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Diving in Padaido Island
October 29, 2012 | admin 1
The underwater attractions around Biak Island have the potential to compete with the famous Raja Ampat. Shielded from the fierce waves of the Pacific Ocean, Padaido Islands is located on calm water in the Gulf of Paradise. Padaio Islands is a perfect place to perform a variety of underwater adventures where tourists are rarely seen. Padaido Islands is actually an archipelago, which consist of 30 small islands, located along the southeast side of the island of Biak, Papua. Padaido is derived from the local language that means beauty that cannot be disclosed. According to a study, Padaido Islands is a place that has the largest coral ecosystem biodiversity the world. Diving in Padaido is a great adventure because it has one of the most spectacular coral reefs in the world. Read More
Diving in Banggai
October 29, 2012 | admin
There really are some great tourist attractions spreading around Sulawesi, including world-class scuba diving on the island of Pulau Bunaken. The city of Makassar is filled with attractions and resides in South Sulawesi, being something of a metropolis and known for its exciting nightlife. However, not many people are aware that there is a fascinating underwater world far away from the city of Makassar. Read More
Diving in Biak
October 29, 2012 | admin
The unspoiled island of Biak is located in the Cendrawasih Bay of Papua, Irian Jaya. Biak was Indonesia’s gateway during World War II and served as one of the home bases of the Allied Forces when attacking Japanese troops. Besides the memorial of World War II remains, there are also some other good places to witness. Biak Island is blessed with a number of beautiful beaches. Parai, Yendidori, Adoki, Wardo and Owi Island beaches are the most popular ones. Around these areas, you will find pristine white sand and crystal clear water, which is simply teeming with marine life. Biak Island is a good place to practice water sports such as diving, snorkeling, sailing and kayaking. There are about 20 small islands scattered off the coast of the mainland of Biak in the beautiful Cenderawasih bay. There is Padaido archipelago, a group of small islands, which are the best location for diving and snorkeling activities. Diving in Biak will get you to see beautiful fishes and coral heads decorating these waters with brilliant colors and sea turtles and dolphins fishes playing around. You may also walk around to see the kinds of birds of Nusi island. Read More
Diving the Restored Reefs of Pemuteran
October 29, 2012 | admin
With its rich marine’s life and scenic underwater vista backed with its many travelers accommodation, diving in Bali has become a more popular activity. Recognized as a divine asset for both the island and the world, the government of Bali has begun to build a project to conserve the marine’s beauty of this island in its various dive sites, but in particular in Pemuteran. Read More
Diving in Gili Mimpang
October 25, 2012 | admin
Gili Mimpang is an island located in the north eastern side of Candidasa, Bali. This place is great for diving, underwater photographs, wall diving, sharks, mandarin fish, pelagic and coral reef. Gili Mimpang was first renowned its diving around early 1985. Since then, it has maintained a well earned reputation as a world class dive location for the famous Mola Mola Bali Sunfish. Gili Mimpang is also known as Batu Tiga, which means the three rocks, as from the surface that is exactly what it looks like three large rocks, but separate rock structures sticking out of the water are aligned from north to south. Gili Mimpang is located in Amuk Bay between Padang Bai and Candidasa in Bali mainland. Underwater, the vast amounts of sea fans here offer some amazing underwater scenery. You can find some really nice small caves that teem with fish, life and healthy soft coralsthat are surrounded by very photogenic glass fish here. Read More
Diving in Kubu
October 25, 2012 | admin
Kubu is a small village in the Nort East of Bali, just a 10-minute drive north of Tulamben. Kubu is actually divided into two completely different shores, the first one is a slope that is overgrown with hard corals and big barrel sponges, and the second one is where corals growing on rocks with sandy spots in between. These two areas are a favorable snorkeling location. In Kubu diving site, you can find abundant beautiful coral reefs combined with swirling fishes, which is the attraction here. Various hard and soft corals, sponges and fan are the kinds of good variety in Kubu dive site. The highlight of diving in Kubu is pygmy seahorse, various nudibranch such as Phyllidia varicosa and Reticulidia halgerda that you can find freely there. Read More
Diving in Batu Lompa
October 25, 2012 | admin
One of the divers’ favorites is the unspoiled underwater world in Batu Lompa. The main attraction in this diving site is several types of rhinopias, colorful frog fish and turtles that can be find easily. Batu Lompa is one of the 21 diving sites in Ambon where divers can frequently see sea turtles. With excellent visibility which is about 15 meters horizontally and 20 meters vertically, diving in Batu Lompa is a great activity for traveling Ambon. The seabed around the area is mainly covered with corals, sand and rocks. Read More
Diving in Padang Bai
October 25, 2012 | admin 1
Padang Bai is a lovely village in Manggis, Karangasem, east side of the island of Bali, Indonesia. It serves as a ferry port for travel to other islands such as Gili, Lombok and other of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Padang Bai offers the tourists with beautiful beaches and others tourist attractions. There are also two beaches that are field confinement in the east and the coast to the west Tugel bias. Coastal prairie confinement is a lovely beach which is famous for its beautiful underwater dominated by ornamental fish and colorful soft coral and the presence of a blue lagoon in the middle of beautiful beaches, so the beach is often called blue lagoon beach. While the coast bias Tugel, which is located on the west coast of the main paddock bay, is famous for its beauty sprawling white sand and the sea is blue and clear. Read More
Diving in Nusa Lembongan
October 25, 2012 | admin
Nusa Lembongan is one of the favorite places in Bali. It is a small island, which is located in the southeast of Bali. It has beautiful beaches and underwater world. Nusa Lembongan beaches are not less exotic than the others in Bali. There are also some beaches in Nusa Lembongan with high waves and white sand, there are Dream Beach, Mushroom Beach, Tamarind Beach, Sunset Beach and, Semelek Beach. Dream Beach is a ‘virgin’ beach. Dozens of travelers enjoy sunbathing there. They love this beach because it is still relatively quiet onslaught of tourists. Read More
Diving the Devilish Marine Beauty of Tanjung Setan
October 25, 2012 | admin
While Ambon has a number of interesting historical and cultural sites, such as the remnants of forts built by the Dutch East Indies Company during the heyday of the spice trade, it is also the home to a famous dive site named Tanjung Setan, which made diving in Ambon as a must-do activity. Read More