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KOMODO DRAGON
ADVENTURE
(DIVING, SNORKLLING AND VISIT THE DRAGON)
JOIN US IN KOMDO Archipelago to experience an encounter with
the fearsome Komodo dragons, the world largest lizard.
Growing up to 3 meters in length and up to 140
kilograms, Komodo considered the last of their kind
remaining in the world today. Komodo
Island - located between the islands of Sumbawa and
Flores - is now a national park and also home to number
of rare birds, deer and wild pigs which are prey to the
lizards as well.
Called "ORA" by the local people, Komodo Dragon (Varanus
Komodoensis) is actually a giant monitor lizard. Its
ancestors roamed the earth up to about half a million
years ago. Komodo live on goat, deer and even the
carcasses of its own kind. The only human population on
the island is at the fishing village called Komodo who
supplement their income breeding goats which are used to
feed the lizard.
The Komodo is protected by law and although they are
considered harmless, it is advisable to keep them at the
distance. Komodo
Island is now a nature reserve, home to a number of rare
bird species, deer and weld pigs, which are prey to the
lizards as well.
The islands of the Komodo Dragon: Rinca &
Komodo Islands are part of the complex of 175 islands
(about 90% unhabitant), situated 200 nautical miles east
of Bali, between the islands of Flores and
Sumbawa.Actually, there are 2 main gates entering
Komodo. The first one is the Bima harbor. the second one
is the harbor of Labuhan Bajo. Start the tour from Labuhan Bajo will provide us less
time to sail. Its only need about 3 hours to sail from
Labuhan Bajo to Komodo island. Most of our guest taking
the trip to Komodo from Labuhan Bajo, asit is closer to
the site. Less time needed to sail on the boat.
During your stay at Komodo island, we will do some trekking
to the former feeding
site of komodo on Banunggulung on Komodo island. There is a
trekking trail of about 20 minutes from the sea shore to
the site on where most peoples see the the Komodo lizard
on it's habitat. We will also pay a visit to the other
island nearby. The Komodo island group comprises of many
big and small island. Among the big one are the Komodo
island, the Rinca island, and Padar island.
In general, the vegetation at Komodo are only comprises of
trees and grass. The forest is not too thick, and the
ground is covered by the grass while there are only rare
trees to grow. The situation there just like the
savannah. Beside the komodo it self, the site also the
home of many other animals including wild water
buffalloes, deers, and long tailed maccaque.
The water of Komodo is very ideal place for many kinds of sea
activites. A lot of our visitors enjoy very much the
underwater side of Komodo. It's just like the missing
paradise fot he underwater world lover. It has many
excellent dive spots.
In the sea it's vibrant color and exotic life will enchant
divers and snorkelers alike as endless schools of fish
ride the waterways rushing up from deep sea vents, below
them the seabed is covered with a thick carpet of
florescent corals and marine invertebrates - an
underwater photographers paradise.
The corals in Komodo
National park are pristine, with Mantas, sharks,
turtles, dolphins, dugong, many pelagics, to the tiny
pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs, frog fish, you name it
we've got it. The sites vary from gentle easy coral
slopes to heart pounding adrenalin rides, from the warm
waters of the Flores Sea in the north to the chillier
waters down south in the Indian Ocean, the underwater
terrain is so varied with sheer cliff walls, pinnacles,
sandy flat bottoms, underwater plateaus, slopes, caves,
swim-throughs, channels, all with varying colours, sizes
and types of coral both hard and soft.
You will board on a fisherman wooden boat which have been
modified to enable and suitable for carrying tourist,
equipped by Radio Navigation, Electricity, Toilet, One
big cabin which has 6-8 beds, Life jackets and Mattress. |
