BUNAKEN SEA PARK - INDONESIA

The beauty of Bunaken Marine Park Indonesia

Bunaken is an island with an area of ​​8.08 km² in Manado Bay, North Sulawesi Province. The island is part of the city of Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province. Around Bunaken Island there is Bunaken marine park which is part of Manado Tua Marine Marine Park. Overall Bunaken marine park covers an area of ​​75,265 hectares with five islands in it, namely Manado Tua Island, Bunaken Island, Siladen Island, Mantehage Island along with some of the island's children, and Naen Island.
Lovers of diving, must be satisfied in Bunaken which has at least 40 dive sites that present various types of tropical fish and coral reefs. One of them live coral species, in the form of coral reef edge and barrier. Most noteworthy is the coral reefs of vertical corals that stretch 50 meters long. Types of large fish such as marlin, tuna, stingray, screen, skipjack, barracuda, shark head hammer sometimes stop this waters. Understandably, the damage of Bunaken National Park is relatively lower than other marine parks scattered in Indonesia. This is what makes Bunaken more unique than other tourist attractions.Patures Natural Nature Under the Sea Bunaken has attracted many foreign tourists to come back and enjoy its beauty, which is unfortunate is the lack of promotion and socialization about its existence so as not to produce and contribute to generate foreign exchange reserves for our country.
Bunaken National Park is representative of Indonesia's tropical marine ecosystem consisting of mangrove forest ecosystems, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and terrestrial / coastal ecosystems. It is said that the most beautiful coral reefs and underwater world in the world.
At least, Bunaken National Park has 40 dive sites that are rich in tropical fish and coral reefs. As written wisatamelayu.com, visitors can dive and witness the beauty of more than 150 species of 58 genus of fish and coral reefs in the region.
The area that was inaugurated as a national marine park since 1991 also offers another beauty that is the underwater great walls or giant coral walls that stand vertically and curved upward. In the food chain, the coral wall serves as a food source for fish in the waters around Bunaken Island.
Bunaken has a diversity of marine life that is very diverse, because the area of ​​Bunaken marine park is located in the triangle of coral reefs of the world spread from Indonesia, Malaysia, Phillipine, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Solomon Islands. Here you can see 70% of the world's fish species in the Bunaken marine park, and this figure does not include deep sea fish.
TamanLaut Bunaken is located about 1.5 km from Manado City. To get to Bunaken, you can go through Manado Harbor, Marina Nusantara Diving Center in Molas Subdistrict, and from Marina Blue Banter. From Port Manado, you can use the motor boat to Siladen Island with travel time about 20 minutes, to Bunaken Island 30 minutes, to Montehage Island 50 minutes, and Nain Island 60 minutes.Sedangkan from Marina Blue Banter, you can use the available yachts to the tourist area on Bunaken Island with a travel time of 10-15 minutes, while from the Port of Nusantara Diving Center to dive sites on Bunaken Island can use a speed boat with a travel time of about 20 minutes. Every visitor who enters the Bunaken Marine Park area is charged for Rp. 50 thousand. The rate is valid for both dive and non-dive visitors. In addition to regular tickets, there are also tickets that apply for one year at a price of Rp150 thousand. Visitors who buy the annual ticket will be given a kind of special badge made of plastic as a sign of Bunaken National Park entry.

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