Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We wish you a Merry Christmas!!!!

Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort

Moon clip and Firefly @ Bunaken Island

Moon clips started around 21:00 local time.

While we were watching this moon clip, we realized some fire flies flying around and inside of big tree in front of our house. Fantastic!

PINK EYE GOBY

PINK EYE GOBY

Our guests Mr.Naoyuki sent us wonderful picture of PINK EYE GOBY/ RED EYE GOBY/HOVERING GOBY. This fish got also lot's different names... 

Japanese TV Program call "A message from the sea".

It will show about the dive and snorkel sites of Bunaken Island and the story of owners Raf and Reiko & Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort on February 2012, TV ASAHI on CS Program.

It's start from Feb2012 and show it 12 times in two years.

http://www.youtube.com/user/umikara

Japanese TV Team arrived.

Recently mostly great vizability (20m+) with 29C average temp.

On a couple of dives, due to plankton, the clarity was reduced a little but then lots of reef activity.

A Japanese Team have been filming a documentary for Japanese TV program call "A message from the sea" by TV ASAHI about Cha Cha Owners and life here underwater. 

The cameraman used 4 cameras and necessary strobes including macro lens to catch the

littlest of critters, like ornate ghost pipe fish.

Dove also in the rain with Tobias and Gerd who braved the weather and went for it… Great dives and both very happy they made the effort to get out of bed. 

Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort 

Caroline and the family - Our Guests in Aug2010 wrote travel article with pictures which was picked up as one of today's  "feature stories" in "Suite101"(huge international site).
Click on the link down below and have a look!

http://caroline-helbig.suite101.com

Latest Photo from Bunaken Cha Cha Nature Resort

Good Weather Everyday in August this year. 

Quite hot but there is always nice sea breeze on the Bunaken Island.

Under water is beautiful as heaven and water temp. is 29℃.

Critter - Baby Fingered Dragonet - 1.5cm

Something missing???

Critters World in Manado, Bunaken Cha Cha

Sandy point around Bajo

What is this?

Devil Scorpion Fish

Cockatoo Wasp Fish

Frog fish pretend to be a sponge.

Octopus

Sea horse

Come on!  Let's go diving!

Last Minute DIVERS Specials for August

“Last Minute  DIVERS Specials”  For August

Superior Room

5^th to 8^th Aug. – 3 nights with 2 days diving: Total 4 morning dives. US$ 545.00 US$480.00

Standard Room

16^th to 20^th Aug. – 4 nights with 3 days diving: Total 6 morning dives. US$645.00 US$ 550.00

17^th to 21^st Aug. – 4 nights with 3 days diving: Total 6 morning dives. US$645.00 US$ 550.00

22^nd to 26^th Aug. – 4 nights with 3 days diving: Total 6 morning dives. US$645.00 US$ 550.00

http://www.bunakenchacha.com/manado_bunaken_lastminutesspecials2011.html

CHEER UP JAPAN, CHEER UP TOHOKU!!

 CHEER UP JAPAN! CHEER UP TOHOKU Party

for Group of Guests came from Sendai, Tohoku.

held in Buanken Cha Cha Nature Resort

 Spoon game 

Guests Team VS Staff Team!!!

Not easy as it looks like.

 Cheer Up Dancing Night!

 Yuko and Guests dancing with Beer Cap owned by Owner Raf. 

Dive Bunaken Island - The Drop Off

Coral Drop Off around Bunaken

 Nudybrunch

Oyster

Moon Fish/Sun Fish/Ikan Mola Mola/Mambo at Bunaken

At only 5M depth in Tawara point in Bunaken,  our guests met huge Moon Fish/ Sun Fish/Mambo/Mola Mola.

Diver or Snorkeler sometimes see this Moon Fish(Sun Fish, Mambo, Mola Mola) somewhere around Bunaken Island all year around at 28℃ tropic sea.

Divers Heaven- Bunaken Island - Lekuan Point

Reef top of Lekuan @ Bunaken Island

Long-rayed Sand Diver

Today's Diving.
Young group of Long-rayed Sand Divers. Length of body is around 4cm. Bunaken

Merry Christmas!!! from Bunaken Cha Cha

We also having white Christmas?? 

Because we had rain so hard for a while and it's became so white around Bunaken Island until we see no more main land.... 

Merry Christmas!! 

Guests Pictures arrived!!

We had Family Guests from France. They sent us beautiful pictures like these.

Their son Nils enjoying snorkeling on World Best Coral Reef

Diving with family in Bunaken area

Family Rafting in Minahasa

Jeff & his wife Nathalie are the professional mountain guides and Photographer in France. 

Please have a look their wonderful web site!!!

www.lumieresdaltitude.com

You will see amazing altitude world pictures.

We ordered his book in Amazon.fr. and it's just arrived after two weeks.

So Happy!!!!

Dive at Timur point, Bunaken Island

Young Turtle resting small hole at Timur point wall.

Brain Coral

"Chiko" The Great Dane in Cha Cha

Our Baby "Chiko" (Girl, Great Dane) is 2 years and 8 month old.

Flower in Tropics.

Staff brought us lovely flower!

Dugong at House Reef Snorkeling.

Lucky encounter with Dugong (Sea Cow) with baby on her back. Some guests already have seen them at Cha Cha House Reef while snorkeling, seems that they can be seen all year round.