WW: Meet the Whale sharks at Gorontalo, Indonesia

Meet the Whale sharks at Gorontalo, Indonesia
Meet the Whale sharks at Gorontalo, Indonesia

I have just had an awesome adventure. 

Meet the Whale sharks at Gorontalo, Indonesia!

I was very lucky I got a chance to visit Gorontalo province, in the northern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It took 3.5 hours flight directly from Jakarta or around 4-5 hours with transit. Together with my diving club, around 12 of us, we went to Gorontalo and had 8 dive trips arranged by local dive operator. Well, my friends even have more, since they stayed 2 days longer than me. I went back earlier as I have some meetings in the office.

So, long story short, we started our diving journey to Botubarani Village, Gorontalo, where whale sharks have been spotted in group. When we arrived, there were 2 whale sharks already waiting! Lucky us indeed! The third one joined us in the middle of the dive. Well, I will spell more stories in the next post and meanwhile, enjoy some of the underwater photos I took here during my diving.

they are such a majestic creature!



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38 comments:

  1. Senang banget masih bisa melakukan perjalanan ke Gorontalo. Semoga sehat selalu ya ..
    dan itu hiu pausnya lucu menggemaskan pengen ikutan main juga, hehehe....

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  2. woooh foto2nya keren banget mba, berasa kita ikutan menyelam hehee itu gimana ya rasanya nyelem bareng ikan pari *ga kebayang

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    1. rasanya LUAR BIASA mba.. aku suka banget soalnya memang impian untuk bertemua merekaaa nih

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  3. Ya ampun mba Indah seru sekali. Itu pas banget fotonya di atas ada hiu paus. Menyenangkan dan kebayang bakalan nagih buat ke sini lagi

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    1. iyaaa mba.. alhamdulillah diberi kesempatan oleh-Nya

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    2. Aku baru tahu juga ada wisata seperti ini. Bisa jadi pilihan nih aku buat berkunjung suatu saat kelak

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  4. Woow..bagaimana perasaannya saat itu, mba? ngeri nggak siih?? Tapi mereka memang cakeeep yaaa.. Semoga terus lestari. Trmksh sdh berbagi kisah ini mba..

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    1. ada rambu - rambu yang harus kita jaga mba.. seperti misalnya tidak boleh terlalu dekat, jaga jarak ideal 4 m, hindari buntunya dan jangan menyentuh mereka mba. Kalau kita patuh in sya Allah amaan

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  5. aaaak bisa sedekat ini dengan whale shark!
    aku gemeteran lihatnya mbak. Impianku bisa nyemplung bareng si hiu paus gede tapi ramah dengan nelayan. You are so lucky!

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    1. whale sharks ini aslinya tidak agresif mba dan termasuk ramah. asal kita patuh dnegna peraturannya aman untuk diving with them

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  6. Mbaaaa seruuu banget!!
    Mba Indah luar biasa, enjoy bgt dan kagak ada takut2nya :D

    Kalo aku, kayaknya bakal jejeritan karena ngeri2 sedappp

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    1. bangeeet mba... aku juga jejeritan karena super happy and excited huahahaha. bahagia ketemu mereka

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  7. Alhamdulillah senang sekali bisa membaca artikel tentang perjalanan mbak indah dan ketemu sama ikan hiu paus. Unik yaa. Jadi tahu keindahan laut Gorontalo dan juga ikan yang unik ini

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    1. alhamdulillah juga aku diberi kesempatan oleh-Nya melihat keagungan karya-Nya di bawah laut mbaa

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  8. wow! so awesome and incredible :D omg I want to meet whale sharks too!

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  9. MAsyaallah, ikannya amazing banget sih, Mba Indah. Aku jadi pengen bisa diving begitu hehehe, aku belum pernah nih wisata alam bawah laut, btw aku salfok sama antingnya..syantik sekali

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    1. hehehe iya mba... memang hiu paus ini keren bangeet. I was so lucky! Antingnya memang fave aku nih

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  10. Merinding aku lihatnya mbak indaaaah.... Jadi ide bahasan baru sama anakku yang balita ni, dia lagi seneng-senengnya sama creatures bawah laut....

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    1. waaah that's good to know that your kids love the underwater creatures. Semoga kecintaan ini akan terus berlanjut ya mba

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  11. Aku udah lama banget pengen nyelam bareng hiu tutul ini Mba. Belum kesampaian. Semoga bisa ya ke Gorontalo.

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    1. ayo segera mbaaa.. kalau ngga ke Gorontalo bisa ke Nabire jugaaa

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  12. MasyaAllah keindahan lautan yang nggak bsa ku jelajah karena nggak bisa renang. Tapi hepi liat kedalamannya karena mba Indah. Hepi Banget ya mba bareng diving clubnya..

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  13. Itu memang badannya ada totol totol putihnya ya mom? Cantiiiik sekali nih hiu pausnya. Enggak ngeri ya ada di dekat mereka?

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    1. iya mbaaa hiu paus memang begini penampakannya. Cakeeep ya.. mereka aslinya gentle kok, tidak agresif. aku juga menjaga jarak saat diving dekat mereka

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  14. Mbak Indah, foto-fotonya keren banget, Gorontalo lautnya ternyata indah banget ya. Pasti seru nih bisa diving. Terus selesai diving, makan seafood... hehehe

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  15. Indahhhhh bangettt mba. Aku terpukau sama foto fotonya. Dalam hati berdoa, pengen juga ngerasain momen menenggang kan sekaligus happy bisa berenang bareng whale shark ��

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  16. Wah, sebuah pengalaman yang berkesan tentu ya mba bisa berenang bareng hiu paus
    Ukuran nya malah besar bgt
    Jika aku ada di posisi itu mungkin dah panik bawaannya (hehehe)

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  17. How lucky you are! Mashaallah tabarakallah. What a memorable experience. Stunning photo shot. Wish I can go and visit Gorontalo as well.

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  18. Brilliant photos I enjoyed them I am too much of a coward to do that heheh!

    Have a jawstastic week Indah 👍

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  19. We did this in Exmouth, WA. It was one of the best things we've ever done. They're such beautiful creatures. I just lovew them. Great photos!!

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  20. And thanks for joining in #Allseasons

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  21. Thank you so much for sharing your photos at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2021/09/in-abstract.html

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  22. The best ever! the water is so pretty and blue and look at you scuba diving. What fun. I have always wanted to do that. But it will never happen for me but it was fun watching you enjoy. Thanks for sharing and for co-hosting at #omhgww. Pinned & Tweeted. See you next week.

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  23. Wah senang dan beruntungnya bisa lihat hiu paus secara langsung ya, Mbak. Jadi kangen snorkling deh, walopun cuma bisa lihat ikan kecil2 lucu tetap saja refresh pikiran.

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