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Manado and more specifically the Bunaken National Marine Park off the coast of Sulawesi is renowned for its biodiversity and hence colour. Many, many inspirational diving photos have been taken here, full of unusually looking creatures. It’s like diving in a Cousteau documentary. Turtles meander above you, white tipped reef sharks below, parrotfish all around. As far a species numbers go there is more variety than the Great Barrier Reef.

Visibility is still pretty good and the area is being well protected and managed, more so than many popular diving destinations. Hard and soft corals flower and anemones go with the flow along the reef then the seafloor drops away dramatically.

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