Travel to Kakaban Island

Kakaban have an area 774.2 hectares and is located in Derawan Islands, District Derawan, Berau, East Kalimantan.

Kakaban attract foreign tourists with some of its uniqueness, one of the lakes on the island of Lake Kakaban. Which the lake is filled by a mixture of rainwater and seepage of sea water from the pores of the soil and create a habitat for different endemic in most other regions of the world's lakes, Lake Kakaban besides there is another lake with brackish water that is in the Palau Islands, Micronesia.

Often become a byword divers, is a natural attraction gangs Kakaban barracuda in the waters. The atmosphere became increasingly frequent occurrence of complete sharks, rays and reef fishes other exotic. Like the Napoleon fish (Napoleon Wrasse). No wonder that today, there are already three private companies to function as a dive resort in Derawan and surrounding areas.


Usually, after a diving or marine waters Snorkelling in Kakaban, many who took time to do the same in Lake Kakaban. To reach the location of the lake, visitors must climb a mountain and hill covered with trees. More amazing, lots of Mangrove trees are growing robustly over the rocks. In salt water lake, there are among other jellyfish Cassiopea species endemic of the easily found swimming in the pool water. While the ground waters are filled with Halimeda algae, sponges Porifera species and gobies.

Quite often a collection of whales or dolphins across or foraging in the waters around Kakaban and Maratua be an interesting spectacle. Equally captivating scenery there are also around Sangalaki Island Park. In these waters, often seen fish predator appears and gather plankton. Often makes people surprised of course the presence of dozens of ghostly manta rays (Manta Birostris) giant. These animals swim as he opened his mouth to filter plankton. They did not bother the presence of divers or Snorkelling enthusiasts who seek to follow.

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