The Wakatobi is a Marine National Park comprising an archipelago of four large islands located in south east Sulawesi, Indonesia. The park encompasses stunning coral reefs, white sand beaches and an amazing wealth of whales and dolphins. Positioned at the heart of the Indo Pacific area where marine biodiversity is at its greatest, diving is truly fantastic. Wakatobi is unlimited world-class reef diving
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Over 90,000 people live within the national park, many of whom rely on the reefs and inter-tidal habitats for their livelihoods. These peoples include many interesting cultures and histories. The objective of the marine park management is to balance the needs of the local communities whilst protecting biodiversity.
Some of the best places can only be reached by liveaboard boat though, and a number of liveaboard charters can be booked that include visits to the Wakatobi. Grand Komodo and Wakatobi Dive Resort are among a number of companies that run such charters. The Operation Wallacea research vessel (MV Bintang Sedang) also tours the Wakatobi during the summer months conducting volunteer based reef monitoring and cetacean surveys.
Best visit :
April to June dan October to December.
How to get here:
From Jakarta you would transit in Kendari (Kendari is the capital of the Indonesian province of South East Sulawesi) afterwards it was continued to Bau-bau, will take up time around 5 hours if using speed boat or 12 hours if using traditional boat.
From bau-bau to Lasalimu using car for two hours, then using the speed boat of Lasalimu-Wanci for one hour or the wood ship of Lasalimu-Wanci for 2.5 hours.
Wanci was the first main gate entered the Wakatobi National Park region.
More information :
www.wakatobi.org
wakatobi dive resort
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October 31st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
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November 1st, 2008 at 2:32 pm
the photographs are excellent! Did you take them yourself? The last picture can win any competition on nature photography!
I like that you have even given details on how to reach there. Are there hotels where tourists can stay?
November 8th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
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November 12th, 2008 at 12:05 am
one of Indonesian great national park….
great reef, great beach….great place.
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