Komodo Island tour, Indonesia
Komodo Island - is one of the 17,508 islands that make up the Republic of Indonesia. The island has a surface
area of 390 km² and over 2000 inhabitants.
The inhabitants of the island are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island and who have mixed themselves with the Bugis from Sulawesi. The population are primarily adherents of Islam but there are also Christian and Hindu minorities.
Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park. Particularly notable here is the native Komodo dragon. In addition, the island is a popular destination for diving. Administratively, it is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province.
Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park and consists of over 550 islands but it is dominated by the three main island of Flores, Sumba and Timor. Between of Eastern Sumbawa and Western Flores lies three tiny grass covered islands Komodo, Padar and Rinca, which is a part of the Komodo National Park, a protected wildlife conservation. A home of the giants lizard known as the "Komodo Dragon". Komodo National Park has the lowest annual rainfall in all of Indonesia, with an abbreviated rainy season in the month of January.
For most of the year round, Komodo is dry and hot, parched by arid winds from the Australian desert that blow from April through October. Maximum temperatures reach 43 C, with minimums of 17 C in August.
Komodo National Park, the last remaining habitat of the world’s largest lizard, is one of the most unique and beautiful places on the planet. Consisting of island groups and their surrounding waters, the Park is widely recognized as an outstanding storehouse of globally significant terrestrial and marine biodiversity and, in acknowledgment of its immense value, was designated a Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1986 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.
The Park was established in 1980, originally to protect the Komodo Dragon, which occupies a unique position in the Park’s terrestrial ecosystem and has a high tourism value. This charismatic species has naturally become the flagship species for the Park. Today, the Park’s conservation goals have expanded to include the entire ecosystem, both marine and terrestrial. However, there is much more to Komodo National Park than the dragons. The Park lies at the heart of the Wallacea bio-region, a transitional zone between the terrestrial flora and fauna of the Asian and Australasian regions. This overlap between two distinct evolutionary eco-regions results in high levels of species richness, and the area is of immense importance for terrestrial conservation.
Geography
Location : South East Asia
Coordinates : 8°33′S 119°27′E / 8.55°S 119.45°E
Archipelago : Lesser Sunda Islands
Area : 390 km2 (151 sq mi)
Country : Indonesia
Province : East Nusa Tenggara
Demographics Population 2000 Ethnic groups Bugis, & others
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