Wakatobi Tourism Marine Travel Guide and Tourist Information.

Wakatobi Tourism Marine Travel Guide and Tourist Information.

Wakatobi as one of the world's marine tourism objects and one of the Regencies in South East Sulawesi Provience. By operating the New Matahora Airport, launced in December 2008, the island will give you more comfortable trip and spend the holiday at Wakatobi, the only real underwater paradise.

Wakatobi is also situated geographically at the world's coral reef triangle center with its 942 fish species and 750 coral reef species from total 850 of world's collection comparing to the two world's famous diving center like Caribbean Sea that owes only 50 species and other 300 coral reef species in the Red Sea, Egypt.

Beside the underwater beauty, Wakatobi has also other beauty and richness such as white sandy beach, clear sea water, sunset in every islands edge, historical ruins like ancient fortresses and cannon that spread out in the four main islands, old village with its pillar house, traditional waving, blacksmiths, Bajo tribe and various particular dances. This nature and culture heritages put Wakatobi as the world's famous marine tourism objects.

Wakatobi is well known as the Tukang Besi Island in the map and it is the abbreviation of four main islands name which are : WA (Wangi-wangi), KA (Kaledupa), TO (Tomia) and BI (Binongko), covers an area of 1.400.000 hectares and the coral reef places 90.000 hectares from the total area. The island is also famous as the second largest Barrier after the Great Barrier Reef in Australia consists of 39 islands and 7 of them are inhabited with the total population of 100.563, while the rest remain uninhabited.

Wakatobi consists of multi-ethnic society and Suku Bajo or Bajo Tribe who lives in the seashore, having a particular building architecture connected by the bridge and boats as their main transportation and basic livelihood as the fishermen.
The culinary art of the region serves you a delicious natural tasted food, traditionally made from generation by generation.

Beside as the regency, Wakatobi is also known as the National Park, often called as Wakatobi National Park (TNKW) and it gives the unique characteristic of the regency in Indonesia even in the world having the same width with the National Park area. The unique of the island makes Wakatobi more strong and realistic in the effort of maintaining its underwater beauty and preservation as well as other heritages to place Wakatobi as the underwater marine tourism object and the prominent cultural tourism object that is incomparable with other marine tourism places to be visited by anyone.
based these potential, makes this area very comportable for dive tourism activities such as surfing and snorkeling, fishing, swimming, camping, etc.

Wakatobi tourism marine travel guide and tourist information popular destination :

Diving.
Scuba Diving is one of the main activities offered at Wangi-wangi, Wakatobi, as the Wakatobi Marine National park is most famous for it's underwater paradise. We offer Wakatobi Dive Packages offers a range of PADI dive courses and Wakatobi diving day trips. If your a qualified diver we are sure you will enjoy our range of Wakatobi diving day trips and if you haven't yet tried scuba diving then here is your chance.

Snorkeling.
For non-dives (and divers!) snorkeling on our home reef offers a great way to relax and enjoy the colourful and vibrant Wakatobi coral reefs. We offer guided snorkeling trips, by boat or directly from the beach. Take you to the best Wakatobi snorkeling spots, and point out all sorts of interesting fish and invertebrate species..

Wakatobi Whale and Dolphin Watching Trips.
Join us for a Wakatobi whale and dolphin watching trip. This offers a great chance to see dolphins, pilot whales and sometimes larger whales such as sperm whales and grey whales, in their natural environment. You will find that the playful nature of the dolphins and pilot whales means that they often follow our boats ducking and diving in the waves and surf. They often come so close enabling us to hear their high pitched clicking and squeaking, and enabling us to see the details and expressions on their intelligent faces. This trip is a must for all animal lovers! Trips generally take 2-4 hours.

Jet Sky.
Partake in some Wakatobi watersports, you enjoy experienced for an exhilarating ride. You can even have a go at driving one yourself. Jet Skis are hired out for 20 minute intervals and prices are on a per person basis (min 2 people).

Banana Boat Rides.
Bounce along the top of the Wakatobi Waves sitting astride our banana boat (up to 6 riders). Don a lifejacket, hold on tight, and be prepared to fall in. This sure is good fun for all the family, adventurous couples, or groups of friends. It is sure to make you laugh out loud if not scream with glee. Banana boat rides are also calculated on a per person basis per 20 minutes (min 2 people).

Towed Tubing.
Lie on your belly aboard a disk shaped tube and hold on tightly as our motor boat tows you skimming across the waves. The motor boat will make sharp turns and your task is to try not to fall in - although it is always more fun if you do! Life jackets are compulsory as you are bound to fall in so be prepared to get very wet.

Traditional Style Sailing in Dugout Canoes.
Learn how to sail a small dug out canoe with a bamboo mast and a plastic sail. A great pastime on days when there is a strong breeze to whip up your sails and carry you across the bay. Learn the fine art of catching the breeze without capsizing the canoe, and also how to steer using just a paddle. Be prepared for relentlessly bailing out water with a scoop, as these local canoes are known for being quite leaky! Great fun and ideal for 2-3 people at a time.

Cultural Village Wangi-wangi.
By visit a traditional market, visit a historic fort, visit a Bajo sea nomad village on stilts and see how these amazing people have survived living literally on and in the water for centuries. Also visit a seaweed farming village and learn how these people make a living by farming seaweed, visit old ladies who weave the traditional Wakatobi material which is used by local communities for all number of garments, and also visit a holy spring which locals believe to bring youthfulness, beauty and good luck to all who wash their faces with the holy water.

Wakatobi Traditional Dance.
If you are interested in watching traditional music and dances, you may can see it the cultural evenings. This is special request and held it at the resort or afternoon trips out to a village (Min 8 people). Colourfully dressed dancers along with their accompanying band or drummers and musicians offer interesting entertainment and guests are often invited to learn the steps and join in the dancing. This is a great way to become familiar with Wakatobi culture.

Wakatobi Festival 2011.
Wakatobi Festival is an annual event held by Government of Wakatobi. The event will be held from 16 - 20 December 2011 and crowded by various of Traditional Dances, Traditional Ceremonies, Traditional Handy craft and food as well as Traditional Competition. The event will be attended by thousands of people from all around Wakatobi and out site of Wakatobi as well..