Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 |
The Paradise Island of Bali is known as one of the most beautiful and enchanting island in the world. It is also the most popular diving destination in Indonesia. Bali offers excellent scuba diving at many different dive sites to sea adventurers. professional divers and diving enthusiasts. From the clear waters and steep walls in Menjangan and strange critters in Gilimanuk to the famous world war II wreck in Tulamben, and the fierce currents and cold waters in Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida. Dive sites are easily reached, visibility is usually good and the corals and fishlife very diverse. Tourist and visitors find the attraction of good shore-based diving set against a magnificent view of volcanoes and picturesque rice paddy terraces, simply irresistible.
Bali is one of the best and famous wreck diving in the world. The greatest feature of scuba diving in Bali is the rich and varies dites. Dive sites in Bali has deep drop-offs and step banks. It has also beautiful and amazing coral ridges abd bommies. You can see magnificent volcanic outcrops and seagrass beds. Diving sites in Bali is very rich in underwater marine life with lots of exotic fishes to see.
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008 |
The Islands of Sipadan is one of the world’s top dive destinations with world class beaches. Sipadan Island is also named as “The Best Shore Dives in the World”. The island of Sipadan was once declared as a bird sanctuary that it gives natural attraction to tourist and visitors. There are 47 known species of that can be found in Sipadan Island.
Since Sipadan Island is famous for its diving spots, this island is the home of Barracudas, Jacks and Hammerhead sharks that is patrolling the waters. The island is also rich in multi-colored reef fish. Divers and adventurers can also experience dozens of sea turtles swimming peacefully everywhere.
Sipadan Island is an island that is surrounded by white sand beaches and turquoise-blue sea. This island is 12 hectares and is jungle-covered and was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct undersea volcano. With its surrounding coral reef the island rises in form of a slim rocky needle 600m from the seabed. The island has spectacular amazing beaches that tourist and visitors should not miss out.
During low tide you can easily walk around the island for half an hour and only part of the beach near the Pulau Sipadan Resort is suitable for snorkeling, diving and swimming and you can only see the the corals of the atoll. During high tide the whole atoll offers excellent snorkeling and swimming opportunities.
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