12 Days / 11 Nights *Ambon-Banda Sea-Alor-Maumere
12 Days / 11 Nights *Maumere-Alor-Banda Sea-Ambon
Day One : Ambon
Well-known as one of the best dive are for dive aficionados, Ambon harbor is a long, deep harbor surrounded on both sides by steep, verdant volcanic slopes. A true sense of history overcomes one; imagining the great seafarers like Magellan, Cook and others sailing down the same bay’s mouth. One gets the impression that the area cannot have changed much since the days of these great explorers. The first dive site is under a pier close to the Ambon airport and has the boasting rights of being able to call itself the first great muck site in the world; this is normally where one can get a glimpse of the rare Ambon scorpion fish.
Also on offer is a pristine wreck covered with hard and soft corals, lots of fish and resting upright in relatively shallow water.
Day Two: Nusa Laut
Nusa Laut is just east of Ambon was made famous from two of east Indonesia’s famous diving pioneers, Larry Smith and Edi Frommenweiler. Larry had said it was his favorite reef in the entire eastern region of this great archipelago. It is truly a spectacular location and a full days diving will be on offer.
Day Three, Four, & Five : Banda Neira
Banda, has an important place in Indonesian and world history. Dominated by a 2500-foot active volcano, for more than three hundred years these tiny islands were the centre of wealth for the Dutch colonies
The diving is also well-known for its good reef dives on the east and north sides of the islands. Here not only marine life treasures such as pipe fish of all varieties, frog fish of many varieties and color variations, and a plethora of juvenile fish seeking sanctuary in the calm waters, but also the least bashful and largest mandarin fish ever! These colorful gems are out of their hiding places all day and are in such shallow water that they can be seen from the pier.
Banda Sea – north of Gunung Api is a remote archipelagic atoll named Lucipara. These atolls are also surrounded by a seafloor that is 13,000 feet below. Consisting of three large islands and a few tiny reefs that just break the surface the islands offer divers vertical walls and visibility of over 120 feet with very mild currents.
Gunung Api - is a volcano that’s summit breaks the sea’s surface by 800 feet yet which has its base on the seabed some 13,000 feet below. The island created by the volcano is 120 miles from the next nearest landfall and is therefore home to the reef fish that populate its steep drop offs and walls, occasional visiting pelagic, and extraordinarily an uncountable population of Banded and Olive sea snakes. It is truly a unique spot that never ceases to amaze divers.
Day Six: Maisel
Excellent reef diving and critters will be today’s itinerary. It is truly a spectacular location and a full days diving will be on offer.
Day Seven, Eight & Nine : Alor (Ternate, Reta, Pura)
Welcome to Alor’s best dive sites. You could cover quite many dive sites for these three days. In Ternate, dive site named The Arch, a beautiful place where on the wall huge underwater cervices form a large arch at about 20 to 30 meter. There are whip corals and gorgonians growing here. On some of the over 3 meter long whip corals you might find the rare coral shrimp (Pontonides sp.). Another famous dive site is Babylon: good site for nudibranchs encounter. Also, Coral Cliffs, a steep wall with a lot of whip corals, some 3 to 4 meter long.
Day Ten: Kawula
This will be a fantastic day of muck diving for critters. Expect to see nudibranchs, ghost pipefish, and frog fish all in one dive. In the afternoon we will visit the whaling village.
Day Eleven : Flores (Sarbete)
Half day diving in this area. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served onboard in between the dives. After last dive, we will proceed in Maumere, an island to drop by to get your air flight to your next destination.
Day Twelve : Maumere
Departure to your next destination will be from Maumere’s airport with daily service to Bali.
12 Days / 11 Nights *Maumere-Alor-Banda Sea-Ambon
Day 1 : MAUMERE
Flight from Bali to Maumere. You will be picked up by our representative and transferred to Sea Safari boat. Welcome drink will be offered. Cabin allocation and dive deck briefing will take place as you settle in for the diving expedition of a lifetime.
Day 2 : SARBETE
Full day diving in this area. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served onboard in between the dives. After last dive, we will proceed to Kawula Island.
Day 3 : KAWULA
This will be a fantastic day of muck diving for critters. Expect to see nudibranchs, ghost pipefish, and frog fish all in one dive. In the afternoon we will visit the whaling village.
Day 4, 5, and 6 : TERNATE, RETA, PURA
You could cover quite many dive sites for these three days. In Ternate, dive site named The Arch, a beautiful place where on the wall huge underwater cervices form a large arch at about 20 to 30 meter. There are whip corals and gorgonians growing here. On some of the over 3 meter long whip corals you might find the rare coral shrimp (Pontonides sp.). Another famous dive site is Babylon: good site for nudibranchs encounter. Also, Coral Cliffs, a steep wall with a lot of whip corals, some 3 to 4 meter long.
Day 7 : MAISEL
Excellent reef diving and critters will be today’s itinerary. It is truly a spectacular location and a full day diving will be offered
Day 8, 9 and 10 : BANDA NIERA
Banda, has an important place in Indonesian and world history. Dominated by a 2500-foot active volcano, for more than three hundred years these tiny islands were the centre of wealth for the Dutch colonies
The diving is also well-known for its good reef dives on the east and north sides of the islands. Here not only marine life treasures such as pipe fish of all varieties, frog fish of many varieties and color variations, and a plethora of juvenile fish seeking sanctuary in the calm waters, but also the least bashful and largest mandarin fish ever! These colorful gems are out of their hiding places all day and are in such shallow water that they can be seen from the pier.
Banda Sea – north of Gunung Api is a remote archipelagic atoll named Lucipara. These atolls are also surrounded by a seafloor that is 13,000 feet below. Consisting of three large islands and a few tiny reefs that just break the surface the islands offer divers vertical walls and visibility of over 120 feet with very mild currents.
Gunung Api - is a volcano that’s summit breaks the sea’s surface by 800 feet yet which has its base on the seabed some 13,000 feet below. The island created by the volcano is 120 miles from the next nearest landfall and is therefore home to the reef fish that populate its steep drop offs and walls, occasional visiting pelagic, and extraordinarily an uncountable population of Banded and Olive sea snakes. It is truly a unique spot that never ceases to amaze divers.
Day 11 : NUSA LAUT
Nusa Laut is just east of Ambon was made famous from two of east Indonesia’s famous diving pioneers, Larry Smith and Edi Frommenweiler. Larry had said it was his favorite reef in the entire eastern region of this great archipelago. It is truly a spectacular location and a full days diving will be on offer.
Days 12 : AMBON
Breakfast onboard. After breakfast, prepare for disembarkation. Depart from Ambon to Ujung Pandang. Your diving journey has ended and we shall look forward to welcoming you onboard again.
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