Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Bunaken National Park

The island of Bunaken in the Bunaken National Sea Park is rated in the top ten best diving destinations on the planet. The Park and islands are situated in Manado Bay and consist of five islands. Bunaken, Siladen, Manado Tua, Montehage and Nain. In more than 150 dive sites with 1000 reef fish species.
There is something for everyone here from the deep freaks and pelagic fans to marine biologists and macro photographers, a dive destination to cater for all tastes. Since most of the dive sites around 6km long Bukanen island are very similar we have only included the most popular. Most of the diving around Bunaken is done on deep walls which are carpeted in coral and pocked with caves and crevaces. Other great dive sites include Raymond's Point, Ron's Point, Pangalisan, Cela Cela and Depan Kampung all of which offer impressive wall dives and an abundance of marine life.