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Coelacanth "rediscovered" in Manado
For the Coelacanth, ("see-la-kanth"), a 400 million year old "living fossil" fish, Y2K is just another millennium! Once thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs, the Coelacanth was "discovered" alive and well.
Read about Mark and Arnaz Mehta Erdmann discovery of the Coelacanth here...
The pre-historic Coelacanth was only recently rediscovered in Manado
Find out more on Marinebio.com
Read about it more on the Dinofish.com site.
Bunaken Photography
Enjoy the underwater photography of the "Magic Walls of Bunaken" by Bertrand Chauvel.
White Snake Eel with a shrimp
"Bunaken is the place of my daydreaming. Just drop from the boat late at night, swim gently close to the wall, and open your
eyes. You'll just wish to never close them again." - Bertrand Chauvel.
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Fly with Silk Air
Silk Air, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, flies to Asia’s most exotic locations. Offering up to 83 scheduled flights to 18 fascinating
destinations, visitors will discover Asia’s charm.
To reach Bunaken, fly Silk Air from Singapore to Manado, Sulawesi with service twice a week.
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Sulawesi, Indonesia
 Formed by tectonic trifling between the Pacific and Eurasian plates, the island of Sulawesi, once known as Celebes, is often described as "orchid
shaped." Divers have nothing but praise for the reefs surrounding the small islands in Manado Bay. And rightfully so! The islands are
surrounded by very steep, pristine coral walls covered with an incredible amount and variety of soft coral. The Manado National Park features
some 18 dives sites. Most are concentrated off the south and west coasts of the island (center above) called Bunaken.
 Bunaken; the crescent-shaped coral island surrounded by a steep fringing reef.
Diving on the reefs of Manado Tua, the well-shaped dormant volcano (left and above) reaching an elevation of over 800 meters, is also world-class.
Three other islands complete the group: tiny Siladen, a stone's throw northeast of Bunaken; Montehage, the largest of the islands, north of
Bunaken; and Nain, a tiny island north of Montehage surrounded by a large barrier reef.
The variety of marine life here is excellent: the surfaces of the walls are crowded with hard and soft corals, whip corals, sponges and clinging
filter-feeders like crinoids and basket stars. Huge schools of pyramid butterfly fish, black triggerfish and clouds of anthias swarm around
the reef edge and the upper part of the wall. Sharks, schools of barracuda,
rays, moray eels, and sea snakes are relatively common here.
Murex Dive Center
A quiet intimate resort with the best designed boats in the area and outstanding dive guides. The resort has a a very personal feel to its
excellent service and basic but comfortable rooms. Smaller and more peaceful than most of the centers in the Manado area.
The Serenade It also has two liveaboards: the 12-berth Serenade and Little Serenade, which run regular cruises to the Sangihe/Talaud Islands. Murex staff picks you up from the Manado airport for the 20 minute drive to Kalasay, their idyllic location just south of the city.
They offer a range of rooms in a beautifully landscaped setting of gardens. For more information visit their very informative site.
By Air: Manado's Sam Ratunlangi International Airport is easily reached with Silk Air, a 3.5 hour flight to and from Singapore, running twice
a week. Silk Air is run by Singapore Airlines and offers excellent service.
Read more about diving Destinations
in Indonesia...
North-Sulawesi.com
Lonely Planet :: Indonesia
Fielding's Asia's Top Dive Sites
Diving Southeast Asia :: A Guide to the Best Dive Sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand (Periplus Action Guides), Fiona Nichols, John Williams & Kal Muller
The Dive Sites of Indonesia, Guy Buckles
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