source : detik.com
Banda Neira offers several tourist activities, including snorkeling and diving,
Places to visit on the island is a marine park Hatta. Only takes one hour by speedboat to Hatta Island . There is a beautiful coral garden surrounded by thousands of fish here.
Banda marine park has about 350 species of marine life, compared with the Caribbean Sea that has worldwide appeal divers had only about 20 species of marine life.
There are many dive sites in the Banda Islands including lava flow, where the island is located at the foot of the volcano erupted in 1988, a new coral reef growth resulting from the eruption of volcano island. The distance is about 15 minutes from Banda Neira by speed boat.
Another dive site called Stone Ship, is a small coral island near Syahrir island, 15 minutes away from Banda Neira.
This city have many old buildings, Fort Belgica in 1617, we can see the old cannons and building still in good condition. After that can visit the small palace which was formerly the residence of the governor general of the VOC.
In addition to Fort Belgica Nasua here also there is the Citadel which was built in 1609 on the ruins of the Portuguese fort.
Old church built on the 20 April 1873 on the grave of 30 soldiers who died in the war the Dutch conquest of Banda. on the floor of the church so there are this soldiers headstone complete with identity.
There are another can visit the island volcano at an altitude of 600 meters which offers a fantastic panorama of the Banda Islands, nutmeg, and walnut oil to explore where there are walnut trees aged 300-400 years.With a height of only 600 meters from the sea we need two hours to reach its peak,





