Trip Reports
A Kingdom of Giants and Tiny Wonders!
Komodo is a kaleidoscope of colour and scale. Vibrant reefs teem with life, setting the stage for ocean giants: turtles, mantas, and whale sharks cruise effortlessly through the blue, while weird and wonderful critters dwell in the sand below. This voyage offered a true showcase of that duality. From macro marvels on Komodo’s black sand […]
A Passage Through the Heart of the Banda Sea
The full moon brought movement and life to the ocean. Currents pulsed through the reef, and with them, the rhythm of reproduction began barrel sponges released plumes of spawn like underwater volcanos, while starfish arch upwards, releasing fine strands into the current. The water teemed with energy, a living system in motion. Our voyage began […]
Raja Ampat Ambon Cruise with Mermaid II, February 14-25, 2018
It’s been a blissful and awe-inspiring twelve day trip full of postcard scenery, schools of juvenile black tip reef sharks, crystal clear blue water FULL of schooling fish, and just about every macro critter you could ever desire, oh, and lots and lots of reef! Mermaid II has just finished it’s epic trip from Raja […]
The Shallows of Raja Ampat are just awesome!
If you think Raja Ampat is a destination only for scuba diving you better think again ‘cos what you can find in the very shallows of this part of the World is something absolutely unreal! West Papua is One Coral Heaven for snorkelers and free divers. Pristine hard corals, Sea fans sticking out of the […]
3 Amazing Destinations in One Go – Lembeh, Halmahera & Raja Ampat
From the volcanic sands of Lembeh to the pristine reefs of Raja Ampat through some untouched & undiscovered sites in Halmahera. 3 amazing destinations in one go. You already know that you are going to have an awesome journey when the trip kicks off with a Wonderpus and a Flamboyant cuttlefish right from the first […]
Raja Ampat’s Natural Behavior
Raja Ampat is apart of the greater Bird’s Head Seascape region, which also includes Cenderwasi Bay and Triton Bay. Raja Ampat however hosts the largest biodiversity of reef fish species and coral in the world. Raja Ampat alone is home to over fifteen-hundred different species of fish and a large variety of sharks and rays, […]
Across the Indonesian Seas
3 different seas, 12 days of diving, 800 Nautical miles of navigation. A crossing from Raja Ampat to Lembeh Strait with an adventurous stopover in Halmahera! It’s quite fascinating how diverse Indonesia can be. Both on land and underwater these sceneries can dramatically change within a few hours of navigation. The transition of pristine reefs […]
Poseidon’s Garden – Yangeffo Mangroves, Raja Ampat
Mangroves, which can be found throughout the tropics, play an extremely vital role for the ocean’s delicate ecosystem. Their unusual root system not only act as a nursery for juvenile fish, sharks, and rays but also function as a natural scrubber for carbon and other toxins in the ocean. Mangroves also happen to offer some […]
Raja from North to South
Raja Ampat is a massive area with over six-hundred islands and occupying forty-thousand square kilometers in the heart of the coral triangle. With so many islands in such a large area, you could easily spend an entire trip in just one area and not dive in the same place twice. However, with so many unique […]
One Dive
Raja just seems to keep serving us a buffet of incredible dives. However, it was quite clear which dive site was the favorite as the guests aboard Mermaid II kept asking for more, more, more! Airborek Jetty, it is truly a wide angle and macro paradise. Airborek is a small inhabited island that sits smack […]