Tempo reports that only Komodo Island will close; the rest of the national park will remain open to tourism. In addition to super-sized lizards, the area offers exceptional diving and snorkeling ...

Discover Pink Beach (Pantai Merah) in Komodo National Park, Indonesia – one of the world's few naturally pink sand beaches.

Padar Island Adam Morganstern Located in the Sape Strait in Indonesia, Komodo Island is considered one of the ‘New 7 Wonders of Nature’ as well as having been named a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Nestled in Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, Komodo Island is a true marvel of nature. Known as the home of the world’s largest lizard, the Komodo dragon , this remote destination attracts ...

KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia — I’m on a speedboat in central Indonesia, heading for a tiny group of islands that’s the only place on Earth where you can find the legendary Komodo dragon in the ...

The famed Komodo Island in Indonesia is closing to the public because visitors keep stealing endangered Komodo dragons. The government announced the closure, set to take place in January 2020.

More than 176,000 tourists visited Komodo National Park in 2018, with many visitors coming just to see the nearly 2,000 dragons that live on the island. It's not the first instance a southeast ...

Most of them - around 1,700 - live on Komodo Island, and around 1,000 more live on Rinca, another island in the national park. The national park as a whole is a Unesco World Heritage site.