Taka Bonerate National Sea Park as Celebes Mainstay Tourism

Taka Bonerate Fish

Taka Bonerate National Sea Park is located in Kabupaten Selayar, South Sulawesi. This area is famous well known as the third of the largest atoll in the world after Kwajifein in Marshal Island and Suvadiva in Maldives Island. The large about 220.000 hectare, with reef spread as long as that area about 500 square km. This national sea park is a mainstay of Celebes Tourism and Indonesia Tourism caused of the beautiful scenery.

The topography is very interesting and unique which the atoll content of black rock and huge reef, formed be an island and between black rocks contain of small hill strait. Moreover, in the flat surface contain of fish pools closed by the reef. There are some plantations there but coconut (Cocos nucifera), Sea Pandan (Pandanus sp.), casuarinas, and almond tree (Terminalia catappa) dominate it.

Talking about reef, this area has been identified has 261 reef species from 17 family’s e.g. Pocillopora eydouxi, Montipora danae, Acropora palifera, Porites cylindrical, Pavona clavus, and Fungia concinna. Almost all of them are barrier reef and fringing reef with beautiful scenery. About 295 fish species found here, more of them are rockfish, 244 mollusk species, and some turtles make this area become their habitats. In fact there are 15 islands in Taka Bonerate that could be visited to diving, snorkeling, and others tourism activities. The best visiting time between April to June and from October to December yearly caused at the time the wave not so high.

Selayar as the place of Taka Bonerate National Sea Park could be get by ferry (small ship) from Bulukumba seaport about 2 hours and then continue to Benteng about 1.5 hours. From Benteng the traveling will be continuing to the Rajuni Island as a part of Taka Bonerate National Sea Park in 5 hours.

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Spend Holiday in Samalona Island

Samalona is the name of a beautiful Island in South Sulawesi. This island is a Celebes Tourism place and it is located in Kecamatan Mariso about 6.8 km from the seashore of Makassar as the Capital town of South Sulawesi. The visitors could dive and snorkeling for enjoying the beautiful sea there. This island contents of coral and become various vegetation habitats, white sand spread so clean and large. Moreover, 20 meters from the Samalona beach is a shallow area but in the Eastern and Northern could be 30 meters depth.

If we explore more detail, this island has historical of Indonesian struggle against the Netherlands colonialism, is signed by the Lancaster bomber aircraft which fallen in this area and has become habitats of fish. The fallen of Lancaster estimate happened in Second World War and make it as evidence this place ever been a battle area.

The visitors could get this area by boat about 20-30 minutes from Makassar with US$25/boat. Because of the beautiful of the scenery there, Samalona Island is an interesting Indonesia Tourism place in Celebes Island. In holiday, the local visitors loves spend their time here for relax. The visitors content of local student from Makassar, which use their spare time to enjoy the beautiful island scenery and waste their stress.

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National Sea Park of Wakatobi as the Asset of Celebes Tourism

Wakatobi (Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko) in fact is the name of four beautiful islands in South East Celebes, Indonesia. It is found as National Sea Park in 1996 and become one of the famous Celebes Tourism place. According to the research done by the WWF Indonesia Marine Program and the Nature Conservancy – Southeast Asia Center for Marine Protected Areas this area is very beautiful caused have various biotas and the second of the longest coral in Indonesia. The researchers note there are 942 coral biota species that lives here. It has been showing that the Wakatobi is the central of Coral Biota Species and almost same with species found in Milne Gulf Papua Nugenea and Komodo Island in Indonesia.

In Wakatobi National Sea Park, the Visitors could enjoy the beautiful of this island, diving, snorkeling, camping, and cultural tourism. For diving activities, the tourist could enjoy the beautiful of various coral species like fish, craps, mollusk, lobster, and coral plant. There some of Coral plant such as: Acropora formosa, A. hyacinthus, Psammocora profundasafla, Pavona cactus, Leptoseris yabei, Fungia molucensis, Lobophyllia robusta, Merulina ampliata, Platygyra versifora, Euphyllia glabrescens, Tubastraea frondes, Stylophora pistillata, Sarcophyton throchelliophorum, dan Sinularia spp. Moreover, the visitors could enjoy the cultural tourism by seeing the life style of native speaker. It is a little different with others man in the world caused they well known as the boatman and the king of diving. The native could dive to the sea looking for a fish without breath equipment and keep breath. Of course, it is an amazing!

For information, it is a little expensive get this Island specially for doing tourism travel. You necessary to spend about 2 million rupiahs (US$200), but I could guarantee that you will be satisfy. Moreover, in this island there is some diving resort like Mr. Lorenz Mader resort ‘s which has been complete with small airport. You could arrive in this island using pioneer airplane from Bali. The best visiting time is April to June and October to December. In others month not suggest to visit it, caused the wave is too huge and the traveling will be in risk.

Air temperature 19° – 34° C
Rainfall 1.000 – 2.200 mm/year
Location 0 – 3 meter dpl
Geographic position : 5°12’ – 6°10’ LS, 123°20’ – 124°39’ BT

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The Tourism of Surabaya's Old Building

Surabaya is the capital of East Java Province, Indonesia. This is the second big city after Jakarta. So many modern buildings were built in this city for business centre, offices, hotels, etc. Besides the modern buildings, we can find the old buildings which were built in the colonialism era. Jembatan Merah area was the centre of the business and the government activities in the past time. Became the most strategic and important area for supporting and controlling the governmental and the economical progressed in the whole area of East Java in the 18 till 19 century.

Kalimas River

The east side of Jembatan Merah, which over Kalimas River, was Asian area. Chinese, Malay, and Arabic people were living in this area. It is located at Kembang Jepun Street, and in the west side, was European area that is located at Rajawali Street. That is why there are so many old buildings that have different styles. European style in the west side and Asian style in the east side of Jembatan Merah. These old buildings are the witness of the colonialism era. Now if u visits Surabaya, you will see the beauty of these old buildings.

The Old Buildings

Kembang Jepun Street

So what are you waiting for? Be our guest in the capital of East Java. Enjoy so many tourism objects of Surabaya. You can choose it. Culinary tourism, religion tourism, shopping tourism, etc… But do not forget one thing. Enjoy the beauty of the old buildings. Be the witness of the old beauty of Surabaya.