Showing posts with label Archipelago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archipelago. Show all posts

Blood Lakes in Inland of Bengkulu Indonesia

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This lake had horrendous local residents because of its unusual. Yes, Pagaralam Lake have red blood.

Pagaralam lake situated around the hills of Raje Mandare, the border between the Pagaralam City and Kaur, Bengkulu province. The uniqueness of this lake because the water surface as red as blood.

Lake was discovered by local residents in 2010, when a group of people on an expedition into the forest and Rimbacandi hills. Surprisingly, although outside the red  color as blood, when the water is removed as usual. At night this lake location aromatic pandan.

In this place there are endangered species such as the giant centipede measuring 30 cm wide and 50 cm long, giant birds, and buffalo ears filled with honeycomb. And more amazingly, the average tame animals in this place.

To get to this place, it would take less than 1 day trip from the city center. Because the path to its location is still not touched by the hand of government.

Top lakes in Asia, Seven Mountains Lake

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Sumatra Island still save a lot of tourist sites and no doubt hidden beauty. One of them is Seven Mountain Lake in Jambi Province, precisely in Kerinci district.

This lake is part of the National Park Kerinci Seblat, and the highest Caldera lake is the highest lake in Southeast Asia. The height of this lake reaches 1950 meters.

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Named Seven Mountain Lake because there are seven mountain peaks that surround it, among other things, that Kerinci Mount, Upper Tebo Mount (2525 m asl), Hulu Sangir Mount (2330 meters above sea level), Mandura Iron Mountain (2418 m asl), Basil Mount (2,230 m asl), Jar Bake Mount (2469 meters above sea level), and Seven Mount (2732 m asl) is the highest peak.

Natural conditions of Seven Mountains Lakes are still very natural because dense unspoiled tourist visits. Natural atmosphere here is so soothing with beautiful panorama and natural lake water was so clear. At some point in the lake, there are membentar resemble sand beach, home to tourist camp while waiting for sunrise.

In around of Seven Mountain Lake is living different types of flora and fauna typical of Sumatra, such as Sumatran tigers, gibbons, sun bears, many species of birds are also a variety of orchid species and semar bag. Not far from the lake, there are other natural scenery can also be enjoyed, namely Mount Seven Falls, with a height of 100 meters.

To achieve the Seven Mountain Lakes, can be initiated from Jambi City to River City for 10 hours with full public transport, then go to the Pelompek village 50 kilometers and takes about 1.5 hours. From Pelompek village to Seven Mountain Lake only need to walk for 2.5 hours.

Wonderful Archipelago of Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia


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Wonderful, Amazing ..... that's the right word to express the beauty of Raja Ampat Islands in Papua, Indonesia.




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Raja Ampat Islands is a series of islands consisting of Waigeo Island, Misool Island, Salawati Island, and Batanta Island. In Raja Ampat Regency, there were 88 villages and 10 districts, which is the area expansion Sorong Regency. The total area of ​​Raja Ampat Regency reach ± ​​46,000 km2. A total of 6000 km2 is land, remaining 85% is sea. Wow! Approximately there are 610 islands, only about 35 inhabited islands. The rest has not been inhabited, but already have a name, but there are also some who do not yet have a name.


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The archipelago is now a destination for divers to explore the beauty of the underwater world.

Raja Ampat is the King of Coral Reefs. Research in 2001 - 2002 reported there were more than 540 hard coral species (75% of the total species in the world), more than 1,000 species of reef fish, 700 species of molluscs, as well as the highest note for gonodactyloid stomatopod crustaceans. Means 75% of the world's coral species in Raja Ampat.

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Unique species that can be found at the time of diving is some kind of pigmy sea horse or Mini Sea Horse, Wobbegong and Manta Ray. In Raja Ampat also endemic fish, namely Eviota King, which is a kind of fish gobbie. At Manta Point supernal Arborek Dampier strait, the divers can dive in the company of some tail Manta Ray is benign. If you dive at Cape Kri or Chicken Reef, divers can be surrounded by thousands of fish, sometimes surrounded by a collection of tuna fish, giant trevallies and snappers. But a thrilling if surrounded by a collection of barracuda fish, although in fact it's relatively harmless. Reef sharks are also frequently seen, and with luck we can also see the turtle is still eating sponge or swim. In some places like in Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo also seen Dugong or sea cow.


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