Thousand Islands

Geography

Thousand Islands consist of coral islands as much as 105 units with a total area of 8.7 kmТВ mainland. Temperatures throughout the year generally range between 21 ТАC-32 ТАC with an average humidity is 80%.

Group of Islands

Thousand Islands is an archipelago located in the north of Jakarta, directly facing the bay of Jakarta. FRAMES His name does not mean the islands within the cluster kepualaun it amounted to a thousand. The number of the island is only about 342 islands, including the islands of sand and coral reefs that vegetation or not. Sand and coral reef island itself is numbered 158. Not all islands are included in the Thousand Islands group of human beings inhabited. Like many other islands in Indonesia, most of the islands in the Thousand Islands are uninhabited. FRAMES cluster has the potential for the development of no small variety of industries, including mining, fisheries and tourism is the most important.

Transportations

Tourist attractions transportation from the pier Marina Ancol, Jakarta is served by a speedboat owned vessels or in cooperation with the owner of the resort island. Travel time from Marina Ancol jetty tours to the islands that became a tourist destination depends on the distance, weather conditions and speed of ships used.

Departure from Marina Ancol ship to the islands resorts in the morning hours are generally 08:00 or 09:00 hrs and returned from the islands to the Marina Ancol resort at 13:30 hours or 14:00 hours, depending on the resort island destination.

Public transportation is also available from the Marina Ancol by using government-operated ferry Administrative District Thousand Islands named Transjakarta Dolphins and Grouper.

Torism Islands Destinations

Kahyangan Island, Pabelokan Island, Bidadari Island, Onrust Island, Edam Island, Kelor Island, Rambut Island, Ayer Island, Puteri Island, Matahari Island, Sepa Island. For divers destination, you can visite Kotok Island, Papa Theo island, Peniki island, Matahari island, Gosonglaga island, Sepa island and Semak Daun island.

Komodo Island

Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara Islands. Komodo Island is known as a habitat for animals native Komodo dragon. This island is also the Komodo National Park which is managed by the Central Government. Komodo Island to the west of Sumbawa Island, separated by Sape Strait.

Administratively, these islands including Komodo district, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Komodo Island is the most western tip of Nusa Tenggara Timur province, bordering the province of West Nusa Tenggara.

Komodo Island, Komodo dragons animals live and breed well. Until August 2009, on this island there are about 1300 male Komodo dragon. Coupled with the other islands, such as Island and Rinca and Gili Motang, their numbers totaled about 2500 dragons. There are also around 100 dragons Wae Wuul Nature Reserve on the mainland island of Flores but was not included in the Komodo National Park.

Besides dragons, this island also store a variety of exotic flora Sepang wood by local people used as medicine and dye clothes, this nitak tree or sterculia oblongata in believe are useful as medicines and seeds such as crispy and tasty peas.