Sulawesi Island is located in Southeast Asia, Wakatobi name is very alarming a location known for marine tourism.Wakatobi Marine National Park (TNKW) is the second largest marine park Ocean Park Cendrawasih Gulf of Papua.Wakatobi has a marine natural resources and unique high-value, no wonder the potential, if heaven has been nicknamed the Wakatobi Underwater World, because it is the world’s Coral Triangle (the Coral Triangle Heart) Center, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands.

There, a twenty-five coral reef coastline of 600 km of coral islands. All of these clusters is still ‘virgin’ alias to maintain its authenticity.The basis of the study by the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) before 2003, in the Wakatobi at least 396 kinds of coral reefs and 590 blocks of colorful coral reef fish species in the cool of the eyes. This is great. In any case, for diving and snorkeling enthusiasts, Wakatobi is heaven.Wakatobi name itself is taken from the scattered islands in the name of TNKW that Jiwan Ji fragrance, Kaledupa, Tomia and Binongko islands, is located in southeastern Sulawesi. Four islands, and then shorten the name of the Wakatobi.

In earlier times, people from the Tukang Besi islands name this island, the island’s residents, because it would have been a craftsman and blacksmith who Bouton Kingdom at the time of sale of household equipment and appliances of war.

The locals who lived near the park is the Bajau ethnic group or better known as the sea.The ancient Chinese and European explorers recorded, these tribes have been referred to the tradition of the traditional sea, but skilled. They can explore the Merqui Islands, Johor, Singapore and the Philippines.And the Caribbean who had 100 specimens in the Wakatobi National Park waters, about 750 compared to the original underwater Indonesia has a total of 850 species.

In the Wakatobi Marine National Park, the water is very clear, so that visitors can see the ship clear of coral reefs even without diving. We like to see a huge aquarium, colorful coral reef fish processing and completion of a beautiful arrangement.Visitors can also communicate directly, such as sperm whales (physeter bream), a short guide to fin whales (Globicephala macrorhyncus), killer whale (orca Orcinus), tigers whales (Feresa attenuata), rough toothed dolphins (shorthand bredenensis) rare animals, gray dolphins (whale mold), bottlenose dolphins (bottlenose dolphins), melon head whales (Peponocephala Electra), green turtle (Chelonia Green Turtle), Napoleon fish (Cheilinus wavy), dugong (Dugong dugong) Dolphin (Dolphin delphis, Stenella longiotris, bottlenose dolphins), squid, black spots and various other fish species and the Wakatobi Islands and back.

There are eight important resources, that coral reefs in the region TNKW, (mangroves), mangroves, seagrass desert plants (plants in shallow water ecosystem), fish, eggs, birds, sea turtles nesting beaches and beaches where peneluruan .In addition to the underwater world tour, in a national park of 1.39 million hectares, these visitors can also enjoy land tours, cruise vertical cave (release).April and December is an appropriate time visitors, because in that month’s weather is usually fine, so beautiful coral reefs and the fish can easily be 60-30 meters deep in the discovery of a 27-28 degrees Celsius.In order to achieve Wakatobi Marine National Park, visitors can use the 5 hours and 12 hours of long distance travel or wooden smell from Kendari.