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Flores island is a home of the unique culture,
nature beauties and more..
It lies between Sumbawa and Timor islands is an
abbreviation of Cabo da Flores which was used by
Portuguese sailor in the 17th century to identify
the cape on the eastern end of the islands because
of its underwater gardens.
North
coast of Flores island offers great spot for
diving, small rare critters, it is well worth a
visit. Frogfishes, mimic octopus and special
nudibranchs. The area is also known for a lot of
endemic species approximately more than 1200
species of fish, including some new to science.
Flores northern coast consists of beautiful
tropical landscape surrounded by the
mountain and volcanoes. The islands on the
outer edge of the bay have nice coral reefs
with steep walls covered with hard corals
and large sea fans. Pulau Besar is the
largest of the islands with high mountains
and together with Dambilah and Pangahbatang
it forms a barrier to the water flowing in
and out of the bay. For this reason the bay
is calm at most times and dolphins, sperm
whales and whale sharks like to come here.
Dolphins and pilot whales are common and can
be seen during the whole year, mostly if the
sea is calm. Sperm whales can be seen during
the rainy season from November to December.
The best time to see whale sharks seems to
be April and May but they are around the
whole year, it seems, though, that if there
are waves they are very difficult to spot
from the boats.
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