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Gangga Resort and Spa, May, 2008, by Peter Swan, Az, USA ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 4143.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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Comments	Gangga Island Resort, May 2008. Peter Swan, Phoenix Az. Experience – Past Instructor, Over 1000 dives, author: Step Zero: Getting Started on a SCUBA Photo Trip. (www.lulu.com) vis: 25 to 100+ feet. Water 84 F, incredible calm waters. This was my first trip to Gangga Island Resort (GIR) where the casual living at the resort matched the superb snorkeling and diving experiences. The cottages were excellent for divers (plenty of room – air conditioned – large showers – comfortable beds – TV, if you turned it on, with CNN and HBO). They also have a very large saltwater swimming pool to loll beside, as well as in. The four and five course meals were well presented with a wide range of choices and spices. The three meals were served in a spacious open air dinning room. They also had a nice sitting area for cocktails and conversations. This area also contained a pool table and a multi-language book exchange style library. The snorkeling was as good as anyplace I have been to include the Great Barrier and Belize reefs. The sea state was remarkably smooth without a ripple so that the transportation to and from the island and dive sites was like motoring on a bathtub. The crystal clear blue of the water was spectacular with shades reaching from deep water to shallow with sand below. The morning and afternoon snorkeling are part of the resort services and deliver you to beautiful shallows (4 – 25 feet) where we saw dolphins (about a dozen) playing in the water about 75 yards away with leaps and flips. They were amazing! In addition, I swam with a turtle and observed a plethora of small and colorful reef fish swimming around and through the marvelous coral and sea anemones, as well as an occasional ray. The diving was very pleasant with calm seas and phenomenal diversity in creatures. While diving at our four dive sites (Busa Bora Baret, Rainbow, and Secret Point on P. Bangka Island; Yellow Coconut on North Sulalizi), we were able to see large cuttle fish, blow fish, scorpion fish, red & black lion fish, large shrimp, ghost pipe fish, and my favorite, clown fish (black, brown, yellow, orange & grey) defending their homes. The resort staff was superior with expertise and pleasant approaches. They clearly have a focus on customer satisfaction and quality of service. The twice daily cleaning of the room matched the morning and afternoon dive schedule. The meal staff ensured pleasant experiences with quick responses and recognition of you as their only concern. The dive staff enabled us to snorkel and dive as if it were our world. They dove with us and pointed our incredible sights we would have missed. The professional and happy staff at the spa made each visit more memorable than the last. Can you imagine a “hard day” at diving ending with a massage and then dinner and drinks (lots of ice tea was consumed). For the photographer, both underwater and above water, the scenery is enticing. The clouds, rain storms, sunsets, and resort settings stimulated many “artistic” shots based upon colors and shadows while the variety of underwater creatures “tweaked” this camera bug into taking over 400 pictures in four dives. It was a good thing I used the checklist (from the Step Zero book); so, I had all the necessary components for a successful underwater photo safari.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Past Instructor, all around the world
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-0°F / 29--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	35-100 Ft/ 11-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	normal safety diving rules
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
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	The facility is basic in the sense of high technology. If you brought your own camera gear and computer to assess performance, everything worked well.

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Dive Review of Gangga Resort and Spa in Indonesia

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Dive Review of Gangga Resort and Spa in
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