To dive in the deep waters of the Bunaken Island National Marine Park in Manado is to be among some of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world, with outstanding fish variety and world-class wall diving. The clear, warm waters contain astonishingly high numbers of species, whether corals, sponges or fish. When you're scuba diving in Bunaken you can see seven times more genera of coral than Hawaii, 33 species of butterflyfish and over 70% of all fish species known to the Indo-western Pacific
The Bunaken National Marine Park was formally established in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's growing system of marine parks. The park covers a total surface area of 890.65 km², 97% of which is overlain by sparkling clear, warm tropical water. The remaining 3% of the park is terrestrial, including the five islands of Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain and Siladen. Although each of these islands has a special character, it is the aquatic ecosystem that attracts most naturalists
Bunaken diving is very popular with fun divers and marine biologists both of whom can take great pleasure from the diversity of coral and fish found here. You will surely encounter marine life here that you have not come across elsewhere.
North Sulawesi enjoys an equatorial climate, which means it's sunny all year round. There are only two seasons - the wet season and the dry season.
The wet season usually falls between November and February and is characterised by intermittent downpours during largely sunny periods.
You should be aware that during the peak season months of July and August, Bunaken gets very busy. Many a Manado dive resort will not be able to accept walk-ins during high season since they are fully booked and you must try to book several months in advance. It is also worth noting that although the diving is good during peak season, at this time warm water brings more plankton and reduces visibility. We recommend September to June for the best conditions for scuba diving in Manado. Furthermore your chances of cetacean (whales and dolphins) spotting are best around August and September.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Diving In Bunaken
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Friday, September 07, 2007
E-Ticket
Electronic Ticket
An electronic ticket or e-ticket is used to represent the purchase of a seat on a passenger airline, usually through a website or by telephone. Once a reservation is made, an e-ticket exists only as a digital record in the airline computers. This new form of airline ticket is recently replacing the old paper tickets. For the traveler, the principal advantage of e-ticketing is the fact that it reduces booking expense by eliminating the need for printing and mailing paper documents. Another advantage is that it eliminates the possibility of critical documents getting lost in the mail or being sent to the wrong address. E-tickets also eliminate the problems and costs that travelers experienced when they lose a paper ticket.
Easier Way to get your Ticket
Reservation and purchase of e-Ticket can be easily made just by filling the reservation form in our website or calling our sales office. To avoid check in problems at the airport counter, make sure that your identity written in the reservation itinerary is exactly identical with one in your ID card and/or passport. For reconfirmation and ticket payment, please follow the payment method we provide. Once the bank transfer or credit card transaction is verified/approved, the electronic ticket is issued with all data shown in the reservation/ticketing and airport check-in systems. You may ask for an itinerary receipt (electronic ticket record) for your reference by email or fax machine, thus you don't have to waste your time in traveling to pick up your ticket. Just go to the airport to check-in.
When checking in at the airport, just simply show your ID card and /or your passport. Then necessary boarding passes are issued, and you can check luggage and proceed through security to the gate area.
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