Coral reefs
Clear water.
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The Togean Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many islets in the Gulf of Tomini off the coast of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 71 km northeast of the town of Ampana in a straight line. Their land area is 763 square kilometres. The largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, Talatako, Una-Una, Walea and Malenge, home to about 42,000 people in 59 villages, one of them settled by the Bajau, known as sea nomads. The islands belong to Tojo Una-Una Regency and lie far from the main tourist routes, so they stay quiet and little visited. Clear turquoise water over coral reefs surrounds the islands, which are covered in green tropical forest running down to the sea. Wooden stilt houses stand over the water in fishing villages, linked to the shore by long wooden jetties, with small islands scattered on the horizon. Visitors arrive by ferry or boat from Ampana on the Sulawesi coast, stay in simple beach huts, dive and snorkel among the reefs, and visit fishing villages by boat. The journey is long and services are limited, so allow several days.
Clear water.
Over the water.
On the horizon.
Gulf of Tomini, Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
By ferry or boat from Ampana.
Several days.