{"id":47133,"date":"2016-02-15T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T09:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/?p=47133"},"modified":"2016-03-22T11:22:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T09:22:50","slug":"the-komodo-dragon-of-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/15\/the-komodo-dragon-of-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Komodo Dragon of Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Located between Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, the awesome islands of Indonesia host one of the wonders of the animal kingdom &#8211; the Komodo Dragon&#8230; an amazing experience to include in your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yachting_content\/indonesia_bali_java_yacht_charter.php?bbr=bblog\" target=\"_blank\">yacht charter in Indonesia<\/a><\/strong>!!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47289\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indonesia.travel\/sites\/site\/106\/komodo-national-park\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47289 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/komodo_indonesiatravel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">credits from indonesia.travel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->The Komodo Dragon is the world&#8217;s largest living species of lizard, often growing to 2-3 metres in length. It is only found on 3 or 4 islands in the Komodo National Park of Indonesia, the heart of you <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/indonesia_charter.php?bbr=bblog\" target=\"_blank\">Indonesia yacht charter<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes they are hungry&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;. but luckily, mostly hungry for deer and other small birds and mammals!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47291\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Komodo_%28island%29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47291 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Komodo_dragon_wiki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">credits from wiki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guests on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/komodo_charter.php?bbr=bblog\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indonesia yacht charters<\/strong><\/a> in Komodo can take land tours to get up close and personal with the Komodo Dragons, but there is a list of other incredible experiences that can be included in your<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/bali_charter.php\" target=\"_blank\"> Indonesia sailing holiday<\/a><\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>These include\u00a0world-class diving and surfing, hill walking, beaches, volcanoes, snorkelling, incredible scenery on land and below the waters, which are all there to be experienced on the sailing holiday of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47301\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indonesia.travel\/search\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47301\" 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aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/landscape1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47307 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/komodoisland_indotravel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">credits from indonesia.travel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And if you are really lucky, you could experience the power of a live volcano!!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47143\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reckontalk.com\/14-omg-facts-about-indonesia-funny-interesting-and-weird\/9223372036854775807\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47143 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vol1.jpg\" alt=\"vol1\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reckontalk.com\/14-omg-facts-about-indonesia-funny-interesting-and-weird\/9223372036854775807\/\">here<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vol2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47141 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vol2.jpg\" alt=\"vol2\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>From April\/May to October each year, many of Indonesia&#8217;s top charter yachts, plus visiting yachts from the other parts of the world, sail the islands of the Komodo National Park, the home of the Komodo Dragon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/map-komodo-local.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47137 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/map-komodo-local.jpg\" alt=\"map komodo local\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Boatbookings works with a variety of Phinisi-style sailing yachts, as well as the best of visiting yachts, the offer you a range of yachts to choose from.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_search\/yacht_view.php?pid=20510&amp;bbr=bblog\" target=\"_blank\">Phinisi 51 New World<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/newworld_phinisi51_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47163 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/newworld_phinisi51_2.jpg\" alt=\"newworld_phinisi51_2\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a 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