Derawan Island - A tropical paradise located on an island province of East Kalimantan region, precisely in Berau and Sulawesi Strait, not far from the border with Malaysia. Derawan island became a marine tourism destination choice for you who love the gorgeous beach with soft white sand and glistening crystal clear water. Moreover, added bonuses encountered benign turtles swimming around happily while we do the dive.Sometimes when sitting at the end of a wooden bridge that leads to the sea, we can see the green turtles and fro on the surface of clear water. Occasionally even the turtles are seen wandering around the cottage is located on the coast of the island. At nightfall, several turtles went ashore and lay eggs there.
Sea and moss color blend produces stunning shades of blue and green, as well as a small forest in the middle, makes this island so beautiful natural scenery presents a pity to pass up. What remains, deep memories.
Dr. Carden Wallace of the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia have been researching Derawan of ocean island and encountering more than 50 types of Arcropora (marine animals) in a coral reef. No one seems if Derawan Island famous as a third of the world's top dive destination for international .This island is relatively less well known especially in the country because of its own struggle to achieve it takes a pretty winding. You must first go to Balikpapan from Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta or Jakarta, to get to this island. Approximately two hours travel time of flight from Jakarta to Balikpapan.
From Aberdeen, you still have to fly to Cape Redeb for one hour with a small plane served by KAL Star, Deraya or DAS. In addition, Cape Redeb can also be reached by sea, with boarded the ship from Samarinda or Tarakan to Tanjung Redeb followed by motorboat to the island renting Derawan with long travel approximately 2 hours..
Dr. Carden Wallace of the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia have been researching Derawan of ocean island and encountering more than 50 types of Arcropora (marine animals) in a coral reef. No one seems if Derawan Island famous as a third of the world's top dive destination for international .This island is relatively less well known especially in the country because of its own struggle to achieve it takes a pretty winding. You must first go to Balikpapan from Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta or Jakarta, to get to this island. Approximately two hours travel time of flight from Jakarta to Balikpapan.
From Aberdeen, you still have to fly to Cape Redeb for one hour with a small plane served by KAL Star, Deraya or DAS. In addition, Cape Redeb can also be reached by sea, with boarded the ship from Samarinda or Tarakan to Tanjung Redeb followed by motorboat to the island renting Derawan with long travel approximately 2 hours..
Many foreign tourists fresh off the plane at the airport Kalimarau, Cape Redeb Derawan went directly to the island by motorboat which was moored at a specific port.
Alternatively it could be through land route from Balikpapan to Tanjung Batu and from there crossed over to the island Derawan. It's just not a good choice because it's the journey crossing itself takes up to a dozen hours with a relatively unpleasant terrain.
Even so, you know, just a lot of foreign tourists who already knew more about the existence of this exotic island. A number of Japanese tourists through travel from Tokyo who was there "Slapshot" go to Singapore or to Sabah then traveled to Aberdeen, then to Cape Redeb using small aircraft.
They utilize their time during the Derawan with diving, along the underwater beauty of the island which indeed is the best location for diving. Moreover, with the condition of the remote islands and "virgin" increasingly add to the charm anyone to enjoy it as long as possible.
It goes all the way, only within a distance of 50 meters from the beach, we can already see the beautiful coral reefs and colorful fish back and forth. The water is very clear. You can rent snorkel for Rp 30 thousand per day. If you want to dive deeper, we can find the fish the more "exotic" such as grouper, red fish, kurisi fish, barracuda fish, sea cucumber, and clams. On the rocks at a depth of ten meters, there are coral known as "Blue Trigger Wall" due to the reef with a length of 18 meters there is a lot of trigger fish (red-toothed trigger fishes).
Derawan island provides a place of lodging facilities (cottages), rental of diving equipment as well as restaurants. There is also a low-cost lodging-inn run by local people. The range of prices ranging from Rp 45 thousand to 100 thousand USD / night.
Still not satisfied?
You can also review the other islands around Derawan. For example: Island Sangalaki, Maratua, and Kakaban which has its own uniqueness. Pari Blue Fish (Manta Rays), which has reached 3.5 meters wide with a population on the island Sangalaki. Fact can also be found-if lucky-enough black stingray with a wide "wingspan" of 6 meters. While the uniqueness of Kakaban have a prehistoric lake in the middle of the sea, the only one in Asia.
(By AT Gobel)
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