Dive Review of Alor Divers Eco Resort in
Indonesia/Alor Archipelago

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Alor Divers Eco Resort: "Many Faces of Indonesia", Oct, 2023, by Bela Asztalos, MA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12718.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I have visited Indonesia from Bali to Irian Jaya and in between several times before. All of my trips were at least very good. So, I continued to go there. Now, to the Alor Archipelago, one of the least visited parts of Indonesia. I organized the trip with two of my old diving friends from Hungary. We chose the Alor Divers Eco Resort on Pantar Island. The price was about half of other Eco Resorts’ price in Indonesia. As everybody familiar with Indonesia dive resorts knows, the trip is long whatever part of the world you travel there from. I started from Boston. Because of the 12-hour time difference between Boston and Alor, I chose to stop in Doha for two days before arriving at Jakarta. My friends coming from Hungary flew via Istanbul. After a long wait in Jakarta, we flew to Kupang (Timor) by Batik Air and then continued to Alor with Lion Air. Even without a stopping it takes nearly two days of travel to Alor. A representative of Alor Divers waited for us and drove us through the west coast of Alor Island (an 1-hour drive) to board a small boat that transferred us through the Pantar Strate (about 45 minutes) to the resort. The sea was choppy and we were soaked in a couple of minutes after start. When we arrived, we learned that the boat anchors about 50 yards from the shore and a very small canoe transports people between boat and shore. The resort has 8 simple style wooden bungalows about 10 yards from the beach. We were l ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Caribbean, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Palau, Sipadan, Socorro
Closest Airport	Alor	Getting There	Boston-Doha-Jakarta-Kupang-Alor
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents, no currents
Water Temp	65-80°F / 18-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco diving
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	1 or 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	There was no camera holding in the boat. No camera room in the resort. However, there was a big ta ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Alor Divers Eco Resort in Indonesia/Alor Archipelago

Alor Divers Eco Resort: "Many Faces of Indonesia", Oct, 2023,

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Dive Review of Alor Divers Eco Resort in
Indonesia/Alor Archipelago