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Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park is a national park in South Sulawesi in Indonesia.〔A collection of photos and some details (in Indonesian) can be found at the (Indonesia Wonder Website ). See also the photos and details provided at Ayu Wulandari, '(Photo story: Belae's majestic prehistoric caves' ), ''Jakarta Post Travel'', 28 October 2013.〕 The park contains Maros Pangkep limestone hill, the second largest karst area known in the world after the one in South-Eastern China.〔(Lestari Hutan Indonesia ), retrieved 24 February 2010〕 The park is in Maros Regency, 50 kilometers to the north of Makassar (one hour drive) or just 20 kilometers from Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (30 minutes drive).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bantimurung Waterfall )〕 Most of the Karst formations are tall and steep at almost a 90 degree angle line along both sides of the road from Maros city to Bantimurung continuing on up to the Pangkajene Islands Regency. The karst area is 43,750 hectares and has 286 caves which includes 16 pre-historic caves in Maros Regency and 17 pre-historic caves in Pangkep, Bone Regency.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Karst Maros - Pangkep Jejak Prasejarah yang Terkubur di Bukit Kapur )〕 There is waterfall with 2 caves at the national park; the one on the left side is known as the ''dream cave'' (one-kilometer long) and the one on the right is known as the ''stone cave''. Riding on the water on blown up inner tubes is a popular activity for children at the site. ==History== The first main exploration of the Bantimurung area was carried out by Alfred Wallace in July–October 1857. Later he published the results of his explorations in ''The Malay Archipelago'' which encouraged numerous researchers to visit Maros. Then, in 1970–1980, there were five chosen conservation areas in Maros-Pangkep Karst, consisting of two nature parks (Bantimurung and Gua Pattunuang) and three wildlife sanctuaries (Bantimurung, Karaenta, and Bulusaurung). In 1993, The XI International Union of Speleology Congress recommended Maros-Pangkep Karst as world a heritage site. Five years after that, Environmental Seminar of Hasanuddin University (PSL-UNHAS) also recommended protection of Maros-Pangkep Karst.〔(Official website of Bantimurung – Bulusaraung National Park ), accessed in September 20, 2012.〕 Furthermore, in May 2001, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Office and UNESCO World Heritage Center held the Asia-Pacific Forum on Karst Ecosystems and World Heritage in Serawak, Malaysia which convinced Indonesia government to conserve Maros-Pangkep Karst. Finally in 2004, the Ministry of Forestry declared the allocation of 43,750 hectares of Bantimurung-Bulusaurung land for wildlife conservatory, nature park, conservation forest, limited production forest, production forest, as Bantimurung – Bulusaraung National Park. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bantimurung – Bulusaraung National Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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