Kamis, 24 April 2014
Bunaken marine park is a rich and strategic marine
park. This national park is located in north Sulawesi and founded in 1990. A
total area of this place is 890.65 km².
97% of this marine park is marine habitats, and 3% is land which includes five
islands. It is Bunaken, Manado tua, Mantehage, Naen and Siladen. The waters of
Bunaken are up to 1.566 m deep in Manado bay, with temperatures ranging between
27-29°c.
This marine park has a very rich coral reefs
ecosystem. There are about 390 coral reefs specieses in this area. Algae
species that can be found in this marine park are caulerpa, halimeda, and
padina. And seaweed species that can be found are thalassia hemprichii,
enhallus acoroides, and thalassaodendron ciliatum. This marine park which one
of the most beautiful marine park in the world has other specieses such as
fish, reptile, bird, mollusk, and mangrove. In land, this island is rich with areca,
sago, woka, and coconut. This park has animal specieses which life in land such
as deer and fitch.
This national park has 20 spots diving with many variants of depth
until 1.344 m. 12 spots are located in Bunaken, and it was the most often
visited with visitors. There is an underwater great walls or hanging walls in
this area. It is wall which has a giant size, vertical, and warped. This wall
is food sources for fishes.
This park that located in north Manado was
easily to be attained. From Manado, we have to take a motorboat in 25 minutes. Alternatively,
a public boat leaves daily except. Sundays at 2-3 P.m from the canal on the
north side of Manado market. The cost is Rp. 25.000 one way for tourists and
Rp.10.000 for locals. It returns to Manado from the jetty in Bunaken Village
around 8-8.30 A.m every morning except Sundays. We also can charter a private
boat to Bunaken in the Manado harbor.
This park is very cheap, for enter the
Bunaken national marine park, we have to pay Rp.50.000 for one day or
Rp.150.000 for one year. Children below 10 years are exempt. Except cheap and
be attained, this marine park is strategic too, because it has many facility such
as hotel, dive instructure, and many restaurant that sold a special Manado
foods.
Bunaken is barely a degree above the equator
and thus tropical. The wet season, from November to mid-April, brings frequent rains
sometimes in stroms lasting for several days which freshen the air nicely but
also reduce marine visibility. The dry season is from May to October, when
temperatures climb to a roasting 35° and visibility reaches a maximum.
And that is the little info about Bunaken National Marine Park.
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