North Maluku

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North Maluku is a tropical paradise that located in the eastern Indonesia. It consists of many of small and big islands, approximately 353 of islands, which spreads out surrounding the ocean. Moreover, not all of the islands in North Maluku are inhabitant. One example of the islands in North Maluku that not inhabitant is Dodola Island.

This island serves a magnificent beauty of tropical beach, where white sand with approximately 16 km of length surrounding and has clear water. In this island, the visitor can do a lot of exciting activity, such as swimming, sunbathe and diving. Beside Dodola Island, there is also an island where the excitement to explore the under water life can be get, namely Maitara Island.

This island is located in the middle of Tidore and Ternate Islands. Furthermore, the European people actually have already known North Maluku since long time ago. In the past, the Portuguese and the Dutch were come to North Maluku to conquer Tidore and Ternate islands because they were interested with the spices that grew fertile in the most part of Tidore and Ternate Islands. Nowadays, that still remains from the history of Tidore and Ternate are the castle of the Portuguese and the Dutch that stand in many parts of both Islands. Those castles become an interesting place of interest for Tidore and Ternate tourism.

Getting there: Ternate can be reached by domestic flights from Jakarta via Makassar or direct flight from Makassar and Manado.

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