Sunday, June 12, 2011

BUNAKEN NATIONAL PARK


Bunaken National Park is very representative of Indonesian tropical waterecosystems consisting of mangrove ecosystems, seagrass beds, coral reefs, andland / coastal ecosystems.

In the northern part consists of the island of Bunaken, Manado Tua island, the islandMontehage, Siladen island, the island Nain, Nain Small island, and some coastal areas of Cape Pisok. While in the Southern Cape coast includes some of Palm.

Potential land islands national park is rich in species of palm, sago, woka, silar andcoconut. Types of animals living in terrestrial and coastal including Sulawesi blackmacaques (Macaca nigra nigra), deer (Cervus timorensis Russa), and possum(Ailurops ursinus ursinus).

Plant species in the mangroves of Bunaken National Park namely Rhizophora sp.,Sonneratia sp., Lumnitzera sp., and Bruguiera sp. This forest is rich with variouskinds of crab, shrimp, mollusks and various types of sea birds such as seagulls,herons, sea virgin, and cangak sea.

This type of algae found in this national park include the type of Caulerpa sp.,Halimeda sp., and Padina sp. Seagrass beds are dominated mainly on the islandMontehage, and Nain island of Thalassia hemprichii, Enhallus acoroides, andThalassodendron ciliatum.

Recorded 13 genera of corals living in waters of Bunaken National Park, dominated by fringing reefs and coral reef barrier. The most interesting is the vertical cliffs as far as 25-50 meters.

There are about 91 species of fish in the waters of Bunaken National Park, includingfish gusumi horse (Hippocampus horse), white oci (Seriola rivoliana), yellow tail lolosi(Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps and Pseudanthiashypselosoma), ila trunk (Scolopsis bilineatus) , and others.

Types of mollusks like giant clams (Tridacna gigas), head of the goat (Cassis cornuta),hollow nautilus (Nautilus pompillius), and tunikates / ascidians.

The best visiting season: May to August each year.

How to reach the location: Bunaken National Park can be reached via the port ofManado, Marina Nusantara Diving Centre (NDC) in the District of Molas and MarinaBlue Banter. From Manado harbor by boat to the island Siladen motor can be reached+ 20 minutes + 30 minutes of Bunaken Island, the island Montehage + 50 minutes and+60 minutes Nain island. From Blue Banter Marina with a yacht that is available to thetourist area on the island of Bunaken are within 10-15 minutes, while from the port ofNDC to the dive sites at Bunaken island by speed boat to within + 20 minutes.

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