Variety of coral reefs and marine life live you can meet in the Park which is one of the most beautiful marine park in the world. For those of you who like to marine tourism, Bunaken can be one of the tourist destinations that you must visit when it is located in the province of North Sulawesi.
Geographical location of Bunaken
Bunaken marine park is located in the Village District Bunaken Bunaken in Manado, North Sulawesi. The distance between the Bunaken Manado City about 7 miles (from Manado harbor) and you can achieve about 50 minutes by using a twin-engine boat available in Calaca Manado harbor or just about 35 minutes if you use fast boat (speed boat).
There are 5 islands including the island of Bunaken National Park namely Naen, Bunaken Island, Manado Tua Island, Siladen Island, and Island Mantehage with children around the island's total population in the five islands around 21,000 people.
Park has a variety of marine life, this is because the Bunaken marine park is located in the golden triangle of the world's coral reefs are scattered from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and the Solomon Islands
Dozens of species of coral and thousands of species of fish live in one of the most beautiful marine park in the world with 75,265 hectares. Most of the coastal areas in the Park consists of mangrove forests and white sand. Bunaken marine park has a marine biodiversity one of the highest in the world.
Sea coral reefs are hard and soft, sheer rock walls with various shapes and colors of marine life including fish are sharks, marlin, tuna, snapper, grouper, barracuda, napoleon wrasse, angel fish, turtles, mandarin fish, seahorses, stingrays, octopus and many other types of fish and of course the most famous is the ancient king of sea fish (coelacanth).
There is no time off seasons to visit the Bunaken marine Tamana means you can anytime visit and dive in Bunaken. But more is recommended you dive in Bunaken marine park in May s / d in August because at that time you will be greeted with clear sea water and the air is so warm with temperatures 26-31 degrees celcius.
The dive spot in Bunaken Marine Park
The beauty of Bunaken marine park can be seen in locations called Lekuan 1, 2, 3, fukui, mandolin, cape parigi, ron's Point, Sachiko Point, Pangalisang, face east village and Bunaken. In addition there are many dive spots located in the Bunaken marine park, as Bunaken itself has 40 dive sites varying depths which present different types of tropical fish and coral reefs.
Region which was inaugurated in 1991 as a national marine park also offers other beauty that is the great underwater walls or giant rock wall, which stands curved upwards.
For lovers of underwater photography, we can be sure you will not be disappointed when visiting Bunaken marine park because here you can get spectacular photos to preserve a very rare you get in other areas.
Facilities and Accommodation Resort in Bunaken marine park
For those of you who want to linger explore Bunaken you do not need to worry because here you will easily meet backpaker lodging ranging from price to quality hotels. In addition, to support your activities during the tour under the sea, in Bunaken you can also find a boat rental / seedboat, snorkeling equipment / diving equipment and underwater cameras to capture your activities while under the sea.
Bunaken, Heaven Marine Tourism in Manado