Bunaken Island

        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" is actually a glimpse of sea Indonesia

        Bunaken is an island covering an area of ​​8.08 km ² at Manado Bay, which is located in the north of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The island is part of the city of Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken Island can be traveled by speed boat or a rented boat with about 30 minutes journey from the port city of Manado. Around the island there Bunaken Bunaken marine park which is part of the Bunaken National Park. This marine park has a marine biodiversity one of the highest in the world. Scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island. Overall Bunaken marine park covers an area of ​​75,265 hectares with five islands within it, namely the island of Manado Tua (Manarauw), Bunaken Island, Island Siladen, Mantehage Island follows several children his island, and the island Naen. Although it covers an area of ​​75,265 hectares, the location of the dive (diving) is limited in each of the five beaches that surround the island

      

  Bunaken marine park has a 20 point dive (dive spot) with varying depths up to 1344 meters. Of the 20 point dive, dive 12 points of which are located around Bunaken Island. Twelve point dive is the most frequently visited by divers and lovers of the beauty of the underwater scenery

        Most of the 12 point dive in Bunaken Island lined up from the southeast to the northwest of the island. In this region there are great underwater walls, also called the hanging walls, or a giant rock walls that stand vertically and curved upwards. The rock walls are also a source of food for fish in the waters around Bunaken Island

        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 the sea rocks. The most interesting sights are reefs towering vertical cliffs down as deep as 25-50 meters

          Pamper your eyes with 91 species of fish in the Bunaken Marine Park, including a local gusimi horse fish (Hippocampus), the white koi (Seriola rivoliana), lolosi yellow tail (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (spilotocepsep hinephelus and hypselosoma Pseudanthias), indigo trunk (Scolopsis bilineatus), and others

        Divers can also find mollusks like giant clams (Tridacna gigas), goat fish head (Cassis cornuta), nautilus (Nautilus pompillius), and tunikates or askidian.

       Make sure you visit Bunaken during its best period is between May and August. In here you can explore the whole of this beautiful marine park