Bali – Komodo – Bali

Mermaid Liveaboards, offer 10 days Komodo diving & snorkelling trip on Mermaid I and 8 days on Mermaid II. With many years of experience exploring Komodo National Park; we dive the best of the best, we know where and when it’s running! No wonder we have a high number of return guests who will also appreciate some new sites and experiences we can share through our extensive experience with Flores and Komodo National Park areas.

Things to do in Komodo National Park
This one of a kind national park has so much to offer to diver and non-diver alike.
Above water, you can enjoy the pink beach (yes, it is pink!), trek to the famous Padar or Rinca island, enjoy the sunset while at the same time watching thousands of bats leaving Bat Island for food hunting, and, of course, visit the Komodo Dragons at their habitat

Underwater, whether you are snorkeler or diver, Komodo has so many to explore for pelagic, shark or macro lovers.
On top of its pristine coral garden, you can see Manta rays, school of barracuda, turtle, blacktip, white tip & grey shark, to frogfish, nudibranch and pigmy seahorse.

Despite some sites have current, Komodo has so much to offer for every family members to enjoy underwater.

Best Time to Visit Komodo National Park
Below, you can find the Mermaid I and II schedule, route map, itinerary and photo gallery of Komodo National Park. Or check our destination page here if you want to get more detailed information about water temperature, dive site map, the best time to come, and other activities to be done with non-diver family members.

Why join Komodo dive and snorkelling trip with Mermaid Liveaboards?

Through the years, as a 5-star operator, we have been providing high quality, luxury at affordable service. Mermaid Liveaboards recently won a total of nine 2024 Readers Choice awards, including first place in Quality of Staff, Level of Safety and Best Overall Liveaboard in the Pacific region.
While making your safety & comfort is our priority, we endeavour to offer an environmentally sustainable operation including supporting the local people and communities at the same time.
Both Mermaid I and II start and finish in Bali for our Komodo cruises- super easy and convenient for guests to transfer directly to the vessel from the airport or from their Bali holiday spot.

Our reliability, great service and fantastic crews for over 2 decades has resulted in multiple Dive Travel Awards wins. However perhaps our greatest satisfaction comes from welcoming all the many repeater guests back on board either Mermaid I or Mermaid II – more thank you can count on your fingers and toes – and still looking forward to many future trips with us.

Bali – Komodo – Bali with

MV Mermaid I

10 days / 9 nights 28 Dives

MV Mermaid II

8 days / 7 nights 20 Dives

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Itinerary with MV Mermaid I Bali – Komodo – Bali

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Day 1

Check-in on board Mermaid I between 13:00-15:00 hours at Benoa Harbour in Bali. After the boat and safety briefing, you’ll set up equipment and you can settle into your cabin. Mermaid I cruises into the sunset on her overnight journey to Moyo Island, north west Sumbawa, 145 nautical miles.

Dives

Day 2

Start your adventure with a great dive in the calm, clear waters of Angel Reef at Moyo Island. Massive elephant ear and barrel sponges, schools of longfin bannerfish and red tooth triggerfish, frogfish, nudibranchs, eels, surgeonfish, snappers and dogtooth tuna.

Afterwards, Mermaid I will cruise for two and a half hours to Satonda Island for a macro dive followed by a world class night dive after watching a million bats fly at sunset. Cruise overnight to Gili Banta.

Dives

Day 3

We will do our first and second dive of the day in the area of Gili Banta and we will head to the northern islands of Komodo NP, Gili Lawa Laut and Gili Lawa Darat for an afternoon and night dive.

Dives

Day 4

Gili Lawa Laut has several great dives - if the tide is right, you will have a chance to spot grey reef sharks and dolphin at Taka Toko. Lighthouse Reef and The Old Passage offer fast drifts with pelagics, perhaps a manta if you are lucky!

Crystal Rock offers awesome soft corals in gold and orange hues plus the chance for sharks, turtles, Napoleon wrasse and fishes galore. Tonight, you will dive the famous Pink Beach or Soro lia - spectacular colours, frogfish, slipper lobsters, basket stars, robust sea cucumbers unique to the area and more!

Dives

Day 5

Start your day with an exciting visit to Loh Liang Komodo National Park to walk with the dragons! As you quietly walk through the bush, look out for not only Komodo dragons, but deer, wild boar and birds as well.

Next stop is a diver’s paradise - Horseshoe Bay at Rinca Island, home of one of the top ten dives in the world, Cannibal Rock. Here, you will discover an abundance of corals, sponges, ascidians, sea apples, black corals, turtle, cuttlefish, loads of reef fishes and so much more! You can also watch dragons scavenging on the beach as well as monkey, deer, wild pigs along the shore or go beach combing. There may even be a chance to follow whales and dolphin feeding in the calm bay. Mermaid I will overnight at this peaceful place, diving at one of the many fabulous spots for your night dive.

Dives

Day 6

Today you’ll head on over to Manta Alley to watch in awe as these magnificent creatures feed, play and get cleaned at the many cleaning stations.

In the afternoon, you can do some more big fish dives at Tatawa Kecil or the infamous “Current City” Batu Bolong. Come face to face with reef sharks, turtles, Napoleon wrasse and more. Many good night dives around here as Wainilu.

Dives

Day 7

This will be our last day at Komodo NP, we will be diving around the central and northern part of Komodo, we will do 4 dives here.

Then you’ll head off for a night dive at Gili Banta. Overnight, Mermaid I will cruise to Sangeang Volcano.

Dives

Day 8

Sangeang is an active volcano off the north eastern coast of Sumbawa. Black sand, bubbles and a colourful reef and amazing critters are awaiting for you. After the night dive we will start cruising back to Moyo Island.

Dives

Day 9

You will enjoy two dives around Sumbawa and Moyo Islands – a chance to shoot anything you missed at the beginning of the trip. Then the crew wash your equipment for you while you relax on the sundeck.

Dives

Day 10

Disembark at Benoa Harbour after breakfast at 8 am.

This is a sample itinerary and is subject to changes beyond the operator’s control. The exact itinerary, route and amount of dives for your cruise may be adapted to best suit the weather conditions, tides and currents, season and other prevailing events

Dives

Total Dives: 28

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Itinerary with MV Mermaid II Bali – Komodo – Bali

Dives

Day 1

Check-in on board Mermaid II between 13:00-15:00 hours at Benoa Harbour in Bali. You’ll set up equipment and you can settle into your cabin, and after we will do a boat and safety briefing,

Dinner will be served at 19:00 hours as Mermaid II cruises into the sunset on her overnight journey to Moyo Island, north west Sumbawa.

Dives

Day 2

Afterwards, Mermaid II will cruise for two and a half hours to Satonda Island for a fringing coral reef and a world-class night dive. After a great dive and dinner, she will cruise overnight to Komodo NP.

Dives

Day 3

Mermaid II will enter Komodo National Park. We will spend the day in the northern islands of Komodo NP, Gili Lawa Laut and Gili Lawa Darat. We will cruise to central Komodo for a night dive at Soro Lia or Wainilu in order to do a muck night dive - a great place to spend the night.

Dives

Day 4

We will cruise south of Komodo Island to Manta Alley and Horseshoe Bay in Rinca Island. Spectacular diving await at the world famous site Cannibal Rock – rare nudibranchs, frogfish, spectacular corals, sponges, ascidians, huge black coral bushes, turtles, cuttlefish, loads of reef fish too Watch dragons on the beach, monkey, deer, wild pigs along the shore…. Maybe even a chance to see dolphins feeding in the calm bay

Dives

Day 5

Start your day with an exciting visit to Komodo National Park to walk with the dragons! Then we will do 3 dives in the Lintah Strait looking for some big fish dives at Tatawa Besar, Siaba Kecil or the infamous “Current City” Batu Bolong. Come face to face with reef sharks, turtles, Napoleon wrasse and more. After Night dive at Gili Lawa Darat, it is time to say goodbye to Komodo National Park.

Dives

Day 6

Mermaid II will make her way to Gili Banta for a morning dive and the we will start cruising to Sangeang Volcano to spend the rest of the day, black sand, bubbles, colourful reefs and tones of critters will be waiting for you. Overnight we cruise to Sumbawa Island

Dives

Day 7

You will enjoy two fantastic dives at Sumbawa and Moyo Islands for more chances for ghost pipe fish, ribbon eels, turtle, cuttlefish and more before cruising overnight to Benoa in the south of Bali.

Dives

Day 8

Disembark at Benoa Harbour after breakfast at 8 am.

Dives

Total Dives: 20

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