The park located along the Bukit Barisan mountain range, has a total area of 3,568 km2, and spans three provinces: Lampung, Bengkulu, and South Sumatra.

[1] A signboard containing a welcome message to Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park a few kilometers away from the citi of Liwa, Indonesia West Lampung Regency, the secondary forest of Bukit Barisan National Park is designated by UNESCO as a world heritage.

The northern part is mountainous with its highest point at Gunung Pulung (1,964 m), while its southern section is a peninsula.

[3] Plants in the park include Nipa palm, Casuarina equisetifolia, Anisoptera curtisii and Gonystylus bancanus, as well as species of Sonneratia, Pandanus, Anthoshorea, Shorea, and Dipterocarpus.

[4] The area was first protected by the Dutch East Indies government in 1935, that declared the South Sumatra I Nature Reserve.