Indonesia protects some of the richest places on Earth, from coral reefs in the Coral Triangle to active volcanoes, orangutan forests and the only equatorial glaciers in Asia. Each guide below covers what the park is, the best time to go, how to get there, what it costs and how to visit responsibly.
DivingKomodo National Park
Dragons on dry hills, mantas in fast water, and a park learning to limit its visitors
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DivingWakatobi National Park
Four islands, one word, and some of the healthiest reefs in the Coral Triangle
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DivingBunaken National Park
Coral walls, green turtles and an old volcano, 45 minutes by boat from Manado
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DivingTaka Bonerate National Park
A scattered field of reefs and sand islands in the Flores Sea, and Indonesia's largest atoll
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DivingWest Bali National Park
Menjangan's walls, the last wild Bali starlings and the quiet far west of the island
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VolcanoBromo Tengger Semeru National Park
A sea of sand, a smoking cone and Java's highest volcano in one park
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VolcanoGunung Rinjani National Park
A sacred volcano, a crater lake born in 1257, and the hardest classic trek in Indonesia
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VolcanoGunung Merapi National Park
Java's restless volcano, its buried valleys and the people who live on its slopes
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VolcanoKelimutu National Park
Three crater lakes, three colours, and the place where the Lio say souls come to rest
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WildlifeUjung Kulon National Park
The last stronghold of the Javan rhino, at the wild western tip of Java
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WildlifeGunung Leuser National Park
Sumatra's great rainforest, last stronghold of the Sumatran orangutan
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WildlifeTanjung Puting National Park
Blackwater rivers, wooden klotok boats and the orangutans of Camp Leakey
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From equatorial ice to the Arafura Sea: the largest protected area in Southeast Asia, and one of the hardest to reach
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