8 Spots for Diving Holidays in Indonesia
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Indonesia is an archipelago country that consists of thousand of islands which have beauty in the underwater world that are worthy to be destinations of diving holidays. From Weh Island to Mearuke, the islands have their own characteristic of the underwater world. Here are the 8 best diving place to be visited during your travel in Indonesia.
1. Weh Island, Aceh
It has 20 diving spots which are possible for night dive. Ibioh is the fishermen village that is used as the base camp for every tourists who will dive there. The spots are achievable by boat for about 30 minutes. The best place is Batee Meudoro, about one hour from Weh. Here, e may see sharks, viz, big pelagic, Scorpion fish, leaffish, lion fish, and blue spotted rays.
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2. Alor, Nusa Tenggara Timur
Diving Holidays in Alor would be great as it has 40 spots offer beautiful scenery. species that we may see are sunfish, orca (’killer whale - dolphins that swim in group), pegasus sea moths, devil fish, mimic octopus, and the beautiful ornate sea horse.
3. Bontang, East Kalimantan
The diving is at Beras Basah, Segajah, and Selangan. The most interesting thing in Beras Basah is that its beach’s sand changes according to the season and winds, the manta rays, and turtles.
In Segajah is only seen on low tide. It is about 20 minutes from Bontang Kuala.
Selangan is a fisherman village for tourism attraction which has healthy corals.
4. Tarakan, East Kalimantan
Except those above location, East Kalimantan still has Derawan, Samama, Sangalaki, Maratua, and Panajang. The most famous place is Derawan which has magnificent coral and rare species. Species that are commonly seen are manta, scaled turtles, belimbing turtles, sea cows, and jelly fish. In addition, it has various crabs.
5. Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat
Lombok has three spots which are Gili Air, Gili Trawangan, and Gili Meno. Gili Air has the most complete species like sharks, eagle ray, manta rays, and turtles.
6. Sorowako, South Sulawesi
One of the most interesting diving point is Karang Tengah. Here, your holiday will be unforgettable. To go to the place we have to ‘fight’ the wave of Bone Gulf. Soft and hard corals form beautiful underwater park. In addition, we would see white tip reef sharks swim across the divers.
Another place in Sorowako is Mangkasa point to see ‘nemo’,
rainbow eyes, parrot fish, and spotted stingray fish.
7. Wakatobi, South East Sulawesi
The world’s famous point is Wakatobi which has location like coral garden, House Reef, Cornucopia, and Roma. The most recomended are Cornucopia, and Roma.
At Cornucopia we would see beautiful coral fishes, white tip sharks, eagle rays, mobula rays, and nurse sharks.
At Roma which is recognized as the world’s best diving holidays we would see fusilier, red-tooth triggerfish, banded sea snakes and many more.
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8. Bunaken, North Sulawesi
Bunaken has 70 percents of the fishes of west Pacific. The points are Black Rock, Depan Kampung, Lekuan, Tanjung Kopi, Bunaken Timur, Fukui Point, and Mandolin Point. The most recomended are Depan Kampung, Tanjung Kopi, and Mandolin Point. Those have calm wave and great view so that beginner divers may dive there.
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whatta deep thought on the topic. Anyway, isn’t there at least one a good diving spot on the south part of Java or something?