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Sea Garden - Coral Reefs

Banda Islands located in the Maluku (an archipelago in east Indonesia). A group of islands that became a beautiful vacation spot in the eastern islands of Indonesia. Around Banda Sea is the location of the famous Maluku sea gardens with coral reefs and colorful fishes swimming in transparent sea. For guests who will come to Banda Island, many options available for snorkeling and diving. Karaka Island, Pisang Island and Ai Island is very famous and wonderful for you who want to see the natural beauty of the sea. Facilities for diving, snorkelling and cottages are available in this place.

Banda Island offers a stunning tropical scenery, dazzling underwater life with a variety of marine animals that will anesthetize your eyes when diving.

Transparent Sea View

Some point dive that can be found in this island is:

Sonegat, Located in Sonegat-Sea Arm, and can be taken using a boat from the hotel. Sonegat also located between Banda Neira and Gunung Api. Keraka Island or Crab Island is located north of the island of Banda Neira-Gunung Api Island, has a stretch of sand on the north coast on the east coast, you can see the depth of 10 meters a variety of amazing marine life. Sjahrir Island or formerly known as Banana Island and Batu Kapal. These two places to be a good destination for diving and beach picnic. Meanwhile, the Gunung Api Island that erupted in May 1988  and has killed almost all the offshore reef formations found in the vicinity. But the amazing, this propagate various sponges.

In the Dutch Stone area, you can find the small caves and fissures. Fish residing in this region vary widely, as a group of snappers, large emperor, and blue-girdled angelfish, wrasses, large pinnate bat-fish and a variety bannerfish. In addition, Ai Island also offers the best dive sites on the island of Banda. On the north shore, south, west and Ai Island, surrounded by rock walls perfect, which is not flat and full of caves. Meanwhile, Hatta Island is located only 25 km from the island of Banda Neira, you can watch the parade of fish of various kinds.

coral reef View

Many days you can spend around this beautiful island. Spices still growing here and the locals still make traditional food and snacks by using spices very rare. But a visit to see the castle Dutch heritage, visit the nutmeg plantations, and climbed into the Mountain of Fire, also will leave an unforgettable impression with the stunning scenery around the island of Banda Neira.

If you are interested to visit this beautiful island, First should to get to Ambon. You can fly direct from Bali. From ambon you can use an airplane or you can schedule the arrival in ambon at the time of the ferry boat once a week.

Fort View

Forest View

Blue Sea View