Bunaken

National Park Bunaken

is a marine park that located at
the northern tip of the island of
Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia.
Scuba diving attracts many
visitors to the island.

Bunaken National Park

extends over an area of
890.65 km² of which only 3% is
terrestrial, including Bunaken Island, as well as the islands of Manado Tua,
Mantehage, Nain and Siladen. The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are
up to 1,566 m deep in Manado Bay, with temperatures ranging between 27 to 29
°C. It has a high diversity of - corals, fish, echinoderms or sponges. There are
390 species of corals there. The species of Alga you can see there are Caulerpa,
Halimeda, and Padina. Whereas the species of seaweed there are Thalassia
hemprichii, Enhallus acoroides, and Thalassaodendron ciliatum. Bunaken also
has a lot species of fish, marine
mammals, reptile, bird, mollusca and
mangrove.There are 90 species of fish
ath this water area.

This island has Arecaceae, sago,

woka, silar and coconut. Besides that,
Bunaken also has species of animal
that live in the land, like deer and
cuscus. Mangrove forest in this park
become habitats for crabs, lobsters, mollusca, and seabirds.

There are 22 villages on this area, with 35.000 populations. A lot of them
work as afisherman, or coconut farmers, etc. Meanwhile, the others work as a
guide, helmsman, or work in cottege.