raja ampat

Raja Ampat Islands is a series of four adjacent islands located in the western part of the Bird's Head ( Vogelkoop ) Papua Island . Administratively , this cluster is under Raja Ampat, West Papua province . The islands are now a destination for divers who are interested in the beauty of the underwater scenery . Four islands that are members named by the four biggest islands , namely Pulau Waigeo , Misool Island , Salawati Island and Island Batanta . 

In the course of history , the Raja Ampat has long been inhabited by the nobility and implement custom systems Maluku . In this system , a set of human society . Each village is headed by a king . Since its establishment five Muslim sultanate in Maluku , Raja Ampat claims to be part of the Sultanate of Tidore . After the Sultanate Tidore defeat of the Netherlands , the Raja Ampat Islands became part of the Dutch East Indies claims .

The expert team from Conservation International , The Nature Conservancy , and the National Institute of Oceanography (LON ) Indonesian Institute of Sciences ( LIPI ) once rapid assessments in 2001 and 2002. As a result , they note in these waters there are more than 540 kinds of hard corals ( 75 % of the total species in the world ) , more than 1,000 species of reef fish , 700 species of molluscs , and the highest record for gonodactyloid stomatopod crustaceans . It makes 75% of the world's coral species are in Raja Ampat . None of the places with the same area has a number of coral species as much as this .

Visiting these islands is not too difficult although does take time and considerable cost . We can use the airline from Jakarta or Bali to Sorong via Makassar and Ambon and Manado for approximately 6 hours of flight . From Sorong , a fairly large city with a fairly complete facilities . To explore the Raja Ampat there are two choices , take a tour by boat or stay in a resort Phinisi Raja Ampat Dive Lodge . Although most tourists who come to Raja Ampat is currently the divers , in fact the location is attractive also for tourists non divers because it also has sandy beaches and white is very beautiful , a cluster of islands karst nan stunning and the flora and fauna unique endemic like paradise red , bird of paradise Wilson , maleo Waigeo , various parrots and parrot , possum Waigeo , as well as various types of orchids.

carocok wonderful beach

 CAROCOK BEACH

Carocok beach is situated in the west of the city Painan, is approximately 2 km from Painan Market.This beach is very famous in West Sumatra, Indonesia Nor, according to some people, it is no less Carocok coast of the Kra Peninsula beach in Malaysia or Sanur Beach in Bali.

Attractions in the region Carocok Beach this Painan There is also a Rock Island connected to the tip of Pulau Batu Bukit Langkisau.Yaitu Kareta. Pulau Batu Kareta advance can be achieved only when the sea water At low tide, but since the construction of the Bridge by The South Coastal district government Kareta Stone Island can be reached at any time because already integrated with the bridge.

Not only about 200 meters westward Carocok beach is located a small historic island, the island Cingkuak. This island we can find traces of the Portuguese fort ruins. According to the History of Portuguese menjejakan first leg in the Coastal is on the island of Sumatra this Cingkuk. In addition to the Portuguese fort on the island is also a grave of the Portuguese (MADAME VAN DER Kampen) is characterized by the presence of the inscription.

The small island of white sand and juicy very clean and very quiet very crowded people for traveling, especially during the day libur.Berbagai activities can be done in this cingkuk island from sea water bathing, snorkling to fishing can be done here.

To reach the island is not difficult, you just stand at the end of the bridge Carocok beach tourism Painan Cingkuk Located in front of the island, few people boatman outboard engine will be up to you, to offer his services to take you to the island Cingkuk.

Back to Beach Carocok Painan.wonderful beach indonesia most beautiful beach Carocok Painan is when the sun will tengelam, Panorama Orange Sunset that bounced above the surface of the ocean Indonesia Very Good witnessed here.