North Sulawesi Province has a very famous tourist
attraction, it is located near the capital of the Province in Manado, namely
the North Sulawesi Bunaken Marine Park tour. This tourism object is very well
known to the whole world and even has become one of the most beautiful marine
parks in the world. The location of the tourist attraction is in the triangle
of coral reefs, where the location is a habitat for dozens of species of coral
reefs, and is inhabited by various types of fish and marine life. The total
area reaches 9 kilometers, is still included in the Manado regional government
area.
For theXplorerID who have a hobby of diving, this place is
very suitable if Manado tourism is included in the holiday agenda. Because the
beauty of the panorama of Bunaken's sea bolts is undoubtedly one of the best
natural beauty in the archipelago. There are 5 islands included in the national
park namely Naen, Mantehage, Bunaken, Siladen, Manado Tua islands and other
island children.
In Manado's Bunaken National Park there are at least 13
types of coral reefs rising vertically down to depths reaching 25 to 50 meters.
Not only the shape of exotic coral reefs, but the presence of beautiful fish
that there are around 90 species around the coral reefs, it's no wonder that
Bunaken tourism is able to attract domestic tourists to foreign tourists.
Besides that, Bunaken's beaches consist of beautiful white sandy mangrove forests.
According to the tour manager, that Bunaken's marine tourism
has no off seasons. It means tourists can visit there at any time, but it is
advisable to travel there around May to August, yes, because in those months my
friend can see the sea water looks very clear and quite warm with temperatures
of 26 to 31 Celsius.
For those of you who want to dive, then there are 40 dive
spots namely 1, 2, 3, 4, Tanjung Parigi, Fukui, Mandolin, church face,
barracuda peak, siladen, coffee cape, Manado ship wreck and many diving spots.
others with varying depths. But about 20 potential points that can be used as
the best dive sites in Bunaken, where each point has an exotic panorama and a
variety of marine life in it.
Actually, a tourist attraction has long been inaugurated,
namely from 1975. You could say the marine tourism park is located in a remote
place.
Around the 1970's it was still thick with magical elements
and myths of ghost stories. Moreover, some time before the divers were about to
dive, a fisherman died. Since it was because of that incident that it was
connected with the story to develop all circles.
But the divers did not necessarily just believe the ghost
story. They continued to dive and finally found paradise under the sea. Divers
finally share their experiences with the community and local government. In
collaboration with the government, then become a tour of the Bunaken national
park.
Bunaken natural tourism object in Manado is not just an
underwater tour, yes there are some beautiful islands that can be visited,
enjoy Bajo tribe cultural tourism, for you lovers of nature conservation birds,
then you can visit Tangkoko, two siblings of Nature, to all of them still in
one Bunaken tourist area.
Bunaken Marine Park Location
Administratively the Bunaken Sea tourism park is on the
beach of Liang, Wori, North Sulawesi. The distance from Manado's marine tourism
from the port of Manado is approximately 7 miles or it can be taken in about 1
hour drive when using a twin-engine motorboat or when using a speed boat even faster
which is only 35 minutes.
Because the tourist attraction is in the Manado national
park area, so my friend can visit the area by plane to get to the City of
Menado first. Then from the location of Sam Ratulangi International Airport the
journey continues back to the city of Manado using public transportation such
as taxis. After that from the city of Manado to the port of Blue Banter. Take a
boat to Bunaken Island.
Ticket prices for Bunaken National Park
According to info from the Head of the Bunaken BTN Manado
Resort, the entrance fee is divided into two groups namely for local and
foreign tourists. So the ticket for local tourists is around Rp. 5,000 alone,
while the entry ticket is for foreign tourists Rp. 150,000 per person. If you
want to rent snorkeling equipment, the local residents rent it out, which is
Rp. 150,000 per hour, and guided by the community.
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