Kakaban Island
For those of you lovers of nautical tourism, Kakaban island can be your choice, this area has a population and diversity of jellyfish that most in the world and do not sting. Kakaban including world heritage area with an area of 774.2 hectares.
Kakaban including rare island because there are only two in the World is similar to the condition of the island, located in Micronesia. Kakaban called rare because the island has a brackish lagoon, besides that it resembles a number ’9 ‘, formed on the inside of the lagoon, while on the outside of the circular ring-shaped (Atoll).
Mileage from the Islands Derawan to the Kakaban island takes about 45 minutes by using a boot. When it got to the Kakaban area you’ll be greeted small fish that surround the brightly colored reef with a depth of 30 cm. Another epithet of Kakaban is dark island because of the surrounded by high cliffs, trees that grow in this area are Rhizophora, Bruguiera, Avicennia and Sonneratia.
Marine life that inhabit the island Kakaban have different physical appearance with the like outside biota is due to the
Kakaban Island
lagoon which contains brackish water. A variety of biota that you can find here are Aurelia aurita with translucent color body, Tripedalia cystophora measuring 5 cm, Martigias papua-sized bulbs and brown, and Cassiopeia ornata is a biota that has a habit of swimming upside down (tentacles facing upwards), Cassiopeia ornata one of the trade mark Kakaban.
In addition to total species jellyfish there are also types of biota, including fish Apogon lateralis, Exyrias Puntang, Antherinomorus endrachtensis, and Zenarchopterus dispar. Besides the beauty of the reef, the diversity of marine life with the beautiful colors you will mememani for diving on the Kakaban island
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