The Beauty of The Island Kapoposang

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February 15, 2010

Kapoposang a marine tourism object is quite famous. Besides enjoying the natural beauty, tourists can also dive, snorkel, and fishing. Fishing locations around Kapoposang Island is one of the best in Indonesia. Come and enjoy a holiday on the island of Kapoposang.

Object Location
Kapoposang Island is one of hundreds of small islands in the ranks spermonde Makassar Strait. Administratively, this island is located in Pangkep district, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Distance from Makassar City about 68 kilometers (42 miles).

Overview
Every holiday season, the island was visited by domestic and foreign tourists. Kapoposang Island is very beautiful and has many privileges as a marine tourism object. Green for a variety of trees.

Fun activities to do in Island Kapoposang include diving, snorkeling, fishing, see the turtle habitat, and watch the sunset and sunrise panorama.

Diving and snorkeling is very exciting because coral reefs around the island is quite healthy and beautiful. Moreover, the clear water condition and not contaminated. Various kinds of colorful fish such as dancing cheerfully greet visitors.

There are several dive sites which each offer unique. Shark Point and Cape Point is a favorite place for many fish there. There is also a point that resembles Aquarium aquarium with wrasse (small fish) play in between the coral and soft coral.

Further south, there is a large atoll in the middle of the sea called Takabakang. This place is a favorite fishing and spear fishing. Flow there is strong enough that the fish preferred large fish such as tuna pack, schooling grouper, Giant Trevally, and cod.

Turtle habitat is beauty in the other side. Kapoposang Island beach as a place of this rare animal eggs. Tourists can see the behavior may interfere with sea turtle without them. These animals are protected.

Facilities
On this island resort is managed by PT Wisata Tirta Makassar. The resort has a restaurant and sports facilities. Tourists can also hire a yacht weighs 20 tons to deliver the sea rose to dive sites and fishing favorite.

Access
There are several routes to the island Kapoposang, namely from Paotere Port and Dock POPSA in Makassar, Dock Kalibone in Maros District, and the Wharf District Tonasa in Pangkep.

Using a traditional boat trip takes about 6 hours from Makassar, 7 hours from Maros, and 8 hours of Pangkep. But if travelers use the boat sped from Pier POPSA Makassar, can travel to within three hours.

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