Sula Islands is one of the regencies in North Maluku province. The capital city of Sula is Sanana. This regency is located in the southern most of North Maluku. The distance from Ternate to Sanana is around 284 km that can be reached by air and sea. The long journey to Sula Islands does not restrict the interest of foreign tourists to visit this area because it is rich with natural, marine, history, art and culture attractions. The local government annually organizes Festival Teluk Capalulu (FTC) or Festival Wae Santosa who introduces traditional arts and culture of Sula Islands that will interest tourists.
Sula Islands regency is an agricultural area, especially plantation. Sula produces coconut, clove, nutmeg and cocoa. Moreover, Sula Islands are also rich in marine products and mines. The main livelihood of the people currently reliant on forestry and fishery, which supports the economic growth of this region.
Some interesting attractions that you can find in Sula Islands:
1. Pagama Island
Pagama Island is one of the iconic beauty of Sula Islands that can be reached from Sanana for about 1.5 hours by speedboat. Panorama on the island is very beautiful with fine white sand. Pagama Island also has a beautiful marine park, so the location is perfect for diving enthusiasts. The underwater contour is sloping, with the visibility of the clear water reaches 30 meters. There are well maintained coral reefs and other marine lives at a depth of 15 to 20 meters. Also, there are many pine trees on this island.
2. Fort De Verwachting
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You can found this fort in Sanana. The fort has an area 2,750 square meters with four bastions and two lookout towers, as well as the wall height of about 4 meters, which is interesting to visit. Read More >>
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3. Fukweu Beach
Fukweu beachis located in Fukweu Village, North Sanana Sub-district. The coast faces Mangoli Island and some small islands. This beach is suitable for fishing activities. Not far from this beach, there is a river with spring, that is believed by local communities comes from the water brought by the Sultan of Ternate bygone era. The spring is called "Wai Santosa" (Air Santosa). In addition, there is "Ikan Tukareg", a kind of fish live side by side with the communities in that spring, sacred by local people. This beach can be reached by vehicle about 40 minutes from Sanana.
4. Wai Ipa Beach
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Wai Ipa beach is located in Wai Ifa (Wai Ipa) Village, Sanana Sub-district, Sulabesi Island. The beach has not-sharp gravel, situated not far from residential areas. You can relax in this place while enjoying a variety of foods, such as fried bananas and guraka. You can access to this beach from Port Sanana by public transport, stop at Fogi market, then continue by ojek (motorcycle taxi).
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5. Mangoli Beach
Mangoli beach has a very beautiful panorama. This beach is located in Mangoli Village, Central Mangoli Sub-district, Mangoli Island. To get to this beach, you can go by speedboat from Sanana for about 40 minutes.
6. Wailau Waterfall
Mangoli beach has a very beautiful panorama. This beach is located in Mangoli Village, Central Mangoli Sub-district, Mangoli Island. To get to this beach, you can go by speedboat from Sanana for about 40 minutes.
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Wailau Waterfall can be reached by walk for about 40 minutes from Wailau Village, Sanana Sub-district. During the trip to this location, you will be treated by the view of lush forest and the locals' plantations. The waterfall has about 30 km altitude with terraced contours. It has very clear water that will tempt you to get into the water as you arrive at this location.
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Paslal Bay is located in Central Mangoli Sub-district. Here you will be treated by a wonderful panorama. The water in the bay is always calm. This bay has a lot of bottom fish, which is very suitable for fishing activities. This bay can be reached by speedboat from Sanana for about 2 hours.
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8. Manaf Beach
Manaf beach is located in Manaf Village, the southern part of Sulabesi Island. This beach is suitable for relaxing and enjoying the beauty of the blue ocean. The water is calm, making it suitable for water play activity. The beach is located about 11 km from Sanana which can be reached about 15 minutes. This characteristic of this beach is black sand and rocks.
9. Capalulu Strait
Capalulu Strait is located in West Mangole Sub-district, which famous for its swift rotation waves which becomes a strait with most powerful currents in Indonesia. At certain times, this area is prohibited because there were hundreds of people drowned here in the past. The strait is also a shipping area, when bad weather, the ship captain usually stops at Pas Ipa Village. This place is suitable for those who look for extreme travel, but you do not have to worry because the captain here is accustomed with Capalulu Straits conditions. This location can be reached by speedboat for about 5 hours from Sanana. During the trip, you will be treated with the natural beauty of Sula Islands.
10. Fat Fina Koa Beach
Fat Fina Koa beach has extraordinary beauty. Here you can find steep cliffs at the seaside with an interesting landscape. Fat Fina Koa also has a folklore of a girl who later becomes a stone, so that the stone is often called "Batu Nona" or "Stone of Lady". Fat Koa Fina is located in the eastern part of Mangoli Island, right in Waisakai Village. You can use a speedboat to this location with the long journey of about 2 hours from Sanana.
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11. Waigoiyofa Beach
This beach is located in Waigoiyofa (Wai Goyofa) Village, Baleha Sub-district, Sulabesi Island. The long journey from Sanana is about 1.5 hours. This beach is very suitable for family recreation. Also, there are shower facilities and gazebo on this beach.
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12. Telaga Kabau (Lake Kabau)
Telaga Kabau (Lake Kabau) is located in Kabau Village, Sulabesi Island. There are many crocodiles in this lake. If you want to see the crocodiles, the natives here will cast a spell to make crocodiles appear.
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1. Tanjung (Cape) Batu Kapitan: In this area, there is a rocky beaches combined with white sand. There are also diving spots in the coordinate 01.94754oLS and 125.41576oBT. Here you can find big fish schools like barracuda, bubara, also a variety of small and medium fish, and sea turtles. This location is located in the west of Mangoli Island.
2. Ngofa Nini Island: This island is adjacent to the south of Mangoli Island, right in front of Paslal Village. There are also diving spots in the coordinate 01.91376oLS, 125.80748oBT. You can find the marine lives such as reef fish, mollusks and crustaceans, live associated with coral reefs that show a very beautiful scenery under the sea.
Hotels and Lodging
There are several hotels in Sanana such as Beliga Hotel and Green Sula. Outside Sanana, there is no hotel-class accommodation. The accommodation that can be easily found are motel and guesthouse.
Arts and Culture
Traditional musical instruments of Sula Islands are usually used to accompany traditional dances in traditional events, such as weddings and pickup or delivery events of guests of honor. The instrument consists of small and large Tifa, suling bambu (bamboo flute), fiola, gong and so on. The traditional dances of Sula Islands are baka laka, bambu gila (crazy bamboo), and pukul sapu lidi (hiting broom stick).
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Souvenirs
Typical Sula Islands handicrafts such as woven bamboo and woven fabrics would be great gifts for your beloved family or friends. There are wall hangings, lampshades, tissue boxes, songket clothes, mats, and so on. In addition, there is Sanana halua kenari (walnut nougat) and pure honey production of Sanana hills because it is inhabited by the best forest honey bees.
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Access
Sula Islands regency has Emalamo Sanana Airport which located in Sanana city. However, the available flights currently are only every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The direct flights available are only from Ternate.
Meanwhile, if you go by sea from Ternate to Sanana, it may take about seventeen hours.
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