerstromia speciosa), Burahol (Stelechocarpus burahol), Cendana (Santalum album), Kemiri (Aleuritas moluccana), Kepuh (Sterculla Foetida).

Kesambi (Schleicheru oleosa), Keruing Bunga (Dipterocarpus hasseltil), Mundu (Garcinea dulcis), Pulai (Alstonia scholaris), Sawo Kecik (Manikara kauki), Sono Keling (Dalbergia latifolia), Trengguli (Cassia fistula).

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