Peek The Natural Wealth Of Komodo Dragon Island
For those of you who like to travel, you would not want to spend an impressive tourist attraction all over the archipelago. Traveled to exotic islands, dive into the azure, and bathed in sunshine will make your vacation unforgettable. Imagine, you also have the opportunity to see traces of past life are preserved, as well as contribute and maintain its sustainability. And here, in the Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara Timur, you will get everything.
Komodo Island is located at Komodo district, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Since 1980, Komodo "Dragon" National Park was made by the Government of Indonesia, which are then recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. Together with two other large islands, namely Pulau Rinca and Padar, Komodo Island and several small islands around it continued to be maintained as natural habitat reptile, dubbed the "Komodo Dragon" it.
Komodo dragon named Varanus Komodoensis and for local named "Ora", these giant lizards according to the story was first published in 1912 by a national daily of Dutch. Peter A. Ouwens, director of the Zoological Museum in Bogor is one who has introduced the Komodo dragon to the world through his paper was. Since then, expeditions and research into this rare species continue to be done. Recognizing the need for protection against the dragon in the center of human activity on the natural habitat, in the year 1915 the Dutch government issued a ban on hunting and killing Komodo dragon.
Enjoying Komodo National Park tours to observe the life of the Komodo dragon may not be enough for you. For those of you that hobby with water sports, you can try to dive at north and south islands. The northern is warm waters of the current meeting of the Banda Sea and Flores. In contrast, the southern offer cold waters of the stream of Ocean Indonesia. Combination of these two characters different aquatic ecosystems produces rich underwater. Various types of coral reefs and a rich life lived where many fish species as well as life-support systems provider seawater. Many divers have witnessed life under the sea waters of the enchanting island of Komodo, which stores millions of potential biodiversity.
As one of the mainstay of Indonesia tourist, Komodo Island provides lodging accommodations ranging from established local communities until international resorts. For domestic tourists, your entrance fee is Rp. 75,000, while foreign tourists amounted $ 15. To reach Komodo island, you can route a plane from Kupang (capital of East Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara) to the city of Ende on Flores Island. Next trip followed by minibus to Labuhanbajo. From Labuhanbajo, the speedboat will take you to the Komodo Island. Several other routes you can take a flight from Bali as the airlines serving the purpose to NTT. Various tour packages offered by travel agents seemed interesting enough to try for your first time it came to the island of Komodo.
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