"Maratua Island", The Natural Beauty Of East Kalimantan Beach [BILLINGUAL]

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Maratua Island, a small island located in the south of Tarakan Island and located in the oceans of Sulawesi. The island is shaped like this letter has exotic and beautiful beauty. The characteristics of the maratua island are almost similar to the island of Derawan. Maratua Island is a small island with a population of about 3,000 inhabitants and native inhabitants also maratua is a bajo tribe that is divided into 4 villages. The daily work of native Maratua Island is a fisherman. Not many know that East Kalimantan has a piece of heaven tucked between clusters of the Derawan Islands. Call it Maratua Island, the natural beauty of this island became a byword in the community. Not only the people of Indonesia, even foreign tourists also recognize the beauty. Maratua Island is the outermost island of Indonesia which is located in Maratua District Government territory, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan Province and directly borders with Malaysia (Sabah) and Philippines.

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Maratua Island presents beautiful scenery with beautiful blue sea. The beauty of Maratua Island is able to hypnotize the tourists who visit this island. Maratua is a "paradise" for divers who admire other worlds under the sea. Fun, the spot offered quite a lot, although the price offered is quite expensive of course this is not a problem means for lovers of deep-pocketed dive. There are at least 21 diving points you can try here. Each diving point has its own exoticism. If you are lucky, you can find live turtle greens and giant stingrays while diving in this place. There are many tourist activities that can be done here like swimming, diving, snorkeling, photography, visiting Bajo tribal settlements, seeing turtles, adventure to the mountains, caves, lakes, and others. No need to dive too deep, just from the depth of sea water 5 meters, you can see underwater scenery with various types of animals such as sharks (White tip sharks & hammerhead sharks), sea horses, eel rib, squid, lobster, and others.

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Not only the beautiful sea, biodiversity and marine biota also deserves thumbs up. This is what makes Maratua Island enter as a triangle area of coral trumbu in the world. Maratua is a marine tourism that presents a wide range of marine animal species, some of which are rare and include protected animals. No wonder if here be a paradise for divers and photographers because of its stunning beauty. If you want to try to swim with hundreds of jellyfish without having to worry about the sting, lake Haji Buang is the answer. Haju Buang Lake is a small lake containing hundreds of stingless jellyfish. You only need 15-30 minutes to board a boat from Bohe Bukut village to get to this Haji Buang lake. The water in this lake has a blue color and very calm. You can be satisfied around using a small boat to along this lake.

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Maratua Island became the largest place for turtles to lay their eggs, because of the location of the island located on the coastline. Therefore, you can see turtles directly while here. If you want to see the turtle nesting naturally in the sand, then you must be willing to go out at night. The sunset at Maratua was beautiful. The atmosphere of silence and the pounding of the waves that began to sweep along the tide seawater offers a different sensation. Sea fish of some type can be seen immediately playing under the dock. Starting from lion fish to white stingray. Uniquely turtle likes to show themselves in the morning or late afternoon play on the surface of shallow water. Overnight in Maratua Island would be a fun thing, especially if with friends and family. In Maratuaini Island you can find some lodging that is quite affordable. One of the most comprehensive lodging is Maratua Paradise Resort. Besides having its own dock, its position also directly faced with the high seas, even some rooms deliberately erected just below the sea lip. the tariff ranges from Rp 900,000 - Rp 1,250,000 per person per night. If you want more efficient, you can use home stay home with a rate of Rp 250,000 - Rp 350,000.

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To go to Maratua Island there are actually several alternatives, can explore the sea and air routes. For sea route from dapt journey From Tarakan city, visitors can board the plane with the aim of Tanjung Redeb Airport in Ka Berau district. From Tanjung Redeb town, visitors can rent a speed boat to Maratua Island. The journey from cape redep to maratua island takes a long time, which is about 3 hours sea journey with medium speed. The second line is a path that lately much in use by visitors, namely by air. Travel can be started from the city of Tarakan. From Tarakan city airport, direct visitors can book flight tickets to Maratua Island airport. the flight to the airport Maratua Island only takes about 30 minutes with pioneer aircraft type cesna. The beauty of the ocean and the view of Maratua Island is no longer in doubt, pualu which is still very natural and not much in the jamah by tourists make Maratua Island more and more visited by foreign and local tourists.

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[INDONESIA]

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Pulau Derawan adalah salah satu tujuan favorit untuk wisata bahari di Kalimantan Timur. Banyak penyelam dari seluruh dunia suka datang ke Derawan untuk memuja pesona bawah lautnya. Namun, tahukah Anda bahwa tidak jauh dari Pulau Derawan, terletak sebuah pulau yang sering dibandingkan dengan Maladewa?. Pulau Maratua, yang disebut 'saudara kembar dari Maladewa', tidak terlalu jauh dari Pulau Derawan. Hanya membutuhkan sekitar satu jam perjalanan dengan speed boat untuk sampai ke pulau yang terletak di Laut Sulawesi. Benar, tidak semudah itu untuk pergi ke Pulau Maratua, karena pulau ini adalah salah satu pulau terjauh di Indonesia, berbatasan dengan Malaysia. Namun, semua upaya Anda untuk sampai ke Maratua akan terbayar segera setelah Anda menyaksikan potongan-potongan Maladewa di sana.

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Keuntungan utama Maratua mungkin lokasinya, yang tidak terlalu jauh dari Pulau Derawan. Menimbang bahwa Pulau Derawan menjadi populer sebelum Maratua melakukannya, jarak pendek di antara kedua pulau ini memang telah menjadi poin plus. Selain itu, Pulau Maratua memiliki pemandangan bawah laut yang seindah yang ada di Pulau Derawan. Lautnya yang biru jernih, kehidupan bawah lautnya yang sangat beragam, serta berbagai tempat menyelamnya, adalah beberapa atraksi yang ditawarkan di Maratua. Jangan lupa pantai berpasir putih yang mempesona, dengan suasana yang cukup mengelilingi pulau, siap memikat pelancong yang lelah dengan kehidupan kota yang sibuk. Tempat yang paling terkenal untuk tinggal di Maratua adalah Maratua Paradise Resort. Resor ini terdiri dari cottage yang mengingatkan Anda tentang orang-orang di Maladewa. Wisatawan dapat memilih unit di atas air atau satu di tepi pantai. Biasanya, unit di tepi pantai ditawarkan dengan tarif yang lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan yang ada di atas air.

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Jika Anda merasa bahwa biaya resor tersebut akan merusak bank Anda, Anda dapat memilih berbagai homestay yang ditawarkan oleh penduduk setempat. Tarifnya jauh lebih murah (mulai dari $ 11,5) dibandingkan dengan tinggal di unit resort. Tentu saja, Anda mendapatkan apa yang Anda bayar. Lokasi tempat homestay kurang strategis dibandingkan dengan resor di tepi pantai. Pada akhirnya, semua terserah Anda, apakah Anda lebih suka mendapatkan pondok atau memilih homestay. Untuk sampai ke Pulau Maratua, Anda dapat mengambil penerbangan ke Balikpapan. Dari Balikpapan, transit ke penerbangan lain ke Berau. Selanjutnya, naik perahu ke Maratua. Jika Anda menginap di Maratua Paradise Resort, Anda dapat menghubungi manajemen resor untuk meminta mereka menjemput Anda di bandara.

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