Cumi Cumi(Squid) Spawnning News.

Squid  Spawnning Day

Today, we spent a wonderful under water time to watch their spawnning sean at a a dive site in Manado,Bunaken National Marine Park.

Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort

 

Manado Tua Island

Manado Tua Isalnd

Just few days ago, I saw this fish in Tanjung Kopi point. The fish called "Ikekatsuo" in Japanese. We do not see this fish so often around this ara. It's got sharp body line and very small face.

Manado,Bunaken cute sea star

While we are diving, sometimes we find this type of cute pink sea star.
The size is less than 5 cm, but when I use frash for the picture, it's came out like this beautiful color. It looks like they try to resemble part of coral and mixed in a coral wall.

Maybe for many divers, not so interesting, but I like also this type of sea creature.

by Reiko 

Beautiful Tropical Diving

Montehage Island is a one of tropical Island in Bunaken National Marine Park.

As you can see, white sandy bottom at shallow water is just like a peacefull dream world. 

Limited Special Offer!!

In conjunction and to celebrate the opening of
Singapore Airlines new routes

Milan/ Singapore and Barcelona/ Singapore

Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort offers the following promotion price to

Italian and Spanish Nationals using the new route.

7 nights accommodation and full board in Superior Cottage
with 5 days of diving, two boat dives per day
for a total of 10 dives per person

Published price US$ 920.00 per person

Promotion price US$ 685.00 per person (Min. two guests)


Offer validity

For new bookings made between 10th June 2006 - 31st July 2006

Travel must be completed before 30th September 2006 Offer is
based on twin or double sharing

Extra day’s extensions available pls contact.

Min of one Italian or Spanish national must be in the travelling group.
Only valid for those using the New Route.
Full payment required within 7 days of booking confirmation

Subject to availability.

Singapore Airlines flies from Milan and Barcelona to Manado via Singapore

Singapore Airlines flies to Milan and Barcelona

From 19 July 2006,

Singapore Airlines will be the first and only airline to fly from
Milan and Barcelona to Manado via Singapore.
For information on schedules and rates pls click below.

http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/local/IT/promo_fares/MILflight.jsp

Manado /Bunaken Diving Tanjung Kopi point

Great!!
The dive today was compleated. Nice sun, sea, and soround at atomospire.

Tanjung kopi, gentle current, 25mt visibility, lots of fishes, I like it.

Barrakudas, tunas, Jack fishes, wonderfull creatures.

I wish you were here!!

by Nyoman at Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort

Manado /Bunaken Dive log 14May06

It was beautiful day today.
We went dive to "Tiwoho" which is on the main land Sulawesi Island.

This dive site is popular diving point as a macro fish, and endless beautiful coral reef on the shallow part.

We saw many different kind of nudybranches, and found a couple of anemone fish protecting their eggs. Wonderful!

All of sudden at 3 meter depth, a group of the Buffalo fish passed in front of us.
Surprise!!

message and photo by Reiko (Owner of Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort)

Manado /Bunaken Dive log Raymond 10May06

Whip corals were amazing at Raymond on west side of Bunaken Island, and also unseen bottom was great, slow current, perfect weather all in one.

we had lot of fun today to see lot's of kind of fish in 1 dive, amazing planet!

Manado /Bunaken Today 8May06

There were not so many boats and divers today around the island, which means a good time for diving.

There is no doubt I will say, the rainy season just over, it might be windy in next few days but I guess it's only for a temporary.

Fukui was exellent today, and also Lekuan.

so pls come to bunaken and you will be a witness of the words "Best under water".

Manado /Bunaken Montehage Great healing dive!!

Montehage northeast from the resort, another island which is also a part of Bunaken National Marine Park.

We dived here today, the site called Barracuda point. It was wall and slope dive,
but we were un lucky, there were no barracuda today, but instead we saw small school of Buffalo Fish. They swam passed just in front of us, that's was amazing!

Some part of the coral reef was damaged cause of COTS, so we collect those bad guys.
but here on the shallow reef got such a beautiful white sandy bottom, it looks just paradise! Our Japanese guest called "Great healing Diving"......

by Nyoman and Reiko

Manado /Bunaken Dive The Ship Wreck point

The Wreck was a lot better than few weeks ago.

cause, all about the visibility and nice weather, it layed just between 23-40m, it's a quite deep, so you must watch your limit depth otherwise you will exeed the no decompression limit.

The 2nd dive was sloping area, exellent for small stuff.

by Nyoman(Instructor guide at Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort)

Manado /Bunaken Paradaise!

I was not dive today, but I can feel it, it will be great to be down the water.

The weather was very good so far, also for the next days.

Calm water, perfect visibility, it's PARADISE, and Dancing Dolphins just infront house reef of Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort, that was amazing! So wellcome to Bunaken.

by Nyoman (Instructor Guide in Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort)

Manado /Bunaken Dive log Fukui and Mandolin point

I like the weather so far and hopely will stay the same for the next days.

We were dive in two different places, but one and another was close, Fukui and Mandolin.

Surface was calm, and the visibility also great.

Mandolin was lot of fun, curresnt.

It was strong current, but controlable. I felt like flaying and kissing the sky.
very good.


by Nyoman (Instructor Guide in Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort)

Manado,Bunaken 29April End of the rainy season days.

I can not see the sun today, I thought the weather will be good in next few days, or in the beginning of May the rainy season will over.

I wasn't dive today, only watched the water movement infront of the resort.
Rain, wind were made me confused, unpredikable weather, but soon the sun will come,
no worry.......

by Nyoman (Instructor guide at Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort)

Manado /Bunaken Dive log 28April06

Today generaly the dive was fine and good, but the other side of the Resort, west coast wasn't good on surface, cause today wind blow from west to east whichmean all along coast was fine.

Cela Cela was good but on surface it was bit rough.

The third dive was Cha Cha point which is just in front of our resort, that's was a super, we saw sharks, turtles, and nice beautifull corals were best.

by Nyoman (Instructor guide at Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort)

Manado,Bunaken Cha Cha from sky

Manado, Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort from sky.

Manado /Bunaken Mandarin Fish by Bunaken Cha Cha

We were dive in several places today. North west of the island, Raymond and Sachiko point.

Generally the weather was fine today, the water visibility and surface was fair.

The most interesting dive today was the third dive at mandarin point.

To meet this "Mandarin Fish", we need to determine the time cause they only will come out and play just after sun set.

Today was great and lot's of fun.

by Nyoman(New instructor guide at Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort)

Manado/Bunaken, Dolphin in front of Cha Cha Resort

Perfect..... today the weather was perfect, nice sun shine, no wind, calm water and nice visibility.

We were dive in west side of the island Alungbanua, and last dive were in Siladen island.
It was very calm dive, we could see the beautiful coral wall slowly and relaxed.

And another great things happened today was a school of grey dolphins just playing around in front of the resort all day.
Great creatures!!(*^ ▽^*)　

STARBUCKS COFFEE and Bunaken Cha Cha at Manado,Sulawesi

STARBUCKS COFFEE in Japan, they pur a story about Indonesia especially about Jawa, and Sulawesi in their free paper called

STARBUCKS PRESS

The story made by a Japanese writer who virtually travelled in Sulawesi, and stayed at Our resort Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort on Bunaken Island in Bunaken National Mrine Park.

Reiko(Owner of Cha Cha) helped them to give many infomation as much as possible about local cultuer & music around this area, so we as Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort got thanks from STARBUCKS who put our name and web site address on credit line in this free papaer.

You can get this free paper "STARBUCKS PRESS" April2006 in the STARBUCKS Coffee shop all over JAPAN, right now.

Feel Good, isn't it??

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Sulawesi travell story is waiting for you!