Saturday, 19 February 2011

Explore The Beauty of Bunaken National Marine Park


Bunaken is the name of an island in the bay of Manado in North Sulawesi province, an island with an area of about 8 square kilometers is very famous for the underwater scenery. Bunaken marine park area attractions can be reached within 35 minutes from the port city of Manado, transportation can use the speed boat.


Actually Bunaken is a marine park has several dive spots and includes several islands diskitarnya include island of Manado Tua, Mantehage island, Siladen islands and Naen island. Fifth group of islands is known as the Bunaken National Park which total area is an area of 79.056 hectares of land and marine areas. The northern section consists of 62.150 ha and the southern section consists of 16.906 Ha.

This marine park is one of the marine park has the highest biodiversity in the world. Biodiversity is not evenly distributed in the earth; tropical regions have a richer biodiversity, Biodiversity and the number continues to decline if more distant from the equator. Bunaken National Park is very representative of Indonesian tropical water ecosystems consisting of mangrove ecosystems, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and land / coastal ecosystems.

Bunaken Marine Park has 20 dive spots are shallow depths ranging to a depth of 1.344 meters below sea level. The most near Bunaken island covers 12 dive spot that stretches from southeast to northwest, 12 dive spot is the most frequently visited by divers and lovers of the underwater park good for tourism or for research. In this area there are also great underwater walls, also called the hanging walls, or a giant rock wall that stands vertically and curved shape looming up. This area is also a place to live and a source of food for the fish around the island of Bunaken.

Bunaken sea garden is at least there are 13 species of live coral in the waters of Bunaken National Park, dominated by fringing reefs and coral reef barrier. There are about 91 species of fish in the waters of Bunaken National Park, including fish gusumi horse (Hippocampus horse), white oci (Seriola rivoliana), yellow tail lolosi (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps and Pseudanthias hypselosoma), ila trunk (Scolopsis bilineatus) , and others. Types of mollusks like giant clams (Tridacna gigas), head of the goat (Cassis cornuta), hollow nautilus (Nautilus pompillius), and tunikates / ascidians.

In addition to the Bunaken marine park also has a land area that has potential for tourism and research. Potential land islands national park is rich in species of palm plants, sago, woka, silar and coconut. Types of animals living in terrestrial and coastal including Sulawesi black macaques (Macaca nigra nigra), deer (Cervus timorensis Russa), and possum (Ailurops ursinus ursinus). while plant species in the mangroves of Bunaken National Park which is Rhizophora sp., Sonneratia sp., Lumnitzera sp., and Bruguiera sp. This forest is rich with various kinds of crab, shrimp, mollusks and various types of sea birds such as seagulls, herons, sea virgin, and cangak sea.

Do not forget to visit The best season ranges from months of May to August each year...this is the map




View Bunaken in a larger map

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