Komodo Island

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

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

Enjoy a tour of Komodo Island National Park to observe the life of dragons up close may not be enough for you. For those of you who like the water sports, you can try to dive in the waters north and south of these islands. The waters north of the warm waters of the current meeting of the Banda Sea and Flores. In contrast, southern waters offers the cold waters of the Indonesian Ocean currents. The combination of these two different aquatic character produces a rich underwater ecosystem. Various types of coral reefs thrive and become a place to live for so many species of fish and provider of marine aquatic life support systems. Many divers have witnessed the underwater life of the charming island of Komodo waters, which saves millions of potential biodiversity.

To reach the island of Komodo, you can route aircraft from Kupang (capital of East Nusa Tenggara-NTT) to the town of Ende on Flores Island. Next we proceed by minibus to Labuhanbajo which takes 10 hours. From Labuhanbajo, speedboat will take you into the Komodo Island after a ferry for 2 hours. Several other routes you can take a flight from Bali corresponding airline that serves the purpose to NTT. Various tour packages offered by travel agents it's quite interesting to try for the first time you came to this island of Komodo.

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