Raja Ampat - Trip Reports
12 Days Diving Indonesia Endless Wonders: Sea Kraits, Pygmy Seahorses & Mantas
At Manuk, a volcanic island in the Banda Sea, we dropped into a dive where everything was in motion. Chinese sea kraits were hunting – slipping between coral heads, diving into crevices, surfacing for air, then heading straight back down. Bluefin trevally followed close behind, using the snakes like a moving search party. Whenever a […]
16 Days Across 5 Seas: Raja Ampat to Alor – An Epic 1000-Mile Dive Adventure”
This super special trip took us from Raja Ampat, through the vast Banda Sea and the Forgotten Islands, all the way to Alor and Maumere over the course of 16 days and over a 1000 nautical miles of navigation across 5 different seas. We started our journey on a high note in Raja Ampat with […]
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, […]