5 Beautiful Tourist Attractions in Wakatobi That You Must Visit

Wakatobi is a regency in South Sulawesi that has four beautiful islands, namely Wangi-Wangi Island, Kaledupa Island, Tomia Island, and Binongko Island. Wakatobi is also designated as a national park in Indonesia, making it always bustling with tourist visits.

To get here, you can take various routes with different travel times, depending on where you are coming from. You can use a plane landing at the airport located on Wangi-Wangi Island and then head to the city center, which takes about 15 minutes by car.

If you are using a boat, you can cross from Kendari to Bau-Bau and then travel by motor vehicle to Lasalimu. From Lasalimu, you will then need to cross to Wangi-Wangi Island for 2 hours.

Wakatobi indeed has attractions as strong as other Indonesian islands with its beautiful beaches. The choices of tourist spots are certainly diverse. Here are five tourist attractions in Wakatobi as examples. Let's take a look at the following 5 tourist spots in Wakatobi for your holiday reference!

Wakatobi National Park

This national park is one of the top tourist destinations to visit when in Wakatobi. Its vast area of 1.39 million hectares makes tourists feel at home for a long time, especially with its beautiful white sandy beach views.

If you enjoy diving, this is paradise. The national park, inaugurated in 1996, indeed has very clear sea water, allowing you to see marine creatures freely. Moreover, it has more than 750 species of marine life.

Tomia Island

Tomia Island is one of the islands in Wakatobi with a quiet and serene atmosphere. This is because Tomia Island has not received much attention from tourists. To reach this island, you need to travel approximately 3 hours from Wangi-Wangi Island.

What’s really exciting about Tomia is its beautiful and abundant diving spots. Just imagine the beauty of this island with 28 diving spots, including Ali Reef, House Reef, and Maya Bay.

Wangi-Wangi Island

Being the island located at the forefront of Wakatobi, Wangi-Wangi Island is indeed the most well-known among tourists. Moreover, this island has many tourist attractions that can be visited for fun while also being educated about history and landscapes.

One of the tourist attractions on Wangi-Wangi Island is Liya Fort. This place is located in Liya Togo Village, South Wangi-Wangi District. In the past, Liya Fort was used for communication by the local royal community with people outside the kingdom.

Binongko

Another island in Wakatobi Regency with fewer tourist visits compared to other islands due to the difficult route to get here. If you enjoy a quiet and pristine atmosphere, visiting Binongko is certainly an interesting choice, especially with its stunning views.

The people of Binongko still preserve their ancestral cultural heritage that remains alive to this day. This culture is in the form of a dance called Balumpa. This dance is usually performed for significant and important events in Wakatobi.

Kaledupa

La Donda Fort, Old Tomb, and Ollo Fort are three famous tourist attractions in Kaledupa. The three are commonly known as historical tourist sites because they have many interesting stories to learn about for tourists.

Inside Ollo Fort, there is also an Old Mosque as a historical site left by the local community. The culture once embraced by the local people remains preserved to this day.

Those are 5 tourist attractions in Wakatobi that you can visit for a very enjoyable and fun holiday. They can be visited at any time, but of course, the best time is during the dry season, especially when the goal is to sunbathe on the beach or dive in the sea while observing the coral reefs.

Author: Nisa Maulan Shofa