UNDERWATER TEMPLE - BULELENG ( BALI )

The existence of the building resembles a temple, but the actual temple garden on the sea floor impressions Bay area, Buleleng, North Bali, it was not a mystery.

Parks underwater temple or "underwater temple garden" which had horrendous Impressions world, is a third area of additional dives in the area Tangkad Jaran, impressions, which has also been known as one tourist attraction in Bali.

"That we wake up since 2005 in post-crisis following the second Bali bombing, with funding from AusAid," said Chris Brown, Coordinator Garderner impressions Reef, to the author after accompanying dive in the area.

Object dives that had excited as mysterious temple, including inviting the attention of the Director General of Marketing Depbudpar Nirwanda Sapta, located at a depth of 15-28 meters in the area of sea floor area of 2,500 square meters.

In the garden area of the sea conditions are arranged beautifully, with the temple briefly or Balinese gate model measuring four feet high and ten large-size stone statues.

According to Chris Brown, the structure of the temple briefly drowned in 2005 after Impressions ASEANTA awarded as a tourist area of environmental conservation.

In 2006, a number of stone statues were drowned as a complement to the underwater temple garden. "Coral reefs are capable of thriving in the media of stone concrete and rock, as you can see," he said.

According to Chris Brown who is also the owner of ReefSeen Dive Centre, impressions Bay naturally has a number of dives. However, climate change and lack of fishing communities to maintain those resources, resulting in coral reefs in impressions area were destroyed.

After the rehabilitation and conservation of coastal use system "biorock" successful, community and tourism industry players in impressions build a new dive site as a complement to existing objects.

Besides enriching the tourist product, the addition of these objects are also used as a place to practice in an effort to improve skills and performance of groups of sea gardener (reef garderner), amounting to 20 people in impressions.

The gardener of the sea, according to Chris Brown, in charge of maintaining the existence of structure "biorock" in impressions. They are also assisted by staff from each business tour around impressions.

Additional objects, he explained, a place that builds on the design dive impressions community. Objects placed along the region Tangkad Jaran dives, especially in areas that suffered damage to coral reefs.

Development of new dives object began in 2005 which received funding support from AusAID for 23,035 Australian dollars or the time equivalent of about Rp155, 87 million.

The first named Canyon Wreck location, at a depth of 28 meters, in the form of shipwrecks bugis 30 meters. Site second into the 25-14 meter named Ships Graveyard (graveyard ship.)

At that location bugis sized ship sunk 24 meters and nine other traditional boats. Ships Graveyard At dive sites also have been working two biowrecks structure.

One structure in the form of a wreck madura measuring nine meters. The other is a metal structure stenlis measuring 12 times the three-meter-shaped boat.

Bio Wreck is located at a depth of 70-10 meters and if biorock use electricity for the formation of reefs, bio-Wreck has been utilizing solar power (solar panels). "We also will divert biorock from the electricity grid system to the solar panels,"? Chris Brown added.


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Impressions Bay is located on the north coast of Bali and is about 115 kilometers from Denpasar via Bedugul, while from Gilimanuk, the western tip of Bali, about 40 kilometers. Mileage from Denpasar via Jembrana about 30 miles farther than via Bedugul.

Gulf since 1999 designated as protected areas (Marine Protected Area / MPA), it has long been popular by the presence Pulaki, which also attract many tourists, especially those visiting the northern region of Bali.

For foreign tourists, impressions biorock identical with, the iron structure of the electricity flowing and sunk to the seabed as FADs or where the growth of coral reefs.

If coral reefs thrive, fish also will be able to reproduce well, thus supporting one of the environmental conservation program, in addition to supporting tourism.

The structure of the first biorock drowned in October 2000 after the implementation of Konas in Bali on the cooperation of two coral reef expert Tom Wolf G and the late Gilbert with Gahawisri (Association of Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia), Bali.

It then continues as a coastal community empowerment program sponsored by AA Prana, Chris Brown and supported by local indigenous communities.

In the course of time, clear AA Prana, impressions not just enough to make the empowerment of coastal communities through programs biorock. impressions need to restore marine ecosystems are more intense.

The reason, tourists who holiday in impressions not only among spiritualist with the main purpose of the program Pulaki and healing (healing) in a number of temples around it.

Academics, researchers and divers from the marine ecosystem snorkel classes, beginner to expert (advance), also flocked to the Gulf region Pemuteran.

Therefore, as a destination impressions need enriched with additional tourism products. Whether at sea or on land.

Thus the presence of the tourism industry can provide more added value for the fishing communities, said Chris closes talks. amkan bugis sized vessels 24 meters and nine other traditional boats. Ships Graveyard At dive sites also have been working two biowrecks structure.

One structure in the form of a wreck madura measuring nine meters. The other is a metal structure stenlis measuring 12 times the three-meter-shaped boat.

Bio Wreck is located at a depth of 70-10 meters and if biorock use electricity for the formation of reefs, bio-Wreck has been utilizing solar power (solar panels). "We also will divert biorock from the electricity grid system to the solar panels,"? Chris Brown added.