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Bunaken Sea Park is one of the sea parks that have the highest marine biodiversity in the world. Because of its natural potency and the marine ecological conservation activities in this area, the local government designed the Bunaken area as a maritime and educational tourism object. Bunaken area was anounced officially by the Ministry of Forestry as national sea park in 1991.

Bunaken Sea Park is 89.065 ha wide area. It is located at North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. This sea park consists of 5 islands and 2 coastal areas, namely Bunaken Island, Manado Tua Island, Siladen Island, Mantehage Island, Nain Island, Molas Coast - Tiwoho, and Arakan-Wawontulap Coast. Among the islands of Bunaken National Sea Park, Bunaken Island is the most popular. This ±8 km² wide island is located at the Bay of Manado. The island is part of Manado City, the capital of North Sulawesi Province.

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Nothing is better than spending the vacation with our family or friends on the glittering beach and showered with sunshine. Not only gives us total relaxation, but having a vacation on beach is beneficial for our health. The sea water which contains salt and other micro elements is able to give us more energy, the ability to manage stress, and self control. It also helps the detoxification process and eliminates fluids that are trapped in ankles, knees and thighs. The particle of sea air that contains iodine helps us on balancing the chemical in our brain that gives us relaxation and reduce the thyroid gland.

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When visiting Derawan Island, the visitors will be enchanted by the very beautiful views of this exotic area. The clear seawater surface, with combination of blue and green color gradation present the view of various colors of fishes and the swimming green turtle. The white sands spread out beautifully. The lines of coconut trees, houseboats, and the blue sky add the characteristic view of the island. Small forest at the middle of the island is the habitat of various kinds of flora and fauna. And as the most special feature of the island is the charming beauty of its undersea panorama. No wonder if the island ranks third in the world’s diving destinations. Derawan Island is the dream island for the divers.

Derawan Island is located at Derawan Archipelago, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The sea park beauty at the water around the island makes Derawan Island famous for its diving tourism. It has various marine biodiversity, for example cuttlefish, lobster, ghost pipefish, blue-ringed octopus, nudibranches, seahorses, ribbon eels, and scorpionfishes. At the 10 m deep coral reef, there’s a reef known as “Blue Trigger Wall” where there’re a lot of red-toothed trigger fishes at this 18 m-length reef. 28 dive spots have been identified around Derawan Island. To move from spot to spot, the divers can use boat.

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