THE BEAUTY OF BUNAKEN MARINE NATIONAL PARK.

BUNAKEN MARINE NATIONAL PARK was a cluster of islands which included Manado Tua, Bunaken, Siladen, Mantehage and Nain, those islands were a popular sea garden in Indonesia, a place which was well known among the tourist who enjoy its white sandy beach open to sea side of Manado Bay, the attendants coming to these islands not only for SWIMMING or SUN BATHING, but was also a popular place to discover the beauty of one world famous tropical marine life by SCUBA DIVING and SNORKELLING

MANADO TUA island was also one of favorite mountain for HIKING and CLIMBING where tourists could find a beautiful bird eye view of Manado Bay with its crystal clear blue water and small islands nearby, the picture above is Manado Tua seen from Kalasey beach.

Takes about 30 minutes by boats or ferry from Manado’s Seaport near Pasar 45 (empat lima market) to reach the beauty of INDONESIA’S tropical warm water diving site.

NORTH SULAWESI PROVINCE – INDONESIA, IN BRIEF

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The North Sulawesi Province is located in the northern edge of Eastern Indonesia is geographically situated between 0.30-4.40° north latitude and 123.0-127.00° east longitude. The total area of the province is 15,272.44 km2 with most of the area as low hills at 0 (zero) to 2,000 meters above the sea level.

North Sulawesi has a typical equatorial climate with two seasons: summer wet and summer dry. The wet season lasts from about November to March, and the dry season April to October. The total number of rain days is 90-130 days with approximately 3.000 mm average annual rainfall. The average temperature is 26 to 30 Celsius with the average humidity being 80%.


North Sulawesi consist of 4 cities they are, Manado, Tomohon, Bitung, and Kotamobagu, divided into some districts: Minahasa, Minahasa utara, Minahasa Selatan, Minahasa Tenggara, Bolaang Mongondow, Bolaang Mongondow Utara, Sangihe, Talaud and Sitaro.
North Sulawesi could be reach by air from Jakarta with a stop over at Ujujng Pandang-South Sulawesi (2 hours + 1 hour), or it could be reach directly from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia ( 4 hours). Sam Ratulangi International Airport of Manado is one of the main entry ports to Indonesia. A taxi from the airport to central Manado takes about 30 minutes and costs about Rp. 70,000 (bargaining). Departure tax from Manado is Rp.100.000 for international flights and Rp. 30,000 for domestic flights. The terminal has an Internet cafe in the public area and the standard array of restaurants.