Komodo Island, Indonesia

Komodo Island TourismKomodo National Park lies between the two islands is the island of Sumbawa and Flores island between the border of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Indonesia. Here there are three major islands or island is a bit of the island of Komodo, Rinca and Padar Island and the rest are small islands with a land area of ​​603 km2. Total area of ​​Komodo Island National Park right now is 1917 km2.For those of you who like to travel, you definitely do not want to miss the impressive attractions throughout the archipelago. Adventure to the exotic islands, dive into the azure, and bathed in sunshine will make your vacation unforgettable. Imagine, you also have the opportunity to see the traces of past life are preserved, whose role and maintain its sustainability. You and your family feel at home not only enjoy its natural attractions, but also proud to be part of the diverse beauty of Indonesia. And here, on the island of Komodo National Park, East Nusa Tenggara, you'll get it all.Many things that you can see and do here. An amazing experience when you see the Komodo dragon up close in their natural habitat along the guide of course. On the island of Rinca, you can see the dragons lie outside the national park rangers or lying near a house officer. Previously, to be able to see the Komodo dragon, you have to give a goat to attract the attention of the Komodo dragon, but it is already prohibited at this time.

If you did not get to see the Komodo, Rinca and Komodo island it has beautiful scenery with white sandy beaches, mangrove forests, grasslands, savanna, and crystal clear blue beaches.

Komodo park also has beautiful marine life that consists of 385 species of beautiful corals, mangroves, and sea grass as home to thousands of species of fish, 70 species of sponges, 10 species of dolphins, six kinds of Whales, Green Sea Turtle, and various Sharks and fish species Pari. The incorporation of the northern waters of the warm waters and the waters south of the cold waters of the stream waters of the Ocean Indonesia gives a different character who produces underwater ecosystem is very rich. Many divers have to watch the underwater life of the stunning waters of the island of Komodo.

Komodo has become a major attraction tourists visiting the island of Komodo. However, there are still other places worth visiting on the island.

This place is called Pink Beach or Pink Beach. As the name suggests, beach sand is not white like the beaches in general. Beach with sand-colored, there are only seven are in the world.

Beach sand is pink, due to a mixture that consists of little pieces of coral, shells, and the calcium carbonate of marine invertebrates is very small, and Foraminifera, microscopic amoeba that has a shell body of red or bright pink.

The beach is still very quiet, no residential population around it so clean beach is still very awake. Being on the beach is like relaxing on the beach is private property, with sea water was crystal clear blue color combined with pink sand.

Besides relaxing you can also be snorkeling or diving in the waters of this beach. Parks are not less beautiful coral reefs by coral reefs in Bunaken.

When you are in the boat do not be surprised when greeted by a dolphin, even if lucky you can see green sea turtles or whales swim in these waters.

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Thousand Islands, Indonesia

Thousand Islands, Indonesia Thousand Islands National Park is one of the representatives of the marine nature conservation area in Indonesia, located approximately 45 km north of Jakarta.There are 78 large-small islands with a height of not more than three meters above sea level., And it is a coral island chain.Hundreds of years ago, the islands were formed on the colonies of coral animals are already dead. The colony was initially grown on the shallow sea floor, and the upper layer to the surface and were weathered. Then on top of the rock land, growing pioneer species of shrubs, trees and there was some kind of land. Land in the islands is not the same as the land consisting of soil. Similarly, the wealth of plant and its animal.Most of the beaches in the park is protected by mangrove forests, where the living monitor lizards, snakes and pythons gold ring.Behind the phenomena and the secrets of nature, actually save the Thousand Islands group of the natural beauty that is captivating. Symphony of tiny islands of green, waves, colored golden sunlight at dusk will certainly reassure those in the Thousand Islands National Park.Thousand islands not only have beauty under water, thus becoming one of the marine tourism destination Go magazine National Geoghraphic 2009, but has the potential for historical tourism.

Tourism potential of this history will be much more interesting when the Directorate of Protection of the Underwater willing to hand over objects of cultural heritage sites under the removal of water. Therefore, the Thousand Islands District Government needs to make a museum of history in the Thousand Islands.History of the Thousand Island tour includes the tomb of Habib bin Ahmad bin Ali Al Aidid Zen Island Grill (d. May 15, 1895), former Assistant Resident Office Duizen Eilanden Island Grill (built in the 1880s), the tomb of legendary White Blood Island Grill, Syarifudin Maulana Sharif tomb (relatives of the Sultanate of Banten) on Coconut Island, and the tomb of Sultan Mahmud Zakaria (relatives of the Sultanate of Banten) on Long Island.In 2011 and has established the Office of Ward Island Grill is new, so the old buildings can be revitalized into a museum of history and culture to store objects of cultural heritage, and a brief history of the Thousand Islands diorama. While the BCB sites in the waters of the Thousand Islands should remain preserved as a site and published continuously, so the main attraction for divers, as contained in Raja Ampat.
  

Some of the islands / attractions to visit:
Scout Island, Island Bush Leaves, Coconut Island and Island Grill: Seeing turtle breeding, observing animals and marine tourism.
Scout Island, Opak Island, Coral Island proud. Wreck diving the sunken ships.
Long Island, Island Princess, Island Rainbow and Silver Island: Holidays in private marine.
Ant Island, Coral Island proud, Kroja Coral Island, Pulau Kotok Besar, Pulau Kotok and Pulau Gosong Small Game: For diving and snorkeling.

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Mount Bromo, Semeru Indonesia

Mount Bromo, Semeru
 Bromo-Semeru National Park is the only conservation area in Indonesia which has a unique form of sea sand covering 5250 hectares, which is located at an altitude of 2392 m above sea level.Bromo-Semeru mountain, a mountain that is still active and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java. Tourist area is promising a beauty that you can not find in other places. From the top of the volcano is still active, you can enjoy the expanse of the ocean of sand 10km square area, and witnessed the splendor of Mount Semeru that rose through the clouds. You can also look at the beauty of the sun to move out of the dusk.Besides watching the beauty of the panorama offered by the Bromo-Semeru, if you come at the right time, then you can watch Kesodo ceremony, organized by the Tengger. The ceremony is usually started at midnight to early morning every full moon around 14 or 15 in Kesodo [tenth] according to the Javanese calendar. Kesodo ceremony is a ceremony to beg or ask for a bountiful harvest starting reinforcements and cure of various diseases, in particular by offering to throw offerings into the crater of Mount Bromo. When the procession took place, other Tengger community rollicking down the cliffs of the crater and the offerings are thrown into the crater, as a symbolic gift from the Almighty.

Bromo Sunrise view from PananjakanRegular visitor to visit the region since the early days with the aim to see the sunrise. To view them, you have to climb Mount Pananjakan which is the highest mountain in the region. Fields that must be traversed to get to Mount Pananjakan the rugged terrain. To reach the foot of Mount Pananjakan, you have to go through the desert-like area that can make you get lost. When I had to climb Mount Pananjakan, narrow streets and lots of sharp turns would require a high driving skills. To that end, many visitors choose to rent a car hardtop (a type jeep) driven by the community. The community is derived from the Tengger tribe is friendly with visitors.

Up above, there are plenty of shops serving coffee or tea and a fire to warm themselves while waiting for the sun tebitnya. There are also shops that rent out warm clothing. Watching the sunrise is an exciting event. The proof, the visitors are willing to wait since 5 am facing east so as not to lose this moment. You were not always able to see this event, because of cloudy sky, the appearance of the sun is not seen clearly. However, when the sky is clear, you can see the roundness of the sun which first matches only small pins, slowly enlarge and eventually form a complete circle and give information so that we can see the sights of the mountains in this region. Among other things, of Mount Bromo, Mount Batok, or Mount Semeru is the highest mountain in Java.


Bromo crater and the Ocean Sand

Finished watching the sunrise, you can go back down the mountain and towards Mount Bromo Pananjakan. Sunlight can make you see the scenery around. Turns out you pass through the sea of ​​sand which covers 10 km ². Arid regions are filled with sand and covered only a few dried grasses. A gust of wind, making the sand fly and you can make it difficult to breathe.

To reach the foot of Mount Bromo, you can not use the vehicle. Instead, you should hire a horse at a price of Rp 70,000, - or if you feel strong, you can choose to walk. However, it should be noted that walking is not easy, because the hot sun, long distance, the flying dust can make the trip harder.

Now, you have to climb stairs that number reached 250 stairs to see the crater of Mount Bromo. Arriving at Bromo is the high peak 2392 m above sea level, you can see the crater of Mount Bromo who smoke. You can also cast your gaze downward, and saw the sea of ​​sand to the temple in its midst. It's really incredibly rare and unusual that we enjoy.

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Yogyakrta , Indonesia

YOGYAKARTA (often also called Jogja, Yogyakarta or Yogya) is located in central Java - Indonesia, where everything was cheap. Enough with the 200rb day, you can stay, eat traditional cuisine of the famous, and rent a bike to explore the beaches pristine and ancient temples thousands of years old.

A thousand years ago, London was the center of the ancient Mataram kingdom prosperous and has a high civilization. Who founded the kingdom is the Borobudur Buddhist temple which is the largest in the world, 300 years before Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Other relics of Prambanan, Ratu Boko Palace, and dozens of other temples that have been restored and are still buried under the ground.

Borobudur temple

 

Prambanan temple

 

But by some mysterious reason, the Ancient Mataram Kingdom government to move the center of East Java in the 10th century. It's magnificent temples were abandoned and partly buried by the eruption of Mount Merapi material. Slowly, the Yogyakarta area back into the forest was dense.

Six hundred years later, Panembahan Senopati establish Islamic Mataram kingdom in the region. Yogyakarta once again be witness to the history of the empire who controlled the island of Java and its surroundings. Islamic Mataram kingdom was leaving a trail of castle ruins and royal tombs in the kotagede now known as the silver center in Yogyakarta.

 Kotagede

Giyanti agreement in 1755 to divide the Islamic Mataram kingdom centered Kasunan Surakarta in Solo and Yogyakarta Sultanate who established his court in the city of Yogyakarta. Kraton (palace) is still standing to this day and still serves as the sultan and his family residence, complete with hundreds of courtiers who have volunteered to run a tradition in the midst of changing times. In the Palace, every day there are cultural performances of puppet performances, gamelan, Javanese dance-drama, etc.

Yogyakarta today is a place of tradition and modern dynamics go hand in hand. Yogyakarta is home to the palace with hundreds of loyal courtiers who runs the tradition, but also there is the University of Gadjah Mada, which is one of the leading universities in Southeast Asia. In Yogyakarta, some people living in an agrarian culture is thick, but there is also the student with the pop lifestyle. Yogyakarta is a traditional market and handicrafts while standing next to a mall that is not less hectic.

At the north end of Yogyakarta, you will see Mount Merapi stands proudly as high as 9738 feet. This mountain is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. Traces of the eruption of Mount Merapi ferociously year 2006 can be seen in Kaliadem village, 30 km from the city of Yogyakarta. Mooi Indie style landscape of green rice fields and Mount Merapi as the background can still be seen on the outskirts of Yogyakarta.

Mount Merapi

In the south of Yogyakarta, you will find many beaches. The most famous beach is a legend Parangtritis Nyi Roro Kidul, but Yogyakarta also has natural beaches on the beautiful South Mountain. You can see the beach Sadeng which is an ancient Solo River estuary before the powerful tectonic forces raised surface of the southern part of Java so that the river was turned to the north as at present. You can also visit Siung which has 250 channels of rock climbing, beach Sundak, etc.

Parangtritis

Malaysia has the world's tallest twin towers, New York has the Prambanan Temple which rises 47 meters and is made by hand 1100 years earlier. Singapore has a modern life, Yogyakarta has a traditional agrarian society. Thailand and Bali has beautiful beaches, Yogyakarta has natural beaches and Mount Merapi is a story about how powerful the forces of nature.

Unique combination of ancient temples, history, tradition, culture, and the forces of nature makes the Yogyakarta is well worth a visit.

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