Selayar Islands is located in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The capital of the Selayar Island district is located in Benteng. District has an area of 903.35 km ² and a population of approximately 100,000 people. Selayar Island is a district that has several sub-districts are separated by the sea.
This area is the only district in South Sulawesi, that entire territory separated from the mainland of South Sulawesi and beyond that region Selayar Islands District consists of several islands so it is a cluster of islands.
Many beautiful places we can visit on Selayar Island, mostly beaches.


Selayar Dive Resort
There are several very nice dive sites around the resort. Friends of mine reported tremendous dives with white tipped, blacktipped and grey sharks (at depths of 40m plus) and beautiful coral cover with gorgonians, soft corals, huge sponges and colorful reef fishes in the shallower parts.

Takabonerate (southwest of Pulau Selayar).
Takabonerate (Telaga Bone Rate) lies southwest of Selayar island and is the third largest coral atoll in the world (the largest is Kwajalein in the Marshall islands and the second largest Suvadiva in the Maldives). Spread over 2,220 square kilometer (21 small islands) in the Flores Sea, there are coral reef and seagrass ecosystems. The atoll offers some very good wall diving. Visibility is normally around 30 meter. The atoll rises sharply from the side of a submerged ridge 2,000 meter below the surface. It is said to have been a huge volcano, that has since subsided, leaving a wide ring of coral. The area is an Indonesian National Marine Park and as such there should be no fishing. There seems to be some areas with damage from dynamite fishing though. It is not clear how extensive they are. Diving is normaly done in the untouched areas. I researched in the internet and also found a lot of game fishing pages about Takabonaerate. There seem to be a lot of fish such as the wahoo, barracuda, giant trevally, marlin, sailfish, yellowfins, dogtooth tuna and mackerels. There are some nesting areas for sea turtles on the islands.

Bira Bay
Tanjung Bira is a white sand beach which  very well known in South Sulawesi. These include coastal beaches are clean, neat, and clear seawater. The beauty and comfort of this beach is famous around the world. Many foreign tourists from various countries who visit this place for a vacation.