Dive Review of Villa Markisa in
Indonesia/Tulamben

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Villa Markisa: "Villa Markisa", Apr, 2016, by Lynn Phillips, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 8917.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Villa Markisa is an upscale boutique resort in Tulamben, owned and operated by Pedro and Christine (a Swiss and German). It is the best resort there and the only one with really good dive boats that will take you beyond the local dive sites to get different experiences. The resort is right on Seraya Paradise, the house reef, which is excellent muck diving. It's a PADI certified dive shop and everything is well organized. There are only 8 or 10 rooms at the resort, all in "modern" traditional Bali style with outdoor bathrooms. The food is excellent. There is a good camera room and on-site spa. The only slightly "down" side is getting to and from the dive boats. The very rocky (quite large to smaller pebbles) shore is steep and there is surf. You need to swim out and back and often you need your fins and mask for this. Sometimes we needed to crawl out on all fours. The dive staff would help, if they were right there at the right time. There were worries about getting the cameras safely in and out (not to mention ourselves). The crew carries your camera as it would be very difficult to do this on your own. A piece of one camera was broken off, but recovered under the boat. Another camera housing began leaking with a permanent problem (maybe banged around a little). Of course these things can happen anywhere. All in all, this is the very best resort in Tulamben. If you are into muck diving and tropical luxury resorts, this is the place to go in Bali. We found at least 80 different nudibranch species, 10 of which were new to us (and we've seen over 400 varieties so far). Of course there were also the "usual" Wonderpus, Frogfish, Mantis and other shrimps, crabs, snake eels, etc. The dive guides would look for critters you asked them to find. Several of the guests were multiple repeat visitors who had nothing but great things to say about the resort, its owners, and the diving.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Everywhere with warm water--multiple times.
Closest Airport	Denpasar, Bali	Getting There	Easiest from LAX is Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong to Denpasar. Then it's a 3 hour van ride to the resort.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	88-90°F / 31-32°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	40-70 Ft/ 12-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depending if other divers were along, each dive was at least an hour, but often 75 minutes or so. No real restrictions.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Good camera room. Dive staff is pretty careful carrying cameras to and from boat.

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Dive Review of Villa Markisa in Indonesia/Tulamben

Villa Markisa: "Villa Markisa", Apr, 2016,

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Dive Review of Villa Markisa in
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