Maluku lies across a transition zone between Asian and Australian fauna and flora, and also between the Malay-based cultures of western Indonesia and those of Melanesia. There are over 1.000 islands in a Province most of which are uninhabited. 85% of Maluku is a water and it sits astride one of the world's most actively volatile volcanic belts. The region has known more than 70 eruptions over the last 400 years. Tremors and volcanic explosions are by no means rare events and, in fact, many of the islands form classic scenes of volcanic cones rising out of the sea.
Maluku is blessed with incredible sea gardens, idyllic, tropical beaches and wonderful landscapes rich with a great variety of endemic plant and animal species. The rugged, forest-coated and mountainous hinterlands of the islands are home to the Rackertailed king fisher, the Red-crested Maluccan cockatoo, and other brilliantly-colored lorikeets and parrots.