17. Jalan Masuk
Jalan Masuk means "Way In" - almost the only way for boats to enter the small mountain island of Nain, the furthest away of the 5 islands in the Bunaken national marine park, through its huge fringing reef that surrounds the entire island - but is perhaps 4 times the size of the island itself! This reef (the largest reef in the park) offers and endless trip flying over the enormous "fields" of many different species of hard coral, even as shallow as safety stop depth! Myriads of smaller colourful reef fish live and hide in this reef, saluted by the occasional pelagic ray, barracuda, shark or sometimes turtle. The more usual neighbours includes a rich fauna of invertebrate life like sponges, feather stars, star fish, octopus, sea cucumbers and many nudibranchs. Generally good visibility of up to 30-35 m makes this a colourful panoramic wide-angle adventure, with the usually gentle current taking you for a free and relaxing underwater ride down "hard coral lane".