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Monday, September 3, 2012

Bunaken Marine Park


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You certainly already know about the Bunaken marine park. So for this post, we will discuss about this tourist spot. Please refer to the article below.


Bunaken Marine Park, Manado, North Sulawesi


Bunake marine 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.

Dive Spot in Bunaken Marine Park
The beauty of the Bunaken marine park can be seen in locations called lekuan 1, 2, 3, fukui, mandolin, tanjung parigi, ron’s point, sachiko point, pangalisang, village face and east bunaken. In addition there are many more dive spots located in the Bunaken marine park, because Bunaken itself has 40 locations of varying depth dives that present various types of tropical fish and coral reefs.

The area that was inaugurated in 1991 as a national marine park also offers another beauty, namely the existence of underwater great walls or giant coral walls, which stand curved upwards.

For you lovers of underwater photography, you can be sure you will not be disappointed if you visit Bunaken Marine Park because here you can get spectacular photos to be captured that you rarely get in other areas.


Facilities and Accommodation
For those of you who want to linger around Bunaken, you don't need to worry because here you will easily find lodging starting from the price of a backpaker to the quality of five-star hotels. In addition, to support your activities while traveling in Bunaken, you can also find a boat / seedboat rental, snorkeling equipment / diving equipment and underwater cameras to capture your activities while under the sea.

Bunaken has a variety of underwater life, this is because Bunaken's national marine park is in the golden triangle of the world's coral reefs spread from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and the Solomon Islands

There are dozens of species of coral reefs and thousands of species of fish that live in marine parks covering an area of ​​75,265 hectares. The beauty of the Bunaken marine park has been much in demand by both domestic and foreign tourists. Most of the coast consists of mangrove forests and white sand. Bunaken Marine Park has one of the highest marine biodiversity in the world

The sea has hard and soft coral reefs, steep coral walls with various shapes and colors of marine life including sharks, marlin, tuna, snapper, grouper, barracuda, napoleon, angel fish, turtles, mandarin fish, seahorses, stingrays, octopus and various other fish species and of course the most famous is the ancient fish king of the sea (Coelacanth).

There is no off seasons to visit the Bunaken Sea Tamana meaning you can visit and dive at Bunaken anytime. However, it is recommended that you dive in the Bunaken National Park in May to August because at that time you will be greeted with clear and warm sea water with temperatures of 26-31 degrees Celsius.

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Source :
wikipedia, seputarsulut.com

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