Tulamben is a village that is two hours more travel from the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali. The steep road is twisting Mount Agung with a beautiful view makes the trip to the village not feel. After dozens of walks around a gapura with a dive relief welcomes the arrivals in Tulamben, dive tourism village.
Tourists that come to the village flatly bring dive fixtures. The view at any left-hand step of the street is ‘dive center’ or a dive center that is ready to deliver the world’s entire dive to see the underwater beauty in the Tulamben Sea.
All started the 70s era by one of Bali dive figures, Nyoman Rena with four other friends. They got the task of Balinese Dive Spot Exploration in Bali, providing information from the Navy TNI, the ship belongs to the United States of AmericaT Liberty is known to sink due to the cold lahar hempasan of Mount Agung eruption in 1963, in the Marine Water Area of Tulamben, Kubu Village, Karangasem District, Bali.
Marine Relief in Tulamben Village, Kubu, Karangasem, Kubu.
Petugas center dive (dive center) in Tulamben Village, Kubu, Karangasem, Bali.
After successfully explored, the existence of the ship attracts the attention of two legendary dive divers, the Almarhum Wally Siagian bookmaker Bali Diving and the owner of Bali International Diving Professional Almarhum Avandy Djunaidi who made photos in the USAT Liberty United States's mapping area, to finally bring many tourists or dive both local and foreigners to the village.
Based on Sea Force History, USAT Liberty United States with 125 meters in depth 10-30 meters. A master instructor of Riga Rizky Pratikno said a dive almost requires 45 minutes of dive to surround the ship section.
“Yes if the circumference should not stop long at one spot, usually 45 minutes,” he said when encountered in Tulamben Village, Kubu, Karangasem, Bali.
Petugas center dive (dive center) prepares the equipment of Apung Power Controller (BCD) in Tulamben Village, Kubu, Karangasem, Bali.
The porter brought the diving tube in Tulambenan Village, Kubu, Karangaseman, Bali.
Riga also said, that the Tulamben Seawater dive location is not only famous for that location, but also famous for the underwater photography macro lovers, because many small sea biota and colorful.
For tourists who want to dive can come and take two-person packages at a price of 2.5 million per person, to get a 5-6-time dive experience complete with fixtures and companions during dive.
Head Dusun Village Tulamben I Nyoman Suastika, explained that with dive center in the village, then the economy of the village was increased. Based on the record of the Ministry of Culture, in 1942-1979 the socioeconomic conditions of the Tulamben community entered into one of the most important villages in Bali due to its low disclosure.
The number of tourists are preparing to do dive in Tulamair Village, Tulama.
“In the village’s income is very low and is classified as poor villages, but in the presence of dive areas, the village began to experience an economic increase due to many open dive centers, so it began to open many jobs for local communities, the current public income can reach 4-5 million per month,” he said.
He also hopes that the local government is especially the immigration is more strict to keep an eye on the presence of foreigners who become an accompaniment of the intangible lettuce, because it causes the reduced income for the local ‘buddy’ companions in the Tulamben Village.
“I hope the local government, especially the immigration collaborates with the community to oversee foreign divers who become a diving companion so that the economic potential of Tulamben as a tourist attraction increase the economy of society and the government,” he concluded.
Photo and Text: Muhammad Adimaja
Author : Fanny Octavianus
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