MALUKU
Maluku (Moluccas), a region of Indonesia formerly known as the Spice Islands, was once the source of cloves and nutmeg, spices highly valued for their aroma, preservative ability, and use in medicine before people learned how to cultivate the plants in other parts of the world. Maluku is a cluster of about one thousand islands totaling 74,504 square kilometers, forming part of the Malay Archipelago in eastern Indonesia near New Guinea. The region is divided into two provinces, Maluku with its capital in Ambon, and North Maluku (2002 estimated population 913,000), with its capital in Ternate; other important islands in the group include Halmahera, Seram, and Buru.
Its approximately 1000 islands support a population of less than 1.7 million people. The average population density figure is 19 people per-square kilometer, but the distribution is uneven. Air and sea transportation is the main means, which link the islands together. The province has 32 seaports and 20 airports, and only about 160 km of roads. However, good roads on many of the islands provide easy access to the often-remote places of tourists' interest.
Maluku lies in the transition zone between Asiatic and Australian flora and fauna and has a tropical climate. Maluku's flora includes meranti trees and many kinds of orchids; distinctive fauna includes cuscuses, birds of paradise, wild goats, and parrots. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, especially sago (the sago palm, producing a starch used in food), and on the export of such products as spices, cacao, coffee, coconuts, fish, and minerals. Important indigenous groups include the Ambonese.
A great variety of endemic plant and animal species are found in the rugged forest-covered and mountainous hinterlands of most of the islands. A few of the best known are the Rucker-tailed kingfisher, the red-crested Moluccan cockatoo, and various brilliantly colored lorikeets and parrots. Most of Maluku sits astride one of the world's most volatile volcanic belts.
The Geographically
Maluku province with its capital Ambon, stay at 30 north latitudes 8,300 south latitudes and 1250 - 1350 east longitudes with the area boundaries:
North side: North Maluku Province
South side: Timor Leste and Australia
West Side: Southeast Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi
East Side: Irian Jaya Province
The wide area
The wide area of Maluku province is 712.479,69 km_, with the land wide is 54.185km_ and sea wide is 658.294,69km_.
The Maluku Province plain is 85.728 km2 width or 8.572.800 Ha contain of 3 part that is:
- Flat Land: 1.251.630 Ha width (14,6%)
- Wavy Land: 2.417.530 Ha width (28,2%)
- Hilly and Mountainous Land: 4.903.640 Ha width (57,2%)
Almost, Maluku has no upland. The mountain is a back that spread in the middle of the island, forming the mountain with the highest of 3.055 m.
Topography
Maluku province consists of mountains, islands that spread from west to east and form north to south among 1150 km.
Government administration area
Administratively, Maluku Province divided into four regencies and one city that is:
1. Central Maluku regency with 15 districts, 296 villages and 6 sub-districts.
2. Southeast Maluku regency with 8 districts, 229 villages and 6 sub-districts.
3. West-Southeast Maluku regency with 5 districts, 187 villages and 1 sub-district.
4. Buru regency with 3 districts, 62 villages.
5. Ambon city with 3 districts, 30 villages and 20 sub-districts.
Climate
Maluku has 2 seasons, that is: west season or north, and southeast or east. West season in Maluku is come from December until March, while April is transition season to southeast season. Southeast season is average 6 months begin from May and end on October. The transition to West season is on November.
The homogenate seasons are give different affect to the land and its sea in this region. The temperature is about 26,2 C (in Southeast Maluku especially in rainy).
Maluku Divers new Resort Accommodation Packages
At the new Maluku Divers Resort, a daily rate of $250 per diver per night at the resort is based on twin shared accommodation. It is a dive and stay package, and includes accommodation, 3 dives each day, three set meals and unlimited tea, coffee and drinking water.
If divers decide to join for an extended stay there is a package rate. For 6 days diving with 7 nights accommodation, with a total of 18 dives, the package is $1,550 per person. Over and above the 6 dive day packages, additional dive days are charged at $237.50 per diver per night. Options also exist for unlimited shore dive packages to take advantage of Ambon's convenient muck diving.
Lower Budget Accommodations
If budget is a factor, there are options including local homestay and local hotels. These are generally comfortable enough, though very basic. The budget accommodations require daily transfers to and from the resort. Meal provisions are also affected. Inevitably staying at outsourced accommodation will not be as convenient as staying at the new resort, however it does enable divers to experience the island of Ambon on a slightly lower budget.
A Convenient Extension Trip
Due to the convenient location as the travel hub of east Indonesia, with regular flights to Sorong, Kaimana, Manado, Makassar and Banda, diving Ambon can be either a dedicated trip or a convenient and inexpensive add-on to an existing trip further afield.
A Worldwide Travel Agent Network
Maluku Divers works in conjunction with multiple Travel Agencies across the world and welcomes the opportunity to expand it's network. Group incentives are available for groups joining Maluku Divers.
Please contact Maluku Divers for more detailed information regarding the rates and packages available in the 2009 - 2010 Season.
Maluku (Moluccas), a region of Indonesia formerly known as the Spice Islands, was once the source of cloves and nutmeg, spices highly valued for their aroma, preservative ability, and use in medicine before people learned how to cultivate the plants in other parts of the world. Maluku is a cluster of about one thousand islands totaling 74,504 square kilometers, forming part of the Malay Archipelago in eastern Indonesia near New Guinea. The region is divided into two provinces, Maluku with its capital in Ambon, and North Maluku (2002 estimated population 913,000), with its capital in Ternate; other important islands in the group include Halmahera, Seram, and Buru.
Its approximately 1000 islands support a population of less than 1.7 million people. The average population density figure is 19 people per-square kilometer, but the distribution is uneven. Air and sea transportation is the main means, which link the islands together. The province has 32 seaports and 20 airports, and only about 160 km of roads. However, good roads on many of the islands provide easy access to the often-remote places of tourists' interest.
Maluku lies in the transition zone between Asiatic and Australian flora and fauna and has a tropical climate. Maluku's flora includes meranti trees and many kinds of orchids; distinctive fauna includes cuscuses, birds of paradise, wild goats, and parrots. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, especially sago (the sago palm, producing a starch used in food), and on the export of such products as spices, cacao, coffee, coconuts, fish, and minerals. Important indigenous groups include the Ambonese.
A great variety of endemic plant and animal species are found in the rugged forest-covered and mountainous hinterlands of most of the islands. A few of the best known are the Rucker-tailed kingfisher, the red-crested Moluccan cockatoo, and various brilliantly colored lorikeets and parrots. Most of Maluku sits astride one of the world's most volatile volcanic belts.
The Geographically
Maluku province with its capital Ambon, stay at 30 north latitudes 8,300 south latitudes and 1250 - 1350 east longitudes with the area boundaries:
North side: North Maluku Province
South side: Timor Leste and Australia
West Side: Southeast Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi
East Side: Irian Jaya Province
The wide area
The wide area of Maluku province is 712.479,69 km_, with the land wide is 54.185km_ and sea wide is 658.294,69km_.
The Maluku Province plain is 85.728 km2 width or 8.572.800 Ha contain of 3 part that is:
- Flat Land: 1.251.630 Ha width (14,6%)
- Wavy Land: 2.417.530 Ha width (28,2%)
- Hilly and Mountainous Land: 4.903.640 Ha width (57,2%)
Almost, Maluku has no upland. The mountain is a back that spread in the middle of the island, forming the mountain with the highest of 3.055 m.
Topography
Maluku province consists of mountains, islands that spread from west to east and form north to south among 1150 km.
Government administration area
Administratively, Maluku Province divided into four regencies and one city that is:
1. Central Maluku regency with 15 districts, 296 villages and 6 sub-districts.
2. Southeast Maluku regency with 8 districts, 229 villages and 6 sub-districts.
3. West-Southeast Maluku regency with 5 districts, 187 villages and 1 sub-district.
4. Buru regency with 3 districts, 62 villages.
5. Ambon city with 3 districts, 30 villages and 20 sub-districts.
Climate
Maluku has 2 seasons, that is: west season or north, and southeast or east. West season in Maluku is come from December until March, while April is transition season to southeast season. Southeast season is average 6 months begin from May and end on October. The transition to West season is on November.
The homogenate seasons are give different affect to the land and its sea in this region. The temperature is about 26,2 C (in Southeast Maluku especially in rainy).
Maluku Divers new Resort Accommodation Packages
At the new Maluku Divers Resort, a daily rate of $250 per diver per night at the resort is based on twin shared accommodation. It is a dive and stay package, and includes accommodation, 3 dives each day, three set meals and unlimited tea, coffee and drinking water.
If divers decide to join for an extended stay there is a package rate. For 6 days diving with 7 nights accommodation, with a total of 18 dives, the package is $1,550 per person. Over and above the 6 dive day packages, additional dive days are charged at $237.50 per diver per night. Options also exist for unlimited shore dive packages to take advantage of Ambon's convenient muck diving.
Lower Budget Accommodations
If budget is a factor, there are options including local homestay and local hotels. These are generally comfortable enough, though very basic. The budget accommodations require daily transfers to and from the resort. Meal provisions are also affected. Inevitably staying at outsourced accommodation will not be as convenient as staying at the new resort, however it does enable divers to experience the island of Ambon on a slightly lower budget.
A Convenient Extension Trip
Due to the convenient location as the travel hub of east Indonesia, with regular flights to Sorong, Kaimana, Manado, Makassar and Banda, diving Ambon can be either a dedicated trip or a convenient and inexpensive add-on to an existing trip further afield.
A Worldwide Travel Agent Network
Maluku Divers works in conjunction with multiple Travel Agencies across the world and welcomes the opportunity to expand it's network. Group incentives are available for groups joining Maluku Divers.
Please contact Maluku Divers for more detailed information regarding the rates and packages available in the 2009 - 2010 Season.
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