Christmas in Derawan Islands Part 5 - Kakaban Lake and Coral Reef

After lunch at Maratua Island we continued our journey to Kakaban Island. The plan had been to visit the Kakaban Lake, and then to snorkel near the island to see the nearby coral reef. We changed our plan when we arrived because the dock to the lake was full.

Our boat made a stop right above a trough and our group went and snorkelled. DH was already in the water and Miss Kiki asked to join. He tried for a few minutes but decided that he was not confident enough to have her there because of the current and what seemingly bottomless sea. So he sent her back on the boat and went on to see the coral reef about 30 metres away. I did not get to see it for myself because there was no question about leaving Miss Kiki with a bunch of strangers on the boat!

The dock finally cleared up and we got on the island and started our climb to the Kakaban Lake, also known as the Jellyfish Lake. It was approximately 30 metres of climbing up and down steep and slippery wooden stairs, but we were determined to swim with the jellyfish. This was the main attraction for me to begin with. Miss Kiki did really well climbing the stairs up and down. I think her gymnastics lessons helped a lot.

The lake was actually bigger than I expected, as it stretched almost as big as the island itself. I had known what jellyfish felt like to touch, but experiencing it when it is alive was an amazing experience to begin with. DH, however, said that he had touched stingless jellyfish before in the Black Sea. Well good for him.

There were 3 types of jellyfish in the lake, all stingless. One type was white and transparent, almost invisible, and the other two types were the orange coloured ones. According to DH, the ones in Black Sea were the white ones.

That was so much fun!!

Coming up next: Nabucco Dive Resort

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