Komodo Island

For those of you who like to travel, you definitely do not want to spend an impressive tourist attraction all over the archipelago. Adventure to the exotic islands, dive into the azure, and bathed in sunshine will make your holiday unforgettable. Imagine, you have a chance to see traces of past life are preserved, whose role and maintain its sustainability. You and your family feel at home not only to enjoy its natural attractions, but also proud to be part of the diverse beauty of Indonesia. And here, on Komodo Island National Park, East Nusa Tenggara, you will get everything.

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

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


Thanks to the efforts of government and local communities in conserving the National Park, tourists come to visit and now a close look at the life of these ancient reptiles. With a body length of 2-3 meters, Komodo dragons can weigh up to 70-100 pounds. Animals who likes hot and dry place to live in a tropical forest or savanna habitat at low altitude. When night fell, dragons nest in the hole with the 1-3 meter while keeping body heat at night. As a carnivore at the top of the food chain, prey Komodo include goats, deer, wild boar, and birds. In certain circumstances, can behave cannibal with Komodo dragons prey on another. With the sense of smell relies on his tongue, the Komodo dragon can smell carrion prey as far as 9 kilometers. Bites which can contain bacteria and deadly, plus a sharp front claws are natural weapons. In addition, the dragons were able to run 20 kilometers per hour in short distances, climbing trees, swimming and even diving.


Just like other reptiles, the Komodo dragon reproduce by laying eggs. However, studies prove there are other ways to regenerate dragons, namely by means of parthenogenesis. This method allows the female dragons to produce fertilized eggs without the male. Komodo dragon parthenogenesis alleged to have been saved from extinction since thousands of years ago. However, destruction of habitat, volcanic activity, earthquakes, fires, until the poaching has resulted in a decrease indicated a population of dragons to some extent vulnerable to extinction. An estimated 4-5 thousand dragons tail in the presence of productive females only numbered in the hundreds. This condition is a challenge for conservation efforts Komodo Island National Park.


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

As one of the attractions are Indonesia, Komodo Island hostels provide accommodation ranging from established local communities to international standard resorts. For domestic tourists, you are charged entrance fee of Rp. 75,000, while foreign tourists amounted to U.S. $ 15. To reach the island of Komodo, you can route a plane from Kupang (capital of East Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara) to the town of Ende on Flores Island. Next trip continued with a minibus to Labuhanbajo which takes 10 hours. From Labuhanbajo, speedboat will take you to Komodo Island after a ferry for 2 hours. Several other routes you can travel with a flight from Bali as the airlines that serve the purpose to NTT. Various tour packages offered by travel agents it's quite interesting to try for the first time you visit this island of Komodo.


Eco-tourism is proclaimed by the government against the island of Komodo National Park is expected to bring more domestic tourists / foreign countries. Not only parents, even though children should not be afraid to come and visit there. With regulations and safety tour of awake, humans and dragons co-exist in peace. And like children, their love of dragons are the seeds that can grow their love for the land property and its history. It seems that this is the first message in the 90's never sung with beautifully by Kak Seto Si Komo through her dolls. Through the character of Si Komo, Kak Seto brings dragons conservation message to heart and mind the children of Indonesia, for they are proud of the wealth of his country.


Thus, it seems worthy of Komodo Island National Park became one of the 7 Natural Wonders (7 Wonders Of Nature), coupled with a variety of other amazing wonders of the world. Traces the life of the ancient world has presented himself to the people today to look in the mirror to see the past history of the world. The life that has passed hundreds, even thousands of years. Through this Komodo Island National Park, the world today has a priceless heritage to be preserved. Let's support Komodo Island National Park into one of the 7 Wonders of Nature. Thus, you have participated in an attempt to introduce the Komodo National Park to the world, so that conservation is not just a concern of Indonesia, but the entire world community. Komodo Island National Park Vote for 7 Wonders of Nature.

So, have you decided on a family vacation destination this time? Of course, the answer Komodo Island National Park. Only the one in the world. Only in Indonesia.