Ambon city is also the capital of this vast archipelago province of Maluku. With its long history since the hey-day of the famed Spice Trade, it has developed itself to what it now is: a bustling hub and center of trade, education, culture and development.
The city of Ambon was found around late 1500s and early 1600s after the Nossa Seinhora da Annunciada fort was erected by the Portuguese co (...)
Carving
It was since years ago Maluku was familiar with the art of carving. This can be proven with numbers of wood carved or stone carved for the ancestor's worshiping. Generally, the carving patterns are in the form of human and the placement can be difference according to the purposes. The carving can be placed at the boat prow, at the house front ladder at the village gate or (...)
G.E Rumphius
Born in 1627, in Wolfersheim, Germany, G. E. Rumphius was fascinated by botany at an early age. His military duty for the VOC (Dutch East India Company) brought him to Batavia (Jakarta) at the age of 25. One year later he arrived in Ambon, where he would settle for life. He conducted research in Hila village, lived next to fort Amsterdam, and composed, among other wo (...)
Gamalama Volcano is a volcano island which is nearly circular in shape with 5.8 km in radius and covered about 105 km˛ of the entire area. This volcano island is known as Ternate island. Ternate city which is located in the southeast coast of Ternate Island, is the capital city of North Maluku Regency. Half of the population of Ternate Island live in Ternate city, whereas the rest live in along th (...)
Formerly known as the Moluccas, these islands are the original Spice Islands, which in the 16th and 17th centuries lured the major seafaring nations of Europe to come to trade and to establish their power and influence in this part of the East. Chinese annals of the Tang dynasty from around the middle of the 7th century A.D make mention of a land named Mi-li-ku. The 14th century Javanese manuscrip (...)
The Maluku archipelago houses hundreds of islands, many of them still uninhabited. Some of the main islands are connected by regular ferry services, while others can be reached by chartering a small boat. In this manner you can reach virtually all islands in the region.
Beaches and Coral Reefs
Good beaches with coral reefs just off shore are found around Hunimoa, Latuh (...)
Long time ago, in a small village, a father impregnated his own daughter and causing God fury. God cursed the father and his daughter-the form of big Tolire Lake reflected the fathers figure and the Small Tolire Lake reflected his daughter. Other myth about the lake, local people believe that the lake is the house for many invisible crocodiles.
Tolire lake covers 5 acre and reaches dept (...)
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