Maratua Island located in District Maratua, Berau regency, East Kalimantan province. From a total of 31 islands in the Derawan Islands Maratua Island is one of the four most famous island in addition to its own Derawan Island, Sangalaki Island, and Kakaban. Because of its beauty, this beautiful island is touted as the island paradise (paradise island).
Map location Maratua Island
Maratua Island has 6 villages are inhabited, namely the Tanjung Harapan Bohebukut, teluk Alulu, Bohesilian and Payung-payung. District of Maratua centralized administration center in Kampung Teluk Harapan or Bohebukut. The majority of these villages are Bajo community.
The main tourist attraction on the island Maratua is pure white sandy
beaches and crystal clear water. Underwater beauty is equally amazing.
Maratua Island has about 21 diving points that are well known among
divers.
Each point offers experience, beauty, and biodiversity different. The dive spots include:
- Big Fish Country, located between Maratua Island and Nabucco, is a place to watch the shark dives. However, to be able to dive at this point, you have already had a deep dive (advance) license in view of the current at this point is fairly strong.
- Turtle Traffic, diving spots filled by green turtles. Animals that reach hundreds of years old is seen lots of swimming in the ocean depths Maratua while looking for food. Maratua indeed is one area in Indonesia is a favorite turtle nesting and foraging. From the large number of turtles who stop to this island, Maratua even touted as Turtle Capital of Indonesia.
- Maratua Reef
- Fusilier Paradise
- Mid Reef,
- Batfish Alley,
- Lumanlang,
- Divers Delight,
- Turtle Parade,
- Small Fish Country,
- Leo Point,
- Snapper Midnight Run,
- Sea Wall Garden,
- Sea Wall,
- Second Channel Shark City,
- and others.
On land there are also Maratua other tourist attractions such as Lake Haji Buang the jellyfish that have no sting in it, there are many more attractions are not very well known in like Batu Payung, Maratua peak elevation 111 masl, Lake Tanah Bamban, and others.
The way to the island Maratua
Although the tourist area of the island Maratua is very beautiful and amazing, but it takes great effort and expense to get there. Even for residents east Kalimantan though. This is because the location is quite far from the island of Borneo, and is currently only accessible by sea.
The closest point on the island of Borneo is the city or port of Tanjung Batu located in Berau district of East Kalimantan province. From Tanjung Batu to Maratua island reached by a small speadboat capacity of 4-6 people in a time of 1.5 hours. Author hire spead boat to the island one day tour of Tanjung batu - Maratua Island - Kakaban - Sangalaki Island - the island Derawan back to Tanjung Batu at a cost of Rp1.8 million.
These costs through a fairly rigorous process negotiable, knowing the normal cost for the service is IDR 2.5 million. Nego trick is not done at the port but in the car park. Besides that day happened to be quiet weekday travelers. In the parking place there are few houses on stilts that stands on the edge of the sea. In the house there are several spead boat leaning. At that time the author negotiate with speed boat driver named brother Yan. Unfortunately the author forgot to record his mobile phone number.
Parking place Tanjung Batu
To
go to Tanjung Batu can be done by traveling overland from Tanjung Redeb
city which is the capital of the district of Berau. Tanjung Redeb -
Tanjung Batu takes about 2 hours. There is no public transport from
Tanjung Redeb to Tanjung Batu. So you have to rent a car or using a
travel. Travel costs around Rp 100,000 s / d Rp 150,000 per person.
To
go to Tanjung Redeb can be traveled by using a landline or air. For
landline very exhausting and time given the remoteness of Balikpapan.
Estimated approximately 24 hours of the time it takes from Balikpapan to
Tanjung Redeb via landline.
Currently in Maratua being built aircraft runway. The future is expected to be an alternative transport to the island Maratua.
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