Trip Reports
The Big Three – Whale Sharks, Mantas and Dragons
For us, Komodo has always been about the mix. From picturesque ancient landscapes above, to diverse dive sites, rare critters, beautiful coral reefs, to schooling fish actions above. Among our guests’ favourites however, are The Big Three – Whale Sharks, Mantas and Dragons! So far, this Komodo season, we have been blessed with excellent encounters […]
From Whale Sharks to Komodo Dragons: A Week of Unforgettable Encounters on Mermaid II
This week’s diving cruise onboard the Mermaid II from Bali to Komodo and beyond was marked by a series of diverse marine life encounters ranging from rare tiny critters to schooling fish above impeccable coral reefs to bigger ocean giants The conditions and the weather was mostly pleasant throughout the trip. The atmosphere was filled […]
The Right Mix
What I like most about our “special trips” is the diversity of dive sites, marine life and land excursions – it’s just a perfect mix. Ten days of diving and over 500 nautical miles later, we can look back to diving sandy slopes hunting for critters and creatures, an old ship wreck which sank in […]
Mountains Of Fire
Our usual Raja Ampat route never gets boring but guests as well as dive crew are even more excited for this next trip: diving the so called “Ring Of Fire” means starting off with the best of Raja Ampat via Manuk Island and the Bandas with our final destination Ambon, which is famous for muck […]
Special Finds
Indonesia is home to some of the most unusual and rarest marine creatures on earth, but this doesn’t mean they are always easy to find. Creatures like the much sought yet and seldom seen rhinopias have some of the most adapted camouflage in the underwater world. The rhinos that dwell in the smooth rocks have […]
Epic Eclipse
Diving pristine coral reefs in Raja Ampat, exploring pinnacles and encountering Hammerhead Sharks and a gigantic school of Chevron Barracudas in Halmahera, hunt for critters such as Frogfish and Mandarinfish in Lembeh. Sounds like a dream come true? Let’s top it off with a total solar eclipse! Leaving port in Sorong, our GPS coordinates were […]
The Deep Blue
You never know what you are going to encounter as you embark on a twelve day diving safari through one of the most bio-diverse bodies of water in the planet, which is what Mermaid II just did in the beginning of February. In the past we’ve snorkeled with whales, dived with hundreds of sea snakes, […]
Unforgettable
The crossing is undoubtedly the most amazing diving trip you could ever do in Asia, and some might argue the world. Where else can you spend sixteen days on a beautiful boat, Mermaid II, diving the most remote and pristine reefs, walls, and pinnacles available available in what the scientists have proven to be the […]
Trip Of A Lifetime
Beautiful reefs and pristine corals, walls covered in fish, blue water mangroves, volcanos surrounded by Chinese Sea Snakes, schooling Hammerhead Sharks, Mobula Rays hunting Anchovies, mating Mandarin Fish, Oceanic Manta Rays getting cleaned, Pygmy Seahorses and other tiny, rare critters as well as passing Blue Whales on the surface – the list just continues. Perfect […]
Biodiversity Special – Highlights, Highlights, Highlights
It is hard to name the absolute highlight of our Biodiversity Special trip from Raja Ampat to Maumere after 14 days of diving. Was it the tiny little Blue Ringed Octopus, size of a hazelnut, which was trying to distract from three Reef Manta Rays getting cleaned at Manta Sandy? Or the fantastic encounters at […]