Likupang the coastal resorts are well known in North Sulawesi for the Best Travel Destinations. White sand, green hills, and marine parks are some of the beauty on offer at this beach. As a tourist attraction, beach Likupang equipped with a five star hotel facilities.
Likupang beach is located in District Likupang, North Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, or within about 48 kilometers northeast of the city of Manado.
Every holiday season arrives, these beaches are visited by many domestic and foreign travelers. Enjoying the warm sun and beach sports are some fun activities on beaches Likupang. In addition, you can dive or snorkel to enjoy the beauty of underwater life.
If you want to enjoy the beauty of this area, you can cross to the island of Bangka, a beautiful small island, with the use of motorized boats. It only takes about 30 minutes to reach the island.
When at the beach you will be cooled Likupang eyes with white sand, pristine green forests, hills, and spectacular marine park. Apart from natural beauty to offer, this beach also has a wealth of flora and fauna, even fauna.
In 2007, a fisherman in Likupang find green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Green turtle is an endangered sea turtle, a species whose population is very rare in any hemisphere. This discovery proves that Likupang coast is an area that is maintained.
Access
Likupang beach can be easily reached from the city of Manado. You can use public transport from Terminal 2 in Manado. Especially if you use the services of travel, the beach will be more accessible.
Facilities and Accommodation
As a fairly popular attraction, the beach is equipped with a four star hotel facilities as well as the Paradise Hotel & Resort stands majestically near the coast. There are also restaurants serving different cuisine of North Sulawesi, or western food.
If in the province of West Java has the famous Bogor Botanical Gardens, South Sulawesi will soon present Enrekang Botanical Gardens.
This name is Massenrempulu Enrekang Botanical Gardens. This botanical garden is located in the Village Karrang, District Maiwa Enrekang district. Serves as a center for plant conservation typical Sulawesi.
Around in this garden area, will make us realize how important protecting the environment. In it, a green natural atmosphere enjoyable, and refreshing sight.
Enrekang Botanical Gardens, built in collaboration with the Institute for County Government Center for Plant Conservation LIPI Bogor Botanical Gardens. The development will aim to maintain the habitat of flora typical of the Sulawesi island.
In the garden lies to the south of the Enrekang City, there were at least 99 plant species are being bred typical Sulawesi. Some of these are plants that are rare.
This botanical garden is still under development. Yet been visited by domestic and foreign tourists.
Development process has been running for six years, but the trees are a collection of plants has grown with an average height ranges from 1 to 3 meters.
Gardens that were located 211 kilometers from Makassar direction, at least has become one of the dozens of botanical gardens in the archipelago are given priority for development.
Enrekang Botanical Gardens even has the potential to become the largest in Indonesia and the best travel destination, if the 300 hectares of land has been a lot of opportunities. This botanical garden is large enough when compared to the Bogor botanical garden which covers only about 75 hectares.
Area with an altitude of about 100 meters above sea level at the same time serves as the natural attractions, camping, do research and learn about the flora.
Enrekang botanical garden collecting various kinds of flowers and trees, there are the several lakes, and camping spots.
Heard about the tour in North Sulawesi for The Best Travel Destinations, certainly of the mind will be focused on Bunaken marine park. No one else! Bunaken's coral reefs with the beauty of the park has become a major factor tourists anchored to the northern end of Sulawesi island.
At each year about 70 thousand tourists visiting Bunaken. Naturally, crowded, because in addition to beautiful, the cost is not too expensive. With a cost of about 300 thousand rupiah or 35 USD, tourists can transfer boat for snorkeling, back and forth. It even includes the cost of lunch fare.
Another interesting place is the beach in Manado Likupang, and Ban Hin Kiong Temple Shrine. This is an old temple that was 300 years old.
After that, move to the Minahasa district and Tomohon, there are also many other options. Ranging from white water rafting on the River Nimanga, visit Lake Liwau sulfur-rich to make a beeline for Waruga, a cemetery which was adopted from the prehistoric era.
For transportation, North Sulawesi is the main access through Sam Ratulangi airport. In Manado, there are also many places of lodging are pretty good.