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Matano Lake is one of three lakes in East Luwu district, South Sulawesi. This location is many a story of history and also the attraction of the beauty of natural scenery. In Matano Lake are underwater caves and inhabited the ancient fish.


The name Matano Lake is taken from the name Matano village located at the western end of the lake because of the village there is a fountain that never dry and the water flowing into the lake. It is said by the ancients, that Wellspring Matano is the source of the water of Matano Lake. Even more interesting because the lake is surrounded by green hills to become a beauty. Moreover, if we view the lake from the top of the hill, the lake surface will look like a blue glass surface. Uniquely, this lake comes from a spring whose waters never dry even in the dry season though.

Buttini ancient fish

Along the Matano Lake using traditional boats (katinting), our eyes as if she never tired of looking at the beauty of natural scenery of mountains and rock cliffs around the lake area of ​​16,000 hectares with a depth reached 600 meters, and recorded as the deepest lake in Southeast Asia.

In addition to offering beautiful mountain scenery that surrounds verbeck coast, Matano Lake is also home to hundreds of endemic species of fauna, including shrimp, crabs, snails, and fish. Unique fauna in Matano Lake, most could not be found in other lakes in Indonesia.

In fact, there are at Matano Lake endemic fish species that are rare in the world. This fish was given the nickname ancient fish because of its brown and its structure is similar to the ancient animal. For the local community, this fish is given the name buttini fish.

Some researchers who have come calling buttini fish is an ancient fish species and breed only in Matano Lake.

Although a bit odd shape with protruding eyes with brownish skin, but the meat was tasty when eaten.

The skull cave under the water

Meanwhile, on the edge of Matano Lake, most boards are rock caves there are some holes in it there are the remnants of history. Such as spears, machetes, and home appliances are also made ​​of brass metal, which is estimated to have been there for hundreds of years ago.

Interestingly, three of the six caves that exist around Matano Lake is right on the edge of the lake, where the burrows cave, its flow through the hole of a rock cliff into the lake water.

There is also a cave whose location is not so far away from residential areas, where the cave is inhabited by many bats, there were many human bones and skulls. The cave was named for the citizens as the Skull Cave.

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In Matano Lake there are also several tourist locations with white sandy beaches. In addition to coastal attractions, visitors can also enjoy the coolness of Mata Buntu Waterfall, life springs pool called Bura-bura, and see first hand the old tribal burial customs Matano, located in the hamlet of Matano.

Interestingly, visitors do not need to spend a lot of money if you want to relax at the location of the shore of Matano Lake tourism because local governments do not attract levy to enter into a tourist attraction site.

With all the natural resources owned by Sulawesi, Matano Lake is present in the middle to give a different feel for tourism on the island. The lake is a favorite location for spend the vacation time to the surrounding community.

Around the lake, there are three villages of neatly arranged so as to make the beautiful scenery, the Matano Village, Nuha Village, and Sorowako Village. Not only the scenery you can see from the three villages, in one of the villages, the Sorowako Village, there is the world's largest nickel mine that makes the attraction for this tourist area.

To get to this area, you can use land and air transportation. However, for air transport can only be enjoyed through the Makassar flight path and also be ready to get plane tickets are expensive.

If you dive and down the countryside, you will find some places with rocks such as lava stone former volcanic deposits. It's just that, to date, there has been no formal studies of this lake is whether or not the volcanic lake. In addition to the rocks, there is also a flooded cave where the cave doors facing the lake so that if water levels recede we will clearly see the door wide open cave.

The beauty of the mystery that is also in this lake, many people interested to visit this attraction. No wonder, if a holiday comes, do not be surprised if many tourists enliven this location.

Visitors can enjoy the scenery around the lake by lake. If you are interested in diving and windsurfing course you can try.

Not only that, but for lovers of photography, the lake has plenty of places to do the hunting. Besides the natural beauty of Matano Lake, friendly community is also one of the attractions that will make it convenient to travel to this area. Community was used to blend in with all the ethnic groups from anywhere.

What are you waiting, please visit and enjoy the beauty of Matano Lake!

800 Km from the city of Samarinda, East Kalimantan, there is a beautiful island in the Derawan Islands region. Sangalaki Island can be reached with a 2-hour speed boat trip from the port of Tanjung Redeb, Berau regency.

Currently, Sangalaki Island have become one of the five best water attractions in Indonesia. In addition Sangalaki island about the size of 13Ha and there are other beautiful islands. Can we mention them Derawan Island, Island Maratua and Kakaban is so tempting to visit. On this island there are many coral reefs that are equipped with seaweed. You can spend time with snorkeling here.


Sand boat ramps make here must stop at 200 meters before the island. You must be willing to get to the island's wet. Water will make your waist bag carrying luggage on their heads. Not to lose your balance if you do not want bags plunged into the water!

The waters around the island is famous for its stunning marine park. Pretty fish dives will accompany you to and fro. While the most typical fish here is Manta fish or giant stingray. Big giant fish can reach 8 feet, while may weigh 3 tons.

The uniqueness of the Sangalaki Island is the aggregation of manta rays in the waters of this island. Pari manta ray-finned fish are the main diet of plankton. Sangalaki waters have an abundance of zooplankton high compared to most other waters.

The high abundance of zooplankton that make this region as a manta ray aggregation of the most high. And to witness this unique fish, the tourists have to dive.

Diving here will not make you regret it, even going to make him forget himself. There is a 11 point spread favorite dive around the island. Each point has its own uniqueness and charm.

Calm and quiet beach visitors also will lull you, feel like being on a private island. You can relax on the beach while enjoying the beach without the typical noise of vehicles or bustle of people passing by. There is also a resort and lodging can be a place to stay.

Because the island's natural charm made ​​Sangalaki Marine Natural Park. Beauty can be obtained not only along the coast, but the island is also promising in the enjoyment of the underwater scenery.

Each visitor can hunt underwater natural scenery such as coral reefs or the wealth of marine ecosystems.

Sea turtles nesting

There is another interesting experience that also promised when setting foot on the Sangalaki Island. That comes out to see the turtle tracks decorate the beach. Not difficult to see traces of the turtle, because there are dozens.

Special for turtles seen nesting activity, every visitor can see it at night. This is because the turtles will emerge as the water started to install.

This island is like a royal turtle. Every night the arrival of tens Sangalaki island nesting sea turtles. Average yearly arrival of 3717 Sangalaki Island sea turtle nesting. No wonder then the island has also developed into a semi-natural breeding turtles.

Called semi-natural because every turtle egg-laying process is left without interference and will only be transferred if the eggs in a threatened position. On the island can also be found wildlife such as lizards. For those of you who came to visit could spend the night, because the inn is also available, although only a few rooms.

The easiest way to reach this location is to travel overland from the capital city of Berau, East Kalimantan, namely Tanjung Redeb. From Cape Redeb, the journey is still should be done by taking a hilly road about 100km, two-to three-hour drive to the Tanjung Batu. Of Tanjung Batu jetty, Sangalaki Island can be achieved by using a speedboat for two hours.

Did you ever heard the name Maratua Island? Maratua Island is a beautiful island that lies between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi. This island is one of the most outer islands located in the region of Indonesia.

Maratua Island is a small island is very beautiful. The beauty of the island is not only supported by its natural beauty, but also all things that live on this island. Maratua island including the outer islands in Berau, East Kalimantan. The island is a tourist destination famous for its marine attractions.


International tourists often visit the island for snorkeling and diving. No wonder Maratua island known as Paradise Island, a paradise for divers and marine tourist hunters.

Landscape of this island is very beautiful, no wonder a Favorite location for foreign and domestic. And here is the site of the largest green turtles in Indonesia.

Maratua Island is the outermost islands of Indonesia, located in the Sulawesi Sea and borders with Malaysia. Maratua island is part of the District Government of Berau, East Kalimantan province. Small shaped island is long and curved sharply in the south of the City of Tarakan.

People who live on this island are people from Borneo. That's why the culture, customs and traditions are very similar to the traditions and culture of Borneo in general. But the style of their daily lives have to adapt to nature "Maratua island.

What distinguishes Maratua island with other attractions Indonesia is a unique marine biota that live in this beautiful island. Maratua is a place of natural beauty of the diverse life typical of the island's unique species. Some of the uniqueness of this island, among others:

1.Penyu

Not like in other areas, live turtles lived in the Maratua island. They even lay their eggs on the island and settled life in the" waters Maratua.

Travelers can experience the sensation of swimming with these ancient organisms in the water so clear and shallow. Travelers also can easily feed the turtles and poses photographed while swimming with turtles.

2. Jellyfish without the stinger

In this world, a place which recorded species of jellyfish without the stinger only in two places. Indonesia has a species of these jellyfish. Remarkably, this type of jellyfish sting on the island without not only one type, but there are 4 types.

Travelers need not fear at all holding this type of jellyfish, even with bare hands. This is the uniqueness of the most unique of the Maratua island tough to beat in the world. Picture taken while holding the Jellyfish is a moment that you can not do another across the globe.

Charm that makes the tourists feel at home for long trips on the Maratua Island.

Talking about the beauty of the sea Indonesia, most people immediately called Raja Ampat spontaneous as the most beautiful places to see underwater. In fact, there is still beauty in Papua another sea that is not less interesting to the Raja Ampat.

Raja Ampat in West Papua province. But the islands are not the only one that holds the beauty of the underwater world at the western tip of Indonesia. In Papua, there is Cendrawasih Bay National Park which is not less beautiful from Raja Ampat.


The park stretches from eastern the 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.

Cendrawasih Bay area of national park since 1993 is known to be rich in fish. Live at least 209 species of fish, such as butterflyfish, angelfish, damselfish, parrotfish, rabbitfish, and anemonefish. There was also a breeding area of four species of sea turtles, the hawksbill turtle, green turtle, leatherback turtle and timeless.

Once in a while, when sailing in this Cendrawasih Bay you will see a sea cow or Dugong and dolphins jumping. If lucky, it is often seen big blue whale and shark in the water. The whale shark, the world's largest shark species are also often seen in the Kwatisore waters, this Nabire.

The whale shark is the only water animals found in the waters of Papua, the Philippines, Australia, and South Africa. These sharks migrate to find food and reproduce. Typically, in Australia the shark was only seen in the summer but in Cendrawasih Bay actually almost always there.

Kwatisore village, a small village located in the core zone of Cendrawasih Bay National Park. These areas store a lot of spectacular marine life. In the largest marine park in the country, there are two animals that fall into the classification of vulnerable or endangered. Animals that fall into this classification can play with people around and easily found.

This makes the existence of the whale shark tourism opportunities of the Cendrawasih Bay. These sharks are often seen swimming around the boat fishing. When you want to call them, you just throw the fish into the sea castle, then the shark will be welcomed into the water. Many tourists also are snorkeling or diving to see the whale sharks at close range underwater.

Unfortunately, at the Cendrawasih Bay National Park area is not yet available tourism facilities such as the Dive Center, inn or resort. Travelers who want to stay can use the cottage owned by the Park District Rumberpon or in people's homes.

Hiniotanibre, or commonly known as the whale shark, largest shark is the only prey on plankton and small fish, always appeared in chart buoyant, and easily to approach. And the second is the Mermaid, or who have a Latin name Dugong. In contrast to the first, the dugong is more elusive because it is very shy. This large-bodied animals living in shallow water. Creatures that have other names these sea cows, often appeared on a bed of seagrass beds in coastal areas.

Not only animals, a dozen points pristine mangrove forests can also you meet along the bay. Indonesia is the country of the world's largest mangrove forest and Papua became a third contributor to the mangrove area. Maybe we only know the mangroves only as a barrier of sea waves, but other than that, the forest is also a need for food for the people of Papua, and many herbal medicines which are abundant in this mangrove forest.

To go to Cendrawasih Bay Marine National Park, you can use the plane to fly to Manokwari or Nabire. From these locations, continue along the 95 kilometer journey by boat motors.

If all this the underwater beauty of the famous Derawan Islands and Raja Ampat Islands, try a visit to the northern island of Java. There, there Karimunjawa that offers the beauty of the underwater park.


Karimunjawa including the beautiful islands in Indonesia located in Jepara region. Karimunjawa included in the district of Jepara, Central Java, which is on the north coast of Java. Karimunjawa local circumstances is a low-lying white sandy beach and also located between the larger islands in Indonesia. This resulted in a tidal wave Karimunjawa not so high as in the southern ocean, so it is safe to visit. In the middle the waters of Karimunjawa there are many coral reefs that appear on the surface so we can see directly from the boat. These islands have also been designated as National Parks. White sand and clear water is a sight that you'll enjoy. Natural atmosphere, beautiful and quiet still be felt and will make you feel welcome to linger here.

Karimun derived from Java language is kremun which means fuzzy or vague. Given the name because the island is faintly visible from island of Java, which caused the location is quite far from the island of Java. For reach the Karimunjawa takes about 4 to 6 hours from mainland island of Java by using the Quick Ship from Semarang or Jepara. It is suitable to its name, because it spends a long time to arrive on the island.

Karimunjawa is the perfect resting place for those who want to escape the daily routine is grueling. The islands, marine parks, and Karimunjawa beaches has very beautiful scenery, with shallow waters (depths between 15 to 40 meters) and the crystal clear sea water, making the tourists can see the beauty of the underwater Karimunjawa Beach clearly from the surface.

Beautiful Island Karimunjawa make a lot of people who called VIRGIN JAVA, because its waters are very clear, no pollution, very beautiful, some even like to say throw the needles in the waters of this Karimunjawa will find it easily. Nothing wrong with taking the time to vacation in this beautiful island, enjoy the beautiful scenery Karimunjawa island, the underwater world is fascinating, and friendly locals.

Besides enjoying the beautiful beaches, you can also perform various other activities here, such as diving, snorkeling, and for those who want to test your nerve you can visit the pool shark in captivity here, as well as swim with the wild fish. For those of you who can not swim, do not worry. Because this resort also has a glass bottom boat, so you can still enjoy the beauty beneath the sea, although from the ship.

The best time to visit Karimunjawa is May to October every year. Entering the month of November should avoid visits to the island, due to bad weather and high waves will make it difficult journey.

Bali, one of the destinations that was never bored for a visit. In addition to its beautiful natural scenery, Bali is also famous for its unique culture and customs that can not be found in other tourist destinations.

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Bali can be performed in a modern without compromising the tradition that is usually attached. It is associated with changes in the market who want a taste of the elements and the technological advances of modern lifestyle more highlighted

Technological developments allow a person no longer need to carry a variety of tools to do various things. At first, a phone that has this capability. With only carry one mobile phone, users can call, send text messages, listen to radio, music, to take pictures. Later, the phone can also play videos and can even be used for internet browsing and watching television.

Now all that ability to move into the tablet, with the excess, the tablet has a screen larger than a mobile phone. Tablet now has many capabilities that can make users no longer have to carry lots of devices to do many things.

This time, we will try to use Microsoft Surface Tablet, a powerful tablet produced by Microsoft. Surface will come in two flavors: Windows Surface with RT and Surface Pro with Windows 8 Pro. RT is the Windows version of Windows designed for ARM processors 8; it includes the new touch-friendly Metro-style interface, as well as a limited version of the traditional Windows desktop for running Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.

You can browse the Internet using a standard browser that is installed on Microsoft Surface Tablet. You can also download another browser such as Opera Mini. For some social networking, you do not need a browser to access the website, but can be directly from the application. Facebook applications, Twitter, TweetDeck, LinkedIn, Yahoo Messenger you can download, to complement your experience using the Microsoft Surface tablet.

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Holiday has been designed as a scene from the days of evil work. After a busy winter and spring, summer vacation is the most looked after and you are going through with the family.

Before you plan to claim a further summer adventures to some exotic location or spend a lot of money on cruises traveling to remote areas, let's plan for the future.


Summer vacation travel need not be expensive. Check the following options for your own dream trip of a lifetime summer can be realized.

Check the online agent. If you are planning a special, look for an online agency that offers a variety of summer trips that cater to your taste. Not only they will take care of travel and accommodation, they will also plan activities that you can do during your stay such as tours, pilgrimages and other activities in accordance with your wishes.

Consider affordable accommodation. Many people choose to cruise ships because they have been providing transportation and accommodation costs in the long run. However, if traveling on the sea makes you uncomfortable, consider other options. You can also ask your friends to rent or lend their house near your vacation destination.

Take advantage of discounts. Discounts are often offered is largely based on the number of people in groups, or they can be based on specific age groups such as children or senior citizens. Discounts offered for multiple membership subscriptions or when you qualify for their current promotions. This often translates into a saving big bucks.

Visit when the peak season. This means you should be satisfied with less than perfect weather, but it will not prevent you from enjoying activities that are typically offered in most of the room. Or, you can also choose to travel before or after peak season. You get the weather you will miss, but in a more quiet place.

Into account the trip. Buying a bus pass instead of renting a car. Most countries have a reliable transport system, and you also get to immerse yourself in local culture. It's also good to fly to the site during the work day, as there will be fewer passengers during that time. Less crowded airport means getting a better service than any other time.

It is estimated that there will be cheaper summer travel package is available now than ever before. The tourism industry will ensure that your summer will be fun for you and your loved ones without put loads on the wallet.