West Java Birding Tour 8D/7N

Muara Angke – Ciwidey Kawah Putih – Gunung Gede – Carita – Pulau Dua

⏰ Duration : 8D / 7N
⭐ Grade : Moderate
🚐 Transportation : Private Car
🏕️ Accommodation : Hotel
🏕️ Accommodation : Guest house
📌 Start/end : Jakarta / Carita

The Birding Trip :

✅Day 1 : Jakarta – Muara Angke – Jakarta Bay birding – Ciwidey
Boat trip Birding at Muara Angke and Jakarta Bay and Mangrove including Taman Wista Alam Mangrove, Key Species : Milky Stork, Sunda Coucal “Rare”, Christmas Frigate Bird, Javan Plovers, Javan Pond Herons, Bar-winged Prinias, Red Breasted Parkeet, Small Minivets, Lesser Whsitling-Ducknda, Sunda-Teal, Whimbrel, Little Cormorant, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Javan Myna, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Small Blue kingfisher, Racket_Tailed Treepie, Golden-Bellied Greygone, Straited Heron, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Whisker Tern, Pied Stilt, Erusian Moorhen, Pink-necked Green Pigeion, Sunda Collared-Dove, Spotted Dove and Indonesia Honey Eater.
Jakarta to Ciwidey Kawah Putih will drive about 3 hours (Night at Patuha Resort)

✅Day 2 – 3 : Full day Birding at Ciwidey Kawah Putih (night at Patuha Resort)
Key Species : Javan Trogon, Horsfield’s Thrush , Sunda Trush, Javan Cochoa, Javan Tesias, Volcano Swiftlets, Javan Scop owl, Javan Hawk-Eagle, White-flanked Sunbird, Pink-headed Fruit Doves, Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch Javan Scops Owl, crescent-chested babbler, Javan flower packer, Rufous tailed fantail, javan froghmouth, salvadori nightjar, Javan tesia, Indonesia Spoted castrel, Pied shrike, Chesnut-Fronted shrike babbler, Flame fronted barbet, Orange spotted bulbul, Javan grey-throated white eyes, Blue whistling trush, Eye browed wren babbler, Mountain White-Eye, Mountain leaft warbler, Sunda Warbler, Sunda bush warbler, Indigo Flycather, Javan whistling Trush, Little Pied flycatcher.
Mammals : Javan Lutung often seen here

✅Day 4 : Ciwidey – Gunung Gede National Park (Night at Cibodas Guest House)
Ciwidey to Gunung Gede will drive about 3 hours drive, may do afternoon birding at Cibodas botanical Garden

✅Day 5 – 6 : Full day Birding at Gunung Gede National Park (Night at Cibodas Guest House)
Gunung Gede National Park Key Species : Javan hanging Paort Yellowe throated hanging parot, Javan kingfisher, Javan fulvetta, , Javan chocoa “rare”, Chesnut-bellied patrige, White flanked sunbird, Javan tesia, pygmy wren babbler, Pygmy tit, White-bibbed babbler, Crescent-chested babbler, Javan Blue robin, Javan flower packer, Rufous tailed fantail, Javan scop owel, Java froghmouth, Salvadori nightjar, Javan tesia, javan spoted castrel, Chesnut-Fronted shrike babbler, White Browed shrike babbler, Javan Hawk eagle, Flame fronted barbet, Orange spotted bulbul, Sunda trush “rare’, Javan grey-throated white eyes, Blue whistling trush, little spider-hunter, long-billed spider hunter, Tawny breasted parotpinch, Javan Shrotwing, Javan Whsitling Trush, Rafous fronted Laughingtrush, Javan Banded Broadbill, Indigo Flycather, Snowy browed flycatcher.
Mammals : Javan Lutung and Javan Gibbon often seen here

✅Day 7 : Gunung Gede National Park – Carita (Night at Hotel Mutiara Carita)
Moring Birding at Gunung Halimun then drive to Carita on the way out from Guest house of Halimun National Park we may birding on the Road, arrive by night at Carita, if possible night Birding at Carita Forest.
Carita forest keys species : Black banded barbet, Javan Banded Pitta, Javan Black Capped Babbler, white breasted babbler “rare”, javan froghmout, javan bared owlet, Grey-cheeck tit-babbler.
Mammals : Often seen here Javan Lutung, Sunda flying Lemur and Javan Slow loris ” rare”

✅Day 8 : Carita – Pulau Dua – Jakarta – End trip
After morning Birding drive to Pulau dua , Birding at Pulau dua on the way back to Jakarta end trp.
Pulau Dua key Species : Javan white eyes “rare”, javan plover, glossy ibis, island dove.

🗺️Price of Tour :
2 pax : 2305 usd/pax
3 pax : 1995 usd/pax
4 pax : 1680 usd/pax

• 🛒The trip includes:
  Transportation Private Car, Accommodation. Entry permit, Meal ( B, L, D ), Mineral water, Snack, Room base on twin share, Local tour and Local guide., Logistic.

About Birding in West Java:

Birding Kawah Putih Ciwidey (White Crater)

Kawah Putih Ciwidey is a volcanic crater located 50 km south of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is part of Mount Patuha, an andesitic stratovolcano, and has been relatively stable since its last significant activity around 1600. Opened to visitors in 1987, the crater is situated at an altitude of 2,430 meters (7,970 ft), making it cooler than the humid lowlands, with temperatures around 10 °C (50 °F).

The lake is highly acidic (pH 0.5–1.3) and changes color between bluish, whitish green, or brown depending on sulfur concentration, temperature, and oxidation levels. Surrounding rocks and sand are also bleached white due to the acidic waters. Since 2021, Kawah Putih has become a birdwatching hotspot, with around 110 bird species recorded, including Javan highland endemic birds.

Birding Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park

Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park in West Java, Indonesia, spans 150 km² and features twin volcanoes, Mount Gede (2,958 m) and Mount Pangrango (3,019 m), Established from various conservation areas, it became a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1977. The park has steep slopes, deep valleys, montane and subalpine forests, and a Javanese Edelweiss field.
It is home to 251 bird species of the 450 bird species found in Java, including the endangered Javan hawk-eagle and Javan scops owl, as well as endangered mammals like the silvery gibbon, Javan leopard, and Javan surili. The park is a key site for biodiversity and conservation research.

Birding Carita Forest

Carita forest or Tahura Banten, Carita is a conservation forest area in Banten Province, with a type of low forest on the western part of Java Island, which is home to several endemic birds, low forest recorded as having around 122 species of birds, including 11 types of birds endemic to Java.
Carita forest keys species : Black banded barbet, Javan Banded Pitta, Javan Black Capped Babbler, white breasted babbler “rare”, javan froghmout, javan bared owlet, Grey-cheeck tit-babbler.
Mammals : Often seen here Javan Lutung, Sunda flying Lemur and Javan Slow loris ” rare”.