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Peter Hughes/ Komodo Dancer Full report   Komodo   Met the boat in Bali and sailed (with sails up) and motored toward the Komodo National Park. From start to finish the diving was ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2007   Helen Malnar
500+ Dives
 
Gangga Divers/ Gangga Resort Full report   North Sulawesi   Getting There- - Compared to the three day ordeal we had to get from Minneapolis, the 3 hour journey from Lembeh Resort to Gangga wa... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
8/2007   Michael Emerson
250+ Dives
 
Lembeh Resort Full report   Lembeh   Getting There- - This was way more exciting than what we had hoped for. We had even built in a buffer day to get there and we used ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2007   Michael Emerson
250+ Dives
 
Aggressor Full report LiveAboard Sulawesi   From July to October the winds blow through Lembeh strait. This means chop and you may not be able to dive there. When the wind... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2006   Ralph Baker
250+ Dives
 
Peter Hughes/ Komodo Dancer Full report LiveAboard Komodo   The diving: the best I've seen so far for colors, diversity and abundance. Came home and immediately started planning our next T... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
7/2007   Rene Umberger
1000+ Dives
 
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Kungkungan Bay Resort Full report   North Sulawesi   I planned a trip for 8 of us to go diving in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. We split our stay between 2 resorts. Having been to the s... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2007   Gary Krippendorf
250+ Dives
 
Thalassa Dive Center/ Hotel Santika Full report       I planned a trip for 8 of us to go diving in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. We split our stay between 2 resorts. Having been to the s... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2007   Gary Krippendorf
250+ Dives
 
Archipelago Expeditions/ Archipelago Adverturer II Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   I have dove on liveaboards before - Peter Hughes (Palau and PNG); Aggressor (Galapagos); Sea Safari III with Kararu Diving (Komodo... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2007   Sean Bruner
250+ Dives
 
Kungkungan Bay Resort and Miniahasa Lagoon Full report   Lembeh Straits and Poopoh   The best muck diving dive adventure we've had, thus far! Meeting practically all of Ed's expectations and more, since this year's ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2007   Ed and Julia DeMartini
1000+ Dives
 
Celebes Divers/ Mapia Resort Full report   North Sulawesi   This was my 3rd visit with these nice folks. Unfortunately, the marine biologist, Massimo, is gone now. However, it's evident th... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
5/2007   Carl Scott
250+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
PETER HUGHES DIVING/ KOMODO DANCER Full report       NOTHING BAD. ALL GOOD. THE CRUISE DIRECTORS, ONNO (DUTCH) & CARINE (FRENCH) LENTING, AN ADORABLE MARRIED COUPLE TREATED US ALL LIK... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2007   WARREN SPRUNG
500+ Dives
 
Pelagian Full report LiveAboard Komodo Park   The weather is purported to be rainey, etc. in March. However, we found March to be an ideal time to go. The rainey season was en... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2007   Daniel O. Benson
500+ Dives
 
Grand Komodo Tours/ NusaTara Full report   Bali & Komodo   Grand Komodo Tours and Travel is the best liveaboard deal in Indonesia and they treat their customers very well. Liveaboard condit... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2007   LeRoy Anderson
500+ Dives
 
Pelagian/ Wakatobi Full report LiveAboard S. Sulawasi   Everyone else has reviewed the Pelagian with high marks. I want to add mine to the list. Our trip was simply wonderful, and the ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2006   Michael N. Hofman
500+ Dives
 
ENA Dive Centre Full report   Bali   Our visit was scheduled by a non diver travel agent first mistake actually the only mistake. The diving was phenominal corals and ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
3/2007   Robert MacDonald
100+ Dives
 
Odyssea I Full report   Raja Ampats   The Odyssea I liveaboard is still getting a few kinks out, but overall, we really liked the trip. The cabins are the biggest and m... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
2/2007   Mel McCombie
1000+ Dives
 
Kasawari Full report   Lembeh   This new resort is a diver's paradise. The villas are lovely and spacious, made of local hardwoods and decorated with beautiful te... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
2/2007   Mel McCombie
1000+ Dives
 
Seven Seas Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
2/2007   Erwin Kodiat
500+ Dives
 
Ondina - Deb Fugitt Charter Full report   Raja Ampat   PRE- TRIP: Fantastic customer service from Deb Fugitt who was in constant communication and helpted to plan every leg of our in... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2006   Peter J Maerz
250+ Dives
 
Alor Divers Full report   Alor   Alor Divers is a new dive resort situated on Pantar Island which was just in the process of 'soft opening' when we arrived there i... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2006   Michael Bode
500+ Dives
 
Kungkungan Bary Resort Full report       A Dive Trip to Paradise at Kungkungan Bay Resort: I have just returned from Kungkungan Bay Resort (KBR) at Lembeh Strait, North... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
11/2006   Galen Clifford
250+ Dives
 
Wakatobi/ Wakatobi Resort Full report   Wakatobi   Wakatobi Resort has become a name to conjure with among divers. Quite deservedly so! Not only is the diving beautiful and e... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
10/2006   Chrisanda Button/Rickie Sterne
250+ Dives
 
Grand Komodo Tours & Ddiving/ Nusa Tara Full report LiveAboard Alor   Alor is visited by fewer than 1000 divers per year, but those few divers are fortunate indeed. A week on a liveaboard in Alo... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
10/2006   Chrisanda Button/Rickie Sterne
250+ Dives
 
Lembeh Resort Full report   Lembeh Island, North Sulawesi   This was one of our best diving trips, land or liveaboard! Perhaps, like Stan Waterman, we are getting older and enjoying the mac... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2006   James Jenkins
1000+ Dives
 
Wakatobi -- Pelagian Full report   WaKaToBi Islands   Overall, this was one of our best liveaboard experiences, even given the absence of pelagics. There were only two other negativ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
10/2006   James Jenkins
1000+ Dives
 
Kasawari Lembeh Resort Full report   Sulawesi, Lembeh Strait   Kasawari Lembeh Resort, October, 2006. Bob and Pat Watson (pwatson@brightok. net) Grand Lake, OK. Experience 251- 500 dives. Vis... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
10/2006   Pat Watson
250+ Dives
 
Divers Lodge Lembeh Full report   Lembeh   Divers Lodge Lembeh is a very interesting place to stay- - the accomodations are simple but sufficient, eco- friendly, and with lovel... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2006   Jeffner Allen
250+ Dives
 
Murex/ Symphony Full report   Sulawesi   Very enjoyable diving to the Sangihe Islands, including the underwater volcano and several hot springs, and a few dives, during th... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2006   Jeffner Allen
250+ Dives
 
Wakatobi Resorts Full report   Wakatobi   Very competent staff all around, excellent macro critters. Some dives with strong current, some not. Resort has supplies of power ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2006   Kirk
500+ Dives
 
Aquamarine/Dive Timor Full report   Bali/Timor   Bali/ Timor Bali First day dove Nusa Penida area…. My 300th dive! Another plus was diving with Andrea and Antonella Ferrar... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
9/2006   Scott Johnson
250+ Dives
 
Kasawari Lembeh/ Kasawari Lembeh Resort Full report   Lembeh Straits   This brand new resort just opened in August 2006. Built from scratch by the owners of the AquaOne liveaboard boat, the resort is ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2006   Jane Huessener
500+ Dives
 
Adventure H2O Full report LiveAboard Banda Sea/Irian Jaya   This was our second trip on KOMODO H2O. Our first trip was 14 days in the Irian Jaya area. Three days into that trip, we were so ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
12/2005   Allan & Barbara Jones
1000+ Dives
 
Papua Diving/ Sorido Bay Resort Full report   Raja Ampat   This was my second time and even better than I remembered it 14 months earlier. It is a truly unique and exquisite place that is w... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2006   Wafa Abdelati
100+ Dives
 
Grand Komodo, Temu Kira Full report   Halmahera, Moluccas   This was a charter, exploratory 11 night trip to search out good dive spots around Halmahera, one of the larger but mostly unknown... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2006   Dave Van Rooy
1000+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Aggressor Full report   Sulawesi   Sulawesi, which is phenomenal, at its best, and a very nice mix of divesites - Lembeh, with the weird critters you want and do fi... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   Linda Dunn
250+ Dives
 
Wakatobi Dive Resort Full report   Sulawesi   It's hard to find anything to gripe about at Wakatobi. The service and food were top- rate. Meals are in a new restaurant, with che... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   Curt Harpold
1000+ Dives
 
Wakatobi Full report   Southern Sulawesi   Macro Heaven. Lots of little critters; nudis on most dives and pygmy seahorses on about a quarter of them. Several cuttlefish, o... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2006   John DeRoo
250+ Dives
 
Gangga Island Resort Full report   Northern Sulawesi   The Resort. The resort has a good physical plant with spacious common areas. There is a main area that contains the bar, various ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2006   Steven Levin
1000+ Dives
 
MinahasaDivers/ Minahasa Prima Full report   Manado, Lembeh, North Sulawesi   I rate this trip amoung my top trips. The resort was laid back, a bit rustic but focused on service. The staff at the resort was... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2006   Kriss Kirchhoff
250+ Dives
 
Baruna Sports Full report LiveAboard S. Sulawesi and Bali   Fortunately, I had done some homework so I knew what was going on when I was offered a gem?!? to buy from one of the crew. In add... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
5/2006   Julie Tayloe
250+ Dives
 
Kararu Voyager Full report LiveAboard Komodo   This trip was an 11 night Bali to Bima itinerary with much of the diving within Komodo Marine Park; it was a Light & Motion videog... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
8/2006   Bob & Doris Schaffer
1000+ Dives
 
Aqua One Full report LiveAboard Komode Is.   We were lucky in that there was only 10 divers and 12 crew members. The service was the best I have ever had. We were split up am... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2006   Ralph Baker
250+ Dives
 
Lembeh Resort Full report   Sulawesi   The dive guides were excellent! Their ability and enthusiasm for finding critters made the dives truly outstanding. I could hardl... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2006   Lois Kong-Zell
250+ Dives
 
Aquamarine/ Mimpi Menjagen & Mimpi Tulamben Full report   Bali   Thanks to an Undercurrent Chap Book recommendation, we booked our trip to Bali through Aquamarinediving. com. They arranged a cust... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   Jan and Chuck Simonds
250+ Dives
 
Bali/ Matahari and Puri Gopa Full report       We dived two diffent areas of Bali and stayed in two different resorts - Matahari in Tulamben and Puri Gopa in Sanur. The Matahari... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
8/2005   Rick Tuss
500+ Dives
 
Voyager/ Sorido Bay Resort Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat Islands   My wife and I spent 11 nights aboard the Voyager cruising the Raja Ampat Islands off the coast of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) fo... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
4/2006   Dick Joseph and (see below)
500+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Grand Komodo Tours/ MV Tarata Full report LiveAboard Komodo, Alor Islands   This was our third time with Grand Komodo Tours, and our second trip to Komodo National Park. Smartly, the Indonesian governm... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2006   Terry Anderson
250+ Dives
 
Global Aquatics/ Sanur Beach Hotel Full report   Tulemben, Candidasa, Nusa P.   H and Camilla run a great business. They are friendly, fun and willing to customize trips based on a diver's interest. We took 2... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2006   Eileen Dietrich
250+ Dives
 
Thalassa Dive Center/ Hotel Santika Full report   North Sulawesi   I planned a trip for 12 of us to go diving in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. We split our diving between 2 locations, Bunaken and Lemb... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2006   Gary Krippendorf
250+ Dives
 
Kungkungan Bay Resort Full report   North Sulawesi   I planned a trip for 12 of us to go diving in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. We split our diving between 2 locations, Bunaken and Lemb... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2006   Gary Krippendorf
250+ Dives
 
Wakatobi Resort Full report   Sulawesi, Wakatobi Resort   Wakatobi Resort is a world class remote diving location with virtually all of the amenities you'll want for a first class diving v... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2006   Vann Johnson
250+ Dives
 
Wakatobi/ Same Full report   Sulvawesi   Land- based mature diver who has never experienced a dive trip disappointment (400 plus dives). . . but Wakatobi deserves special ackn... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2006   Chris Davies
250+ Dives
 
S.M.Y. Ondina Full report LiveAboard     Overall, this is a very good dive boat. The dive briefings are detailed and informaive. However, once in the water the group split... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2006   Jacob Rosenstein
250+ Dives
 
Peter Hughes Full report   Komodo/Bali/Satonda   The good: Food was very good and plentiful, boat staff were great and while we initially thought the rooms very small this was our... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
5/2006   Lin
100+ Dives
 
Ocean Rover Full report LiveAboard North Sulawesi   Ocean Rover has done a N. Sulawesi itinerary for the last couple of years, though apparently will not be doing it next year. A nic... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
8/2005   John Sommerer
250+ Dives
 
Lembeh Resort / Murex/ Lembeh Resort Full report   Lembeh Straits   Outstanding. Did KBR last trip to Lembeh, and decided to try Lembeh Resort this time. Hard to choose between them. Newer rooms at ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2006   John Sommerer
250+ Dives
 
Ocean Rover Full report   North Sulawesi   "Muck" diving in Lembeh Strait is fabulous - Lionfish are so common, you shoo them out of the way. Wall diving mediocre due to oc... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2006   Peter Golitzen
250+ Dives
 
Kararu/ MV Voyager Full report LiveAboard Bali to Komodo   The boat is industrial looking on the exterior but very comfortable and stable. My room was very spacious with slate floors and g... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2006   Lauren Greider
500+ Dives
 
Sorido Bay Resort Full report   Papua   Sorido Bay Resort, Kri Island, Papua, Indonesia Sorido Bay Resort is being finished as this report is being written, but enough... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2006   Fred Turoff
500+ Dives
 
Ecco Divers/ Tasik Ria Resort Full report   N. Sulawesi (Manado)   I don't think we Americans understand how cool this place is, because they would be flocking to it. The Tasik Ria Resort is very n... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
6/2006   Richard & Toni Haines
100+ Dives
 
Wakatobi Full report   Sulawesi   Wakatobi is a beautiful resort catering to up to 50 divers on 4 large, purpose- built boats where everything runs like a Swiss watc... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
6/2006   James Jenkins
1000+ Dives
 
adventure H20 Full report   kupang to Komodo]   Maybe I overlooked some of the blanks. I wanted to say the weather was not good, but that the food was excellent. ... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
3/2006   mary jane stoll
1000+ Dives
 
Adventure H20 Full report   Kupang to Komodo   One of the greatest things about this boat is Larry Smith who's enthusiasm and ability to find and point out small creatures (and... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2006   Mary Jane
1000+ Dives
 
Wakatobi Dive Resort Full report   SE Sulawesi   The entire operation is set up extremely well. Accommodations were basic, but neat and clean, very well maintained. Staff was very... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2006   Bonnie Bonome
100+ Dives
 
North Sulawesi Aggressor Full report LiveAboard North Sulawesi   I wish I had known that this was a charter devoted almost exclusively to muck diving. This fact was not divulged at all and it was... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
4/2006   Gabriel I. Peñagarícano
500+ Dives
 
Kungkungan Bay Resort Full report       Vans pick you up at the airport for the one and a half hour scenic ride to the resort on the other side of the island. After a br... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2006   Ernie Hounshell
1000+ Dives
 
Lembeh Resort Full report       Pickup at airport provided, with a one and a half hour van ride to the dock where the boat takes you to the resort. Good briefing... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2006   Ernie Hounshell
1000+ Dives
 
M.Y. Pelagian Full report LiveAboard Komodo to Wakatobi   Excellent operation. Cabins were excellent. Food was served to order. Anything you can imagine for breakfast and usually two ch... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2006   Ronnie Hess
500+ Dives
 
Murex/ Bangka Island Resort Full report   Sulawesi, Bangka Island   This was a small resort (7 bungalows on a white sand beach) on a remote island about 40 minutes (by boat) north of Sulawesi. Staf... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2006   Wayne Warren-Angelucci
1000+ Dives
 
Murex/ Live-Aboard: Serenade Full report LiveAboard Sulawesi   Vast quantities of colorful, strange and exotic critters. Hard and soft corals were very healthy, colorful and varied. Not many ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2006   Wayne Warren-Angelucci
1000+ Dives
 
Lembeh Resort/Murex/ Lembeh Resort Full report   Manado/Lembeh Strait   Excellent resort on Lembeh island ( [. . . ] ) and with the recent addition of two expatriate onsite managers many impro... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2006   William Deertz
500+ Dives
 
SMY Ondina Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   Trip was booked with Deb Fugitt of City Seahorse, Inc. - - my third trip with her. This was billed as a dedicated photo charter, t... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2005   Mike Oelrich
500+ Dives
 
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