Forgotten Islands & Raja Ampat
- Sailing across a historical trading route of Spice Islands and Maluku, Banda Neira and Papua Island
- The Coral Triangle – one of the best dive areas in the world with with various dives, incl. strong currents, macro life, cave diving, hammerhead sharks and manta watching
- Diving in Raja Ampat National Park, considered the global center of tropical marine biodiversity
- Trekking to an antient beautiful cave and to world famous viewpoint in Raja Ampat
- BBQ on the beach
How is diving at Ambon, Banda and Raja Ampat?
In our opinion, the cruise between Ambon and Raja Ampat National Park is the most amazing trip in an entire Indonesia. We organize it only twice a year – in October and April. It includes some places worth special attention. Ambon offers world-class muck dives where we can spot frog fish, rinophias, sea horses, and much more. Next is Nusa Laut Island, with deep walls and huge white sandy plateaus, where you can find beautiful reefs, leopard moray eels and many schools of fish. With a bit of luck, we can spot hammerhead sharks. Banda Sea which we cross was a historical trading route and Banda Neira Island, once in history, was the only place where nutmeg was growing in an entire world what was a reason of many conflicts between different nations. Nowadays, for divers the most precious are huge numbers of fish, leopard moray eels, amazing rocky landscapes, and another chance to spot hammer head sharks. Misool, which is a south part of Raja Ampat, is the most famous part of Raja Ampat. We love Shadow Reef dive spots which every time surprise us with huge oceanic mantas, wobbegongs, white tips, gray reef sharks, Napoleons and many different schools of fish. In Central area of Raja Ampat we dive in the biggest and most beautiful coral reef of an entire National Park.
During this trip You will travel thousands of kilometers by sea and feel a freedom beyond imagination.
Our recommendations: you should have at least an Advanced Open Water certificate with Deep dive specialization because sometimes we go over 30 m to look for hammerhead sharks. It is worth to have previous experience with currents and good breathing skills as most dives are +/- one hour long.
AMBON & BANDA - RAJA AMPAT
NITROX: available
Duration: 9 D / 8 N
Departure: Ambon 10:00 am (check-in)
Arrival: Sorong 11:00 am (check-out))
Requirements: dive insurance, licence – min. equivalent of PADI AOWD, min. 20 logged dives
DIVE PLAN (min. 22 dives):
DAY 1
Ambon – 2 dives (Laha, Tanjung Nama); relocation to Nusa Laut (8 h)
DAY 2
Nusa Laut – 3 dives (Nusa Laut, Nusa Laut, Ameth); relocation to Banda (13 h)
DAY 3
Banda – 3 dives (Batu Kapal, Karang Hatta, Pohon Miring); relocation to Koon (12 h)
DAY 4
Koon – 3 dives (Too Many Fish – hammer head sharks); relocation to Misool (13 h)
DAY 5
Misool – 4 dives (Shadow Reef, Boo Rocks, Nudy Rock, Romeo – night dive)
DAY 6
Misool – 2 dives (Yillet, Farondi Cave); trekking, swimming; relocation to Piaynemo (15 h)
DAY 7
Piaynemo – 3 dives (My reef, Melissa`s Garden, Keruo Channel); trekking to Piaynemo; relocation to Waigeo
DAY 8
Waigeo – 2 dives (Cape Kri, Blue Magic); BBQ; relocation to Sorong
DAY 9
Sorong check-out
Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforced events, force majeure, or other similar reasons
RAJA AMPAT – BANDA & AMBON
NITROX: available
Duration: 9 D / 8 N
Departure: Sorong 7:00 am (check-in)
Arrival: Ambon 11:00 am
Requirements: dive insurance, licence – min. equivalent of PADI AOWD, min. 20 logged dives
DIVE PLAN (total min. 20 dives):
DAY 1
Sorong check-in; relocation to Central Raja Ampat (8 h)
DAY 2
Waigeo – 4 dives (Mioskon, Blue Magic, Kri, Cape Mansuar – night dive; relocation to Pyanemo (7 h)
DAY 3
Piaynemo – 2 dives (My reef, Melissa`s Garden), trekking to Piaynemo; relocation to Misool (15 h)
DAY 4
Misool – 3 dives (Pinnacle, Farondi Cave); trekking, Romeo-night dive
DAY 5
Misool – 3 dives (Boo Rock, Shadow Reef, Shadow Reef); relocation to Koon (13 h)
DAY 6
Koon – 3 dives (Too Many Fish – hammer head); relocation to Banda (12 h)
DAY 7
Banda – 3 dives (Karang Hatta, Batu Kapal, Pohon Miring); relocation to Nusa Laut (12 h)
DAY 8
Nusa Laut – 2 dives; BBQ; relocation to Ambon (7 h)
DAY 9
Ambon check-out
Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforced events, force majeure, or other similar reasons
