{"id":509,"date":"2018-02-05T07:34:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T07:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewonderings.eu\/?p=509"},"modified":"2021-11-16T18:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:52:20","slug":"wakatobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/wakatobi\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakatobi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Wakatobi is a small archipelago in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.Wakatobi National Park is a marine national park situated south of mainland South East Sulawesi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/category\/countries\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>. it is well known among divers as one of the world&#8217;s best dive sites. Its name is an acronym of the four main Tukangbesi Islands: Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko. Since 2005 the park has been listed as a tentative World Heritage Site.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Get around :<\/em><\/span> The Cantika fast boat connects the main islands of Pulau Wangi-Wangi, Pulau Kaledupa and Pulau Tomia on a rolling schedule, leaving from each island every two to three days. There is no shortage of smaller boats connecting the various islands, so on any given day you should be able to move from one island to another. It&#8217;s best to just ask around (for example, at your accommodation reception) a day or two before you want to travel.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Attractions :<\/em><\/span> Diving at Wakatobi is excellent, with a high diversity of corals, rich marine life, and very few divers relative to more popular Indonesian marine parks such as Komodo National Park and Bunaken National Park. Visit The Bajo Tribe ,\u00a0 \u00a0Hoga Island ,\u00a0 The Kahyangan Summit ,\u00a0 Lakasa Cave ,\u00a0 Anano Beach ,\u00a0 Sombano Lake , Traditional Fare ,\u00a0 Wakatobi Handicrafts ,\u00a0 Lariangi Dance. Tour the islands by motorbike, Tomia, WangiWangi, Kaledupa. You can rent motorcycles at Jelly in WangiWangi as well as Laborestay in Tomia. Its fund to cruise the islands and see village life. In Tomia there are serveral forts that can be visited and some nice beaches.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Buy-Eat :<\/em><\/span> A good warung offers meals for around IDR 20,000 all day in Kampung Waha, Pulau Tomia. Visitors staying at Penyelam Abi Raya (also in Kampung Waha) can also eat at the homestay.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Acces :<\/strong><\/span> Most travel to Wakatobi departs from Kendari and arrives in Wangi-Wangi, either by boat or plane.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>\u00a0Flying to WAKATOBI :<\/em> <\/span>WAKATOBI is served by Matahora Airport. Matahora Airport is located about km from WAKATOBI. A taxi into the city from Matahora Airport would cost IDR 100.000. <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Coordinates:-5.683333, 124<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>From Bau-Bau:<\/em><\/span> Three flights per day between Makassar (Ujung Padang) and Bau-Bau two boats per day between Kendari and Bau-Bau (boats depart from both Kendari and Bau-Bau at around 07:00 and 13:00: journey time is five to six hours fare is IDR 190,000). Bau-Bau is a lovely city that hosts the head office of Wakatobi National Park, with an amazing 16th Century fort, white-sand beaches with nice coral snorkelling, and lots of caves. Slow boats to Wakatobi National Park depart from Bau-Bau most days with a journey time of around nine hours (overnight) to the nearest island, Pulau Wangi-Wangi. The Cantika fast boat departs Bau-Bau every two to three days at around 10:00, arriving at Pulau Wangi-Wangi at around 14:00, before continuing on to the islands of Pulau Kaledupa and Pulau Tomia. The fast boat costs around IDR 250,000 from Bau-Bau to Wangi-Wangi and is very safe and comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Boats also depart from Bau-Bau for Pulau Tomia every day (except Fridays) at 21:00 and from Pulau Tomia for Bau-Bau every day (except Saturdays) at 09:00. The fare is IDR 200,000 each way (including a basic meal), and the journey time is approximately twelve hours. The boats that operate between the two islands are the KM Wisata Indah 1\/2, the KM Permai, and the KM Wahyu Samudra 1\/2\/3: at Pulau Tomia, most boats arrive at \/ depart from Pelabuhan (Port) Usuku, but the KM Permai and the KM Wisata Indah 2 arrive at \/ depart from Pelabuhan Waha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wakatobi is a small archipelago in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.Wakatobi National Park is a marine national park situated south of mainland South East Sulawesi, Indonesia. it is well known among divers as one of the world&#8217;s best dive sites. Its name is an acronym of the four main Tukangbesi Islands: Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko. 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