Sorong/Sorong 7 & 10 Night Itineraries
- Up to 5 dives daily, including night dives
- Visits to Arborek, My Reef Dampier, Batanta, Penemu and Mansuar Misool
- Opportunities to see manta rays and huge schools of fish
The Raja Ampat itinerary combines the best dive sites of Dampier Strait, Fam, Mansuar and the awesome dive sites of Misool, the best diving area of Raja Ampat. The great highlights are the manta cleaning station near Mansuar and the huge schools of fish near Farondi.
The Dampier straight separates the Birdhead Peninsula from Waigeo and Mansuar. The name comes from the Dutch colonial times. It refers to the shape of the peninsula on the map, but it is also a paradise for many rare bird species.
Here the Pacific Ocean meets the Halmahera Sea, with an explosion of marine life as consequence. With regular strong currents, big fish feel especially comfortable. Manta rays, reef sharks, different schools of mackerel, tuna and barracuda, dolphin and whales.
The night dives under the Arborek or Cape Mansuar jetty is a favorite spot with peculiar creatures such as wobbegongs, epaulette sharks (walking sharks), nudibranchs, pipefish, seahorses, frogfish, scorpion fish and the list goes on.
Misool is the southeast of the four big islands of the Raja Ampat archipelago. At the same time it is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. The rich variety of reefs are also not to be overlooked with vertical walls, slopes, dry rocks, caves and lagoons; some covered with hard corals while the others are covered with brightly colored soft corals. Also renowned as the center of pygmy seahorses and gorgonians, everywhere you go you will be amazed by the profusion of marine life that Raja Ampat has to offer you.
Note that the 10 night cruise only runs from October to the end of May
The 7 night itinerary runs intermittently throughout the year, with depqtures December to March, and May - check with us to confirm departure dates.
12 Night Itinerary - Raja/Halmahera/Lembeh
Raja Ampat Dive Sites
The Raja Ampat itinerary combines the best dive sites of Dampier Strait, Fam, Mansuar and the awesome dive sites of Misool, the best diving area of Raja Ampat. The great highlights are the manta cleaning station near Mansuar and the huge schools of fish near Farondi.
The itinerary departs either Sorong in West Papua and finishes in Lembeh Island in North Sulawesi, or departs Lembeh Island and finishes in Sorong, West Papua
Arborek:
- Manta Sandy
- West Mansuar
- Arborek Jetty
My Reef Dampier:
- Mioskon
- Sardines Reef
- Blue Magic
- Friwinbonda
- Nudis Rock
- The Passage
- Batu Lima
- Friwonda
- Cape Kri
- Chicken Reef
- Cape
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Batanta
Penemu:
- Melissa’s Garden
- Keruo Channel
Mansuar Misool:
- Magic Mountain
- Boo Windows
- Nudi Rock
- Barracuda Point
- Tank Rock
- Whale Rock
- Three Sisters
- Killer Cave
- Farondi Wall
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The Dampier straight separates the Birdhead Peninsula from Waigeo and Mansuar. The name comes from the Dutch colonial times. It refers to the shape of the peninsula on the map, but it is also a paradise for many rare bird species.
Here the Philippines Sea (the South-Western corner of the North Pacific Ocean) meets the Halmahera Sea, with an explosion of marine life as consequence. With regular strong currents, big fish feel especially comfortable. Manta rays, reef sharks, different schools of mackerel, tuna and barracuda, dolphin and whales.
The night dives under the Arborek or Cape Mansuar jetty is a favorite spot with peculiar creatures such as wobbegongs, epaulette sharks (walking sharks), nudibranchs, pipefish, seahorses, frogfish, scorpion fish and the list goes on.
Misool is the southeast of the four big islands of the Raja Ampat archipelago. At the same time it is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. The rich variety of reefs are also not to be overlooked with vertical walls, slopes, dry rocks, caves and lagoons; some covered with hard corals while the others are covered with brightly colored soft corals. Also renowned as the center of pygmy seahorses and gorgonians, everywhere you go you will be amazed by the profusion of marine life that Raja Ampat has to offer you.
Halmahera
Divers will see pristine, untouched reefs with amazing biodiversity diving on these beautiful shallow reefs filled with colorful reef fish, exotic invertebrates and, in the deeper waters, current-cooled seamounts, walls, and pinnacles with sharks, flamboyant cuttlefish and tunas. There are over 800 species of fish found in these islands.
The remote island of Halmahera is located between the Molucca Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east and has a unique geography with its four peninsulas enclosing three great bays and three volcanoes. Divers will find exciting dives with plenty of weird and wonderful creatures and pinnacles encircled by massive schools of barracuda, turtles, bumphead parrotfish, manta rays and other pelagic fishes.
Lembeh Island
Lembeh Island is located east of the mainland of North Sulawesi and is separated by a long, narrow stretch of water known as the Lembeh Strait. It is world famous for its abundance of rare and unusual marine life. Underwater photographers find this a true critter paradise with seahorses, pipefish, frogfish, stargazers, mandarinfish, the endemic Banggai cardinalfish and other weird and wonderful creatures.
Note that the 12 night cruise only runs from the end of June to the end of September
