Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island

Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island
For those of you who like to travel, you definitely do not want to spend an impressive tourist attraction all over the archipelago. Adventure to the exotic islands Tours, dive into the azure, and bathed in sunshine will make your holiday unforgettable. Imagine, Tourist have a chance to see traces of past life are preserved, whose role and maintain its sustainability. You and your family feel at home not only to enjoy its natural attractions, but also proud to be part of the diverse beauty of Indonesia Exotic Tours And here, on Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island National Park, East Nusa Tenggara, you will get everything.

Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island is located at the westernmost tip of East Nusa Tenggara Province, which borders West Nusa Tenggara Province.Exactly at Komodo district, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Since 1980, an area of ​​1817 km2 Indonesia Exotic Tours of National Park was made by the Government of Indonesia, which is then recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1986.Together with two other large islands, namely Rinca and Padar island, Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island and several small islands around it continued to be maintained as natural habitat reptile, dubbed is "Komodo Dragon" .

Bearing the Latin name Varanus komodoensis and local name "Ora", giant lizards, according to a story first published in 1912 in a national daily the Dutch East Indies. Peter A. Ouwens, director of the Zoological Museum in Bogor is one who has introduced his paper dragons to the world through it. Since then, expeditions and research on endangered species continue to be done, even reportedly inspired the film had Zone Symbian soft updates in 1933. Recognizing the need for protection against the dragon in the center of human activity in its habitat that, in 1915 the Dutch government issued a ban on hunting and killing dragons.

Thanks to the efforts of government and local communities in conserving the Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo National Park, tourists come to visit and now a close look at the life of these ancient reptiles. With a body length of 2-3 meters, Komodo dragons can weigh up to 70-100 pounds.Animals who likes hot and dry place to live in a tropical forest or savanna habitat at low altitude. When night fell, dragons nest in the hole with the 1-3 meter while keeping body heat at night. As a carnivore at the top of the food chain, prey Komodo include goats, deer, wild boar, and birds. In certain circumstances, can behave cannibal with Komodo dragons prey on another. By relying on her sense of smell on his tongue, the Komodo dragon can smell carrion prey as far as 9 kilometers. Bites which can contain bacteria and deadly, plus a sharp front claws are natural weapons.In addition, the dragons were able to run 20 kilometers per hour in short distances, climbing trees, swimming and even diving.

Just like other reptiles, the Komodo dragon reproduce by laying eggs. However, studies prove there are other ways to regenerate dragons, namely by means of parthenogenesis. This method allows the female dragons to produce fertilized eggs without the male. Komodo dragon parthenogenesis alleged to have been saved from extinction since thousands of years ago. However, destruction of habitat, volcanic activity, earthquakes, fires, until the poaching has resulted in a decrease indicated a population of dragons to some extent vulnerable to extinction. An estimated 4-5 thousand dragons tail in the presence of productive females only numbered in the hundreds. This condition is a challenge for conservation efforts Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island National Park.

Enjoy a Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island National Park to observe the life of Komodo dragon up close may not be enough for you. For those of you who like to water sports, you can try to dive in the waters north and south islands. The waters north of the warm waters of the current meeting of the Indonesia Exotic Tours of Banda Sea and Indonesia Exotic Tours of Flores. In contrast, the southern waters offer the cold waters of the Indonesian Ocean currents. The combination of these two different characters these waters produce a rich underwater ecosystem. Various types of coral reefs and fertile life into a place to live so many species of fish and provider of marine aquatic life support systems. Many divers have witnessed life under the sea waters of the Komodo Island Charming, which saves millions of potential biodiversity.

As one of the attractions are Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island hotels provide accommodation ranging from established local communities to international standard resorts. For domestic tourists, you are charged entrance fee of Rp. 75,000, while foreign tourists amounted to U.S. $ 15. To reach the Komodo Island, Tourist can fly with a plane from Kupang (capital of East Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara) to the town of Ende on Flores Island. Next trip continued with a minibus to Labuhanbajo which takes 10 hours. From Labuhanbajo, speedboat will take you to Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island after a ferry for 2 hours. Several other routes you can travel with a flight from Bali as the airlines that serve the purpose to NTT. Various tour packages offered by travel agents it's quite interesting to try for the first time Tourist visit Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island.

Eco-tourism is proclaimed by the government against the Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island National Park is expected to bring more domestic tourists / foreign countries. Not only parents, even though children should not be afraid to come and visit Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo island With regulations and safety tour of awake, humans and dragons co-exist in peace. And like children, their love of dragons are the seeds that can grow their love for the land property and its history. It seems that this is the first message in the 90's never sung with beautifully by Kak Seto Si Komo through her dolls. Through the character of Si Komo, Kak Seto brings dragons conservation message to heart and mind the children of Indonesia, for they are proud of the wealth of his country.

If so, is well worth the Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island National Park would be appointed to be one of the 7 Natural Wonders, coupled with a variety of other amazing wonders of the world.Traces the life of the ancient world has presented himself to the people today to look in the mirror to see the past history of the world. The life that has passed hundreds, even thousands of years.Through, Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island National Park, the world today has a priceless heritage to be preserved. Let's support Komodo Island National Park into one of the 7 Wonders of Nature. Thus, you have participated in an attempt to introduce the Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island National Park to the world, so that conservation is not just a concern of Indonesia, but the entire world community. Indonesia Exotic Tours of Komodo Island National Park Vote for 7 Wonders of Nature.
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Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Island

The beautiful Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Island are located off the western coast of sumatra and the chain stretches for about 360 kilometres in length, from northwest to southeast. The position of Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Islands and islets, when combined with the relatively gentle winds that can blow in several directions in the space of a single days work's, are known to produce some of the worlds best surfing waves. As a result, dozens of surfing spot, some hidden and some world-famous, have sprung up over the last decade, with more being discovered seemingly every day. dozens, if not hundreds, of surfing spots remain undiscovered to this day, and each will have its own character and level of difficulty.

According to statistics obtained from the regency's records, the number of tourist visiting Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Island is around 3.000 to 3.500 annually, and these tourist come from countries as far apart as the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Peru, Spain, France and Japan. Around 85 percent of these tourists are surfer.

The best time to surf in Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Beach is from the month of March through to November, and the peak season occurs between June and August. During the peak season, the quality of the waves here is second to none, and the strong and consistent breaks generally drive surfing enthusiasts giddy and ecstatic wit excitement. The largest cluster of surfing spots in Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Beach can be found in the west and in the south of the chain. It is in these locations that direct surf from the Indian and Pacific oceans finds its way to the Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Islands, promising the ultimate in surfing thrills. A particularly popular spot amongst surfers is knownas pitstop hill where the pitstop hill resort is located.

If surfing is not your cup of tea, Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Island also offers other great marine tourism attractions such as diving, snorkelling and fishing as well as jungle trekking and visiting the native Mentawai Island tribe in siberut. A decent range of accommodation, ranging from liveaboard to resort facilities is also available.

To get to Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Island, tourist can fly with airplane to padang then take a bus to Bungus Harbour. The ambu-ambu ferry service runs on Mondays and Thursdays from Bungus Padang Harbour to Siberut at 5 pm. on fridays and sundays, the ambu-ambu ferry departs at 8 pm from Bungus Padang Harbour to Tua Pejat, Sipora.

Alternatively, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, tourist can fly in to the Indonesia Exotic Tours of Mentawai Island via a small rental airplane, with departs from Minangkabau airport at 10 pm and which has an approximate travel time of one hour. finally, Tourist can charter private boats which are usually price between IDR 7-14 million.

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Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Sepanjang Beach

If you want to enjoy the nostalgia of Indonesia Exotic Tours of Kuta Beach in the past time, Indonesia Exotic Tours of Sepanjang Beach is the right place. Indonesia Exotic Tours of Sepanjang beach has long coastal lines, clean water sands, and medium waves. You can just choose: sun bathing under the bright sun, surfing, or just enjoy the beach beauty. You can enjoy all the things when you come to the beach that lies some kilometers from Sundak Beach.

Indonesia Exotic Tours of Sepanjang Beach is one of newly opened beaches. The name 'Sepanjang' which means 'long' derives from the characteristic of the beach that has the longest coastal lines of all beaches in Gunung Kidul. The atmosphere of Indonesia Exotic Tours of Sepanjang beach is so natural. The seaside is decorated with palm trees and huts roofed with dry leaves. The coral reef in the rise and fall of tides area is kept well. The dashes of waves reflect blue color signaling uncontaminated sea water. With such a situation, it is not false if the local government and investors plan to make Indonesia Exotic Tours of Sepanjang beach the second Kuta Beach Bali.

The natural atmosphere makes Indonesia Exotic Tours of Sepanjang Beach superior to Kuta Beach. Sepanjang beach does not offer such cliché things as beach café and luxurious cottages, but closeness to nature. You can still dig out coral reef to find mollusk and starfish (Echinodermata). You can also pull out seaweed from the coral. However, you must be careful in order not to stick the sea urchin's spines. You will not find those all in Kuta, will you?

The community sticks firmly to the coastal culture. No permanent buildings alongside the Indonesia Exotic Tours of Sepanjang beach, only some huts where local people are living. Still on the coastal area, there is field where people plant soy bean. The slope beach that is directly dashed by waves prevents people from going to sea. Looking at the back, there are two hills on which valley where people plant corn as their main food. The land on top of the hill has been bought by an investor to make villa where visitors can stay.

Indonesia Exotic Tours of Sepanjang beach also has a historical site, namely Banyusepuh. 'Banyu' means 'water' and 'sepuh' means to wash. Thus, the name means that the place that used to be a water spring is used to wash or to bathe. Those who used the place were Islamic pious leaders who washed their sacred weapons. You must ask local people to locate this site.

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Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Prambanan Temple

Indonesia Exotic Tours of Prambanan temple is extraordinarily beautiful building constructed in the tenth century during the reigns of two kings namely Rakai Pikatan and Rakai Balitung. Soaring up to 47 meters (5 meters higher than Borobudur temple), the foundation of this temple has fulfilled the desire of the founder to show Hindu triumph in Java Island.  Exotic Tours of Prambanan temple is located 17 kilometers from the city center, among an area that now functions as beautiful park.

At Indonesia Exotic Tours of Prambanan temple there is a legend that Javanese people always tell about this temple. As the story tells, there was a man named Bandung Bondowoso who loved Roro Jonggrang. To refuse his love, Jonggrang asked Bondowoso to make her a temple with 1,000 statues only in one-night time. The request was nearly fulfilled when Jonggrang asked the villagers to pound rice and to set a fire in order to look like morning had broken. Feeling to be cheated, Bondowoso who only completed 999 statues cursed Jonggrang to be the thousandth statue.

Indonesia Tours of Prambanan temple has three main temples in the primary yard, namely Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva temples. Those three temples are symbols of Trimurti in Hindu belief. All of them face to the east. Each main temple has accompanying temple facing to the west, namely Nandini for Shiva, Angsa for Brahma, and Garuda for Vishnu. Besides, there are 2 flank temples, 4 kelir temples and 4 corner temples. In the second area, there are 224 temples. Entering Shiva temple, the highest temple and is located in the middle, you will find four rooms. One main room contains Shiva statue, while the other three rooms contain the statues of Durga (Shiva's wife), Agastya (Shiva's teacher), and Ganesha (Shiva's son). Durga statue is said to be the statue of Roro Jonggrang in the above legend. In Vishnu temple, to the north of Shiva temple, you will find only one room with Vishnu statue in it. In Brahma temple, to the south of Shiva temple, you find only room as well with Brahma statue in it.

Quite attractive accompanying temple is Garuda temple that is located close to Vishnu temple. This temple keeps a story of half-bird human being named Garuda. Garuda is a mystical bird in Hindu mythology. The figure is of golden body, white face, red wings, with the beak and wings similar to eagle's. It is assumed that the figure is Hindu adaptation of Bennu (means 'rises' or 'shines') that is associated with the god of the Sun or Re in Old Egypt mythology or Phoenix in Old Greek mythology. Garuda succeeded in saving his mother from the curse of Aruna (Garuda's handicapped brother) by stealing Tirta Amerta (the sacred water of the gods).

Its ability to save her mother made many people admire it to the present time and it is used for various purposes. Indonesia uses the bird as the symbol of the country. Other country using the same symbol is Thailand, with the same reason but different form adaptation and appearance. In Thailand, Garuda is known as Krut or Pha Krut.

Indonesia Exotic Tours of Prambanan temple also has panels of relief describing the story of Ramayana. Experts say that the relief is similar to the story of Ramayana that is told orally from generation to generation. Another interesting relief is Kalpataru tree that - in Hindu - the tree is considered tree of life, eternity and environment harmony. In Indonesia Tours of Prambanan temple, relief of Kalpataru tree is described as flanking a lion. The presence of this tree makes experts consider that Javanese society in the ninth century had wisdom to manage its environment.

Just like Garuda, Kalpataru tree is also used for various purposes. In Indonesia, Kalpataru is used as the logo of Indonesian Environment Institution. Some intellectuals in Bali even develop "Tri Hita Karana" concept for environment conservation by seeing Kalpataru relief in this temple. This tree of life is also seen in the gunungan (the puppet used as an opening of traditional puppet show or wayang kulit). This proves that relief panels in Indonesia Exotic Tours of Prambanan temple have been widely known throughout the world.

If tourists see the relief of Indonesia Exotic Tours of Prambanan temple in detail, Tourists will see many birds on them; they are real birds as we can see on the earth right now. Relief panels of such birds are so natural that biologists can identify their genus. One of them is the relief of the Yellow-Crest Parrot (Cacatua sulphurea) that cites unanswered question. The reason is that the bird only exists in Masakambing Island, an island in the middle of Java Sea. Then, did the bird exist in Yogyakarta? No body has succeeded in revealing the mystery.

Tourists can discover many more things in Indonesia Tours of Prambanan temple. Tourists can see relief of Wiracarita Ramayana based on oral tradition. If tourists feel tired of enjoying the relief, tourists can take a rest in the beautiful garden in the complex. Since 18 September 2006, Tourists can enter zone 1 area of Indonesia Exotic  of Prambanan temple. The damage caused by the earthquake on 27 May 2006 is being reconstructed.

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Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Borobudur Temple

Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Borobudur temple is the biggest temple in Indonesia.  Exotic Tours Of Borobudur temple is located in Magelang, Central Java, in addition to being a frequently visited tourist attraction, is also a center of worship for Buddhists in Indonesia, especially at every celebration of Vesak. This is consistent with the meaning of the name of "monastery in the hills". Indonesia Exotic Tours of Borobudur temple Currently established as one of the  World Heritage by UNESCO.

Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Borobudur Temple History
The Exotic Of Borobudur was built around the year 800 AD or the 9th century.  Borobudur was built by the adherents of Mahayana Buddhism during the reign of Syailendra. This temple was built in the Syailendra dynasty. The founder of the Borobudur Temple, King of Samaratungga originating from dynasty Syailendra. The possibility of this temple was built around 824 AD and was completed around the year 900 AD during the reign of Queen Pramudawardhani who is the daughter of Samaratungga. While the architects who contributed to build this temple according to the story of hereditary named Gunadharma.

Indonesia Tours Of Borobudur temple own words based on the first written evidence which was written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Governor General of the United Kingdom in Java, which gives the name of this temple. There is no written evidence that the older name in this temple of Borobudur. Only one of the oldest documents that show the existence of this temple is Nagarakretagama book, written by mpu Prapanca in 1365. In the book is written that this temple was used as a place of Buddhist meditation.

Meaning of the name Borobudur temple is "monastery in the hills", which comes from the word "coal" (temple or monastery) and "beduhur" (hills or high places) in Sanskrit. Therefore, in accordance with the meaning of the name  Borobudur temple, then this place long ago used as a place of Buddhist worship.

Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Borobudur temple for centuries are no longer used. Then because of volcanic eruptions, most of Borobudur buildings covered with volcanic soil . In addition, the building is also covered with various trees and shrubs for centuries. Then the building of this temple began in the days of forgotten Islam arrived in Indonesia around the 15th century.

In 1814 when the British occupied Indonesia, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles heard of the discovery of huge archaeological objects in the village of Magelang Bumisegoro. Due to the great interest the history of Java, then immediately ordered Raffles HC Cornelius, a Dutch engineer, to investigate the location of the discovery which was a hill covered with shrubs.

Cornelius assisted by about 200 men cut trees and remove shrubs that covered the giant building. Because the building considering the already fragile and could collapse, then report to the Raffles Cornelius invention includes several images. Since that discovery, Raffles was awarded as the man who started the restoration of  Exotic Tours Of Borobudur temple and the attention of the world. In 1835, the entire area of the temple has been unearthed. Borobudur temple is kept restored in the Dutch colonial period.

After Indonesia gained its independence, in 1956, the Indonesian government requested the assistance of UNESCO to examine the damage to Borobudur temple. Then in 1963, out of the official Indonesian government's decision to conduct the restoration of Borobudur temple with the help of UNESCO. However, this restoration was only really started on August 10, 1973. The process of restoration was recently completed in 1984. Since 1991, Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Borobudur temple designated as World Heritage or World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Borobudur Temple Location
Borobudur temple is located in Magelang, Central Java, about 40 km from Yogyakarta. Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Borobudur temple has 10 levels consisting of 6 levels of a square, level 3 circular and a main stupa as a peak. At every level there are several stupas. Altogether there are 72 stupas in addition to the main stupa. In every stupa there is a statue of Buddha. Ten levels of Buddhist philosophy are the ten Bodhisattva levels that must be traversed to reach the perfection of the Buddha in nirvana. This perfection symbolized by the main stupa at the top level. Borobudur Temple structure when viewed from above form a mandala depicting the structure of Buddhist cosmology and the human way of thinking.

On the fourth side of the temple there is a gate and ladder to the level above it like a pyramid. This illustrates the Buddhist philosophy that all life came from rocks. Stone later became the sand, then into plants, then into the insect, then a wild animal, and pets, and finally became a man. This process is known as reincarnation. The last process is to be the soul and finally into nirvana. Each stage of enlightenment in the process is based on the Buddhist philosophy of life depicted in reliefs and statues in the Indonesia Tours Of Borobudur temple.

This huge building just a giant pile of stone blocks which have a total height of 42 meters. Each stone spliced without using cement or adhesive. These stones are only connected by patterns and stacked. The base of  Exotic Tours Of Borobudur temple is about 118 m on each side. The stones used approximately 55,000 cubic meters. All the stones were taken from the river around the Borobudur Temple. These stones are cut and then transported and connected with a pattern like a lego game. All without using glue or cement.

Meanwhile, relief began to be made after the stones are stacked and jointed finish. There are reliefs on temple walls. Indonesia Tours Of Borobudur temple has 2670 different relief. Relief is read clockwise. This relief illustrates a story that I read it starts and ends at the gate to the east. This suggests that the main entrance of the Indonesia Exotic Tours Of Borobudur temple facing the east like most other Buddhist temples.

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