Derawan island in Berau in East Kalimantan, one of the most exciting tourist attractions in Indonesia.

Derawan is the perfect tropical paradise. Warm sunshine interspersed with views of white-sand beaches nan smooth, swaying palm trees, crystal clear sea and that changes color from green to blue cobalt. Life under the sea here is amazing, you will discover giant tortoises, dolphins, dugongs, manta rays, Barracuda, and stingless jellyfish. Derawan sharks here is one valuable biodiversity. With a wealth of under the sea it's no wonder if the Derawan then known as one of the best diving destinations in the world.

Located just off the Mainland of Berau in East Kalimantan, Derawan Islands consists of 29 Islands and the most famous of which is the Derawan, Kakaban, Maratua, Sangalaki. Here the nesting green turtles and hawksbills are also rare. You can watch turtles lay eggs every day in the sand or swimming into the sea with turtles. All this vastness of sea conservation area no less than 1.27 million hectares.

You can find at least 460 species of coral and is the second largest after Raja Ampat in Papua. In Derawan archipelago at least found more than 450 kinds of fish ranging from Pygmy seahorses to giant manta rays. In recent days, this group of manta rays in large quantities up to 50 tail you can see are packed together in Derawan waters. 

On Sangalaki, you can find the jellyfish Lake is the largest and most diverse in the world, including four unique species of jellyfish stingles who can swim upside down. This is why alasanya Sangalaki considered becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site nominations.

Derawan Islands is one of the tourist destinations of the sea became popular in Indonesia at the moment. Many local and foreign traveler even divers-the world's best divers travel to exotic islands. His main Magnet located on the beach, island, coral reefs, and of course the jellyfish Lake Sangalaki his very rare. Lakes of this type there are only 2 locations in the world, namely in Kep. Derawan Indonesia and the Republic of Palau.  Even jellyfish Lake is on Sangalaki, much more compared to that in the Republic of Palau.

On the island we can find a bunch of fish and swim with green turtles. If you want to see the turtles turtles lay eggs, and removing the older turtles (dive) we can visit the island of Sanglaki, or if you want to try more challenging activities, can swim with jellyfish in Lake Sangalaki, but calm, jellyfish Lake do not sting.After that we can enjoy the beauty of the islands of Kakaban exoticism.

To reach the island, Derawan, we could use some of the travel lane.  Anyone who loves adventure? Then the proper route is to start from Balikpapan, Samarinda or traveled inland to Tanjung Batu, Berau then crossed. For this, we'll route by road a hefty weight of pass line area, the Homesteader mining company and takes quite a long time.From Balikpapan to Sangatta about 8-10 hours, and that's only half the trip only because it still has to travel between Tanjung Redep – Sangatta, Berau.

For who want easier and you can choose the line fly Jakarta-Tarakan and crossed by speedboat from the sea port of Tarakan to Tanjung Batu and Pulau Derawan. Rent a speedboat is the best alternative to achieve that place without a lot of waiting.

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