Marine Tour - Bunaken National Park is a famous destination for visitors who love swimming and snorkeling, it is the natural habitat of a lot of marine creatures from such tropical fish as parrotfish, moorish idol, butterflyfish, anemonefish and etc. Bunaken and its nearby islands are surrounded by coral reef. The nearest one is Siladen which is circled by white sandy beach and coral reef.
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| Bunaken and Manado Tua islands as seen from the beach of Siladen island |
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| Underwater photo from Bunaken island of North Sulawesi |
These islands can be visited by speedboats. Usually the duration of snorkeling tour in Bunaken lasts for 3 to 4 days. This can be combined with walking tour around the island to see how villagers live in their daily life. Birdwatching in Bunaken islands can be done to see such birds as Pied Imperial Pigeon, Sahul Sunbird, Gray-sided Flowerpecker, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Collared Kingfisher, Whimbrel, Black-naped Tern, Pacific Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, and etc.
Hiking Tour and Birdwatching in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa Highland
Land Tour - Sonder is a small subdistrict town that is located in the middle of Minahasa Highland. It is surrounded by hills, flatlands, ravines, rivers and water falls. The forest and farmland of Sonder are the habitat of various species of birds such as Yellow-billed Malkoha, Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon, Finch-billed Myna, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Pale Blue Monarch, Black-naped Oriole, Bay Coucal, and Hair-crested Drongo (white-eyed), and etc.
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| Sooty-headed Bulbul in Tounelet Slope of Sonder town |
More birds could be seen if we go trekking to higher elevation farm forest of Subdistrict Sonder. There, we could watch Sulawesi Myzomela, Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher, Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove, Black-crowned White-eye, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot and etc.
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| Pale Blue Monarch |
In addition to birdwatching, tour participants could also see various species of butterflies during the walking tour in Minahasa land.
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| Meyer's Jay Butterfly in Sonder of Minahasa highland |
The temperature in high elevation land of Sonder is often cold especially early in the mornings, and at nights, and during wind season. However, if the weather is good with bright sunlight, the air temperature of Sonder is quite warm, around 24 to 26 during the day.
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| Hiking, birdwatching and butterfly watching in Sonder of Minahasa Highland |
Tour participants can wear breathable clothing made of cotton. The trails in Sonder and its surrounding farmland and hills are easy to be explored. Hiking tour is usually conducted along the farm path and along roadside.
See Agricultural Crops
During the hiking trip, tour participants can see villagers who are working in their agricultural land. They grow corn, carrot, red beans, papaya, banana, cabbage, tomato, spring onion and etc.
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| Corn, vanilla, papaya, clove and rice are agricultural crops in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa highland |
If you are interested in taking a snorkeling tour in Bunaken as well as a hiking and birdwatching tour in Subdistrict town of Sonder in Minahasa highland, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com.
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