Exploration & Adventure: Content 1
Explore & Follow in the Footsteps of Alfred Russell Wallace in "The Malay Archipelago"
Discover Nutmeg in the Banda Islands
Find Dragons in the Komodo Islands
Search for the Bird of Paradise in West Papua
Bonfires & Adventure on Remote Islands
Snorkel with Huge Manta Rays In Raja Ampat
Kayak Over Coral Gardens in Raja Ampat
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Exploration & Adventure: Content 2
The history of Indonesia is varied, full of myths and legends, of war and peace, of different civilisations moving in and out, stamping their mark, moving on and leaving behind architectural relics, evidence that is visible throughout the 17,000 islands of Indonesia. Whilst Bali has ancient temples, Java the majestic Borobadur, the Eastern Islands have fortresses, smaller in scale but most definitely an imposing historical presence. The history of spices, particularly of nutmeg and cloves is evident in Eastern Indonesia. As a traveller on Tiger Blue, this history comes alive, on ...more |
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Exploration & Adventure: Content 3
Indonesia has a population of some 240 million people and even on some of the smaller islands, population density can be huge in centralised city areas. From a cultural point of view these islands offer a real insight into how cultures develop very differently in more remote areas depending on specific influences on the populations. The national language is Bahasa Indonesia and its expanse is amazingly successful, in that all across these islands, people who can look so different from one island to another, can all communicate in Bahasa despite having ...more
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Exploration & Adventure: Content 4
Follow in the footsteps of the Nineteenth Century explorer Alfred Russell Wallace! On Tiger Blue, you will visit and explore areas that have changed little since Wallace's time in Indonesia. The uninhabited islands of Komodo, the wild southern coastline of Flores, give you an insight into what it must have been like for the early explorers to come upon these islands. Their geography and natural history remains as fascinating now as it was then and opens your eyes to a very different part of the world. Indonesia stretches over a huge area- the distance covered from London to Baghdad- and the islands within it provide a wide range of landscapes, natural history, cultures and peoples. Access to most of these areas on traditional timber phinisi Tiger Blue allows you an adventure in comfort and style that was not available to these explorers of old, or indeed, to modern day travelers who try to access these locations overland.
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