Bunaken Marine Park: The Most Beautiful And Popular In North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Bunaken is the charming princess of North Sulawesi. It is the centre of attention as well as a heaven for divers. Moreover, it becomes the place of the diving community as a world class diving. Bunaken also becomes the underwater photography destination due to the amazing dive sites with the bizarre critters.
For a long time ago, Bunaken Marine Park is considered as the best national sea park in Indonesia. However, not all people know how to enjoy this park since not all of them are divers. Being a nature lover doesn't mean being a good diver, too. Are you one of those people? See the hint here how to enjoy Bunaken Marine Park.
What Can You Do and See in Bunaken?
1. Snorkeling
The best and easiest activity you can do is snorkeling. Enjoy the bottomless walls and clear water under the surface. The snorkeling equipmen isn't very complicated as the diving equipment. It is portable, minimal and doesn't break your pocket. Besides, no need to jump back in the water or to wait for the boat in finding the right places. Just walk off the shore relaxedly.
There are various species you can see in the marine life. You will see the sea fans, hard and soft corals, sponges, anemones with the clownfish, and huge fish in all shapes and colours! You can look closer to them, but if you are brave enough you can swim out over the reef. Greet the blue stripe fusilier, wide mouth mackerel, red tooth triggerfish and a group of squids.
2. Meet the Green and Hawksbill Turtles
Bunaken and Siladen Islands are the best habitat for Green and Hawksbill turtles. You will find them in some sites as many as 20 turtles in an hour. If you are lucky, you will see they come to the surface to breathe.
3. Ride in the Darkness or Night Snorkeling
As soon as the sun sets, the reef park changes dramatically. No more fish passing by since most of them 'sleep', but instead you will see other unique creatures come out. You may ask the boat owner to take you enjoy the reef in the dark. Ask the local guide to get a high-powered underwater flashlight to see the beauty of the reefs. You can have a night snorkelin, too, if you want.See the magic of the reef evolving such as the giant sponge crabs stomping around the reef, or the cuttlefish move over the corals dazzling their food with their magical colour changing. Even you may find the number of octopus or the Spanish Dancer which is the vast species of Nudibranch in blood red colour.
To have snorkeling in this gorgeous marine park, come to Siladen Resort and Spa to rent the snorkeling equipment. You might also rent the underwater camera so you can capture any beautiful memory of the underwater life. See the other part of earth will make you become the more grateful human in the world.