Snorkling and Diving in Bunaken

Bunaken is an 8.08 km² island in the Bay of Manado, situated in the north of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken forms part of the administrative city of Manado , capital of North Sulawesi. The marine Park around Bunaken is part of the  National Park that also includes the ocean around the island of  Manado Tua – or Old Manado, Siladen and Mantehage. 

Within the Bunaken Marine Park, visitors can see various strange and colourful marine life along its sea bed. To reach this park, you can take a motorboat. The journey from Manado takes around 40 minutes.  Entrance fee is 25,000 rupiahs per person per visit. 

BUNAKEN National Marine Park, North Sulawesi

Bunaken is an 8.08km2 island in the bay of Manado, part of the administrative city of Manado. The marine park around Bunaken is part of the National Park that also includes the ocean around the island of Manado Tua, Siladen and Mantehage. Bunaken National Marine Park has such a high level of biodiversity. A snorkeler or diver in the vicinity of Lekuan or Fukui may spot over 33 species of butterfly fish and numerous types of groupers, damsels, wrasses and gobies. The Gobies, small fish with bulging eyes and modified fins that allow them to attach to hard surface, are the most diverse but least known group of fish in the park.