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Day 1: Kelor Island – Rinca Island – Kalong Island

Welcome to Labuan Bajo! Our representative will pick you up at the airport and drive you to the harbor to board the Sea Safari Cruises vessel. A welcome drink will be served to welcome you on board and introduction and safety procedure briefing will take place while we sail on the way to our first destination, Kelor Island. The island is famous for its serenity and unspoiled scenery where you can relax and perform hiking. Once you get to the top of the hill, you will be able to enjoy the breathtaking panoramic view of beautiful beaches and hills.

Our next destination would be trekking at the home of the mighty Komodo dragon where you will get the opportunities to spot them up close in their natural habitat. In the late afternoon, we will cruise to Kalong Island, a small mangrove forest dwelt by thousands of bat fruit, and spend the sunset mesmerising the exotic attraction of bats flying over the island.

Day 2: Padar Island

After breakfast onboard, we will go ashore and hike to the third largest island in the Komodo National Park, Padar Island. The island is formed by rolling hills that stretch out facing the blue sea. The best thing to do here is viewing the panorama from the top of the hill where you can witness a surreal landscape fringed by bright green-capped mountains and three turquoise bays.

We will then head to the harbor and get ready for disembarkation. We wish you had a pleasant trip with us and hope to see you again.

Day 1: Labuan Bajo – Rinca – Kalong
Welcome to Labuan Bajo! Our representative will pick you up at the airport and drive you to the harbor to board the Sea Safari Cruises vessel. A welcome drink will be served to welcome you on board and introduction and safety procedure briefing will take place while we sail on the way to our first destination, Rinca Island. We will do trekking at the home of the mighty Komodo dragon where you will get the opportunities to spot them up close in their natural habitat. In the late afternoon, we will cruise to Kalong Island, a small mangrove forest dwelt by thousands of bat fruit, and spend the sunset mesmerising the exotic attraction of bats flying over the island.

Day 2: Padar Island – Pink beach

After breakfast, we will cruise and hike to the third largest island in the Komodo National Park, Padar Island. The island is formed by rolling hills that stretch out facing the blue sea. The best thing to do here is viewing the panorama from the top of the hill where you can witness a surreal landscape fringed by bright green-capped mountains and three turquoise bays.

Later in the day, we will head to the exotic Pink Beach where you can swim or snorkel over one of the richest reefs in eastern Indonesia, relishing an unforgettable spectacle of the region’s magnificent surroundings and uncover the marine beauty Pink Beach has to offer.

Day 3: Labuan Bajo
On our last day, we will head to the harbor and get ready for disembarkation. We wish you had a pleasant trip with us and hope to see you again.

Day 1: Labuhan Bajo – Sabolan
Arrive at the newly built Labuan Bajo airport in Flores. Our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall and ready to escort you to the ship for immediate boarding. Safety Breifing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation and ship orientation will take place before departing the Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site, Sabolan for a check dive, take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the vessel and make yourself comfortable.
Meals : Lunch, Dinner
Dive: 1-2 times

Day 2 : Canibal Rock – Banana Island – Yellow Wall – Torpedo Alley
Unbelievable amounts of rare nudibranchs fight for space on the rock with the thousands of multi colored feather stars and unusual sea apples that hide juvenile painted frogfish and ghost pipefish. Adult frogfish swim around the rock that hosts such surprises as Coleman Shrimp, Zebra crabs, Rhinopias, hawksbill turtles, blue ringed octopus and Torpedo Rays.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dive: 4 times – 5mm wetsuit is recommended, Temp 22-25 degrees centigrade.

Day 3 : Manta Alley – Lohok Sera Bay – Komodo Island
First 2 dives of the day will be for Mantas, we will start our dive at The Stadium to the west of the rocks. In the lee area in this small bay, where the maximum depth is 30 meters, there are almost always Mantas cleaning here or travelling through to the other side of the islets. Second dive we will start in “The Channel”

We then move to Lohok Sera bay to enjoy the small wreck here, many nudi’s and other macro life can be found here. Our fourth dive will be a dusk dive to go in search of the elusive mandarin fish. This spot is well known to have some large specimens.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dive: 4 times

Day 4: Castle Rock – Gili Lawa Laut – Crystal Rock
We will dive the famous Castle Rock, well known for curious bat fish, trevally, mackerels and white tip reef sharks. Down at 30 metres you can see Grey Reef sharks. There is also excellent soft coral coverage. Close by there is another dive site, Crystal Rock, known for schools of surgeon fish and snappers and the occasional manta. Dive 3 will be at Shotgun, this is really a unique dive. Between the 2 islands of Gili Lawa Laut and Gili Lawa Darat is a small channel and wall. The current here attracts Giant Trevallies, Mantas, Turtles and Barracudas. Night dive on Gili Lawa Laut reef, known for huge Spanish Dancers and other nigh time critters
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dive: 4 times

Day 5 : Batu Bolong – Tatawa Kecil – Rinca
Before we land to see the Komodo dragons on Rinca Island, we will visit one of the finest pinnacles you will ever see, Batu Bolong. The reef is covered in colorful corals, invertebrate life and thousands Anthias and other brilliant reef fish. Along the steep walls in deeper water many large fish including sharks, napoleon wrasse, giant trevally, dogtooth tuna. Large schools of rainbow runners and fusilers can be observed on almost every occasion. Tatawa Kecil offers a drift dive along some of the largest fields of branching corals in Komodo. Batfish, Eagle Rays, and Turtles are some of the highlights. The afternoon will be spent trekking with park rangers as guides looking for Komodo Dragons on Rinca island. Be sure to bring a hat, sunscreen and your camera.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dive: 2 times

Day 6 : Labuhan Bajo
The ship will arrive in Labuan Bajo early in the morning. You will be served breakfast and afterwards prepare for disembarkation. You will be transferred to the airport. Trip end.
Meals : Breakfast
No dive

Day 1 : Labuan Bajo Sabolan
Arrive at the newly built Labuan Bajo airport in Flores. Our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall and ready to escort you to the ship for immediate boarding. Safety Breifing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation and ship orientation will take place before departing the Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site, Sabolan for a check dive, take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the vessel and make yourself comfortable.
Meals : Lunch, Dinner
Dives : 1-2

Day 2 : Gili Lawa Laut – Gili Lawa Darat
Arrive early in the morning around the bay of Gili Lawa, an outstanding diving location in this region, which will includes the sea mound and the drift diving of the point. A few dive points such as GPS Point and Crystal Bomie will leave you the opportunity to spot napoleon wrasse, sharks as well as turtles. Stunning corals and reefs will excite you on your full days diving in this area
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dives : 3x day dives + 1 night dive

Day 3 : Sangeang – Banta Island
The boat arrives early in the stunning volcanic island, Sangeang. Sea Safari welcomes you to enjoy the half days of diving at the one of the best dive site in the island. Lunch will be served onboard while the boat is sailing toward to Banta Island where you will be treated to an enormous array of fish life as well as stunning above water scenery.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dives : 3x day dives + 1 night dive

Day 4 : Tora Longkoy – Padar – Lohoksera
Arrive in Toro Longkoi. Here, one of the well-known dive sites is ‘Manta Ale’, located in the south west of Komodo. This is a home to famous manta cleaning station. This area is excellent wide-angle opportunity as the topography of this island is facing towards the wide-open Indian Ocean. The three rocks between this deep bay is all covered by multicolor of soft coral and hard coral garden, leather coral, shark and number of large fish with many different species such as Jack, Tuna, Napoleon, Barracuda, and many other schools of fish. During the season of October – November, you have a golden opportunity to snorkel and dive with Manta as they circle around you. This site is entitled with the most active area in Komodo.
Next will be in Padar, Pillarsteen is also known as ‘Pillar Rock’. This site is identified by a tiny pinnacle, just off the southern tip of Small Island east of Padar’s southern point. In honor to its designation on our old Dutch map. There are good caves at about 40 meters. Visibility averaged 10-12 meters. Then night dive in Lohoksera. After night dive and dinner, we proceed to Tatawa Island
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dives : 3x day dives + 1 night dive

Day 5 : Tatawa Besar – Tatawa Kecil
Our morning, after light breakfast, we begin with diving in Tatawa Besar and Kecil. The prevailing current, north or south, will dictate where you enter at the main dive site of Tatawa Besar. Turtles seem to be everywhere and you can expect to see many as you navigate the site. Before you leave the currents behind watch out of the balcktip reef sharks, giant trevallies, great and black-tail barracudas. Manta Rays also make occasional guest appearances.
Also to the south of Tatawa Besar is Tatawa Kecil. It’s best to dive the west coast of this island to explore its vibrant shallow coral gardens full of anthias. Its caves and boulders are perfect harbours for larger groupers. There are also large schools of humpback snapper, titan triggerfish and the occasional orange-spotted trevally.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dives : 3x day dives + 1 night dive

Day 6 : Pink Beach – Komodo
Our boat anchors early in the morning in the famous Komodo Island. Before your encounter with Komodo Dragons, we will have 2 dives in surrounding area of Pink Beach. Lunch will be served onboard. After the dive, a park ranger will escort you across the island (about 4,5 km there and back ) to a viewing spot to safely watch the “ Komodo Dragons” at very close range. After this breathtaking encounter, the boat will sail to Labuan Bajo.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dives : 2x dives