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The most important tourist sites in Indonesia

Indonesia is a huge country, in terms of population and land area, with great cultural diversity and geological. To stretch to about 18 110 islands, inhabited by 6,000, which is the largest archipelago in the world. Are derived from a population of about 240 million people from 300 ethnic groups who speak more than 250 different languages. While Bali is more familiar destinations for foreign visitors, there is a wealth of other sights higher in Indonesia to discover in this vast and diverse country.
tourist sites in Indonesia

10 Lake Toba
Lake Toba in Sumatra Island is a huge volcanic lake about 100 kilometers and 30 kilometers. Formed by a massive volcanic eruption about 70,000 years ago, the largest caldera Taliban on the ground. Genetic estimates indicate that there were only a few thousands of people who survived the disaster. In the middle of the island - Pulau Samosir - is the largest island within the island and contains two lakes. Besides relaxing and swimming in the water.

9 Tanjung Puting
Tanjung Puting National Park and the public in the Indonesian island of Borneo in the province of Central Kalimantan is located. The park is popular eco-tourism destination, with many of the local tourist companies offering boat trips for several days to view wildlife and visit research centers. Wildlife, including gibbons, macaques and clouded leopards, sun bears, snakes, crocodiles and-most famously - the orangutan. Unfortunately, the park threatened to cut trees and illegal deforestation for agricultural uses.

8 Baliem Valley
Baliem Valley in the western highlands of New Guinea and offers a glimpse of what was recently the world of the Stone Age. The valley is known to the outside world until 1938 when it began the first aerial reconnaissance trip south from Hollandia (now Jayapura) discovered a population of Agriculture. Wamena is the starting point for most visitors who come at the present time to marvel at the mountain scenery, roaring rivers and tribal villages and on the spirit of a tough but sweet Danny people warm.

7 Mount Bromo
Gunung Bromo is an active volcano and part in the Massif dragged, in East Java. At 2329 meters (7641 feet) it is not the highest peak in the mountain range, but the most famous. The area is one of the most visited in Indonesia and Java tourist attractions. It was the bombing of the upper part of the volcano outside and inside the hole constantly through belching white smoke. It is surrounded by a sea of sand, volcanic sand, as has the overall effect Alamadtrba strange.

6 Bonakan
Located in the north of Sulawesi island, Bonakan is one of the scuba diving and snorkeling most famous regions in Indonesia. The island is part of the Bonakan Marine Park where you can see more than 70% of all fish species that live in the Pacific and the western. The best time for diving in Bonakan is between April and November.

5 Torajaland
Torajaland (Tana Toraja) is a highland area in South Sulawesi, and is home to people of Toraja. Torajans famous for the enormity of the houses which culminated in the name tongkonan, with stunning and gruesome ritual funeral. After the death of the person, the body is maintained for several years - until the actual funeral, which can last for several days ceremony. Finally, the deceased is buried in a small cave or in a hollow tree.

4 Gili Islands
The most popular of Lombok and the Gili Islands tourist destination is an archipelago of three small islands: Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air. The islands are very comfortable, with countless cafes on the beachfront. Note that the name "Gili Islands" unnecessary and not as Gili simply means "small island" in Sasak and there are many other islands around the coast of Lombok with Gili in their names.

3 Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park is a national park located in the Lesser Sunda Islands, which includes the three largest islands of Komodo, Badar and Rincah,. Komodo park is named after the dragon, the largest living reptiles in the world, which can be up to 3 meters or more in length and weigh more than 70 kg. Although Komodo dragons eat mostly the carcass of dead animals, they are formidable predators and will also hunt for prey including birds and mammals. And attacks against humans are very rare.

2 Borobudur
Located 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Yogyakarta, Borobudur in Java, is one of the most famous Buddhist temples in the world. Borobudur was built over a period of some 75 years in centuries, 8 and 9 of the Kingdom of Sailendra, out of an estimated two million blocks of stone. Been abandoned in the 14th century for reasons that are still a mystery for several centuries and set hidden in the jungle under layers of volcanic ash. Today is one of the regions most popular tourist attraction in Indonesia.

1 Bali Island
Bali is one of the destinations in the world's most popular island and one which consistently wins travel awards. Featuring diverse landscapes, rugged coastlines, and tropical beaches, green rice terraces and slopes of volcanic mountains, as colored background provides a wonderful, deep and unique of its kind and spiritual culture of Hinduism. Combines and friendly people, and visual culture infused with spirituality exquisitely picturesque beaches with surfing, scuba diving, making Bali tourist attraction is unmatched in the area of Indonesia.

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