Taman ini merupakan tempat persinggahan penting bagi spesies burung air yang berhijrah dalam perjalanan mereka merentasi pelbagai halangan di sepanjang Laluan Terbang Asia-Australasia (EAAF). Kawasan tanah berlumpur seluas 807 hektar yang mengelilingi taman ini merupakan sumber makanan yang berkhasiat untuk burung semasa air surut, manakala hutan paya bakau pula menyediakan tempat perlindungan yang selamat untuk mereka.<\/p>\n
Taman ini juga penting kepada penduduk tempatan di tanah besar Kukup di mana kawasan paya bakau merupakan tempat pembiakan ikan yang menyokong industri perikanan tempatan dan lumpurnya kaya dengan kerang-kerangan yang menjadi sumber makanan dan pendapatan. Pulau ini menghadap Selat Melaka dan boleh dikatakan salah satu laluan perkapalan yang paling sibuk di dunia, pulau ini melindungi perairan pantai daripada angin dan ombak. Pada Januari 2003, taman ini diwartakan oleh Konvensyen Ramsar sebagai Tanah Lembap Kepentingan Antarabangsa, atau Tapak Ramsar.<\/p>\n
Seperti banyak pulau kecil lain di rantau ini, Pulau Kukup tidak terkecuali daripada pelbagai mitos dan legenda. Antaranya adalah kisah tentang puteri kayangan; salah seorang daripadanya jatuh cinta dengan seorang pelaut dan menerima padah yang teruk. Kisah lain menceritakan tentang ular gergasi yang melindungi pulau itu dan kadang-kadang dilihat berenang melintasi selat ke Pulau Karimun di Indonesia. Suatu ketika dahulu, Pulau Kukup terkenal sebagai markas lanun. Menurut satu sumber (tidak disahkan), nama pulau ini berasal daripada perkataan Melayu \u2018kukup\u2019 kerana itulah yang dirasai oleh pelaut pada masa lalu ketika mereka berlayar merentasi pulau ini, dalam perjalanan mereka ke Selat Melaka.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The park is an important stopover for migratory waterbirds traveling and crossing various obstacles along the Asia-Australasian Flyway (EAAF). The 807 hectares of muddy land that surrounds the park is a productive source of food for birds during low tide, while the mangrove swamps provide a safe place for them to take shelter. The park is also important to the local people who live on the mainland of Kukup where the mangrove swamp is a breeding ground for fish that can support the local fishing industry and the mud is rich in shellfish that provide a source of food and income. This island faces the Malacca Strait and it can be said to be one of the busiest shipping routes in the world, this island protects coastal waters from wind and waves. In January 2003, the park was gazetted by the Ramsar Convention as a Wetland of International Importance, or Ramsar Site. Like many other small islands in this region, Pulau Kukup is not without many myths and legends. Among them is the story of the fairy princess; one of them falls in love with a sailor and receives dire consequences. Another story tells of a giant snake that protects the island and is sometimes seen swimming across the strait to Karimun Island in Indonesia. In the past, Kukup Island was famous as a pirate headquarters. According to one source (unconfirmed), the name of the island comes from the Malay word ‘nervous’ because it is what sailors felt in the past when they sailed across this island, on their way to the Malacca Straits.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[20],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6154","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-listeo-booking","7":"first","8":"instock","9":"downloadable","10":"virtual","11":"sold-individually","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-listing_booking"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitjohor2026.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitjohor2026.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitjohor2026.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitjohor2026.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitjohor2026.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitjohor2026.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=6154"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitjohor2026.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6154"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitjohor2026.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}