Bontobahari or Bonto Bahari is a small town and kecamatan in South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi Island. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi province to the north, South East Sulawesi province to the east and West Sulawesi province to the west...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. The town is located on the southeastern coast of Sulawesi on the Flores Sea

Flores Sea

The Flores Sea covers 93,000 square miles of water in Indonesia.- Geography :The seas that border the Flores Sea are the Bali Sea , Java Sea , and the Banda Sea ....

 and the surrounding area forms the Bontobahari Faunal Reserve, a protected area under conservation.

Economy

Bonto Bahari means "Land of the Sea"; it is located at sea level and the soil in area is said to be too thin to support agriculture. It contains a series of fishponds which are owned by local villagers.Bontobahari is noted for its Konjo or Kunjo boatbuilders, Konjo being a tribe which inhabit Bontobahari and surrounding areas of Kajang

Kajang (Indonesia)

Kajang or Kadjang is a district in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. Many of the indigenous people retain a pre-Moslem belief system.Local police shot three villagers dead and injured several others in an incident on 21 July 2003....

, Herlang and Bonto Tiro within the Bulukumba Regency

Bulukumba Regency

Bulukumba Regency is one of the twenty one regencies in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Bulukumba is its capital. It contains the districts of Kajang, Hero Lange-Lange and Bontobahari....

. In 1987 villagers built the Hai Marge and in December of that year, 13 people from Makassar

Makassar

Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

 sailed for northern Australia in it. The trip was a success and today this boat which was built in Bontobahari is located in the Darwin Museum.