North Sulawesi

Marco Walter · Issue 65, Mar/Apr 2012 · pp. 51–56

Products mentioned: Sea & Sea DX-1G, Sea & Sea YS-110, 18mm wide angle converter

My wife and I spent our more than three weeks lasting honeymoon- trip in one of the most diversified diving areas of the world: Manado Bay and Bangka Island. Both areas belong to the Bunaken National Park in the most northern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Starting point of the amazing trip was the Murex dive resort near by Manado, the capitol city of North Sulawesi. From there, daily trips to the bay of Manado and to the Bunaken N.P. are offered. Already in 1991 the underwater area around Bunaken, Manado Tua, Siladen, Montehage and Nain islands became a national marine protected area. Today, the park covers a total area of 79,056 hectares, 97% of which is ocean. There is an entrance fee that is used for the preservation of the park and for the villages on the islands. The Manado Bay is a paradise for critter lovers were the appeal of the underwater landscape doesn’t lie in colourful and w…