Bunaken National Park

Bunaken National Park is representative of the ecosystem of a tropical forest ecosystem of mangroves, the yet, coral reef, ecosystems and land / coastal.

In the North island of Bunaken, Manado Tua island, the island Montehage, Siladen the island, the island Nain, Nain Small island, and some coastal areas Tanjung Pisok. While in the South include some coastal Tanjung Kelapa.

Potential mainland islands national park is rich with the kind of palm, sago, woka, silar and coconut. Type of animals on the land between the coastal and other black South monkeys (Macaca nigra nigra), deer (Cervus timorensis russa), and the polecat (Ailurops ursinus ursinus).

Type of plant mangroves in Bunaken National Park, namely Rhizophora sp., Sonneratia sp., Lumnitzera sp., And Bruguiera sp. Forest is rich with various kinds of crab, shrimp, moluska and various types of birds such as sea gull, egret, sea squab, and cangak sea.

Type of seaweed found in the national park include the type of Caulerpa sp., Halimeda sp., And Padina sp. Yet the dominant, especially in the island Montehage, and the island Nain Thalassia hemprichii, Enhallus acoroides, and Thalassodendron ciliatum.

Recorded 13 genera of living coral in the waters of Bunaken National Park, dominated by the edge type of coral reefs and coral reef barrier. The most interesting is the barrier reef vertical extent to 25-50 meters.

Approximately 91 species of fish found in the waters of Bunaken National Park, among fish gusumi horse (Hippocampus kuda), oci white (Seriola rivoliana), yellow tail lolosi (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps and Pseudanthias hypselosoma), ila gasi (Scolopsis bilineatus) , and others.

Type moluska like giant kima (Tridacna gigas), the goat (Cassis cornuta), hollow nautilus (Nautilus pompillius), and tunikates / ascidian.


Best season visit: May s / d in August each year.

How well a location: Bunaken National Park can be achieved through the port of Manado, Marina Nusantara Diving Center (NDC) in the Marina District and Molas Blue loud. From the port of Manado motor boat to the island can be Siladen + 20 minutes, Bunaken Island, 30 minutes, the island Montehage + 50 minutes and Nain island +60 minutes. Marina Blue's quick with the yacht is available to the local tourism on the island of Bunaken can be within 10-15 minutes, while the NDC of the major dive on the island of Bunaken with the boat speed adopted in the 20 + minutes.
Office: Jl. Raya Molas, Post Box 1202
95242 Manado, North Sulawesi
Telp.: (0431) 859022
E-mail: tnb@manado.wasantara.net.id