WAKATOBI NATIONAL MARINE PARK

The entrance gate for the tourists is Bali. The trip is about 2 hours with a DAS Eight aircraft with a 40 seat capacity. The price is

high because it uses a chartered aircraft. In terms of administration, wakatobi is divided to 7 subdistricts, which are : wangi-wangi, south wangi-wangi, kaledupa, South Kaledupa, Tomia, East Tomia, Binongko and Togo Binongko subdistricts. Now wakatobi has 14 kelurahans (villages led by lurah in terms of administration) and 48 village.
Before Wakatobi became a new district, the archipelago that spread in the banda ocean was known as tukang besi (blacksmith) island. Even though the district was only 5 years old, the name Wakatobi was used by the government and the buton people. Wakatobi is the short name of 4 big island which are : Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko.
All areas of Wakatobi includedin National Parks have a total area of 1.390.000 Ha. The area is a National Park because it has the biggest variety of marine biodiversify in the world. There are 942 fish species and 750 of the 850 coral species in the world are found in this area.

HOGA ISLAND BY : Sabry Matasala

Hoga is a favourite place to divefor professional divers from Indonesia and abroad. There is a Marine Research Station on the Island that is manage by Wallace Operation, a research Institute based in England. The Diving season is in march and from june through August. Most divers are European or American Students who research the biota and stay for weeks. The Island has beautiful white sand beach and leafy trees all around the Island. For accommodations, there are about 200 simple homestays with wooden rooms built by the locals , the price is Rp 40000 per person per night. In the morning , you can see the sunrise. To visit the island, you can take regular or chartered speedboats from wanci to kaledupa with fare of Rp.50000/person. The trip takes more than 1 hour. Then , the trip continues from kaledupa to Hoga by using a motor boat or katinting for Rp.20000 per person. The fare will be cheaper(Rp.5000) if there are other passengers