AYER ISLAND, A PEARL OF SERIBU ARCHIPELAGO

About 20 minutes by speed boat from Jakarta Bay, we can enjoy how shiny this pearl! This island 5,8 hectare areas, located in front of Bidadari Island. This island has many facilities, thee are many luxurious cottage, instead there are float cottage and the Indonesian Heritage, Soekarno(Our first president)’s villa also on there.(Can you believe that?). On this island also has many water sport facilities, there are wave runner, jet ski, water ski, wind surfing, banana boat and canoeing. This island also serve diving agenda with the destination is Kotok Island. Other that, many entertainment in this island there are coffee shop, bar, restaurant, dichotic and Culinary spot. This Culinary spot has many food serve, Indonesian food, Chinese food or Europe food. Enjoy your dinner, you will listen melodious music that you order to the singer. So why not enjoy this one Jakarta!

Panorama of Ayer Island

Seribu Archipelago Map

BUKIT BANGKIRAI, jungle is our heart

Bukit Bangkirai is located 58 km north-west of Balikpapan. Here, we can enter the dense of tropical rain forest. Even though there are many wild life potentials in it, we are hardly to see them in instance.

The main attraction here is the Canopy Bridge which is very famous in East Borneo. It was originally built for biological study of the ecosystem in the canopy of the tropical rain forest. However, it is popular for public to sight-seeing the beauty of tropical rain forest from 30 m / 90 ft above the ground.

You have to walk into the forest trails to get there. Some people see the trails are hard to trek, but you can walk within 15 to 30 minutes to get to The Canopy Bridge (Jembatan Tajuk) . This Bridge on this place that the longness 64 meters that hang and connect 5 big tree that the highness 30 meters. This bridge is the first biggest bridge of Indonesia, second of Asia, and the Eighth of the World. And you will need about 1-2 hours to complete the entire trails and enjoying the dense of tropical rain forest along side the trail.

There are wooden cottages for anyone who like stay over night and enjoying how to spend a night in a tropical rain forest or just camping outside at the camping ground.

For the detail information, you may contact about Bukit Bangkirai and the canopy bridge here : PT. Inhutani I Balikpapan or all them at (62 542) 36066

Canopy Bridge

Bangkirai tree

Bukit Bangkirai map (Tourism map of East Kalimantan)

BUNAKEN OR RAJA AMPAT?

BUNAKEN
Bunaken are located on Manado, the capital city of North Sulawesi, in this city we could enjoy many species of fish and the other sea biota. For the unique souvenir you can visit Pasar 45 and BW Lapian street, if you want Manado’s food, you can visit the edge of Bunaken sea. So, let’s us on ”World Ocean Conference” in 2009 and ”Manado, World Tourism City 2010”. There one statue that make you so amaze, that is “Patung Yesus Memberkati”, this statue are second biggest statue in the World after Christ the Redeemer in Rio De Janeiro.

Bunake sea habitats

Jesus Memberkati Statue
Map of Manado

RAJA AMPAT

Raja Ampat casts a spell on all who visit – scientists, photographers, novice divers and crusty sea-salts alike. This group of majestic islands, located in the northwestern tip of Indonesia’s Papuan “Bird’s Head Seascape,” lies in the heart of the coral triangle, the most bio-diverse marine region on earth.

As stunningly beautiful above water as it is below, Raja Ampat (which literally translates as “The Four Kings”) has a startling diversity of habitats to explore. Each of these – from the stark wave-pounded slopes that drop away beneath the karst cliffs of Wayag and Uranie to the deep, nutrient-rich bays of Mayalibit, Kabui and Aljui to the “blue water mangrove” channels of Kofiau and Gam to the plankton-rich upwelling areas of Misool and the Dampier Strait – are home to unique assemblages of species that, when taken together, add to produce the most impressive species lists ever compiled for a coral reef system of this size. Marine tourism, as a sustainable alternative to overfishing, mining, and logging, has the potential to play a key role in the conservation of Raja Ampat’s spectacular underwater realm, while also creating real benefits for the local communities. This website was designed as part of a larger effort to support the growth of sustainable marine tourism in Raja Ampat and the conservation of these magical islands. Please explore this site to find information on breathtaking diving opportunities, travel logistics, Raja Ampat’s new tourism entrance fee (which directly supports conservation and community development), and the tremendous conservation effort taking place in Raja Ampat.

INDONESIA, MORE THAN THE OTHER COUNTRIES

Many surplus thing in Indonesia than the other countries, there are:
1. Indonesia has best and unique coffee in the world. That is Kopi Luwak (Civet Coffee, the special is the making of Kopi Luwak, we need Civets to choose where the good coffee seed to product a good coffee too. And Civet’s chooses are right, and the result still you feel. Nice, sweet, and delicious aren’t they?
2. Indonesia has best tea in the world too. That is Teh Jawa (Java Tea),many Polish make this tea to be a daily drink.
3. Indonesia is on number 1 for cengkeh (cloves) & pala(nutmeg) production, and on 2nd rank to karet (Natural Rubber) production by exporter rank in the World.
4. Indonesia has biggest coral area of the world, the percentage is 18% coral reef in the world. And Indonesia has much shark populates, there are 150 species.
5. Indonesia has biggest Bakau Forest (Mangrove) in the world
6. Indonesia has many languages there are 726 languages.Indonesia has 2nd rank after Papua New Guinea