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Wakatobi Dive Resort: "16th Trip to Wakatobi", Oct, 2023, by Kenneth Knezick, TX, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12741 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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	Tipped off by an Undercurrent staffer, my first visit to Wakatobi was in 1998. I had just come off ten years of bringing dive groups to Sipadan Island (Borneo, Malaysia) and was appalled at how quickly Sipadan's pristine reefs had been degraded by poor planning, overuse, and human-created Nitrogen runoff. So my first queries to Lorenz Mader, Wakatobi's founder, were what he planned to do differently. Quite tellingly, Lorenz replied, "Perhaps I can build another dive resort, but I can never rebuild a coral reef." So from the beginning, Wakatobi's developer had reef preservation at the forefront of his plans. The resort's beginnings were quite simple. Before the airstrip getting there was a challenge and an adventure. Yet I had repeat guests join me on those treks because the diving was so good. The addition of Wakatobi's own airstrip in 2001 change the game markedly, making for much easier access and enhanced supply lines. With strong funding at hand, Wakatobi Resort facilities continued to grow, progress, and improve over the ensuing years. On this, my 16th visit, Wakatobi was operating better than ever. I and my group of 30 divers enjoyed very comfortable lodging, superb dining, an excellent dive operation, great dive boats, and an overall high level of service. I am fortunate to have experienced many of our planet's best diving, dive resorts, and live aboards. But in 40+ years of ardent dive travel, I have yet to find a finer or more comfortable warm water dive experience than Wakatobi currently has to offer. But don't take my word for it...visit and see for yourself.
Websites	Wakatobi Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fortunate to have 40+ years of international diving, covering most of our planet's best dive regions.
Closest Airport	Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia	Getting There	International travel to Bali, overnight, then Wakatobi's own charter flight to the resort.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	60-120 Ft/ 18-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Three boat dives per day are offered, with a planned bottom time of 70-minutes per dive. Unlimited shore diving is available, day and night, on Wakatobi's extensive and diverse house reef.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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	[None]Excellent camera room, dive helpers to carry your rig to and the from the dive boats (if you wish), good camera table on the dive boats, large freshwater dip tank on the dive boats reserved just for cameras. Crew were quite adept at handling the various types of set ups. Well done all around.

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in Indonesia/S.E. Sulawesi, Indonesia

Wakatobi Dive Resort: "16th Trip to Wakatobi", Oct, 2023,

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in
Indonesia/S.E. Sulawesi, Indonesia