Wakatobi National Park
A marine national park in Southeast Sulawesi, established in 2002, its name made from the first letters of the four main islands: Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia and Binongko. The reefs around them are among the most prized dive sites in Indonesia.
- Where
- Wanci, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Grade
- Heritage site
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -5.7000, 124.0000
Get the Wakatobi National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wakatobi National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Southeast Sulawesi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Wakatobi National Park
Kelimutu 418 km
A volcano in central Flores, about 50 kilometres east of Ende, crowned by three crater lakes of different colours. The lakes shift between blue, green, red and black as the chemistry of the volcano changes, and local belief holds them to be resting places of souls.
Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park 479 km
A national park of limestone hills in South Sulawesi, taking in the Rammang-Rammang karst, the second largest karst area known after that of southeastern China. Bantimurung, at its edge, is famous for its waterfall and its many butterflies.
Liang Bua 502 km
A limestone cave just north of Ruteng in western Flores, first explored by the Dutch missionary and archaeologist Theodor Verhoeven. In 2003 it yielded the bones of Homo floresiensis, the small extinct human nicknamed the hobbit.
Losari Beach 512 km
The seafront promenade of Makassar, facing west over the Makassar Strait. People gather here for the sunset, and food stalls along the front sell pisang epe, grilled pressed banana with palm sugar.
Fort Rotterdam 512 km
A 17th-century Dutch fort on the Makassar waterfront, rebuilt between 1673 and 1679 on the site of a Gowa fort first raised around 1634. It has five bastions and a seven metre rampart, and seen from above its outline is said to resemble a turtle.
Ambon Island 517 km
A mountainous, well watered island in the Maluku group, once at the heart of the clove trade. Its main town, Ambon, is the capital and seaport of Maluku province, set on a deep bay in the south.
Wae Rebo 533 km
A Manggarai village 1,200 metres up in the mountains of western Flores, reached on foot through the forest. Its seven cone-shaped mbaru niang houses, thatched to the ground, won a UNESCO Asia Pacific heritage conservation award in 2012.
Tana Toraja 549 km
The highland home of the Toraja people in South Sulawesi, a landscape of rice terraces and villages of tongkonan, houses with great boat-shaped roofs. The Toraja are known for elaborate funeral ceremonies and for graves cut into limestone cliffs.
Questions
Where is Wakatobi National Park?
Wakatobi National Park is in Wanci, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kelimutu (418 km), Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park (479 km), Liang Bua (502 km).
How do I get the Wakatobi National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wakatobi National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Southeast Sulawesi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Wakatobi National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Southeast Sulawesi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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