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BUNAKEN ISLAND

Bunaken is an island, formerly part of Manado bay, is norther part of Sulawesi
province, Indonesia. The visitors can reach Bunaken by speed boat abour 30 minutes from
Manado sea port. Around the Bunaken Island, there is Bunaken Sea Garden which is part of
Bunaken National Park. Overall, Bunaken is covers an area of 75,265 hectares with five
islands within, which is the island of Manado Tua, Bunaken Island, Siladen Island,
Mantehage Island island and the branch of it, Naen Island.
Bunaken marine park has 20 points dive spot with varying depth of up to 1344 meters.
From those 20 diving points, the 12 points among them are around is Bunaken Island. Those
twelve point dive are the most frequently visited by the divers or tourist who want to enjoy
the beauty of the underwater scenery.
Most of the 12 points dive in Bunaken Island is line from the southeast to the
northwest of the island. In this area, there are great underwater walls, also called the hanging
walls, a giant rock walls that stand vertically and curved upward. These rock walls are also a
source of food for fish in the waters around Bunaken Island.

While on Bunaken National Park, Bunaken National Park is a representative of
Indonesian tropical water ecosystems consist of mangrove ecosystems, seagrass beds, coral
reefs, and land / coastal ecosystems. Potential mainland islands national park is rich in
species of palm, sago, woka, silar and coconut. Animal species that exist on the mainland and

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