10 BEST DIVING SITES IN INDONESIA [] 1. BUNAKEN NATIONAL MARINE PARK
BUNAKEN NATIONAL MARINE PARK
The Bunaken National Park is a marine park in the north of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. The park is located near the centre of the Coral Triangle, providing habitat to 390 species of coral as well as many fish, mollusc, reptile and marine mammal species. The Park is representative of Indonesian tropical water ecosystems, consisting of seagrass plain, coral reef, and coastal ecosystems.
It was established as a national park in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's growing system of marine parks. It covers a total area of 890.65 km², 97% of which is marine habitat. The remaining 3% of the park is terrestrial, including the five islands of Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain and Siladen. The southern part of the Park covers part of the Tanjung Kelapa coast.
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North Sulawesi - Indonesia
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Best Things To Do in Bangka Island, Indonesia
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List of Best Things to do in Bangka Island, Indonesia
Kaolin Lake
Parai Tenggiri Beach
Padepokan Puri Tri Agung
Penyusuk Beach
Bangka Botanical Garden (BBG)
Pantai Rambak
Pasir Padi Beach
Tin Museum
Tongaci Beach
Tanjung Berikat Beach
Top 13 Must-See Places in Indonesia
Top 13 Must-See Places in Indonesia according to Lonely Planet
13. Raja Ampat Islands
Raja Ampat is in Papua in Indonesia. The name given to these islands comes from a local myth. The Raja Ampat islands are a truly natural phenomenon with enormous biological diversity. The amazing marine landscape means that underwater photography should be on the top your list during your stay.
12. Bukit Beaches
The Bukit includes the famous cliff-hanging temple at Uluwatu, a number of Bali's very best beaches including Balangan, and the top surfing spots on the island. As is so often the case, it was intrepid surfers who really opened up the eyes of the world to this part of the island.
11. Gunung Leuser National Park
Gunung Leuser National Park is a large national park covering 950,000 hectares in northern Sumatra, straddling the border of the provinces of North Sumatra and Aceh. As Bukit Lawang is near Medan, it can get crowded during the week-end, especially during the public holiday period.
10. Banda Islands
Once known as the Spice Islands, an epithet also applies to the entire Maluku area, the Bandas were famous as a source of spices, especially nutmeg. First colonized by the Portuguese, the Dutch soon wrested control of the islands and fought the Spice Wars with the British.
9. Pulau Bunaken
Bunaken is one of Indonesia's most famous diving and snorkeling areas and it draws visitors from all over the world. In addition to banana-shaped Bunaken Island itself, the 890 km2 of marine national park includes the neighboring islands of Manado Tua, Siladen, Mantehage, Nain, and Nain Kecil.
8. Baliem Valley
The Baliem Valley, of the highlands of Western New Guinea, is occupied by the Dani people. As far as the outside world was concerned, the discovery of the Baliem Valley and the unexpected presence of its large agricultural population was made by Richard Archbold's third zoological expedition to New Guinea in 1938.
7. Tanjung Puting National Park
Tanjung Puting National Park is a national park in Indonesia famous for its orangutan conservation. This national park is in the southeast part of the West Kotawaringin Regency in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan. Several ecosystems are present, such as lowland tropical forest, freshwater swamp forest, mangroves and coastal forests together with secondary forest growth.
6. Candi Sukuh
Sukuh is a 15th-century Javanese-Hindu temple that is located on the western slope of Mount Lawu on the border between Central and East Java provinces. Sukuh temple has a distinctive thematic reliefs from other candi where life before birth and sexual education are its main theme.
5. Cross-Borneo Trek
Welcome to the triathlon of adventure travel. Start on the east coast of Borneo, the world's third-largest island, and travel hundreds of kilometres upriver into the heart of a fabled jungle. Trek through it like explorers of old, then head downriver to the west coast via a thrilling whitewater canoe trip.
4. Tana Toraja
Tana Toraja is a regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Toraja ethnic group. Since 1984, Tana Toraja has been named as the second tourist destination after Bali by the Ministry of Tourism. Since then, hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors have visited this regency. In addition, numerous Western anthropologists have come to Tana Toraja to study the indigenous culture and people of Toraja.
3. Balinese Dance
Balinese dances are a very ancient dance tradition that is a part of the religious and artistic expression among the Balinese people. Balinese dance is dynamic, angular and intensely expressive. The Balinese dancers express the story of dance-drama through the whole bodily gestures; fingers, hands and body gestures to head and eyes movements.
2. Gili Islands
Lombok's most popular tourist destination, the Gili Islands came to the attention of the wider world as a backpacker mecca in the 1980s and 1990s. The islands are very relaxed and laid-back, with countless little beachside cafes still playing reggae and serving up questionable energy drinks, but also at the other end of the scale, elaborate seafood buffets, fresh salads and good quality western and Asian food.
1. Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park lies in the Wallacea Region of Indonesia, identified by both the WWF and Conservation International as a global conservation priority area, and is located in the centre of the Indonesian archipelago, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores. The boundaries include part of the island of Flores, where there are actually even more dragons than on Komodo itself.
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10 Interesting Places to Visit in North Sulawesi - Indonesia
10 Interesting Places to Visit in North Sulawesi - Indonesia
Interesting Places to Visit in North Sulawesi - Indonesia
Bunaken National Park
Siladen Island
Bukit Kasih at Kanonang Village / Kasih Kanonang Hill
Bukit Doa (Prayer Hill) Tomohon
Linow Lake
Lihaga Island
Waruga
Lakban Beach
Mahangetang Underwater Volcano
Tangkoko National Park
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Where is Bunaken?
Bunaken is located just out of Manado Bay in the Sulawesi Sea. It’s among the highlights diving in Indonesia with beautiful reefs, colourful soft corals and exciting wall dives with turtles, sting rays, sepias, sponges, great macro spots and overwhelming schools of fish. The marine park shows an incredible biodiversity. Oceanic currents sweep past Bunaken Island bringing a steady supply of nutrients. Manado is very popular with fun divers and marine biologists both of whom can take great pleasure from the diversity of coral and fish found here. You will surely encounter marine life here that you have not come across elsewhere.
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Snorkeling in the best spot Bunaken & Siladen Island
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Diving in Bunaken, Indonesia
A video shot and edited by Aaron Gekoski during a diving trip we arranged for him to Siladen Resort and Spa in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. See the footage of some of the incredible diving he did in Bunaken National Park and the wonderful time he had on land staying at Siladen.
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