Ujung Kulon National Park or Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon (TNUK) is a peninsula located at the westmost (southwestern) tip of Java Island. Once inhabited, it was never repopulated after the devastating effect of tsunami caused by the deadly eruption of "the beast", Krakatau in 1883. The area reverted to jungle and today is included as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The last sanctuary of the endangered Rhinoceros Sondaicus (one-horned Javan Rhino)
The icon or mascot of Ujung Kulon is a one-horned rhino, rarely seen, but often caught on video trap camera. One of the most fascinating video is by a Wildlife photographer Stephen Belcher. He embarked on a precarious journey through the vast, almost impenetrable jungles of Indonesia to capture the first high-definition images of the critically endangered Javan rhino.
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