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	Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
		The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are extremely deep (1566 m in Manado Bay), clear (up to 35-40 m visibility), refreshing in temperature (27-29 C) and harbor some of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world.
		This is particularly true on the south side of the crescent-shaped Bunaken Island, lying in the heart of the park.
		Scientists studying Bunaken’s reefs have documented an 11.3% increase in live coral cover between January 2001 and September 2002 on Bunaken Island alone — almost unheard of in a time when environmentalists around the world are sounding the death knell for many of the world’s reefs.
	www.north-sulawesi.org /bunaken.html (1947 words)

	Bunaken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bunaken is located at the north of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
		The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are extremely deep (1566 m in Manado Bay), clear (up to 35-40 m visibility), refreshing in temperature (27 to 29 °C) and harbor some of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world.
		This is particularly true on the south side of the crescent-shaped Bunaken Island, lying in the heart of the park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bunaken (700 words)

	Skip's Underwater Image Gallery > Bunaken Island
		The marine life around Bunaken is impressive in its abundance and diversity during the day but by night it is something else again.
		Not too far from Bunaken, depths reach several kilometres and as might be expected, at the edge of reefs fringing the islands the bottom drops abruptly in starting on its way to these abyssal depths.
		Fresh water on Bunaken has to be brought to the island from elsewhere and is in short supply.
	www.ianskipworth.com /suig/bunaken.html (1556 words)

	Bunaken travel guide - Wikitravel
		Bunaken National Marine Park is off the coast of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
		Bunaken is one of Indonesia's most famous dive areas, and it draws scuba divers from all over the world.
		Tourism on Bunaken has been very much geared towards divers over the years, but the trend seems to be changing and more and more snorkelers are visiting the area as too are those who wish to just relax immersed in nature...away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
	wikitravel.org /en/Bunaken (1063 words)

	print version of diving in the Bunaken National Marine Park (Bunaken, Siladen, Nain, Montehage) Indonesia (Zubi)
		The Bunaken National Marine Park lies in the Bay of Manado in the north of Sulawesi.
		Bunaken island is the centerpiece of the national park but there is good diving also at Manado Tua (the volcanic island), Siladen, Montehage and Nain.
		Bunaken island has many dive sites, but all are similar in that they are very deep and feature steep walls of coral, pocketed with small caves and everything is nicely covered.
	www.starfish.ch /dive/print/Bunaken-print.html (2007 words)

	Bunaken island. Information about Diving Centers and Resorts on Bunaken island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BUNAKEN is the world class wall diving in Manado/Bunaken - North Sulawesi - Indonesia.
		The popular Manado (Bunaken) region is a possibility year-round but seas are often rough from November to April due to the NW Monsoon.
		There are at least 58 different genera and sub genera of corals in the park and an estimate 2,000 species of fish are found in the park.
	www.visit-manado.com /scuba-bunaken.php (295 words)

	EcoReefs® Demonstration - Bunaken National Park
		In October 2001, EcoReef® modules were deployed in Bunaken National Park (N. Sulawesi, Indonesia) to evaluate fish and coral colonization rates.
		Bunaken is one of the world's premier dive destinations, and has an active coral reef conservation community that includes dive operators, villagers, fishers, park rangers and marine police.
		One branching transplant in particular appears to be rapidly overgrowing the module it is attached to.
	www.ecoreefs.com /bunaken.shtml (1546 words)

	MarineBio.org Blog » More on Indonesia Expedition 2006 - the Management of Bunaken National Marine Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When we first got to Bunaken and paid the Bunaken National Marine Park entrance fee during registration with the dive resort, I wondered what the fee was used for.
		Bunaken is also notorious for the coelacanth found there in 1998.
		The Bunaken National Marine Park was established in 1991 to preserve its valuable resources and to regulate problems such as dynamite and cyanide fishing and and other illegal activities such as mangrove cutting for wood and charcoal and capture of endangered wildlife such reef fishes, turtles, and dugongs.
	marinebio.org /blog/?p=68 (831 words)

	Bunaken National Park , Sulawesi Indonesia
		Bunaken National Park is Marine Park with the most various species in the world.
		The fascination under water life in water territory of this a real Bunaken national park varieties, specific, on unique, and exotic, make this area as the beautiful North Sulawesi tourism and grow as one of famous marine park tourism object in the world.
		The drop off wall at Liang Cave in particular is rare in the world and described by enthusiasts as spectacular with caves, gullies and caverns harboring an immense wealth of marine life.
	www.indonesia-tourism.com /north-sulawesi/bunaken_national_park.html (269 words)

	Travel Bunaken, Indonesia
		Bunaken and its surrounding islands belong probably to Sulawesi's top dive destinations.
		Bunaken village with the Christian church on the foreground.
		This is the popular drop off which is similar everywhere around Bunaken and the surrounding islands.
	home.planet.nl /~fortgent/Traveling/Indonesia/bunaken.htm (344 words)

	Bunaken & Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
		Bunaken and Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
		The Bunaken reef is a chain of over 40 five star dive spots.
		Bunaken is the standout favorite, with the highest density of schooling fish and the greatest probability to see larger species such as turtles, sharks, and napoleon wrasse.
	www.bluebanter-manado.com /bunaken.html (306 words)

	Safari Tours & Travel, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia: The Bunaken Entrance Fee
		Bunaken is a national park, protected since 1991 for its fantastic reefs and mangroves and outstanding biodiversity.
		The zones of Bunaken National Park include areas reserved specifically for conservation, for tourism, and for village use.
		As an honored guest to Bunaken, please respect the rules and especially the reefs of the park.
	www.manadosafaris.com /bunaken.html (611 words)

	Natural Resources Management News - Bunaken National Park
		Located next to the popular Fukui dive site in Bunaken National Park, this rehabilitation marked the second such installation globally, and was considered a tremendous success by villagers and dive operators alike.
		The 300 modules were assembled in record time earlier in the week by an enthusiastic group of Alung Banua villagers consisting of schoolchildren and their parents and members of the Bunaken Concerned Citizens Forum.
		This summer has been a very busy one for Bunaken National Park; entrance fee receipts show June and July to have hosted the highest monthly tourist arrivals for domestic (6034) and international (1141) guests, respectively, since records have been kept for the park.
	www.divenorthsulawesi.com /nrm_news.html (1561 words)

	Bunaken & Manado
		Bunaken is a protected marine park offering wall diving topped by spectacular coral reefs.
		Besides Bunaken Island itself, I also made visits to dive sites in the surrounding area at the island of Manado Tua and on the Sulawesi mainland.
		Bunaken Timur lies on the east coast of Bunaken Island, the same side as Two Fish Divers' resort.
	www.bubblevision.com /scuba-diving/Bunaken.htm (618 words)

	Diving in northern Sulawesi: Bunaken National Marine Park, Siladen, Nain, Montehage, Manado Tua - description of dive ...
		The dive sites at the mainland around Manado are also well worth a visit, lots of unusual critters to be found, and from Bunaken it is easy to go to the Bangka islands in the north for a day trip.
		Bunaken - Siladen - Manado Tua - Montehage - Nain - Mainland Manado
		Nain is an island in the north towards Bangka and is reached by boat in about 40 min from Bunaken.
	www.starfish.ch /dive/Bunaken.html (2395 words)

	Diving Bunaken. Dive with Ocean Star in North Sulawesi. Diving Bunaken / Dive Crew Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born in Manado and move down to Bunaken island since 1999.
		Novie is 27 year old now live in the village on Bunaken.
		He works before as a Dive Guide in 1995 to 2000 in other dive resort from manado and he move to Bunaken island with Ocean Star in January 2004.
	www.diving-in-bunaken.com /bunaken_dive_crew.html (357 words)

	Diving Bunaken Island - Diving Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia with Bunaken Divers Sea Breeze Dive Resort and Live Aboard ...
		Bunaken Divers is a PADI dive resort (S-6388) specializing in scuba diving adventures in Bunaken Island, Manado North Sulawesi - Indonesia.
		The Bunaken - Manado Tua National Marine Park geographically located in Indo Pacific region and holds the richest marine diversity on the planet, where the Bunaken island is considered to be one of the top diving destinations.
		Bunaken island received some publicity when the marine biologist Dr. Mark Erdmann found a living Coelacanth here, a specie of fish some 60 million years old and have never been seen before.
	www.bunakendivers.com (358 words)

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		The 800-hectare Pulau Bunaken has about 2000 students, most living in Bunaken village at the southern tip, and is smaller settlements at Tanjung Parigi and Alung Banua.
		The boatmen say there are no sharks in the waters around Bunaken, but sharks have been reported at the neighboring islands of Manado Tua and Mantehage, and at Bitung.
		Fishing boats leave Bunaken village to take their catch to Manado around 1 PM, and are sometimes happy for passengers to tag along.
	www.geocities.com /kepulauan/northsulawesi/bunaken.htm (1260 words)

	Lorenso Cottages - Divers & Snorkelers home in Bunaken Marine Park, North Sulawesi - Indonesia
		Bunaken National Marine Park boasts some of the world’s most spectacular and accessible coral drop-offs, caves and valleys, full of brightly coloured sponges and fish.
		The wildly varied shapes and colours of the fringing coral off Pulau Bunaken have become and international diving and snorkeling attraction.
		Lorenso Cottages’ home reef which is known as spot ‘Bunaken Timur’ is one of the most celebrated diving and snorkeling spots within the marine park.
	www.lorenso-bunaken.com (441 words)

	Diving Bunaken - Dive Sites of Indonesia
		The island of Bunaken in the Bunaken National Park is rated in the top ten best diving destinations on the planet.
		The Park and islands are situated in Manado Bay and consist of five islands; Bunaken, Siladen, Manado Tua, Montehage and Nain.
		Bunaken can be dived year round but the best time is between April and November, and the islands are around 30 to 60 minutes from Manado.
	www.sunrise-divers.com /divesites/bunaken_sulawesi_indonesia.php (242 words)

	Seacology - Indonesia Bunaken Island project
		Bunaken Island, the "crown jewel" of Bunaken National Park, encompasses approximately 1,300 hectares (five square miles) of land and reef and is home to over 3,000 native fishers-farmers.
		In order to balance the diverse demands of fishing, dive tourism and biodiversity preservation, the Bunaken Concerned Citizen's Forum has worked with the Bunaken National Park Office to undertake a local-managed marine conservation plan including no-take zones and areas where only traditional (non-destructive) fishing techniques are allowed.
		Construction of the dock is underway and is expected to be completed by late November.
	www.seacology.org /projects/individualprojects/INDON_bunaken2002.htm (272 words)

	Indonesia Diving trips, Bunaken Islands, Manado Bay (North Sulawesi) and surrounding islands
		Most diving around the Bunaken Sea Garden is shore based day dives, with transportation being provided by small open boats equipped with out-board motors.
		Bunaken is the centerpiece of this national reserve and, with careful observation, you could possibly see the majority of reef fish found in Indonesia.
		Montehage is a large flat island north of Bunaken.
	www.adventureindonesia.com /dive-bunaken.htm (410 words)

	North Sulawesi, Indonesia Report featuring Manado, Lembeh, and Bangka
		After the muck diving of Lembeh, most striking and satisfying for me is Bunaken's beautiful blue water, visibility often well in excess of 100 feet, and the large schools of fishes.
		The Bunaken dive guides are now equally as adept as those of Lembeh, and able to show many of the same exotic creatures to be found in nearby Lembeh Strait.
		Bunaken too has immense biodiversity, including pygmy seahorses, ornate ghost pipefish, orangutan crabs, devilfish, ribbon eels and the like, all with the background of a healthy coral reef.
	www.divetrip.com /manadorpt.htm (2465 words)

	Bunaken Scuba Diving Information from Eco Divers Manado
		Most of the reefs of the Bunaken National Marine Park are rich and unspoilt, with pristine and abundant soft coral and fish life in huge concentration.
		The Bunaken National Marine Park consists of five islands: Bunaken, Manado Tua, Nain, Montehage, and Siladen, as well as a part of the North Sulawesi mainland.
		Diving in and around Bunaken is mostly wall diving and drift diving, but also includes several beautiful coral slopes.
	www.eco-divers.com /diving_bunaken.html (573 words)

	Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi - National Park, diving centers, accommodation, NSWA
		The most upmarket resort within the boundaries of the Bunaken National Park is Siladen Resort and Spa which started operations in 2003.
		The public boats from Manado to Bunaken are leaving daily around 2 p.m (depending on tide), except Sundays, from Pasar Jengki near Manado harbour.
		Living Colours Diving Bunaken: Dive center and resort on the eastern side of Bunaken; idyllic location, nice and professional team, relaxed atmosphere, good food.
	www.sulawesi-info.com /bunaken.php (1794 words)

	Celebes Divers - Diving in Manado, Bunaken, Lembeh
		Bunaken Islands are surrounded by a fringing reef which is composed of a narrow reef shelf which then descends, sometimes vertically, to the external reef.
		All dives in Bunaken are done on the external reef, along the vertical walls.
		A mild current is almost always present (but seldom extremely strong): usually, the diving group follows the current along the reef slope and the diving boat picks you up at the exit.
	www.kudalaut.com /uk/dives.htm (210 words)

	Dive Sites - Bunaken Manado Tua National Marine Park - Bunaken Divers - Sea Breeze Dive Resort and Live Aboard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bunaken Island, Siladen Island, Nain Island, Mantehage Island, Manado Tua Island and around Manado.
		Celah Celah: In the crook of the reef along the south site, the soft and hard corals growth good, many fishes like butterfly fishes, surgeonfish's, parrotfish's and also Napoleon wrasses.
		The wreck is very interesting and nice, but because the wreck lies very near by the city of Manado, the visibility sometimes is lousy.
	www.bunakendivers.com /dive_site_en.html (896 words)

	Living Colours Diving Manado/Bunaken - dive with us in North Sulawesi
		Living Colours Dive Resort on Bunaken Island, Manado, North Sulawesi, is a small idyllic resort with a professional dive centre.
		Bunaken lies in the epicentre of the world’s marine biodiversity, and thus supports an amazing variety of marine animals.
		Bunaken and Manado Bay is a favourite place among underwater photographers from all over the world because of the superb opportunities for both macro and wide-angle photography.
	www.livingcoloursdiving.com (538 words)

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