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Trip Reports

Biodiversity Super Special 16 Days Cruise Raja Ampat-Banda Sea-Alor-Maumere

It’s that time of year again where the Mermaid II embarks on her famous seasonal crossing from Raja Ampat into Maumere. An incredible 16 days voyage of biodiversity, traversing over 1000 nautical miles across 5 different seas, passing through some remote and extraordinary destinations along the way. Starting this super special trip on a high […]

Awe Inspiring Raja Ampat

It’s that time of the year again, the final trip for the Raja Ampat season is completed, and the boats will make The Crossing through the vast Banda Sea and later into Komodo and Bali. To reflect, the 2025/2026 Raja Ampat season was nothing short of awe-inspiring! Every trip hits differently, and no matter how […]

No Limits

After exploring the expansive area between Ambon and Raja Ampat, famously known as the Coral Triangle, it would seem that there is no limit to the quantity of things to see, no matter if you are in full scuba gear or barefoot on a beach. On the surface we find the mysterious karst islands of […]

Says No To Plastic Drinking Water Bottles!

Mermaid Liveaboards says no to plastic drinking water bottles! Every guest gets a Mermaid Liveaboards bottle for free !

The Magic of Raja Ampat

This week on Mermaid 1 we had a friendly dive club join us from Sydney, all armed with cameras to capture the magic of Raja Ampat! We headed straight down south to Misool – the soft coral & sea fan capital of the world in our opinion – and had some fantastic dives on the […]

Fantastic Dives – Raja Ampat

This week Mermaid 1 had a great mix of guests from around the world, many of them repeat guests we were very happy to welcome onboard again, and everyone was super keen to get out to the best dive sites in Raja Ampat. We began in the north of the marine park, and kicked off with just […]

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, […]