Dive Indonesia from Ambon to Sorong

This destination will take you through the seas of Banda and Seram : we will dive Maluku 's Ambon, the islands of Nusa Laut (Lease Islands), Suangi, Banda famous for their spices, Koon and Misool, South of the National Park of the Raja Ampat .

Underwater, all these destinations will seduce you by the diversity of the landscape, the variety of sea life and the amazingly well preserved coral reefs.

Day 1: You will be welcome at the domestic airport of Ambon by a member of the English speaking team.

Transfer on the boat where the crew and a welcome drink are waiting for you. After getting accustomed to the boat and depending on the arrival time, we will dive Twilight Zone, amazing place that will surprise you with its endemic fauna, wonderpuss, sea horses, star gazer, frog fish... Coffee, tea and biscuits will wait for us before sunset drinks and dinner are served.

Day 2: A light breakfast will be served before our first dive, Ship Wreck, Dutch cargo, schooling fishes and scorpion fish family guaranteed. Back on board, a real breakfast awaits us. The second dive will take place in Twilight Zone to enjoy again this particular fauna. After lunch and a nap, the third dive will take us to Aviation Jetty, frog fish, demon scorpion fish, Xeno crab, Coleman shrimp... We will then sail to Nusa Laut.

Day 3: Same program. We will do our three dives on the incredible reef in front of the village of Ameth, Nusa Laut. The coral garden is beautiful and spectacular, huge acropora tables, schooling fishes and the opportunity to see big fishes such as Spanish mackerels, marbled rays or hammerhead sharks. Very nice!!! We will sail overnight to Pulau Suangi.

Day 4: Same program. We will dive twice on Pulau Suangi, full of life with the opportunity to see big fishes again such as hammerhead sharks, manta rays, barracudas, dog tooth tunas... At the surface, the island shelters hundreds of birds. We will then sail to the Banda Islands where we do our third dive at sunset in the harbor of Banda Neira to see mandarin fishs, Spanish dancers, pipe fishs... 

Day 5: We will stay around Banda Neira; the first dive is planned in Lava Flow, Gunung Api. After the 1988 eruption of the volcano Gunung Api, the coral garden has recovered at an incredible pace. Then, we will go on land to visit a spice plantation, nutmeg, cinnamon, lemongrass... The second dive will take us to Batu Kapal and its pinnacles recovered with gorgonian fans and barrel sponges.

Day 6: After a light breakfast, we will be back to Batu Kapal to dive the other side of the reef then Pohon Miring to see the underwater window and Hole in the Wall in Hatta Island. We will navigate overnight to Koon Island.

Day 7: We will dive three times Koon, walls, overhangs, caves, coral bommies, huge barrel sponges... The underwater life attached to the reef has given the name of Too Many Fishes to the dive site : we will see big fishs such as Queensland groupers, tiger sharks, dolphins, schooling fishes everywhere, sail fin and yellow snappers, fusiliers, big eye trevallies... And also macro life : leaf scorpion fish, ribbon eel, ghost pipe fish... This place is simply magic!

Day 8: Navigation to Misool. We will arrive in the afternoon close to the Fiabacet islands. We will dive Fiabacet Kecil to get an idea of the soft corals of Misool and to see some pigmy sea horses. 

Day 9: We will spend the day diving this wonderful area, twice on the world-class site Nudibranch Island with its gorgonian forest, walls, schooling fishes and colorful soft corals. The last dive is Fiabacet Panjang, beautiful wall, schooling fishs, pygmy sea horses, ghost pipe fishs...

Day 10: We will dive the neighboring islands of Boo especially the wonderful Peek a Boo also known as Boo Window and the Romeo and Juliet of Pulau Yilliet, colorful soft corals, schooling fishs...

Day 11: We will sail to the island of Wayilbatan to dive the amazing Fun to Sea, canyon between 2 islands, covered with soft corals hosting pygmy sea horses, check for mobula, hump head parrotfishs. Then we will dive the little Wayil, white tip reef sharks, schools of fusiliers, barracudas, surgeonfish...

Day 12: The three dives are planned in Farondi, on Friendly Canyon and its beautiful colorful soft corals, the tunnel of Goa Farondi and Goa Besar and its cave. Finally, we will navigate to Sorong during the night.

Day 13: We will be in Sorong at midday. A farewell drink will be served waiting for us to welcome you again on board of the Komodo Sailing.

You wish to stay longer :

We will be delighted to keep you on board and will propose you to stay longer in the Banda Islands or to move further South to Manuk Island or to explore more dive sites in Misool, for example Kaleidoscope Reef...

YOUR ATTENTION:

The captain and the cruise manager may have to change the program depending on the weather forecast and the sea conditions.

The dives will be adjusted to the level of experience of the divers.

We cannot be hold responsible in case of delays due to domestic or international flights or deliverance of port clearance.

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