West Bali National Park

West Bali National Park
Taman Nasional Bali Barat
IUCN category II (national park)
West Bali NP Location of West Bali NP
Location	Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia
Coordinates	8°8′S 114°29′E / 8.133°S 114.483°E / -8.133; 114.483Coordinates: 8°8′S 114°29′E / 8.133°S 114.483°E / -8.133; 114.483
Area	190.02 km2
Established	1995
Visitors	5,592 (in 2007)
Governing body	Ministry of Environment and Forestry

West Bali National Park (Indonesian: Taman Nasional Bali Barat) is a national park located in Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia. The park covers around 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi), of which are 158 square kilometres (61 sq mi) land and the remainder is sea. This is approximately 5% of Bali's total land area. To the north, it includes a 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) long beach, reef and islets. A seaport at Gilimanuk is west of the park, and the village of Goris is to the east. The National Park can be reached by roads from Gilimanuk and Singaraja, or by using ferries from Ketapang, East Java.

There are several habitats in the national park, a savanna, mangroves, montane and mixed-monsoon forests, and coral islands. The center of the park is dominated by remnants of four volcanic mountains from era, with Gunung Patas at 1,412 metres (4,633 ft) its highest elevation.

Some 160 species can be found inside the park, including the banteng, barn swallow, black-naped oriole, black racket-tailed treepie, crested serpent-eagle, crested treeswift, dollarbird, hawksbill turtle, Indian muntjac, Java sparrow, Javan lutung, large flying fox, leopard cat, lesser adjutant, long-tailed shrike, milky stork, Pacific swallow, red-rumped swallow, rusa deer, sacred kingfisher, savanna nightjar, stork-billed kingfisher, water monitor, wild boar, yellow-vented bulbul and the critically endangered Bali myna.