Wakatobi Islands, the Finest Diving Site in the World

Underwater tourism is a tour activity that developed well in Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi. Supported by National Sea Park of Wakatobi Islands, Wakatobi become a famous place for underwater tourism in the world. Superiority of this place caused by vast expanse of coral along the coast with complete underwater topography, like slope shape, flat shape, drop-off, atoll and underwater cave with multifarious water biota.

Wakatobi Dive Resort was about 600 km2. Depth of water is highly varied; the deepest is 1.044 meters with sandy waters and several of coral. Specifically, Sea Park of Wakatobi Islands has more or less about 25 different coral with 750 species of living thing. By virtue of this fact, Wakatobi become a place where is very comfortable to making activity like diving and snorkeling. Even Jacques Costeau, a dive journalist call Wakatobi is the finest diving site in the world.

Wakatobi Dive Resort situated on a beautiful tropical island in the remote place and peaceful Wakatobi archipelago in the Banda Sea, Wakatobi Dive Resort offers what many consider to be the best reef diving in the world. Wkatobi Dive Resort has a beautiful coast and. Wakatobi Dive Resort prepares an international diving that supported by spectacular coral and easy of access to go to dive resort where variety of marine biology that living in. Safety and visitor’s pleasure when making dive activity was secured. Every visitor can enjoy their vacation in Wakatobi Dive Resort.

Wakatobi Dive Resort has trained staff and knowledgeable in diving. Wakatobi Dive Resort also keeps a place for the visitors to eat seafood or other international cuisine. Other facility also available here, likes nonstop internet access. So, all of it make Wakatobi Dive Resort serve the visitors with international standardization.

Other than underwater tourism, here also there culture tourism. Several of archaeological history, social and cultural is very unique among the people around. So, the people culture around Wakatobi has a marine anthropologist characteristic.

Wakatobi Dive Resort offers a whole new level of comfort and class not usually associated with a typical dive resort. In the beach villas and bungalows are spacious, tastefully decorated and offer all of the amenities you would expect in any fine resort

Not to be worry to get here, there is an airport around the Wakatobi Dive Resort in Tomia Island. Maranggo Airport in Tomia Island also connected from Tomia Island to Bali. It makes your destination become more easy and comfortable. Wakatobi Dive Resort is the finest diving site in the world. The visitors that want to enjoy their destination in Wakatobi Dive Resort can use the travel trade around. Wakatobi Dive Resort is already preparing the visitor’s diving equipment and guiding the visitors.

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Fresh Breeze in Ulun Danu Bedugul

Lake Beratan or Ulun Danu Beratan in Bedugul, Bali, is a good destination tour to refreshing yourself with fresh breeze and beautiful nature. Trip to this place pass the time about two hours from Kuta Beach. On a journey to Lake Beratan where the place is a destination tour that famous enough in Bali, visitors can stop in Pura Taman Ayun before arrive to Ulun Danu Beratan.

The lake is about 15.000 hectares. The ambience in Lake Beratan is so refrigerating. Visitors will be carried away and winsome with the beautiful scenery like the mountain range and the beautiful of nature around the lake. As always like other place in Bali, also there are some Balinese temples in the lake side.


For the visitors that want to cross the lake, is available colourous motor boat that prepared to carry the passenger cross the lake. In addition to the motor boat, visitors can also cross the lake by rent a speedboat. Lake Beratan water is very clear, until we can see the rocks under water. There are no people that go swimming to the lake. Because, the air in Ulun Danu Beratan too cool. So, it makes the visitors like out of the grilling hot of sun.

If our view directed to other side, then looked Mount Abang and Mount Batu Danu mounted behind the lake. A beautiful park with leafy trees situated in left side of the lake. Mahogany trees and pine in the park is so match for visitors to take shelter.

And if our view directed to behind the lake, from east-ward is situated several Balinese buildings that was home site and places where people sell their marketable goods.




Not only nature tourism, but also culinary tourism was there around the Lake Beratan. Several restaurant is ready to feting the visitors, are they domestic tourist or foreign tourist. There are so many places to have eating, begin at snack like fried food, grilled corn, boiled corn, and boiled peanut. Also prepare food like bakso (meat ball) and pecel (salad made of blanched vegetables served with peanut sauce) that the taste is delicious.

Around Ulun Danu Beratan also sell souvenirs that specific Bali character. In this place visitors can feel comfortable, because the seller is not aggressive to sell their marketing goods to visitors. The sellers are more sportive; because they are have each special place for selling. And almost all tourism places are properly arranged in Bali. Of course, the destination is not finished here, required a long time to enjoy all tourism where situated in Ulun Danu Beratan.

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Knowing Prambanan Temple Stories, the Biggest Hindu's Temple in Indonesia

Prambanan Temple is the biggest Hindu Temple in Indonesia. Height of the temple was about 47 meters. The temple was situated about 17 kilometers from Yogyakarta. Prambanan Temple square was built by the Kings of Sanjaya Dynasty in 9 of century. Prambanan Temple was temples square where the main temple was direct to East. As a whole, the temple was like a mount. A mount like figure in the wayang (puppet play) that symbolizing the Universe.

Hinduism followers believe that the temple was Trimurti, which comprise with God Brahma as the Almighty Creator, God Wisnu (Vishnu) as the Caretaker God, and God Siwa (Shiva) as the Vandal God. The main temple was Temple of God Siwa where situated in the centre of the temple, the temple where situated in South side was Temple of God Brahma, and the temple where situated in North side was Temple of God Wisnu. Temple of God Siwa was the main temple, and then may simply that Prambanan Temple was the Temple of God Siwa.


In front of the temple was situated the temples of Wahana or mount (riding animal) of each Gods. The temples also called as Trimurti Mount. Comprise with Temple of Nandi, Temple of Angkasa, and Temple of Garuda. Nandi is a buffalo that mounted by God Siwa. Angkasa is a swan mounted by God Brahma. And Garuda is an eagle that mounted by God Wisnu.

By finding the writings of Pikatan name on the temple, it makes an opinion that the temple was built by Rakai Pikatan and then finished by Rakai Balitung. It was building on the epigraph that has inscribing 856 after date in ancient Java writings. It was called “Prasasti Siwargraha” or “Ancient Inscription of Siwargraha” as a politic manifest to strengthen his position as a great king. Today “Prasasti Siwargraha” is saved in National Museum of Jakarta.

An epigraphist, J.G. de Casparis is success in analyze and discussed it. According to Casparis, there are three important things in the ancient inscription. That is; the language is the oldest example of the ancient inscription that wrote in ancient Java writings. And it was filled by the important history that happening in 9 of century. The history was about warfare among Balaputeradewa from Sailendra family versus Rakai Pikatan from Sanjaya family. Balaputeradewa was defeated by Rakai Pikatan and then Balaputeradewa run away to Sumatera Island. The consolidation of Rakai Pikatan family then becomes the beginning of new time that need to be celebrated by build a temple, and that was Prambanan Temple.




Prambanan Temple or Temple of God Siwa also often called as Temple of Roro Jonggrang. It linked with the legend that telling about a tall woman and also a Prabu Boko’s daughter. She builds her empire on the hill in the south side of Prambanan Temple.

In the temple side was bounded by stone balcony fence, which dotted with Ramayana relief that can to read if we are “berperadaksina” or walk around the temple in clockwise. The story was continued to stone balcony fence of God Brahma Temple. Whereas on the stone balcony fence of God Wishnu Temple was chiseled relief that telling about Kresnadipayana, the relief describe a story about a tender age of Prabu Kresna as God Wishnu’s incarnation.

The main temple chamber was situated queen consort of God Siwa, but generally the Hinduism followers call as Roro Jonggrang statue. By following the legend, the statue was living body of the beautiful princess, which was cursed by a knight Bandung Bondowoso. Roro Jonggrang promise that if Bandung Bondowoso can create one thousands sculpture in one night only then she would marry him. But Roro Jonggrang was disavowing her promise. So, Bandung Bondowoso curses Roro Jonggrang.

The temple restoration is continued to do. Temple of God Brahma was starting in 1977 and finished in 23rd March 1987, opened by Prof. Dr. Haryati Soebandio. Temple of God Wisnu was restored in 1982 and finished in 27th April 1991, at the time the temple opened by President Soeharto. The next restoration activity was restoring three temples that situated in front of Temple of God Siwa, Temple of God Brahma, and Temple of God Wisnu.

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