North Sulawesi is a part of Indonesia that is often, unfairly overlooked.
Perched at the top of that crazy-shaped island east of Borneo is something of a diving mecca.
To converts, it is the kind of place you can return to year after year knowing that boredom won’t set in, such are its diverse charms.
Here we list ten good reasons to dive North Sulawesi:
- Many have visited Bali and Komodo. Go somewhere different.
- It is easy to get to. There are direct short flights from Singapore, Jakarta and Bali
- With both the Bunaken National Marine Park and nearby Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi can promise excellent walls and coral reefs as well as world-class muck diving.
- There are at least 58 different genera and sub-genera of corals and over 2000 fish species in Bunaken marine park. In addition to its huge biodiversity, Bunaken is also a place where rare and endangered animals can be found such as coelacanths, dugongs, whales, dolphins and turtles.
- You can treat yourself to encounters in Lembeh with such incredible muck-diving critters as pegasus, stargazers, blue-ringed octopus, mimic octopus and flamboyant cuttlefish.
- Night dives in Lembeh will blow your mind!
- You will be contributing to environmental programmes by paying the Bunaken park fee and Lembeh dive permit.
- You can choose between an excellent range of well-located resorts or liveaboard cruises suitable for various budgets.
- North Sulawesi has non-diving activities such as tarsier-spotting in the Tangkoko National Park among other things to do.
- There are often great savings on offer. See below for the current ones.
Why not treat yourself to a holiday at this must-visit dive destination, and save money too?
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