Thursday 17 March 2016

Blue Lake




Blue Lake is a small in Nelson Lakes National Park, in the northern reaches New Zealand's Southern Alps. Sacred to local Maori, it has the clearest natural fresh water in the world. It holds the title of the world's clearest lake. Considered almost as "optically clear" as distilled water.




Use of the lake is highly restricted with bathing, swimming and diving prohibited. Characterized by blue-violet hues seen only in the very clearest natural water. Conservation Department allowed the use of a helicopter to fly in specialist equipment and an inflatable boat.

 The water comes from Lake Constance via an underground river and emerges from springs about 35m above the Blue Lake. The number of visitors to the Blue Lake has been gradually increasing since 2011, the year Niwa's Research was made.


The lake is the two-way hike from the park's entrance. The park is a popular hiking, fishing and destination.

Labuan Mirror Lake



This lake is located in the village of Biduk-biduk, Berau, East Kalimantan. Labuan Mirror Lake is in East Kalimantan such as the shape of the lake like a giant mirror, which is why this lake has a name that has meaning Labuan Mirror Mirror port because the lake water is so clear blue seems as if every image reflected on it. Labuan Lake Mirror travelers like treasure because not many people know this place, but the beauty of this lake can not be denied.



 It takes about 20-24 hours away by road from Samarinda or 6 hours by plane from Sepinggan Airport, Balikpapan Airport to Cape RedebTo reach Labuan Mirror Lake, visitors must ride the canoe fishermen and travel pass for 15 minutes, penetrating scrub and mangrove forests.


There are a few feet below the flow of salt water . Surprisingly, these two types of water are not mixed . In plain can be seen that the sea water and fresh water are separated by a similar layer of clouds. Freshwater fish live on the surface , while saltwater fish can be found at the bottom of the lake.

Mamutik Island



Mamutik Island is located off the coast of downtown Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It is also a quiet beach to laze around and unwind. It is being the smallest island of Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park where people who want to avoid the crowd will love this place. Until recently, Mamutik Island is often regarded as an off-the-beaten-track island as the lack of tourist facilities had made it less popular. the beach at Mamutik Island is good enough with various sections of sandy spots are available for sunbathing and relaxing.



Mamutik Island has long scretch of white sandy beach about 200 meters in length. The sea can be choppy occasionally and the water is getting deep after 10 meters from the shore, so be careful if you do not know how to swim.

Most coral fragments are concentrated in the water. The beach is still mainly fine sandy beach that is nice to walk on.

Bohey Dulang Island



             
Is Located Off Semporna At East Coast Of Sabah and comprises of eight island. It takes about 45 minit from the jetty to Bohey Dulang Island. The name Bohey Dulang is derived from bohi (bohey) meaning water and dulang meaning pools or depressions in Bajau language. This may refer to series of oval rock pools, roughly 2-3 m across, along the small waterfalls and main freshwater stream on the eastern side of the island.



Besides snorkeling and scuba diving, there are also a place to hiking to the peak! Whoever loves to hike and diving at the same time are welcome to Bohey Dulang Island. This is what they called this ladder between boulders "Stairway to Heaven".


Sabah Park has a giant clam nursery and hatchery center on Bohey Dulang, where they breed and propagate giant clams inside and outside the Park. The display and settlement tank area, which houses a few species of giant clam, are open to public. It's possible to arrange an educational tour to visit their lab and research center.




 Pom Pom Island




It's located north of Sipadan, Kapalai, and Mabul the Malaysia's diving paradise. There are
six islands to the north-east of Semporna which are outside the Tun Sakaran Marine Park.
The island are mostly separated by deep water and all are surrounded by a fringing coral 
reef with minimal lagoon development. Being lesser-known and really tiny, this island kept
under the radar from tourists and people seeking to sunbath with cocktails in hand. The
island has a white sand coral beach. The island has no village, minimal human impact, no 
polution and is one of the popular destination of the Semporna district.




      The islands are linked by the presence of turtles nesting. The season has come for baby
turtles rush at the Pom Pom Hatchery since we collected many turtle nests during July to September. You can witness the scene of baby turtles born and returning back to the sea here in Pom Pom Island.




There are operational resorts on Pom Pom Island, Mataking and Kalapuan, while resorts areplanned for Timba and Pandanan islands. There are only two resorts on this island, CelebesBeach Resort (affectionately known as CBR) and Pom Pom Island Resort. CBR caters moreto divers and is priced right for those finding it hard to justify paying $2000 for a 4D3N diving package. For those not diving, they have snorkeling packages where you get to go to the same spots as the divers.




Wednesday 16 March 2016


Sipadan Island



Sipadan Island is the most famous of Semporna's islands and rated as one of the world's 
top ten dive destinations. Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising 600 
metres (2,000 ft) from the seabed. It is located in the Celebes Sea off the east coast 
of Sabah,East Malaysia. It was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct
volcanic cone that took thousand of years to develop.


                                      


More than 3000 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in this 
richest of ecosystems. Known as a great place for scuba diving ‘The World Top Ten Dive Destination’. Most popularly recommended dive sites are Turtle Cavern, Barracuda Point, South Point and Hanging Gardens, Coral Garden, The Drop Off, Midreef, Staghorn Crest, Turtle Patch and Whitetip Avenue.


Sipadan Island also became one of the shooting location of ‘Duyung' film.