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Komodo Liveaboard
Tour With Mermaid II
BALI - KOMODO - BALI - 6DAYS/7NIGHTS
Mermaid Liveaboards
with many years experience exploring the best Komodo offers is proud
to offers his exciting 2009 season.
Return guest will also
appreciate some new sites and experiences they can share through
their extensive experience with Nusa Tenggara and Komodo National
Park.
Sample Tour
itinerary:
Saturday
Check-in on board MV Mermaid I between 14:00-16:00 hours in Benoa
Harbour Bali. After the boat and safety briefing, we'll set up
equipment and you can settle into your cabin. Dinner will be served
approx 19:00 hours as we cruise into the sunset on overnight journey
to Moyo Island, north west Sumbawa.
Sunday - 3 dives
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 long fin banner fish and red tooth triggers. In their
hundreds, frog fish, nudibrancs, eels, surgeon fish, snapper, dog
tooth tuna checking out what is for lunch ! Visit the local village
then its lunch for us ! Next is a great dive at Panjang Reef – are
the pygmy seahorses around ? Then we cruise 2 hours to Satonda
Island for a world class night dive after watching a million bats
fly at sunset. After a great dive and dinner we cruise overnight to
Sangeang Island, off the north coats of Sumbawa.
Monday - 4 dives
2 dives at Sangeang Island for rare nudibrancs, pygmy seahorse and
underwater hot springs that support this very unique marine life.
Cruise to Gili Banta for exhilarating dives at Tanduk Rusa for big
fish and amazing corals or GPS Point, famous for its sharks and
pelagics. Then we enter the Komodo National Park and night dive at
Gili Darat South Passage - sleeping turtles, colourful reef stone
fish, Spanish dancers – calm sea- a great place to stay the night.
Tuesday - 4 dives
If the tide is right we hunt grey reef shark and dolphin at Taka
Toko Gili Lawalaut. Dive 2 is a fast drift with pelagics and manta
at Lighthouse Reef or the Old Passage. Then Crystal Rock awesome
soft corals and the chance for sharks, turtles, giant Maori wrasse,
a ‘fish soup” dive with a high chance of eagle rays too ! Then we
cruise south for fascinating night dive at Pink Beach near the
entrance to the Komodo National Park.
Wednesday - 3 dives
Start your day with an exciting visit to Komodo National Park to
walk with the dragons!
Then relax as we cruise 2 hours south to Horseshoe Bay Rinja Island.
Spectacular diving awaits at the world famous
site Cannibal Rock – rare nudibrancs, 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, go beach combing…. Maybe even a chance to
follow whales and dolphin feeding in the calm bay. We overnight at
this peaceful place, night diving at one of the many fabulous spots.
Thursday - 4 dives
The Three Sisters call us to Padar Island for sharks and nudibrancs,
surgeon fish and devil Rays. Manta Alley or
Takat Makasar follows for the chance for a manta aggregation – WOW !
Batu Bolung aka “Current City” is the home for large Napolean
Wrasse, turtles, blue fin trevally Or maybe a dive at Tatawa Kecil –
we check out the currents first to make sure the dive will be cool
for everyone on board ! Then we say goodbye to Komodo National Park
with a fabulous Night dive at Gili Banta with Coral Cta Shark and
more then we cruise west enjoying a post dinner night dive along the
way. Overnight we cruise to Satonda Island.
Friday - 2 dives
We enjoy two fantastic dives at Satonda and Moyo Islands for more
chances for ghost
pipe fish, ribbon eels, turtle, cuttlefish and more before we cruise
overnight to Benoa in the south of Bali.
Saturday
After breakfast we transfer you ashore at 9am to continue your
vacation…or its time to head home to start planning your next
Mermaid cruise !
Price Perperson US$ 1,695 - Accommodation Deluxe
Cabin 1 double or Bunk
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