Raja Ampat in West Papua. But the island is not the only thing that store the natural beauty under the sea at the eastern tip of Indonesia. In Papua, there is Paradise Bay National Park are no less beautiful than Raja Ampat.
The park stretches from the eastern peninsula Kwatisore to Rumberpon island with a long coastline of 500 kilometers. This makes it the largest marine national park in Indonesia, with a total area of approximately 1.453 million hectares.
Paradise Bay region is used as a national park since 1993, is known for its rich fish. At least 209 species of fish live, such as butterfly fish, angel fish, damselfish, parrot fish, rabbit fish and anemone fish. It is also a breeding area four species of sea turtles, the hawksbill turtle, green turtle, leatherback sea turtle and cracked.
Occasionally, when sailing in Paradise Bay, you will see a mermaid or dugong and dolphins jumping. If lucky, often seen great blue whale and shark in the water. The whale shark, the largest shark species in the world are also often seen in the waters Kwatisore, Nabire this.
The whale shark is the only water animals found in the waters of Papua, Philippines, Australia, and South Africa. These sharks migrate to feed and breed. Typically, in Australia shark is only visible during the summer, but at Paradise Bay it is almost always there, quoted from the booklet of Marine Tourism Ministry of Forestry.
The existence of a whale shark makes a great tourism opportunity for Paradise Bay. The sharks are often seen swimming around the fishing boat. If you want to call them, you just throw the fish into the sea castle, and then the shark would welcome him into the water. Many travelers also are snorkeling or diving to see the whale sharks from close range at the bottom of the sea.
Unfortunately, in the Paradise Bay National Park is not available tourism facilities such as Dive Center, inn or resort. Travelers who want to stay can use the cottage owned by the National Park in the District Rumberpon or at people's homes.
To go to Paradise Bay Marine National Park, you can use the plane to fly to Manokwari or Nabire. From these locations, continued traveling along the 95 kilometers by boat motors.
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