North Sulawesi

North Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the northern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi, on the Minahasa Peninsula lies south of Philippines and southeast of Malaysia. The province's capital and largest city is Manado, and its population was 2,270,596 according to the 2010 census; the latest official estimate (for January 2014) is 2,382,941.

Nature Tourist Parks and Animal Sanctuaries

There are 5 Nature Tourist Parks and Animal Sanctuaries in North Sulawesi and all are under government jurisdiction:

• Batuputih (Whitestone) Nature Tourist Park is 64 kilometers from Manado and covers 615 hectares. It has a white sandy beach and tourists can also see the Celebes crested macaque (monyet hitam), Spectral tarsier (tangkasi), knobbed hornbill (burung rangkong) and kingfisher (burung rajaudang).
• Batuangus Nature Tourist Park is 65 kilometers from Manado or 3 hours drive, but just 45 minutes from Whitestone Nature Tourist Park with 635 hectares area. From the peak of Batuangus Mount we can see Bitung city.
• Karakelang Island Animal Sanctuary in Talaud Islands is 15 hours sailing from Manado by speedboat or ferry and covers 24,669 hectares. The endemic birds are the red-and-blue lory (sampiri), Talaud kingfisher (rajaudang talaud), Talaud bush-hen (kareo talaud) and Talaud rail (mandar talaud).
• Manembo-nembo Animal Sanctuary is 100 kilometers from Manado or 90 minute drive with 5,426 hectares. The location is habitat for knobbed hornbill, kingfisher, white cockatoo, Celebes crested macaque, Sulawesi dwarf cuscus and Javan rusa.
• Nantu Animal Sanctuary covers 31,125 hectares and can be reach in a 4-hour drive plus 3 hours by boat. There is a salt lick in a dried pond by Buru babirusa and anoa. The others can be seen at other areas are Celebes warty pig, spectral tarsier, Heck's macaque, Sulawesi palm civet, knobbed hornbill and other birds.