Mountain chain chracterize Notrh Sulawesi, 17 Destination in Indonesia. Gambuta mountain, Mount and Mount Poneki Balishutu protrude from the landscape, such as steps strteching routes from Central Sulawesi, at the northern tip of the island. Manado, the capital of the northeastern tip of the point Entri by plane and ship. It is Garuda and Merpati Airlines regularly from Jakarta, Surabaya and Bali.
One of the most beautiful areas in development is an island in the Bay of Manado, Bunaken, known for its coral gardens, unpolluted seas, and colorful fish. It is an ideal dive site ann.
Fifteen other tourist attractions have been identifed in North Sulawesi, Tasik Ria, including Bay, Kema Manado Beach, Otana Fortress, The grave of the National Kiayi Maja Dumoga bone and nature reserve.
Dive packages are offered by several travel and tour offices in Jakarta for Bunaken Island. These packages can also provide dive in Manado by independent operators, dive equipment and guides can be purchased.
Bunaken
Bunaken is an island, formerly part of Manado bay, is
norther part of Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The visitors can reach Bunaken by
speed boat abour 30 minutes from Manado sea port. Around the Bunaken Island,
there is Bunaken Sea Garden which is part of Bunaken National Park. Overall,
Bunaken is covers an area of 75,265 hectares with five islands within, which is
the island of Manado Tua, Bunaken Island, Siladen Island, Mantehage Island
island and the branch of it, Naen Island.
Bunaken marine park has 20 points dive spot with varying
depth of up to 1344 meters. From those 20 diving points, the 12 points among
them are around is Bunaken Island. Those twelve point dive are the most
frequently visited by the divers or tourist who want to enjoy the beauty of the
underwater scenery.
Most of the 12 points dive in Bunaken Island is line from
the southeast to the northwest of the island. In this area, there are great
underwater walls, also called the hanging walls, a giant rock walls that stand
vertically and curved upward. These rock walls are also a source of food for
fish in the waters around Bunaken Island.
While on Bunaken National Park, Bunaken National Park is a
representative of Indonesian tropical water ecosystems consist of mangrove
ecosystems, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and land / coastal ecosystems.
Potential mainland islands national park is rich in species of palm, sago,
woka, silar and coconut. Animal species that exist on the mainland and the
coast are, Sulawesi black macaques (Macaca nigra nigra), deer (Cervus
timorensis russa), and polecat (Ailurops ursinus ursinus).
Mangrove plant species in the Bunaken National Park is
Rhizophora sp., Sonneratia sp., Lumnitzera sp., And Bruguiera sp. This forest
is rich with various kinds of crab, shrimp, mollusks and various types of sea
birds such as seagulls, storks, sea dove and Heron.
Approximately there are 91 species of fish found in the
waters of Bunaken National Park, including fish gusumi horse (Hippocampus
horse), white oci (Seriola rivoliana), yellow tail lolosi (Lutjanus kasmira),
goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps and Pseudanthias hypselosoma), ila trunk
(Scolopsis bilineatus) , and others.
Bunaken National Park can be reached through the port of
Manado, Marina Nusantara Diving Centre (NDC) in the District of Molas and
Marina Blue Banter. From the Port of Manado using a motorboat to the Siladen
island is about 20 minutes, Bunaken Island about 30 minutes, Montehege island
about 50 minutes, and Nian Island about 60 minutes. If the visitors went from Blue
Banter Marina with a yacht that is available to the tourist areas on the island
of Bunaken, it will be taken within 10-15 minutes, while to go the diving spot
from NDC using a speed boat can be reach in 20 minutes.
The best visiting time to Bunaken is from May to August in
every year.
So, get your diving set and go, travelers…
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