| Indonesia is one of the top scuba diving | | | | octopus, colorful sponges, tunicates, and corals. |
| destinations in the world because of it has 20 | | | | What sets Komodo apart from other parts of |
| percent of the worlds coral reefs concentrated in | | | | Indonesia, besides the Komodo dragon, is the fact |
| the waters. Indonesia is made up of more than | | | | that much of the reefs in the waters surrounding |
| 13,000 tropical islands (many of them deserted) | | | | Komodo are part of a national park and has been |
| and boasts of the longest coastline of any | | | | protected from damage caused by dynamite |
| country anywhere in the world. Nestled between | | | | fishing. |
| the Indian Ocean on the east and the Pacific | | | | BALI - One of the most beautiful destinations in |
| Ocean on the west, Indonesia is an equatorial | | | | the world, Bali is one of the most popular islands in |
| paradise of unending beauty and mystery. | | | | the whole of Indonesia. Shore-based diving is |
| While scuba diving in Indonesia, you will have the | | | | extremely popular here as well as boat dives. |
| opportunity to spy some of the more than 3,000 | | | | While scuba diving in Bali, divers will be delighted |
| species of fish, 450 species of coral, vertical walls, | | | | by vertical drop offs, coral ridges, volcanic |
| wrecks, volcanic underwater mountains, and | | | | outcrops, seagrass beds, and one of the most |
| macro life of unbelievable diversity. And with | | | | famous wrecks in the world. Marine life in this part |
| nearly a thousand scuba diving sites directly off | | | | of Indonesia includes hairy frogfish, cockatoo leaf |
| shore or reachable by a short boat ride, you will | | | | fish, bumphead parrotfish, reef sharks, sunfish, |
| never grow bored of scuba diving in Indonesia. | | | | and trevallies. |
| Two of the most popular scuba diving destinations | | | | While the scuba diving season in Bali is year round, |
| in Indonesia include Komodo and Bali. Following is a | | | | the best diving can be had from the months |
| brief introduction to each. | | | | beginning with April and running through December. |
| KOMODO - Komodo Island is world renowned for | | | | From December to March is the rainy season and |
| its biodiversity. In fact, Komodo National Park is | | | | visibility is hampered. But if you want to see |
| home to great diversity. A scuba diving expedition | | | | sunfish and sharks, the best time to go scuba |
| in this park will bring you up close and personal | | | | diving in Bali is from June to September. |
| with colorful shallow reefs full of small marine life | | | | The bottom line is this: Scuba diving in Indonesia is |
| and deep water wonders such as sea mounts, | | | | an experience that can be matched by no other. |
| walls, and pinnacles. You may even be able to spy | | | | The sheer abundance of life and diversity of |
| a shark or two. Other wonders that you might | | | | underwater formations is what makes Indonesia a |
| see while scuba diving in Komodo, Indonesia | | | | popular destination for divers from all over the |
| include whale sharks, sunfish, mantas, eagle rays, | | | | world. |
| pygmy seahorses, clown frogfish, blue-ringed | | | | |