Pulau Tiga

Pulau Tiga was gazetted as a State Park in 1978 and it covers the island of Pulau Tiga, Pulau Kalampunian Besar and Pulau Kalampunian Damit or better known as 'Snake Island' with an area of about 15,864 hectares. This State Park is created to protect the natural environment including the coral reefs, marine life, terrestrial flora and fauna and other ecological and natural presence on the island.

Pulau Tiga is the biggest of the three islands. The geological formation of this island is that it was formed from the eruption of several mud volcanoes, whose combination of subterranean gas pressure expelled muddy sediments, which have built-up this island to its present height of more than 100m above sea level. Several active mud volcanoes can still be seen on the island especially at the summit of the island. Pulau Tiga provide refuge to several species of mammals, numerous birds, variety of reptiles and amphibians and also hundreds or even thousands species of insects.

The First “Survivor” Island

The first season of the Survivor dominated ratings in the summer of 2000 and made the island of Pulau Tiga a household name.

“Survivor” is a reality-based television show on the CBS network based on Sweden’s Expedition Robinson. Sixteen Americans were “marooned” on Pulau Tiga and their every move was filmed by television cameras. The contestants in this twisted game show have to slowly vote each other off the island and end result, after 39 days, is that only one “Survivor” remains – and that person wins $1 million.