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Island in West Kalimantan that has many tourist attractions that must be visited. One of the attractions in the island is the Love of Nature Tourism.
Love of nature is a place that was opened for public tours. Its location among the Bajau Mountain, Mountain city and Mount Coatings. Only travel within 18 miles of Pasir Panjang and Palm Beach, natural attractions have been very popular in West Kalimantan.
Rindu Alam at an altitude of about 400 m above sea level, so if we are on top, it will feel cold with a very enchanting natural scenery.
From the top of the top tourist attractions Rindu Alam, will be visible expanse of sea, mountains Singkawang city from a distance. In the visible Rindu Alam attractions, sights like this are almost similar to the views of Attraction in Uluwatu, Bali.
Here there are a number of endangered animals protected by the state such as white tigers, elephants, lions, camels, horses, orangutans, deer, bears, birds and other types of other rare animals yan you’ve never seen.
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Kakaban, one group of Islands Derawan nominated as a World Heritage Area. For those of you who loved marine tourism, an area of 774.2 hectares has a population and diversity of jellyfish in the world, namely four unique species of jellyfish that do not sting.
It took 45 minutes from Kakaban Derawan to use the boat. Boat rental costs can be three times more than a fishing boat that only requires the cost of 300 thousand for the same distance.
The island is surrounded by high cliffs, west of the lowlands lying outside of a cliff 50 meters wide consisting of rocks. From the plains of coral that you can dock, of course, with a bathing suit and snorkeling equipment. Some parts of the plains still covered with sea water approximately 30 cm. In a pool of water seen a bunch of small-sized fish teri bright green around the reef.
At the foot of the cliff there are wooden stairs that climb and then down 120 meters, leading you to the edge of the lake behind the hill. This ladder is made of meranti wood and on both sides of the stairs looking grove of mangrove trees interspersed with other tropical trees towering form of mangrove forests, such as tanjang (Bruguiera), apiapi (Avicennia), and Pidada (Sonneratia).
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When you imagine a mermaid? Swimming with the sea dwellers, moving to the rhythm of the waves? In Bunaken Marine Park you will find the ‘mermaid’ who actually once saw Indonesia’s marine wealth.
Bunaken in Manado Bay with an area of 8.08 km ², situated on the northern island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken is part of the reign of the city of Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi. Around Bunaken marine park is part of the National Park which also includes the sea around the island of Manado Tua and Mantehage Siladen.
In the Bunaken Marine Park, visitors can see an amazing variety of marine life colorful. To reach this park, you can use a motor boat. The journey from Manado takes about 40 minutes. Entrance fee is Rp. 25,000.00 / person.
Bunaken Sea waters allows people to clearly see the various marine biota. There are 13 types of coral reefs in this marine park is dominated by marine rocks. The most interesting sights is the coral cliffs that rise vertically downwards as deep as 25-50 meters.
Pamper your eyes with 91 fish in the Bunaken Marine Park, including a local fish gusimi horse (Hippocampus), white koi (Seriola rivoliana), yellow tail lolosi (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (spilotocepsep hinephelus and hypselosoma Pseudanthias), indigo trunk (Scolopsis bilineatus), and others. Read the rest of this entry »
Tarakan is an island located at the northern tip of East Kalimantan province. The island was chosen as the venue Jepen Festival 2010 due to a very strategic location, which is bordered by Malaysia and the Philippines to the north. Tarakan also often used as a destination for tourists from the states of Sabah (Malaysia), Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Japan, China, Korea and other Pacific countries. The travelers from Australia and New Zealand is also not difficult to reach this region.
In the past, Tarakan island also has an emotional attachment with the three major countries ie Japan, America and Australia. The three countries involved in the Pacific War when fighting Tarakan. Therefore, in addition to beautiful nature, Tarakan also has a number of historic attractions are a silent witness to the awesomeness of the Pacific War. Among other oil cargo, bunkers, weapons storage, round house, fortress, cannons and aircraft debris.
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This island received the title of this year the most beautiful island. Like in heaven, the visitors can enjoy various fun activities, eat delicious food and get friendly treatment from the inhabitants of the island.
A visit to an island does give a different sensation as well as fun. Need a larger effort to visit an island rather than go to the big island more commonly visited by tourists. Indeed, there are islands that could be followed with a single plane, but others need more means of transportation to get there.
Even so, all the long trips to be taken always almost comparable to what is encountered. There are island clean, quiet, and peaceful. There is also the perfect island for partying until morning.
Well, here are the ten most beautiful islands of the site survey results Leisure Travel. Rank ordered based on the most interesting for the reader site. Hope can be a guide for travel and adventure.
Galapagos, Ecuador
This island is becoming a trend among a group of nature lovers in the world. The reason is, there are many species that humans have not touched here. There are marine iguanas, penguins, sea lions and giant tortoises. Perhaps this could be analogous to the island as the Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara, just with many species that live in it.
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