Travel History of Samalona island, Indonesia.

Samalona is the name of a small island located in the Makassar Strait, administratively, the island in the territory of the city of Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Journey to reach this island can be reached by speed boat transportation from the city of Makassar, the long journey of about 20 to 30 minutes.

Physically, Samalona island itself is a cluster of coral islands that have a round shape, with an area of ​​approximately 2.34 hectares. This small island is one of the many islands in Indonesia, which is often visited by tourists, both foreign and domestic tourists. Decorate white sand along the beach on the island seemed to be a very suitable place for sunbathing, in addition to the underwater scenery is quite exotic and fascinating. On this island, the tourists who visit the diving and snorkeling to enjoy the beauty of coral reefs inhabited by a wide range of colorful tropical fish, and other marine life.

Island Samalona than as a tourist spot serves a variety of beautiful flora and fauna typical of the tropics, it also stores historical story that is not related to the struggle of the Indonesian nation first. Around the island, we can find traces of traces of the remains of warships during World War II first, there are approximately about 7 wreck that sat in the waters around the island Samalona, among others are Maru ship, submarine hunter / gunboat, which is a warship owned by a Japanese fleet was at a depth of about 30 meters, Lancaster Bomber ship, and the ship Hakko Maru which is a Dutch warship. Overall, the presence of warships wreck has now been turned into a home for hundreds of marine life on the island Samalona.

For those of you who are interested in visiting the island Samalona, you should take a trip between the period February to October, where the weather was very supportive during the period of the months. Enjoy the beauty of the sunset and sunrise on the island, witnessed a variety of flora and fauna are very distinctive, likely will be a memory that will never be able to do, when we visit the beach Samalona.