Diving in Palau

Palau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles (3,200 km) south of Tokyo.It been put into operation recently, making it one of the youngest states and rulers. Palau is divided into sixteen states.There many reasons to dive in Palau, a small island nation in the South Pacific. The islands are known as the wreck diving since 1969, when Jacques Cousteau came Palau Chuuk Lagoon in 1969 to film the wreckage of the Japanese Pacific fleet, most of which there flowed World War II. The ruins, having been colonized by a variety of marine life including corals, rays, turtles and over 200 species, of fish.Explored Spanish navigator Ruy Lopez de Villalobos in 1543, the islands remained under Spanish property valued over 300 years in Spain before being sold in Germany in 1899


Above all, Palau is famous for its sharks, with about 130 species endangered species that inhabit the islands. To protect the "ecosystem of the islands, the Government of Palau in 2009 led the country name" shark sanctuary ", the ban on commercial exploitation of sharks. Divers are likely to find gray reef sharks, white tips and other species that two patrols wrecks and sites like blue Corner Wall.