Day One : Arrival Sorong Airport
Kararu Dive Voyage’s dive master will meet you at
the airport and you will be escorted to the ship for
immediate boarding. Cabin allocation and ship
orientation will take place before departure at 3:00
PM. Take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves
with the vessel, make yourself comfortable. Dinner
will be served while sailing towards our first
destination.
Day Two : Kri Island
Welcome to Kri Island. The reefs in this area are
protected by Max Ammer from the Papua Diving Resort.
If you would like to add some diving days before the
cruise you can just stay at his resort and join the
boat right outside the Lagoon.
Kri is a great start for the cruise with the most
fish and coral species accounted on a single
divesite. Truly pristine reefs, you will want to
dive these sites around this island again and again.
A night dive will be offered.
Days Three & Four : Waigeo Island Group
Welcome to the incredible Waigeo Island group.
You will be in awe at the beauty of yellow Wall
boasting a very large amount of yellow soft coral.
In the afternoon a dive on the sheer wall undercut
at the edge from millions of years of oceanic
erosion will truly amaze. An interesting pearl farm
is nearby (the 5th biggest in Asia) and can be
visited upon request. The night dive here is not to
be missed! The chances to see bigger animals
including mantas are high in this area.
Day Five : Kawe Island
Draping directly over the equator lies Kawe
Island. Kararu Dive Voyages will arrive early
morning in and anchor right on the equator. Enjoy
breakfast while watching the stunning scenery. You
will be offered up to five dives today to take
advantage of this world-class dive region. You will
be treated to an enormous array of fish life as well
as stunning above water scenery.
Days Six & Seven : Waiag And Southern Islands
You will move on to our most northerly area of
Irian Jaya with many unnamed groups of islets. From
mild sloping coral gardens with huge coral rocks and
colorful soft corals, to steep walls and schooling
fish, this region is truly spectacular. Here you
can make the famous ‘hike” to view the breath taking
scenery over the island group here. Fantastic night
dives with rare wobbygong shark spottings are also
on the agenda.
Days Eight & Nine : Manosuar Island
Arriving early morning in Manosuar, you can
expect to dive the famous sardine reef as well as 3
other incredible sites. The fish life is prolific
and the topside scenery will truly astound. Two full
days diving will be offered in this amazing region
as well as a great top deck barbeque to satisfy
those hungry divers.
Day Ten : Batanta Island
To start your day, you will take a two hour
morning hike in search of the Red Bird of Paradise.
A true jungle trek, you will hear giant hornbills,
cockatoos flying by and perhaps if lucky, the
mesmerizing song of the bird of Paradise. Today’s
diving day can host anything form wobbygong sharks
to pigmy seahorses.
Day Eleven : Wai Island
After a light breakfast, a beautiful dive will be
offered at the American plane wreck that crashed in
these waters in the 1940’s. The wreck is upside
down and between 24 – 34 m (90-115’) deep. The wreck
is fairly intact with excellent coral covering it
especially on the lower side of the tail section.
The guns are also visible on this truly great dive.
The rest of the day will be spent around the
incredible sites of Wai Island. If desired, you may
take a short trip on shore to see the resident
cassowary bird.
Day Twelve : Arrival in Sorong
The ship will arrive at 6:00 AM at Sorong. You
will be served breakfast and afterwards prepare for
disembarkation. You will be transferred to the
airport for your onward flight.
Variations
The Irian Jaya - Rajah Empat liveaboard is
usually an eleven night cruise but in case of twelve
night cruises we will spend an extra night at Wei
Island on day twelve and arrive in Sorong on day
thirteen.
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