Abstract: The tourism in the karst area has been initiated by the community of Parigi District, Pangandaran Regency in Wst Java, Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to verify the potency of tourism in geological and agricultural sites of Pangandaran karst area for initiating the community-based and regulatory-based sustainable ecotourism development. The research method was descriptive qualitative research method using field studies, focus group discussion and interview to get primary data.