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The World Apart Of Komodo National Park

Komodo National Park is located in the Indonesian archipelago, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores. The main purpose to built this park is to conserve the unique of Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) and its habitat. However, over the years, the goals for the Park have expanded to protecting its entire biodiversity, both terrestrial and marine. In 1986, the Park was declared a World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, both indications of the Park’s biological importance.

Komodo National Park includes three major islands: Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller islands creating a total surface area (marine and land) of 1817km (proposed extensions would bring the total surface area up to 2,321km2). As well as being home to the Komodo dragon, the Park provides refuge for many other notable terrestrial species such as the orange-footed scrub fowl, an endemic rat, and the Timor deer. Moreover, the Park includes one of the richest marine environments including coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, seamounts, and semi-enclosed bays. These habitats harbor more than 1,000 species of fish, some 260 species of reef-building coral, and 70 species of sponges. Dugong, sharks, manta rays, at least 14 species of whales, dolphins, and sea turtles also make Komodo National Park their home. Some plants in the Komodo National Park, among others, rattan (Calamus sp.), Bamboo (Bambusa sp.), Tamarind (Tamarindus indica), billowing (Sterculia foetida), bidara (Ziziphus jujuba), and mangrove (Rhizophora sp.)

Most tourists who visit to Komodo National Park is foreign tourists, where they take the national parks with this epithet “world apart”. Swimming and bathing under the warm of sun and blue sea water of Flores; become world apart to get experience that is not forgotten by tourists.

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