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DAY
01 : SORONG - ARRIVAL
Arrival in Sorong by Merpati
Airline. Our representative will be waiting outside
the arrival hall and ready to escort you the ship
for immediate boarding. Cabin allocation and ship
orientation will take place before departure. Take
this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the
vessel, make yourself comfortable. Dinner will be
served while departing towards favorite dive sites
DAY 02 : KRI ISLAND
Welcome to Kri Island. Kri is a
great start for the cruise with the most fish and
coral species accounted on a single dive site. A
truly dive sites like Cape Kri, of Dr. Allen’s
30-year lifetime record fish count, Mike’s Point,
Sardine and Chicken Reef offer an unforgettable
diving experience where you could spot huge schools
of fish parade by barracuda and pale or blue tail
surgeonfish patrol the reef top, while below schools
of trevally and fusiliers whiz past and encircle
you.
DAY 03 : WAI ISLAND
The beginning of this dive offered
in the calm shores of Wai Island. Dive at WWII
American fighter plane that feel in the 1940’s. This
wreck is upside down and between 24-34 m deep,
pinnacles with clouds of fusiliers & banner fish,
more pygmy seahorses, and huge king mackerel
patrolling these species rich sites are some of the
features you can expect here.
DAY 04,
05, 06, 07 : MISOOL ISLAND GROUP
Welcome to another remote Island group, northeast of
Misool, so pristine and untouched. The area offers a
mesmerizing underwater scape which boasts walls and
pinnacles where not an inch is left uncovered. We
dive this day has an unusual high concentration of
huge, undisturbed, giant clams still un-discovered !
The Misool Island group sits at the entrance of the
Seram Sea, two degrees south of the equator.
The islands, or islets, are uncountable. The
larger ones, like Misool itself, have canyons and
lagoons speckled with white sand beaches ideal for
tender boat rides. One can spend hours exploring and
never see the same bay. It really is a place of
great beauty both above and below the water. It’s
rightly being considered by the Indonesian
government for national park status and by the
United Nations as a world heritage site. Below the
water there are over 1100 species of fish and over
450 different species of corals making the area one
of the most diverse marine habitats in the world.
DAY 08 : KOON ISLAND
At the eastern end of the isle Seram in the Molucca
Sea, a reef archipelago flows into the Banda Sea.
The formation seems like a channel, which is being
passed by every single creature that lives there.
Orcas, dolphins, manta rays, sharks, and mobulas are
only a few to be named. The visibility might not be
too good due to strong currents, that bring Big
schools of all kinds of Fish as well can be Orcas,
whales and sharks. Depending on the moon phase the
strong currents can make this dive a very
challenging Dive.
DAY 09, 10, 11 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 pelagics, and extraordinarily an
uncountable population of Banded and Olive sea
snakes. It is truly a unique spot that never ceases
to amaze divers.
DAY 13 : NUSA LAUT
Nusa Laut 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 favourite 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 14 : AMBON - DEPARTURE
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.
Dive Site is subject to change due to weather
conditions
This is Domestic Airline Ujung Pandang –
Sorong daily flight schedule
UPG - SOQ Merpati 09.25 WITA– 12.35 WIT
This is Domestic Airline Ambon – Ujung
Pandang daily flight schedule
AMQ – UPG Lion 07.45 WIT – 08.20 WITA
AMQ – UPG Mandala 14.05 WIT – 14.25 WITA
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