Wakatobi is the name of an archipelago located in an area of Sulawesi Tenggara (South East), Indonesia. The name Wakatobi is derived from the names of the main islands that form the archipelago: Wangiwangi Island, Kaledupa, Tomea, and Binongko. The group is part of a larger group called the Tukangbesi Islands. Wakatobi is also one of the district in the province of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The capital of this district is located at Wangi-Wangi, the total area is 823 km ² and in 2003 the total population 91 497 inhabitants, the population consisted of 44.843 men and women 46.654 inhabitants.The archipelago, located in the biodiverse hotspot known as Wallacea. It is part of the Wakatobi National Park.Positioned at the heart of the Indo Pacific area where marine biodiversity is at its greatest, diving is truly fantastic.
Wakatobi is unlimited world-class reef diving because the park encompasses stunning coral reefs, white sand beaches and an amazing wealth of whales and dolphins
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From the shore of the resort, divers can explore the famous House Reef , just a few fine strokes from the waters edge. The thriving seagrass bed is interspersed with colourful soft corals, eels, and the occasional flounder can be seen skimming the beds. This shallow reef stretches a distance of 50m from the shoreline and has an abundant array of life, Blue-spotted Rays, Bigeye Jacks, Fangblennies and the rare Halameda Ghost Fish can all be seen on the swim to the drop off at 50m. Within the gully that leads to the drop off you can search for the as yet un-named species of Pygmy Seahorse often found on the spectacular seafans. When looking into the deeper water from this gully you can often sea both turtles and Eagle-rays gliding by and feeding from this nutrient-rich part of the sea.
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How to get there
To reach the Hoga Island can be reached via air and sea travel with several alternatives,
I: Kendari to Hoga Island via P. Wangi-Wangi (Wanci), with a timber ship that departed from the port Kendari twice a week. Travel time + / - 15 hours.
II: Kendari to Bau-Bau (Buton) through Raha (Muna) speed boat (+ / - 4 hours) followed by a boat ride to Wanci with timber ships (+ / - 3 hours) or speed boat charters (+ / - 4 hours straight to P. Hoga).
III: From Makassar ordinary or regular aircraft charter aircraft, directly to the airport Wakatobi, namely Matahora airport in Kota Wangi-Wangi, which was inaugurated by the Minister of Transportation in the year 2009. We can also fly from Makassar to Kendari first with the usual regular plane, and then continue by boat to follow the instructions mention in Track I or Track II, as described above. Currently there are at least three airlines to the region, namely Lion Air, Express Air and Susi Air
