Thursday, September 17, 2015

KOMODO ISLAND

VISIT-INDONESIA
KOMODO ISLAND



Loosen nervous and free your mind for adventure in this amazing place. While at the Park-like creatures are on another planet, an experience very memorable and unforgettable when visited.



Come to Komodo National Park in East Nusa Tenggara. There is a beauty waiting for you here, not to mention the wealth of underwater life. While on it plastered the islands beautiful white sandy to sandy pink beautiful when the sun is addressed.


Komodo is a great creature like a giant lizard with a length of 2-3 m and weighing up to 165 kg, or 100 kg when empty stomach. Although the appearance of creepy, dragons hunter is not active, they are predators who wait. In the wild, Komodo dragon usually hunt prey are weak or have been injured. They only took one bite to paralyze their prey. After stalking its prey, sometimes for days, dragons will eat prey that is dying.


Although large in size, scaly, sharp hooves, forked tongue stuck out, as well as an ancient form but you do not need to be afraid of it as sordid as it is for every visitor, including you who want to see these animals will be accompanied by rangers the same time as the handler. You live only comply with all the instructions and advice of experienced guides this.

Komodo dragon (Varanus) is a rare species that is almost extinct, you can only find in the Park. Because of the uniqueness and scarcity, Komodo National Park was declared a World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986. The scientific world was first discovered in 1911 by JKH Van Steyn. Since then later expand their conservation objectives as well as to protect the entire biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.

The park includes three major islands, Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well many other smaller islands that add up to have a land area of ​​603 km². The total area of ​​Komodo National Park is 1,817 km². Expandable up to 25 km² (Banta Island) and 479 km² of marine waters will produce a total area of ​​up to 2,321 km². At least 2500 Komodo dragons live in this region. Komodo large usually has a length of 3 m and weighs 90 kg. Komodo natural habitat is open grassland savanna, rainforest, white sandy beaches, coral reefs, and beaches where the water is crystal clear. In this area, you can also find horses, wild buffalo, deer, wild boar male, snakes, monkeys, and various species of birds.

Komodo National Park has amazing underwater life. The divers say that the waters of Komodo is one of the best dive sites in the world. Has a stunning underwater scenery. You can find 385 species of beautiful corals, mangrove forests and seaweed as home to thousands of species of fish, 70 species of sponges, 10 dolphin species, six kinds of whales, green turtles, and various species of sharks and stingrays.



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