Bunaken Island is the main island of the theMarine National Park and became famous through it's world class diving and snorkling spots.

The 5 island were established as marine park in 1991.
Indeed, Bunaken was identified as home for more fish species than even the Great Barrier Reef by the International Oceanographic Institute. There are quite many phantastic places around Bunaken Island but also on the neighbouring Islands and the mainland are wonderful places, wich you should not miss.

A high diversity on corals, fish and special underwater creatures

Snorkelling just from shore

After you pass the coral garden, you will be amazed by the great drop off and there you can look for Turtles, big Napoleon and from time to time passing Black and White Tip Sharks, Eagle Rays, Trevallys, or Baracudas etc.
If you are interested in seeing such things as Morays, Nudybranches, Scorpionfishes, Leavefilefishes, 3 kinds of Pipe Fishes, Frogfish, Octopus, Lyonfishes and Cockatoowaspfishes, you can also find them here in the area between the beach and where the Coral begins.

The Bunaken Marine National Park is listed as one of the best diving spots in the world.

It's a impressive diversity of colourful hard and soft corals, sponges, fish and underwater creatures in the park. Even people who dived often here always come back and discover new things every time. Indeed, Bunaken was identified as home for more fish species than even the Great Barrier Reef by the International Oceanographic Institute.
There are many nice places for snorkelling on Bunaken and also at Siladen Island, here aspecialy on the south side and as well on Manado Tua Island.

Manado has an international airport and is easily reachable from Jakarta, Singapore, Davao, and Kuala Lumpur.

From Manado airport you can take a taxi to the harbour named "Pelabuhan Bersehati". There you go on the public boat run by a man named Lucas which goes to Liang Beach, other boats may finnish there trip at the village.