Komodo Island ( East Nusa Tenggara )
Relax the nerves and relieve your mind to adventure in this amazing place. While at the Park if you have just been on another planet, a very memorable experience and unforgettable when visiting.
Come to the Park in East Nusa Tenggara. There is a beauty waiting for you here, not to mention the wealth of underwater biota. While on it plastered the islands beautiful white sandy beaches to the beautiful pink sand while the sun is addressed.
Komodo is a large creature with a giant lizard-like 2-3 m in length and weight reached 165 kg, or 100 kg when empty stomach. Despite the creepy appearance, the Komodo dragon is not an active hunter of animals, they are predators who wait. In the wild, Komodo dragons usually hunt prey that is weak or has been injured. They only need one bite to paralyze its prey. After stalking its prey, sometimes for days, dragons will eat prey that was dying.
Although large in size, scaly, sharply hoofed, forked tongue protruding, and ancient form, but you do not need to be afraid of it as sordid as it is for every visitor including you who want to see these animals will be accompanied by rangers at the same time as the handler. You can just follow the instructions and suggestions are all these experienced guides.
Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) is a rare endangered species, can only be found in Komodo National Park. Because of the uniqueness and rarity, Komodo National Park declared as a World Heritage Site and Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986. The scientific world was first discovered in 1911 by JKH Van Steyn. Since then conservation goals also extend to protect the entire biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.
This park includes three major islands, Komodo Island, Rinca, and Padar, as well many other small islands which, when added together have a land area of 603 km ². Total area of Komodo National Park is 1,817 km ². Expanded up to 25 km ² (Banta Island) and 479 km ² of marine waters would result in a total area of up to 2321 km ². At least 2500 live dragons tail in this region. Large Komodo usually have a length of 3 m and weighing 90 kg. Komodo dragons are the natural habitat open grassland savanna, rainforest, white sandy beaches, coral reefs, and beaches where the water is clear. In this area, you can also find horses, wild buffalo, deer, wild boar males, snakes, monkeys, and various species of birds.
Komodo National Park has an amazing underwater biota. The divers say that the waters of Komodo is one of the best dive sites in the world. Having a stunning underwater scenery. You can find 385 species of beautiful corals, mangroves, and sea grass as home to thousands of species of fish, 70 species of sponges, 10 species of dolphins, six kinds of whales, green turtles, and various types of sharks and stingrays.
source: Ministry of Tourism and the Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia
