Moyo Island
Situated just off the northern coast of Sumbawa, Moyo Island is a small island
in Indonesia. Moyo Island is the house of only 6000 people and contains a large
nature reserve controlled by Sumbawa.
The famous Amanwana hotel is placed within this reserve, which comprises the
dock, sun lounging area and offers visitors to enjoy fine snorkeling, the scenic
beauty of Moyo Island. You can visit Shell Beach that is viewed from Crocodile
Head and enjoy the sunset over Amanwana Bay.
There are several tourist attractions situated in Moyo Island and some of them
are, jungle tree is well equipped with spikes and native Moyo Islanders advised
that neither people nor animals nor even insects would eat these bright orange
fruits known as Faux jungle 'oranges'.
Close to Amanwana there is a village called Labu Aji village, which is visited,
by boat. Moyo waterfall situated close to the center of the Moyo Island offer
extremely refreshing swimming. The tourists who love adventure, for them quite a
few fine dive spots lie along the west coast of Moyo in the Flores Sea.
Moyo Island is a tranquil coastal paradise that offers spectacular coral and
crystal clear waters for good diving possibilities, such as Blue sea star
Linckia laevigata- large sea stars common in coral rubble zones around Moyo,
green and yellow crinoids, Red soft coral and Acropora sp. hard coral. Clownfish
etc.
There are a number of submerged reefs situated around Moyo Island and amongst
them most well-known reefs are, Angel Reef - located on the west coast of Moyo
Island, it is a glowing coral reef with a vertical wall falling to over 40
meters in depth where you can see marine lives like longfin bannerfish, redtooth
triggerfish, batfish and blacktips.
Popular attractions in Moyo Island:
| Moyo Island Popular Attractions | |
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• Moyo Island Wildlife Reserve |
• Mata Jitu Waterfall |
undo Indonesia Popular Destinations