Komodo Island

                                                                              For you who liked to go on a trip, you must be did not want to pass the tourist attraction that was impressive all over the Indonesian Archipelago corner. Adventure to the exotic islands, dive into blue  sea, and was bathed in the sunlight will make your holiday not forgotten. Imagine, you also had an opportunity to see the tracks of the life of the past that was maintained, at the same time participating maintained his conservation. You and the family did not only keep to enjoy his nature tour for a long time, but also proud of becoming part of the style of Indonesian beauty. And here, in the  National Park of the Komodo Dragon Island, East Nusa Tenggara, youwill get all of them. The island of the Komodo Dragon located on the end western of East Nusa Tenggara Province that shared a border with the West Nusa Tenggara Province. To be precise in the Komodo Dragon Subdistrict, the Regency Manggarai West, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Since 1980, the region measuring 1.817 km2 this was made the National Park by the Indonesian Government, that afterwards was acknowledged by UNESCO as the Site of the World Inheritance in 1986. With two other big islands, namely the Rinca Island and Padar, Island of the Komodo Dragon and several small islands around it continued to be maintained as the original habitat reptiles that were called by  " Komodo Dragon".  Had the latin name  Varanus Komodoensis and the local "Ora" name, the giant's lizard was according to the story published the first time during 1912 in the national Dutch East Indies daily. Peter A. Ouwens, the director of the Zoologi Museum in Bogor was the person who introduced the komodo dragon to the world through his paper . Since that, the expedition and the research into this rare species continued to be carried out, in fact it was reported could inspiring the Film of KingKong in 1933. Realised the need of the protection for the Komodo Dragon in the middle of the activity of humankind in his original habitat, during 1915 the Dutch Government dismissed the ban on the hunting and the murder of the komodo dragon.

Owing to government efforts and the local community in maintaining conservation of the National Park, tourists who come currently to be able to visit and saw from close to the life of these ancient reptiles. In a long manner the body 2-3 metre, the komodo dragon could have heavy through to 70-100 kilogram. The animal that liked this hot and dry place lived in the savannah habitat or the tropical forest in the low height. If the night arrived, the komodo dragon nested in the hole with in 1-3 metre while maintaining his body heat tonight. As carnivores that was in the peak of the chain of food, Komodo Dragon prey including the goat, deer, the wild boar, and birds. In the certain condition, the Komodo Dragon could behave the cannibal by preying on the other Komodo Dragon. By relying on the sense  to his tongue, the komodo dragon could kiss his prey carcass through to to the best of 9 kilometre. His bite that contained could and the bacteria that was deadly, was increased his front claw that was sharp was his natural weapon. Moreover, the komodo dragon evidently could run 20 kilometre per hour in the short distance, climbing the tree, swam, and dive. 

Be proper for other reptiles, the komodo dragon bred in an egg-laying manner. Nevertheless, the research proved to be received by the other method the komodo dragon carried out regeneration, that is by means of parthenogenesis. This method enabled the female komodo dragon to produce the egg without was fertilised by male. Parthenogenesis it was suspected rescued the komodo dragon from the extinction since thousands of years set. But, habitat damage, the volcanic activity, the earthquake, fire, until the unclear hunting  indicated resulted in the decline in the number of komodo dragon populations until the level being susceptible to the extinction. Estimated was gotten by 4-5 thousand komodo dragons with the productive female existence only numbering hundreds. The condition was like this was the challenge for conservation efforts of the National Park of the Komodo Dragon Island. 

Enjoyed the  National Park tour of the Komodo Dragon Island with observed the life of the komodo dragon from nearby possibly was not yet enough for you. For you that the hobby with water sport, you could try to carry out diving in north waters and south this island. North waters were warm waters results of the meeting of the flow from the Banda Sea and Flores. On the other hand, south waters offered cold waters from the Indonesian ocean flow. The combination of the two characters of these different waters produced the rich underwater ecosystem. Various sorts of the coral reef kind lived fertile and became the place of the life of however many species of the fish at the same time the provider of the system supporting the life of sea water. Many divers witnessed the underwater life of island waters of the Komodo Dragon that amazing, that kept million of potential for the biological diversity. 

As one of the Indonesian mainstay tourist attractions,  the Komodo Dragon island provided accommodation from lodgings that were established by the local community until the sub-area was of international standard. For domestic tourists, you were put on the admission ticket cost of Rp. 75,000, whereas foreign tourists as big as US$ 15. To reach the Island of the Komodo Dragon, you could go through the aircraft route from Kupang (the Nusa Tenggara capital of Timur-NTT) to the Ende city in the Flores Island. It was following that the trip was followeded by the minibus to Labuhanbajo that took up time 10 hours. From Labuhanbajo, speedboat will bring you to the Island of the Komodo Dragon after following crossing for 2 hours. Several other routes could be followed by you with the flight from Bali in accordance with the airline that served the aim to NTT. Many the package of the tour that was offered by the tour agency it seems really interesting to be tried for you who just the first time visited the Island of this Komodo Dragon.

Tasty-tour that was proclaimed by the government against the Pulau National Park of this Komodo Dragon it was hoped could bring even more domestic tourists and from other  countries. Not only parents, even children although might not be frightened of coming and visiting there. With the regulation and the travelling security that was awakened, humankind and the Komodo Dragon could live side by side peacefully. And was proper for children, their love against the Komodo Dragon was seeds that could cultivate their love in the country wealth and his history. Apparently this message that previously in the 90 's had been brought with excelent by Kak Seto through his doll The Komo . Through the character The Komo, Kak Seto brought the message of the komodo dragon of conservation to children's Indonesian heart and mind, so that they are proud of his country wealth. 

If being like this, very appropriate apparently the  National Park of the Komodo Dragon  Island was lifted to one of the 7 world miracles (7 Wonders Of Nature), was sharp in a heterogenous manner the other astonishing world miracle. The tracks of the life of the ancient world presented himself to humankind today to mirroring saw the history of the world of the past. The life that passed hundreds, in fact thousands of years. Through the National Park of this Komodo Dragon Island, the world today has the inheritance that was not appraised him to be conserved. Come on supported the Pulau National Park of the Komodo Dragon to become one from 7 world miracles. Therefore, you participated in an effort to introduce the National Park of the Komodo Dragon Island to the world, so as these conservation efforts did not only become attention of the Indonesian nation, but all the world community. Vote Taman Nasional Pulau of the Komodo Dragon for 7 of Wonders of Nature. So, have you decided the aim of the family's tour in the holiday this time? Certainly, the  National Park of his answer Komodo Dragon Island.  the only one in the world. Only in Indonesia.