Animals in Bunaken National Park: What You Can Spot, Learn, and Collect
Bunaken marine park guide: green and hawksbill turtles on the walls, pygmy seahorses on the fans, reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse, bumphead parrotfish, dugong.
Jawaban cepat
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Bunaken is a marine park of vertical reef walls off Manado, and its animals are reef animals. Green turtles are seen on almost every dive and snorkel, hawksbills are regular, pygmy seahorses live on the gorgonian fans, blacktip reef sharks patrol the shallows, and Napoleon wrasse and bumphead parrotfish cruise the drop-offs. The seagrass beds between the islands hold a few dugongs and sea kraits, and spinner dolphins cross Manado Bay on the boat ride out.
Five islands, 20 kilometres of coral wall dropping into water over a kilometre deep, and a half-hour boat ride from a provincial capital: Bunaken is one of the easiest world-class reefs to reach in Indonesia. Its walls are so sheer that snorkellers on the reef flat look straight down at divers on the wall below.
The park's fame rests on turtles. Bunaken has some of the densest green turtle numbers in the region, and seeing six or eight on a single dive is normal rather than exceptional. Everything else on this page is a bonus to that baseline.
Kenapa lokasi ini penting
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Bunaken was one of Indonesia's first marine parks and one of the first to fund itself with a visitor fee that goes to local villages and patrols. It is a working example of reef tourism paying for reef protection.
The combination of wall diving, calm reef-flat snorkelling and short boat rides makes it a park where mixed-ability groups and families can all see turtles and sharks on the same day.
Tempat mencari
Peta satwa liar Bunaken National Park
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Hewan untuk di-spot
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Green Sea TurtleC
Rests on ledges along the Lekuan and Fukui walls and grazes the reef flat under snorkellers; the park's signature animal.
Catatan spotting: Near-guaranteed on every dive and most snorkels.
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Hawksbill Sea TurtleC
Picks at sponges on the wall at Mandolin and Siladen, distinguished by its hooked beak and serrated shell edge.
Catatan spotting: Regular; expect one for every several green turtles.
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Pygmy SeahorseE
Lives on pink and orange gorgonian fans on the Lekuan walls, where dive guides know the individual fans.
Catatan spotting: Reliable with a guide; invisible without one.
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Blacktip Reef SharkC
Hunts the shallow reef flats off Bunaken village and Siladen at high tide.
Catatan spotting: Regular for snorkellers at high tide; shy of divers.
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Napoleon WrasseB
Big, humped individuals patrol the drop-offs at Lekuan and Alung Banua.
Catatan spotting: Regular on the walls, especially early morning.
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Humphead ParrotfishC
Schools of these metre-long bumpheads crunch coral along the Mandolin and Fukui reef tops at dawn.
Catatan spotting: Likely on early-morning dives.
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ClownfishE
Every anemone on the reef flat has a family, and the shallow water makes them easy for snorkellers.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed.
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Giant ClamD
Metre-wide clams with electric blue and green mantles sit in the shallows off Siladen.
Catatan spotting: Common on the reef flats.
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Moorish IdolE
Pairs and small groups drift along the wall tops at every site.
Catatan spotting: Very common.
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Bluestreak Cleaner WrasseD
Runs cleaning stations on the wall where turtles and big wrasse queue to be picked clean.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed; watch the stations rather than the fish.
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Ribbon EelD
Blue-and-yellow males poke their heads from sand burrows at the base of the walls at Siladen and Timur.
Catatan spotting: Regular with a guide who knows the burrows.
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Sea KraitC
Banded sea kraits hunt the reef flats and come ashore on Bunaken's beaches to rest.
Catatan spotting: Regular; venomous but placid, never handle.
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DugongC
A few dugongs graze the seagrass between Bunaken and Manado Tua and are occasionally met by boats.
Catatan spotting: Rare and lucky; calm mornings give the best odds.
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Spinner DolphinA
Pods cross Manado Bay between the mainland and the park on most calm mornings.
Catatan spotting: Likely from the dive boat on the way out.
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- Turtle-dense wall dives
- Beginner-friendly reef-flat snorkelling
- Macro life on the gorgonian fans
- A quick marine park from a city base
Tips spotting
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- 01Dive the Lekuan sites early; the bumphead parrotfish schools and Napoleon wrasse are on the wall before the day boats arrive.
- 02Snorkel the reef flat at high tide when the blacktip reef sharks come in over the coral.
- 03Ask your guide for the pygmy seahorse fans by name; every operator knows a few and they rarely move.
- 04Watch the water on the boat ride from Manado; spinner dolphins and, rarely, a dugong surface in the bay.
Wildlife Guides virtual
Panduan satwa liar ke Bunaken National Park
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What wildlife is there in Bunaken National Park?
Green and hawksbill turtles, blacktip reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse, bumphead parrotfish, pygmy seahorses, ribbon eels, giant clams, sea kraits and a huge range of reef fish along vertical coral walls. Dugongs and spinner dolphins are seen in the bay.
What animals can be found in Bunaken?
Turtles are the headline and are seen on almost every dive. Snorkellers also get clownfish, giant clams, Moorish idols and reef sharks on the shallow flats, and divers add pygmy seahorses and big wrasse on the walls.
Can you snorkel with turtles in Bunaken?
Yes. Green turtles rest on the wall tops at two to five metres and graze the reef flats, so snorkellers see them routinely at sites like Lekuan and Fukui.
When is the best time to dive Bunaken?
May to October has the calmest seas and best visibility. The park is diveable year-round, but December to February can bring wind and rain from the north.
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