Dive like A Real Mermaid In Bunaken

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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