Maratua Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Maratua Island is part of the government's Berau, East Kalimantan province. Maratua is one of the island cluster of islands Derawan. The island is still 'virgin', because of its beautiful beaches are very clear. Slightly different from the Derawan island already soiled due to human activities. Maratua island not far from the Derawan island about 90 minutes by speedboat.

The natural beauty on the island Maratua like painting the maestro world. The redness in the west coast of the island making horizon is so beautiful. Plus crystal clear sea water like a stretch of glass make this island as a paradise that fell to earth. Moreover in this island there are two lakes namely Haji Buang Lake and Tanah Bamban Lake. Foreign tourists often visit this island for snorkeling and diving. No wonder Maratua island known as Paradise Island, paradise for divers and marine tour hunters.

 

In the surrounding waters are a marine park and is renowned as a tourist submarine (diving) with a depth of about five meters. There are a wide variety of marine life here, including cuttlefish, lobster, ghostpipe fish, bluering octopus, nudibranchs, seahorses, ribbon eels and scorpion fishes.

On the coral reef at a depth of ten meters, there are reefs known as "Blue Trigger Wall" because of the reef with a length of 18 meters is a lot of red-toothed trigger fishes.

Maratua has several world-class resort that offers lodging together amid the beauty of this island. Lodging houses there are built over the water, so that visitors can interact and enjoy the beauty of marine life Maratua Island.

Visit Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia

Raja Ampat will keep anyone spellbound. The natural beauty, especially the oceans, making Raja Ampat a traveler's paradise. Raja Ampat is one of regencies in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. The capital district is located in Waisai. The district has 610 islands. Four of them, namely Misool Island, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo, they are major islands.

As the islands, the only inter-island transport and supporting community activities Raja Ampat is sea transport. Similarly to reach Waisai, the district capital. When using the aircraft, first to the city of Sorong. After that, from Sorong trip to Waisai followed by sea transport. Facilities available are fast ships with a capacity of 10, 15 or 30 people. At a cost of approximately Rp. 2 million, Waisai can be reached within 1.5 to 2 hours. For the purposes of exploration diving and sailing to the islands of Raja Ampat, you can rent a boat natives.

Some tourists seemed engrossed in casual dining and chatting while they looked off toward the sea dominated blue, green, and white. The colors that appear because of the influence of coral reefs in the shallow sea floor and inside. They were having lunch at Papua Diving Resort, the waters f of West Irian Jaya. Hot sun and brisk air makes exasperated guests to dive and dive. The sunlight through the cracks often waves to the reef. Beauty of the scenery and marine life did make a lasting impression for tourists. For lovers of coastal tourism and underwater fanatic, Raja Ampat is known even rated the best in the world for the quality of coral reefs. Mid-2006, a special team of the world's leading scientific adventure magazine, National Geographic, made coverage in Raja Ampat that will become the main report in 2007.

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Papua Diving, the only exotic resort that offers underwater tours in the region, visited by tourists diving enthusiasts at home for days and even up to a month-ford the contours of the seabed. They seemed to not want to return to their own countries because they get the " one of a kind paradise island on this earth ".