Derawan Island, Heaven World On Edge East Kalimantan

       

     Derawan Islands is an archipelago located in Berau, East Kalimantan. In this archipelago there are a number of charming nautical tourism, one of which Parks Underwater interest foreign tourists, especially divers world-class.
     Derawan Islands has three districts namely, Derawan, Maratua, the Big Dipper and the Big Dipper, Berau.
 At least four of the famous islands in the archipelago, the island Maratua, Derawan, Charitable and Kakaban inhabited by endangered species such as the green turtle and the hawksbill.

       Derawan Islands is one of the tourist destinations of the sea became popular in Indonesia today. Many local and foreign traveler-diver even the best divers in the world to visit this exotic island. Her main magnet is located on the coast, islands, coral reefs, and of course the jellyfish lake Kakaban its very rare. This type of lake there are only 2 locations in the world, namely in Kep. Derawan Indonesia and the Republic of Palau. Even the jellyfish in the lake Kakaban, much more in comparison with those in the Republic of Palau.

    

On this island we can find a swarm of ornamental fish and swim with green turtles. If you want to watch the turtles lay their eggs, and release turtles (hatchlings) we could visit the island Sanglaki, or if you want to try something more challenging, can swim with jellyfish in the lake Kakaban, but do not worry, jellyfish lake This is not danger. that we can enjoy the exotic beauty of the Maratua island.

To reach the island Derawan, we could use some travel lanes. Nothing like adventure? Then the exact route is to start from Balikpapan or Samarinda, to travel overland to Tanjung Batu, Berau and crossed. For this route, we will be by road pretty heavy migrants passing lane, street area mining and takes quite long time. From  Balikpapan to Sangatta about 8-10 hours, and it is only half the journey alone because they still have to travel between Sangatta - Tanjung Redep, Berau.

For those who want easier and you can choose the path to fly from Jakarta to Tarakan and crossed by speedboat from the sea port Tarakan to Tanjung Batu and to the island Derawan. Hire a speedboat is the best alternative to reach it without much of a wait.