Jailolo Sea in Halmahera, a paradise for underwater photographers

Underwater in the Jailolo Bay, West Halmahera, North Maluku province, it has a charming scenery. Underwater scenery in the Gulf Jailolo touted as a paradise for underwater photography enthusiasts. Diverse marine life, either in the form of animals and plants, it displays the condition of underwater scenery is phenomenal.

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Jailolo Bay, West Halmahera, North Maluku province.

Met with a shark while underwater may cause some layman people to be afraid. But for the diver, this is something special. "I am very happy because the opportunity to meet with a shark in dive spot Pastofiri, really cool because the shark repeatedly passing before my eyes," said Ahmad after diving in the Jailolo Sea, West Halmahera, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

According to the man who love this sports underwater, although his field of vision is not too far away, the Jailolo Sea have underwater scenery incredible. "All is still arranged neatly, the ecosystem was seen still very good," said Ahmad.

Jailolo bay that located in West Halmahera indeed save a million charm underwater. This bay is home to hundreds of specimens of coral and sea flowers, everything is gathered and grown under the Jailolo Sea that blue and quiet. Various underwater creatures exist, for example, glass fish, nudi branches, until the turtle, all to adorned under the Jailolo Sea. If you want to try extreme sports such as scuba diving, the Jailolo bay worth a try. Because of the diversity of marine life in Jailolo, you could be meet the marine animal that is rarely seen as mandarin fish whose existence only at a depth of 4.5 meters.

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Diving in the Jailolo Bay.

There are three diving spots are located on the sea Jailolo, namely Tanjung Kailupa, Babua Island and Atoll Pastofiri. Each has unique characteristics, such as Tanjung Kailupa, this place has a flat typography and have quite a lot of smooth corals and arcopora.

Additionally, you can ride a speedboat from Jailolo for 30 minutes in the direction Fastofiri and Babua Island to explore the waters there. The specialty of the Babua Island are its white sand that clean, beautiful coral stone and diving spot (NHR-2 and NHR-3) are not far from this island. In diving spot has an area famous for its beautiful scenery and impressive, named the Babua Wall. The divers love to linger there because there are a lot of mini seahorses with sized 1 cm, also lobster pink and nudibranch mollusks.

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Underwater photography in the Jailolo Bay.

Currently, there are 12 diving sites spread across the regions of Jailolo and Loloda, West Halmahera. Clear sea with fairly good visibility up to 15 meters makes this place to be a paradise for underwater photographers. Exploring the Jailolo underwater will surely be an unforgettable experience, both for divers and underwater photographers. Meanwhile, the Babua island has a coral wall typography which is perfect for photography that using wide angle. Pastofiri atoll is equally interesting, with a depth of about 15-25 meters this place has topografislope and flat.

To try out feel the this sensation, you can come into Gilolo Dive Center which is located in the Gulf Jailolo. Its access easy, with using speed boat or boat barge from Dufa-Dufa Port which located in Ternate.

Batik Air open flight routes to Ternate

Direct flights Makassar-Ternate and Jakarta-Ternate will soon be served by airline the Batik Air. According to the plan, flight routes of Makassar-Ternate and Ternate-Jakarta by Batik Air began operation on December 19, 2014. Batik Air uses Boeing 737 aircraft which has a capacity of 150 passengers to serve these two flight routes.

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Batik Air.

Batik Air airline will open routes to the Sultan Babullah Airport, Ternate, North Maluku, to support the smooth flow of air transport to and from the city. "We've got a report about the opening of Batik Air flight route to Sultan Babullah and plans maiden flight performed on December 19, 2014," said Deputy Mayor of Ternate, Arfin Djafar, in Ternate, Sunday (12/14/2014).

Batik Air will initially serve the direct flights Makassar-Ternate commute and Jakarta-Ternate commute by using the type Boeing 737 with a capacity of 150 passengers.

Arifin said, Ternate government welcomed the service flight of Batik Air to Sultan Babullah Airport because it will further enhance the role of Ternate as the main gate to the North Maluku province through the air. In addition, it is also expected to be an attraction for tourists, both from within and outside the country for a visit to Ternate. One cause of tourists reluctant to visit Ternate for this is the limited air transport.

He expects the Batik Air not only to service direct flight Makassar-Ternate commute and Jakarta-Ternate commute, but also with other important cities in Indonesia, including Bali which has been the main entrance of foreign tourists to Indonesia. Even if you allow other airlines also open a direct flight route from the Sultan Babullah Airport with various overseas cities, such as Tokyo Japan to facilitate tourists from the country visited Ternate.

At the Sultan Babullah Airport far there are four national airline flying from and to the airport, namely Garuda Indonesia, Sriwijaya Air, Expres Air and Wings Air with seven flights every day.