Pulau Pombo (Pombo Island)

Maluku (Moluccas), provinces in eastern of Indonesia is an island group. Not to be surprised if Maluku province called the province of the Thousand Islands. The most attraction type potential for selling is charming. One marine tourism is the island of Pombo, a small uninhabited island in the North East Ambon, the capital of Maluku.

Pombo Island have a very good waters location for diving because the sea water is crystal clear and natural beauty of the underwater coral reefs, decorated with flora and fauna of the sea. This location is a nature reserve protected areas.

Pombo Island is geographically located between the island of Haruku and the island of Ambon with coordinates 128 ° 22'09 "east and 3 ° 31'35" south. While in government administratrif this region belong to the Salahhutu subdistrict, Central Maluku regency.

Conservation field topography is generally flat with an average height of 0-4 m above sea level.

It takes approximately 15 minutes by speed boat from island of Ambon (Honimua coast) to reach to Pombo. The island is a prime tourist diving and snorkeling enthusiasts. The water is crystal clear and natural beauty of the underwater flora and fauna contains a variety of fascinating tourist guaranteed. The sea around the Pombo island is a reserve called Pombo Island Marine Park.

Supposedly, Pombo word comes from the Portuguese language, which means Pigeon. As a result, Pombo Island is defined as Pigeon Island. Because of rarely visited, you will feel like being in a "private island".

From a distance it looks very small island. Pombo island area only about 2 to 3 acres.

Every time we look, we can enjoy the beauty of nature works paintings of divine Creator and the owner. White sand surrounding the island, the fish seemed to dance between corals, while above, the birds are seen chasing the wind. It's the perfect harmony of nature, the soothing view of the eyes and hearts. (dephut.go.id)

By the Government of Maluku Province, Pombo used as a protected conservation area. Until now, the island is not permitted for permanently occupied by residents. There are some crops grown there, making that small island more green.

Pombo island travel is usually performed for outbound activities, study tours for students, research diving and other marine tourism.

Natural circumstances of Pombo Island and surrounding marine waters that have a typical flora and fauna and their ecosystems needs to be protected and development which occur naturally have been designated as natural resource conservation areas with nature reserves category.

Determination of the nature reserve with a status of Pombo Island Nature Reserve / Marine Park, established by decree of the Minister of Agriculture of Indonesia Number: 327/Kpts/Um/7/1973 dated July 25, 1973 with an area of 1000 ha, including land, coral reefs (coral reef) and lagoon.

Circumstances the beach is an atoll, or circular reef encircling a lagoon and is not locked the island.

Clarity of the seawater in the lagoon allows to see through to the bottom of the sea is a beautiful marine park. At the time of low tide, it looks very beautiful coral appears on the surface of the sea.

Nature Reserve / Pombo Island Marine Park has a sea view of the rocks that very beautiful and very well-organized naturally, combined with life as a kind of ornamental fish, zoo-plankton and shellfish.

This conservation area is also home to one of the stopover and nesting bird species typical / Maluku endemic, bird Pombo (Ducula bicolor) and many other bird species.

The physical condition of the waters of Pulau Pombo (spin current / up-welling and food availability) allows the availability of fishery resources that potentially high. The main fishery in the conservation area are anchovy (Stolephorus sp.), Momar (Decapterus sp.), Komu (Auxis thzard), Lema (Rastreliger kanagurta), the types lalosi (caesionidae) and mollusks such as clams (Tridacnidae), bia jalang (Strombus luhuanus), lola (Trochus niloticus), bia kambing (Lambis sp.), bia gengge (Nautilus pompilius), japing-japing (Pinctada margaritifera) and other types of Cypreanidae, Strombidae, and Connidae. Some kind of mollusks that are rare have been protected by decree of Minister of Forestry no.12/Kpts-II/1987 such as clams (Tridacnidae), lola (Trochus niloticus), bia gengge (Nautilus pompilius) and triton trumpet (Charonnia tritonis). (some names of fish mentioned above written in the local language of Ambon)

Various types of flora in Nature Reserve / Pombo Island Marine Park as a result of an inventory conducted in 1994/1995, among which are: Wood Marsegu (Nauclea orientalis), Croton sp., Salimuli (Cordia subcordata), Gumira pantai (Premna corymbosa), white vegetables (Pisonia alba), kayu mata ikan (Hernandia peltata), Hutung (Barringtonia asiatica), banyan (Ficus benjamina), Ketapang (Terminalia catappa) and Dadap (Erythrina variegata).