Derawan Island is located in Derawan Islands, Berau, East Kalimantan. The sand beach has a slope of about 7 ° - 11 ° 13.5 20 meters wide.
In the surrounding, it has a marine park and is renowned as a tourist submarine (diving) with a depth of about five meters. There are various types of marine life here, including the squid (cuttlefish), lobster, ghostpipe fish, octopus (bluering octopus), nudibranch, seahorse (seahorse), eels band (band Eels) and scorpionfishes.
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| near the beach |
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| fishing boat |
The Terrains at Derawan are varied-from walls and fringing reef to caverns. Big green turtles (chelonia mydas), white tip leopard and nurse sharks, schooling barracudas, napoleon wrasses, cuttle fish, Spanish mackerel, jacks and bat fishes, and ornamental reef fishes hang out in record densities and diversity.
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| non stinging jellyfish |
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| Little Turtle |
the water on the Derawan Island indeed very clear. Of course, if we sit on the edge of the bridge that leads into the sea, seen milling about with a tame turtle, swimming around the bridge. There was even a fight. Clear sea like a swimming pool that is transparent, giving a joy in the eyes that we can see.
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| turtle in the shallow sea |
Apart from the stunning marine life of coral reefs with pure and undisturbed. Here there are thousands and thousands of species of animals ranging from fish, sea turtles. The last is one of the main attractions of this island. If you have a time to dive or float on the surface of a clean beach with snorkeling or floating over the coral reef on the Derawan island, you can definitely find a turtle that wandered around you that quite tame. In addition, if we dive in the deeper sea, we will meet with the barracuda fish, ornamental fish, and thousands of reef fish in the sea beside the mazy depths.
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| near the cottage |
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| white sand and a beautiful climate |
There's even a study from tropical museum Queensland, Australia, stating that there are more than 50 types of Arcropora (marine animal) in one coral reef on the water near the island. No wonder this place also known outside this country and quite popular among professional and amateur divers. Turtles can be seen almost every night and they usually go to the grounds and lay eggs next to the cottage, or not far from the port in the derawan island.
How To Get There
It's very easy to reach this beautiful island. You can fly for about three hours by plane to Balikpapan from Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta or Bali. From Balikpapan, you still have to fly to Cape Redeb by using Kal Star plane, Deraya or DAS for about 1 hour. Additionally, Cape Redeb can also be reached by sea, using boat from Samarinda or Tarakan to Tanjung Redeb and followed by renting a motor boat..
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| White Sand |
