Have you
ever imagined being a mermaid? Swim with sea dwellers, moving to the rhythm of
the waves? In the Bunaken Marine Park, you will find a "mermaid"
exact a glimpse of sea Indonesia. Bunaken is located in the Bay of Manado with
an area of 8.08 km², is located in the north of the island of Sulawesi,
Indonesia. Bunaken is part of the government of the city of Manado, capital of
North Sulawesi. Around Bunaken marine park is part of the National Park which
also includes the sea around the island of Manado Tua is Siladen and Mantehage.
In the
Bunaken Marine Park, visitors can see an amazing variety of marine life
colorful. To achieve this marine park, you can use a motorboat. The journey
from Manado takes about 40 minutes. The entry fee is $ 25,000.00 / person. Aquatic
Marine Park allows people can clearly see the variety of marine life. There are
13 types of coral reefs in the marine park is dominated by marine rocks. The
most interesting sights are reefs towering vertical cliffs down as deep as
25-50 meters.
Feast your
eyes on 91 types of fish in the Bunaken Marine Park, including a local fish
gusimi horse (Hippocampus), white koi (Seriola rivoliana), yellow tail lolosi
(Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (spilotocepsep hinephelus and hypselosoma
Pseudanthias), indigo trunk (Scolopsis bilineatus), and others.
Divers can
also find molluscs such as giant clams (Tridacna gigas), fish heads goat
(Cassis cornuta), nautilus (Nautilus pompillius), and tunikates or askidian. For
those of you who like scuba diving then this place is the best place. There are
about 20 point dive, where the divers will get a chance to swim in the sea
floor with an amazing variety of marine life. Make sure you megunjungi Bunaken
during its best time is between May and August. In here you can explore the
whole of this beautiful marine park.
Accommodation
On this
island you can choose accommodation with a starting price of US $ 40,000,00 per
person per day, including full facilities. Several dive operators in Bunaken
offer accommodation more expensive of course with adequate facilities.
You can also
choose to stay in the hotel in the city of Manado and then booked daily package
to Bunaken. Usually leave in the morning and return in the afternoon. See
directory star hotels in Manado.
Transportation
The Bunaken
as underwater paradise located, under Manado bay with beautiful flora and
fauna. To reach Manado, there are choices of airlines that serve the route,
both from Jakarta, Denpasar, Makassar and Sorong. From Jakarta, you can choose
Garuda Indonesia who fly twice a day, 3 times a Lion Air and Batavia Air a day
twice a day, the journey takes traveled for approximately 3 hours drive.
Bunaken
Island is very easy to accomplish from Manado by boat. Departing from pelabuahn
Manado, Molas, Kalasey, and Tasik Ria Beach. The ferry from Manado to Bunaken
depart around 14:00 (depending on the tide).
Activity
Diving is
the best way if you want to fully and clearly enjoy the beauty of the
underwater panorama Bunaken. There are 23 places snorkeling or diving. Do not
bother bring their own diving equipment because there leased equipment with
prices ranging from Rp 100 thousand per day. Not only see rows of fish in such
a variety of milling and sea grass meadows, you can see approximately 390
species of coral that exudes an amazing charm. Berlekak-dent unique shape,
cracks up to a small cave or tunnel under the sea that may be impossible to
find elsewhere. Under the area of 890.65 km2 stretch of sea in the Gulf of
Manado, we will discover the charm of the beauty of the creation of the
Almighty to enjoy the colorful coral reefs. There are more than 200 species of
fish and a variety of other marine biota. You will feel the sensation of diving
with a dish of fascinating underwater views of the park which is located 75
nautical miles from Manado Beach. This dive location can be reached by a 35
minute trip by motorboat.
The best
dive sites are located mainly near Bunaken and Manado Tua. Here are the places
that represent the dive site.
Lekuan wall (I, II, III)
Lekuan wall
(I, II, III) is a long wall in Bunaken which is divided into three Lekuan I,
II, and III. All three have the best marine park with steep walls and deep
crevices and sea fans and giant sponges. Shallow spot filled with fish. The
walls, often protected from strong currents, which are frequented by a large
entourage older brother fish and turtles.
Mandolin
Mandolin is
a marine park that has a peak reef and walls were inhabited by thousands of
fish like schools of fish shooters, surgeonfish, unicornfish, and bannerfish.
They used to swim and easily approachable.
Bunaken Timor
Have strong
currents with a lot of fish. Reef maybe not as spectacular others but here's
where you can see turtles, sharks, eagle rays and large fish swimming to and
fro. There are also seaweed dangling and small caves that mark the walls.
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