The northern region is a land of white sandy beaches, mountains, highland lakes and volcanoes, towered by Mount Klabat. Its main attraction is undoubtedly the famous Bunaken Marine Reserve. A low crescent-shaped coral island ringed by a steep fringing reef, Bunaken offers white sandy beaches, a dense population of fish, coral and deep underwater gullies and valleys. Read more…
Sulawesi is primarily known as the home of the highland Torajans and the sea-faring Buginese who are also formidable shipbuilders and were known to have reached North Australia, Madagascar and even as far away as Cape Town, South Africa in their traditional schooners called ‘phinisiq’. Read more…
Central Sulawesi also offers spectacular diving and snorkeling opportunities. Large reefs around the Banggai Archipelago support a tremendous variety of marine life, such as hard and soft coral, reef sharks and turtles, schools of jackfish, tunas and other species. It is also the habitat of the endemic ornamental fish called the ‘Banggai Cardinal Fish’. Read more…
Tana Toraja is located in the rugged mountains and fertile plateaus of South Central Sulawesi. The Toraja people still retain their ancestral belief of aluk to dolo. Extended families live in a series of houses called ‘tongkonan’. The roofs of ‘tongkonan’ rise at both ends like the bow and stern of a ship. Read more…
The Sangihe Archipelago is a chain of volcanic islands off the north east peninsula of North Sulawesi. Consisting of about forty volcanic islands some of which are over 1,500 metres high, the archipelago’s waters are some of deepest in the world and deep-water currents bring plankton and nutrients from the deep. Read more…
Rising from the depths of the Banda Sea, the main islands of Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomea, Binongki – WaKaToBi – dish up large portions of all the world’s reef types – fringing, atoll and barrier – and are served with lashings of healthy corals and dense schools of fish. Being a national park, fishing is strictly limited and the reefs are protected, meaning plenty of action for you the diver. Read more…
