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 Kalimantan
Dive Paradise
( Borneo )
Kalimantan 's Island group of Derawan
as the scuba dive paradise, is surrounded by a group of several
islands along the coast of East Kalimantan, which make it an
attractive dive and leisure destination. Among the Derawan Island
group, are the Semama, Sangalaki, Maratua, Nabucco and Panjang Islands,
each of the islands differ and has it's own dive destination side which
can't be found at one of the other Islands. All those islands as a part
of Derawan Islands group can be reached from Berau, by speedboat.
Derawan
Island
Derawan
Island has a total land surface of 40,000 hectares and is a nature
reserve with beautiful scenery and beaches. Several species of rare
flora and fauna are preserved here, such as scaled turtles, belimbing
turtles and sea cows.
This Island is occupied by Bajau people, living in their traditional
villages, and even in the stilt houses build in the sea. Derawan sea
gardens are beautiful, the paradise white beaches and coastal
forests are inhabited by sea birds, iguanas, and swallows. There are
caves inhabited by various kinds of crabs. The waters around Derawan
are good for swimming, fishing, scuba diving, snorkeling and other
water sports.
The sea which surround Derawan itself is filled with critters such as flamboyant
cuttlefish, squat lobsters, ghostpipe fish, bluering octopus,
nudibranchs, seahorses, ribbon eels and scorpionfishes.
Rabu-rabu Island is very small island next Derawan, and is also called
Snake Island. There are also Tanjung Batu, Panjang, and Kakaban Island,
the latter with lakes.
Nabucco Island Resort
On the west side of East
Kalimantan, The Indonesian Part of the world’s third largest
island, called "Borneo", you can find a clear blue lagoon of
paradise. The Nabucco Resort is one of the exclusive dive resort of
"Extra Divers", at a 20,000
square meters private Island filled wooden bungalows,
with
western standard facilties as a mini-bar and air-conditioning,
and
a balcony overlooking the blue lagoon sea under palms along a
white beach
The
Nabucco Resort restaurant’s at the sea side with
it's panoramic view.
Nabucco’s
Resort Dive Centre can serve you to several dive locations within 30
minutes distance. The closest dive place is Big Fish
Country, that connects the lagoon to the outer reef, where
chevron barracuda, various sharks, spotted eagle rays, big
groupers, bumphead parrotfish and schooling trevallies can be
found.
Maratua Island
Maratua
is beautiful Island with a small lake and a bay facing the Sulawesi
sea. There are four village : Teluk Harapan, Teluk Alulu, Bohebelian,
and Payung-payung. This area is very suitable for canoe races,
speedboat racing, water skiing, and scuba diving. Maratua Island is
also called as Sandalwood Island. It is reachable from Tanjung Redep
(Berau) or Tarakan.
Samama
Island belongs to the some group as that of Derawan Island. Samama
means "mother". It is a nature reserve for turtles.
Bunyu
Island lies to the north, and in the past was believed to contain gold.
The Dutch came and opened a mine there, but they never found any gold.
Sangalaki
Island
Sangalaki
as one of the Islands, is a attractive dive destination as it is known
for the large manta rays that come here to feed their
plankton. The Manta 's show mostly up at the north part of Sangalaki
Islands, and come from all directions. The Manta's are often seen at
the surface waterline, and even when snorkeling the Manta's can be easy
seen. Here you can swim with the elegant
moving Manta' s which have a wing weight of more then two meters.
Sangalaki is also known of it's breeding of the green turtles
Kakaban
Island
Kakaban
Island is know of it's mangrove fringed lake inside
which is a bit above the sea level, the lake itself is about 17 meters
deep of brackish water with a green algae bottom, sea life diverse
from four types of jellyfish, snakes, orange purple and yellow
clams on the branches.
The
Dive points around the islands as the barracuda Point has sharks,
leopards fish, tunas, snappers and offcourse large schools of
barracudas, the Blue Cave point is a cave of about 120 meters
long with at the end a Blue sea light, and is only for the experienced
divers. From the Dive points the Gorganian Forest view is amazing
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Orangutan
Tanjung Puting
Tanjung
Puting National Park is know of it's orangutans, and a popular
tourist destination of Kalimantan, we
are offering multi-day klotok cruise boat tours into
the jungle to view wildlife and visit the research centers in
Tanjung Puting.
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Banjarmasin,
Loksado
& Meratus
The
traditional Floating Market of Banjarmasin in
the tributary of the Barito River, Loksado Bamboo Rafting
adventure at the Amandit River, and the Meratus
mountain emerald forest view overlooking Kalimantan 's jungle
tours.
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Mahakam River Cruise
The
Mahakam River of Kalimantan flows from it's spring 980 km in the Muller
Mountains to the Makassar Strait as the only infrastructure channel,
tourist can explore the Dayak Culture in the low and middle part, and
the Borneo
Jungle at the upper part of the Mahakam River.
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Kutai Park
Kutai
National Park is covered with lowland forest, and home to lot
of wildlife species, including the endangered orangutan, and proboscis
monkeys, Kutai Park is located at the east coast of
Borneo Island, approximately at the equator.
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Derawan
Derawan bounty
archipelago of white beaches, palm trees, and blue lagoon sea, is home
to coral and fish diversity, green turtles, laying their eggs
at Sangalaki beach, the Manta's
around. Mangrove forest Kakaban island has the worlds largest
yelly fish lake.
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