Feb 10 – Feb 20, 2028

Itinerary Raja Ampat - Halmahera Sorong - Ternate 10 nights, 11 days The following itinerary has been designed to access the most engaging locations in Raja Ampat and Halmahera with intent to dive at least three times per day. Please note that any trip plan is subject to change based on the currents, waves and weather in the region. Strong currents, for example, may mean that the exact location and/or timing of the planned dives may have to be altered on safety grounds and to suit the local conditions. It is always possible to discuss and agree an alternative itinerary following consultation with the Captain, Cruise Director and fellow Guests. Day 1  Pick up at your hotel or the airport in Sorong. Settling in onboard with a welcome drink and a brief introduction to the boat and safety on board. Cruise to Wasai, Waigeo a navigation of approximately 6 hours. This will allow time for you to get acquainted with the ship, set up your dive gear & cameras and to meet and socialize with the other guests and friendly crew. After arriving in Wasai we will head for our first check dive. Day 2 & 3 Our next stop is Dampier Straight and Gam. This area houses world renown dive sites like “Blue Magic”, “Cape Kri”, “Manta Sandy” and “Manta ridge”. The topography of the Dampier allows the Indonesian throughflow to pass through, producing strong currents. As a result, you can see a diversity of marine life that you have never seen before. You will chill with graceful rays and feel like you are swimming around in a fish soup! A cultural on-land visit of Arborek Pier is also planned in this region. Day 4 Bacan Bacan island region offers a wide array of activities above and below the water. Beautiful beaches, waterfalls and more. Dive sites here: Batu Tajam: black tip, napoleon, big sweetlips. Ecuador: blacktip, big red scorpionfishes, Nudis, crabs, nice and quiet reef. Lilai jetty: hectic current, black manta passing by near the jetty, bamboo sharks. Pipefish, crabs. Day 5 & 6 Pulau Pisang These are a set of two islands and two small rocks between Raja Ampat and Halmahera. You will spend the whole day here. The diving is pretty, with sloping reefs full of soft corals in the deeper areas and hard corals bommies in the shallows. When the currents are running, the dive sites can be very fishy, with schooling bumphead parrotfish, zillions of blue triggerfish and dogtooth tunas passing by. Day 7 & 8 Patinti Strait The region around Patinti strait is well known for Saleh island, home to Sali bay resort and the spectaculat topography around. Castaway beaches and great dive sites Most common are Giant trevallies, grey reef or black tips sharks, tunas, tasars, school of fusiliers and surgeons. Spectacular. Dive sites: Selat Proco: Blacktips, grey reef sharks, tasars, dogtooth tuna, mini canyons, and overhangs. Saleh Besar, drifting in the channel with a succession of mini canyons and rock blocks. Less big pelagics but very fishy. Jabu, vibrant coral reefs, inhabited by numerous “smalls” and others bigger. The South/southeast point is certainly the most spectacular. Kusu: very nice garden coral, millions of glassfish, nice coral, Pygmy, leaf fish, school of sweetlips under a small rock, bamboo shark, and hundreds of reef fish Pulau Pokal, high rock right in the middle of the channel, long plateau at approximately 30 meters. Saleh Kecil, splendid corals, tortured topography and big fish for this dive! Pulau Nanas: very nice spot beautiful and colorful coral. Glass fish schools, various Nudis, blue hairy crab, lobster, scorpionfish, crocodile fish Day 9-10 Ternate region Diving in Ternate in North Ternate, we dive at Hiri Island, at this site we can find a large population of barracuda schooling, dugong, dolphins, reef sharks, turtles, and wall with exceptional visibility of 30-40 m. However, Hiri Island has a relatively strong current. For those who do not enjoy dive in current can dive in black sand-Sulamadaha and Jikomalamo with white sand, has a dense coral garden, soft coral, turtles, bump head schooling, and other pelagic fish. Diving the Km Pari Wreck: one of the shipwrecks on the depth of 12-20m, also 3 buses that serve as a fish house. At night you can see the endemic fish of Walking Shark (walking Shark / Hemiscyllium Halmahera). More south: a very unique bottom structured with some big pinnacles, and mini cave found in depth of ± 27 m and exit at 30 m. Also, a wall filled with colorful small fish, and sharks, stingrays, nudibranchs are also often can be found here. Day 11 Sail to Ternate. On our last day we will not be doing any diving as we cruise back to Ternate but the rooftop bar will be stocked ready and the dive guides will be ready to give detailed run downs of what we saw for logbooks and picture sharing. After a farewell lunch and de briefing customers leave the boat with memories that will last a lifetime! Drop-off at the airport or your hotel in Ternate.