Hotels in Makassar
Kenari Hotel
Dr. Latumahina Street 3, Makassar
Sahid Jaya Makasar Hotel
Dr. Sam Ratulangi Street 33, Ujung Pandang
Pantai Gapura
Pasar Ikan Street 10, Makassar
Quality Hotel
Somba Opu Street 235, Ujung Pandang
Makasar Golden Hotel
Pasar Ikan Street 50-52, Ujung Pandang
Imperial Aryaduta Hotel
Somba Opu Street 297, Makassar
Hotels in Manado
Ritzy Hotel Manado (****)
Jl. Piere Tendean (Boulevard)
Manado, North Sulawesi
Phone: 62 – 431 855555
Fax: 62 – 431 868888
Manado Beach Hotel
Trans Sulawesi Tasik Ria Street, Manado
Phone: (0431) 826800
Indonesia is a hub for tourist activities, and if you ever want to witness the beauty of nature blended with African like savannah in Asia, then you could certainly choose to go to East Java.
The province is one of the best tourist destinations not just in Indonesia, but probably in Asia. East Java is filled with natural tourist destinations, national parks, volcano sightseeing and lots of beautiful restaurants where you would be served top of the line delicacies. East java is also the most developed province in Indonesia.
Here are top 20 tourist destinations in East Java. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Mentawai Island is on the west of Padang province. The beaches of this island are very famous around the world as a surfing paradise with the most beautiful panorama as an extra plus. Mentawai Island has shoreline 758 kilometers. The most interesting of Mentawai Island is the wave. It is very roughly amazing wave for surfing. The wave was found by Australian surfers who found it when they visited this island in 90th. Then they announced it into the world, even they build some resorts to serve the foreign tourist who interested in surfing. It becomes the starting point of Mentawai Island as The World Surfing Paradise.
Geographically, Mentawai Island directly facing Indian Ocean has consistent wave year-round. Usually on April-August is the best time for surfing because the wave can reach till six meters high. It’s the favourite ekstreme wave for the surfer. It is also the same time with summer holiday in Europe. So, that is why the most tourists are from Europe on that months. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Ranau Lake is the biggest and the most beautiful lake in South Sumatera. Ranau Lake is in the border of West Lampung District, Lampung Province and South Ogan Komering Ulu, South Sumatera Province. It is 342 kilometers from Palembang city, 130 kilometers from Baturaja city, and 50 kilometers from Muara Dua city, South Ogan Komering Ulu. It needs 7 hours from Palembang by car. It also can be reached from Bandar Lampung route, by crossing Bukit Kemuning and Liwa.
Geographically, Ranau Lake is in 4°51’45” longitude south and 103°55’50” east longitude. It is bordered by valley and range of hill with 8×16 kilometers wide by Semuning Mounth as a background. It has cool weather at night and the temperature is around 20° – 26° Celcius at noon. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Natural tourism becomes trend recently. It gives us special touch to refresh our body and soul after pressuring of office time. Nature offers us relaxation and unconciously brings us understanding who we are as a human being between God and natural environment. One of place that can be taken into account is Sempu Island with its exotic lagoon, Segara Anakan.
Sempu Island is a small island in the south of Java Island. This island is in Malang District, East Java province. It has wide around 877 hectare and formally becomes a sanctuary under the goverment since 1928. Based on finding in 2000, there are 223 kinds of plants, 144 more kinds of birds species, mamals, and others.
Raja Ampat Islands
This is the final frontier, at the eastern end of Indonesia. Raja Ampat offers amazing diving and the most stunning topside scenery of any dive destination on Earth. This is where Dr. Gerald Allen counted 273 fish species on a single dive.
If you’re looking for unusual sea life like the elusive wobbegong shark, or looking for Birds of Paradise, then a Grand Komodo liveaboard cruise here is for you.
Water temperature: 24 – 29 C. Visibility: 10 – 30 M (seasonal). Year-round diving.
If you are going to visit Bukit Tinggi, West Sumatra, please check out the following hotels:
The road from Makassar or Ujung Pandand to Toraja runs along the coast for about 310 km’s and then hits the mountains. After the entrance to Tana Toraja you enter a majestic landscape with giant gray, granites and stones and blue mountains at a distance after passing the market village of Mebali. They form a sharp contrast with the lively green of the fertile, rain-fed terraces and the rusty read of the tropical laterite soil. This is Tana Toraja, one of the most splendid areas in Indonesia.
A flat island about 15 km from Manado, with a friendly people. The coral reefs off Bunaken island shouldn’t be missed while you are in Manado. These magnificent virgin reefs are still relatively unspoiled. The drop-off walls at Liang cove is not only rare in the world, with caves, gullies and caverns, harboring an immense wealth of marine life. Spectacular formation of reefs begin with flat at about 5 m depth. These plunge downward to form underwater vertical crevices with often reach depth on several hundred meters. On these beautiful reefs, a wonderful collection of marine life thrives.
The Bunaken reef is a chain of over 40 five star dive spots. The Marine Park is spectacular with the greatest concentration of tropical fish, coral species and world famous wall diving.
Clear, warm waters (sea temperatures usually range between 27-30 degrees C), light currents and calm seas allow easy access to the underwater attraction awaiting visitors to the five-islands of the Bunaken-Manado Tua National Marine Park which sits directly offshore of Manado. Bunaken is the standout favorite, with the highest density of schooling fish and the greatest probability to see larger species such as turtles, sharks, and napoleon wrasse. There are enough sites here to keep any diver happy for over a week without going elsewhere.
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