Komodo Island East Nusa Tenggara

Komodo Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Komodo Island is located in Nusa Tenggara islands. The island is included in the Komodo National Park along the island of Rinca, Padar, Motang Island and many other smaller islands. Administratively, the island is located in the Komodo, West Manggarai regency, and directly adjacent to the province of West Nusa Tenggara.

This island is the native habitat of the animals dragons, giant lizard meat eater. On the island there are more than 2,000 Komodo dragons tail of living in the wild. You can see dragons chasing prey in many locations in this place. It's important to get around with a company for safety reasons for being here.

In 1986, UNESCO set Komodo Island and other islands in the Komodo National Park as a World Heritage site because of the existence of dragons that can only be found in this region. Habitats of endangered animals are outdoors with meadows, white sandy beaches and tropical rain forests.

Komodo Island won the award for the New Seven Wonders of Nature which is a tribute to the seven best natural attractions in the world. Determining the winner is obtained from the results of voting and research experts, Komodo island won the highest vote along with six other tourist attractions are the Iguazu Falls, the Amazon Forest, Puerto Princesa Underground River, Halong Bay, Jeju Island and Table Mountain.

Komodo itself is a kind of giant lizard reptile meat eaters that can reach 2-3 meters and weigh 100-165 kg. This animal has a scientific name Varanus komodoensis, while local people call this beast as the 'Ora'. If seen, dragons is creepy, with a great body, sharp nails, scaly skin and has a forked tongue that always stuck out. The main prey dragons are pigs, horses, deer, raccoons, buffalo and monkeys.

Komodo Island History

In 1910, Lieutenant Steyn van Hens Broek go to Komodo Island to prove his force report says that there is some sort of dragon beast on this island. Broek with his troops were trained and then decided to come to the island to hunt these animals. He and his troops managed to kill the dragons were then photographed and sent to the Botanical Garden in Bogor.

1912 was the first time the existence of dragons known to the public through written journals Peter A. Ouwens and published in daily newspapers belonging to the Dutch East Indies. Ouwens is Director of the Zoological Museum in Bogor. Then in 1915, the Dutch government began to ban the hunt dragons for fear of these animals will become extinct.