Moyo Islands - A Desolate Islands

Though small, deserted island but has a tremendous wealth of natural. Moyo Island, a small island located in the northern island of Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara Province.

To reach the island of Moyo is straightforward. Traveling by car can be taken from Sumbawa Besar to Ai Bari, a coastal village located about 20 miles north of Sumbawa Besar. Or if you do not want to bother, Hotel and Golden Beach Hotel Tambora in Sumbawa Besar, can arrange trips to the island. Ai Bari in Samawa means salt water, a poor fishing village facilities, but from the Samawa, Bajo and Bugis who inhabit this area, very friendly.



The journey of Ai Moyo Island Bari to be taken for about 15 minutes by speedboat, or a boat ketinting. 

Moyo Island has a height variation from 0-648 m above sea level. About 30,000 acres, hundreds of butterflies will be seen from behind the bushes, trees or in the middle of savanna. The island is also inhabited by 21 species of bats, birds, macaque, wild pig, deer and snakes. With the natural conditions are still very natural, not advisable to enter the island without a guide. Because there may be lost. "But strangely, every time there's a stray, would still find a way out of its own. 

If we go to Moyo island, we could see the beauty of unspoiled nature. Beautiful forest and almost untouched, waterfalls and natural rivers, as well as the beauty of the endless sea. In addition to hiking in the woods, along streams and waterfalls, a cave that can be reached on foot, could be an alternative activity. One is the Gua Ai Manis be achieved with a little rock climbing. This cave where hundreds of breeding bats. In addition, other activities you can do is trekking for two hours that can be started from Labuan Haji, towards Waterfall Brang Rea (Great River) is located in the center of the island.

Moyo Island is also a "paradise" for bird lovers. Of the 124 bird species found in Sumbawa, 86 species of which are located on the island. Rare bird species can also be found here. Among them is the yellow-headed Parrot and the megapode birds. The last bird, is unique because it relies on plants and branches to produce heat during the incubation period the eggs.

When you want to snorkel or dive, the area around the island offer a variety of underwater beauty that is equally interesting. Marine parks that make up the soft and hard coral formations are beautiful, can also be found sponge  and crustaceans

Moyo Island also offers the beauty of the underwater world. Almost the entire island is surrounded by reefs still in good condition and not damaged. Sharks with a length of approximately two meters, anemones, pelagic, eels, groupers and even mantas, all there is.

In addition to out of reach of domestic travelers, the promotion of Moyo island is still very small. To vacation here, it takes time and funding availability is pretty good. However, if there is a desire to see the beauty of a small country, Pulau Moyo is one of the places worth visiting. "If it happened to be lucky, you can see a bunch of flying fish that is a group of flying fish jumping out of the water onto the surface.