Kalimantan or widely known as Borneo has been popular in the world as one of greatest rain forest and have so many rare species on it but apparently there is some places which the world haven't know about it yet, range of island in the east side of Borneo turn out to be lost paradise of tourism lays there and waiting to be found ^_^

For every people who love to see how mother nature works, this Islands will amaze each one of you to the bone so hard untill you will never want to leave it behind

Derawan Islands is able to reach by two ways of travel,

• Jakarta - Balikpapan - Tarakan ( by Plane ) then continue with speed boat to the islands ( 3-5 hours )

• Jakarta - Balikpapan - Berau ( Plane ) then 2,5 hour to Tanjung Batu Bay then Speed Boat to the islands

Neither both of the way are nearly the same, only if we take the Berau's trek, it will only take 30 minutes to the island by speed boat.

But if you all ready reach for the Islands, every cost and expense to reach it are worth to the single sen and second. Beauty of nature, beach with a white sand surround the island, and the sea creature ?? get ready to hold your breathe ^_^

Usually when we still on the boat to reach the island, the most showoff creature in the sea, a group of Dolphins which are so many in this sea side, will accompany your journey until you reach Derawan Island, then after get some rest in a water hotel ( this building are cottage which place in the beach with form of traditional houses of Borneo ) we could see the sea turtle lays their egg surround the beach in the night, because this island are also become the well-preserved area for green sea turtle preservation.

The other charm from this island were the reefs, snorkeling and diving are the most pleasure thing to do. Fishes, colourfull coral reefs, and sea turtle which swimming around will be usual thing to see. No wonder, because this islands has been nominated as the second place of the most richer sea biota after Raja Ampat in west Papua with 460 kinds of coral reef and 870 kinds of fishes

Then after Derawan Islands, Sangalaki & Maratua Island will be the next destination. An island with gorgeous beach which fill with many size of Manta rays on it ^_^

Then there will Kakaban Island, an island with some ancient lake in the middle of the island. Apparently in the ancient age, this island was beneath the sea and when there changes in the contuor of the earth and it rise up to the surface, there's a lake which traps many of sea creature within and most of them are so many kinds of Jelly fish, including very rare of stingless species of golden jelly fish which swimming backward, and it's really safe to swimming in this lake, because each one of this jelly fish are all ready loosing their ability to sting ^_^

But even though so many words i could say, there will be nothing if  compare to see it by your self ^_^ because there is only one word to describe this islands

UNBELIEVABLE ^_^