Emperor Bilikiki Liveaboard, Solomon Islands

Day 1:
Meet & greet at the airport. Group transfer to the port. Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.

Days 2-9:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.

Village visits are arranged during the surface intervals so as not to affect the number of dives offered per day. 
We offer 4 day dives and a night dive and although there is no fixed itinerary here is an example of some of the dive sites which we normally do if the conditions allow.

Russell Islands.

Leru Cut. A channel back into Leru Island forms a breathtakingly beautiful reef formation which when dived at the right time of day has amazing beams of light and fantastic photo opportunities. The surface at the end and see the vine-covered cliffs and jungle before descending and exiting onto a sheer wall of fans and soft coral.

White Beach. The site of an American WWII base where trucks, bombs, and ammunition were dumped into the sea. Both a fascinating historical dive and a fantastic macro site in an unusual mangrove location.

Mirror Pond. A stunning pond reflecting the jungle overhead. Outside on the reef is a sheer wall where snappers and travel hunt and pygmy seahorses hide in gorgeous gorgonian fans. The shallows host a stunning coral garden where crocodile fish, cuttlefish, and anemonefish live.

Karumolun Point. The chief of Karumolun Island has banned all fishing and collecting on this dive site for five years creating a local marine protected area. This point has great soft coral, a big school of jacks, barracudas and lots of sharks, often eagle rays are seen here too. The macro side of this dive site is fantastic as well with disco clams (electric file shells), nudis, cuttlefish, crocodile fish and ghost pipefish among the things seen.

Mary Island.

Divers often refer to Mary Island as the “best” dive of a trip. It is an uninhabited island with a stunning amount of hard corals and fish life. The schools of fish are amazing here, especially when joined by sharks, turtles and bumphead parrot fish. We usually stay here for the whole day. 

Florida Islands.

Twin Tunnels. This large seamount, in the middle of the channel between Guadalcanal and the Florida Islands, has two tunnels which drop vertically straight down from 12m and exit in a cave at 35m. Swimming out of the cave to the sheer wall there are schools of fusiliers with grey reef sharks cruising by. It is also home to some amazing coral, cuttlefish, octopus and mantis shrimp plus schools of snapper, tropical fish and an amazing array of anemone fish.

Devils' Highway. The best place in the Solomons to dive with manta rays. A channel between two islands funnels water to form strong currents and an adrenaline-filled dive. Drift along the reef top, duck under the reef wall and watch as up to a dozen mantas swim close by information to feed. They are often joined by sweetlips, jacks and bumphead parrotfish.

Maravagi Bay. A macro divers delight! A calm protected bay offering all sorts of great macro subjects such as nudis, demon stinger, scorpion fish, cockatoo wasp fish, various pipefish, cuttlefish, juvenile batfish, various anemone fish, shrimps and crabs. Plus a few of giant clams and a small wreck packed with batfish and bream. 

Japanese Mavis Seaplane. A Japanese seaplane sunk during WW2 which sits upright on the bottom at 30m, it is an impressively large, mostly intact plane. This site is also excellent for macro subjects with reef top pipefish, twin spot gobies and spine check anemone fish.

Marovo Lagoon Area.

Kicha. Not only is this dive site a truly stunning example of hard corals and sea fans, but it is also teeming with fish life. Friendly batfish follow divers around, schools of jacks and barracuda circle around the point while giant bumphead parrotfish chomp on coral. All this amazing color and beauty passes by to a soundtrack provided by the underwater volcano Kavachi which is only 15 miles away. 

Mbulo Caves. A series of interconnecting caves and swim-throughs with beautiful sunbeams and a magical atmosphere. There is also staggering hard coral and tropical fish on the reef outside.

Wickham Island. There are a lot of amazing dive sites around this island. It has something for everyone with soft coral points, huge sea fans, sharks and rays. Plus great places to look for the small stuff such as pygmy seahorses, cuttlefish, crocodile fish, snake eels and many different species of anemonefish.

Japanese Maru #2. A Japanese cargo vessel sunk by American bombers in WW2 this is a stunning photogenic wreck covered in black corals. A deck gun lies hanging over the side of the ship and trevally and groupers hunt the decks.
 

Day 10:

2 dives on the last day. Return to the port.
 

Day 11:

Check-out from the yacht, group transfer to the airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons

Day 1:
Meet & greet at the airport. Group transfer to the port. Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.

Days 2-11:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.
Village visits are arranged during the surface intervals so as not to affect the number of dives offered per day. 
We offer 4 day dives and a night dive and although there is no fixed itinerary here is an example of some of the dive sites which we normally do if the conditions allow.

Russell Islands.

Leru Cut. A channel back into Leru Island forms a breathtakingly beautiful reef formation which when dived at the right time of day has amazing beams of light and fantastic photo opportunities. The surface at the end and see the vine-covered cliffs and jungle before descending and exiting onto a sheer wall of fans and soft coral.

White Beach. The site of an American WWII base where trucks, bombs, and ammunition were dumped into the sea. Both a fascinating historical dive and a fantastic macro site in an unusual mangrove location.

Mirror Pond. A stunning pond reflecting the jungle overhead. Outside on the reef is a sheer wall where snappers and travel hunt and pygmy seahorses hide in gorgeous gorgonian fans. The shallows host a stunning coral garden where crocodile fish, cuttlefish, and anemonefish live.

Karumolun Point. The chief of Karumolun Island has banned all fishing and collecting on this dive site for five years creating a local marine protected area. This point has great soft coral, a big school of jacks, barracudas and lots of sharks, often eagle rays are seen here too. The macro side of this dive site is fantastic as well with disco clams (electric file shells), nudis, cuttlefish, crocodile fish and ghost pipefish among the things seen.

Mary Island.

Divers often refer to Mary Island as the “best” dive of a trip. It is an uninhabited island with a stunning amount of hard corals and fish life. The schools of fish are amazing here, especially when joined by sharks, turtles and bumphead parrot fish. We usually stay here for the whole day. 

Florida Islands.

Twin Tunnels. This large seamount, in the middle of the channel between Guadalcanal and the Florida Islands, has two tunnels which drop vertically straight down from 12m and exit in a cave at 35m. Swimming out of the cave to the sheer wall there are schools of fusiliers with grey reef sharks cruising by. It is also home to some amazing coral, cuttlefish, octopus and mantis shrimp plus schools of snapper, tropical fish and an amazing array of anemone fish.

Devils' Highway. The best place in the Solomons to dive with manta rays. A channel between two islands funnels water to form strong currents and an adrenaline-filled dive. Drift along the reef top, duck under the reef wall and watch as up to a dozen mantas swim close by information to feed. They are often joined by sweetlips, jacks and bumphead parrotfish.

Maravagi Bay. A macro divers delight! A calm protected bay offering all sorts of great macro subjects such as nudis, demon stinger, scorpion fish, cockatoo wasp fish, various pipefish, cuttlefish, juvenile batfish, various anemone fish, shrimps and crabs. Plus a few of giant clams and a small wreck packed with batfish and bream. 

Japanese Mavis Seaplane. A Japanese seaplane sunk during WW2 which sits upright on the bottom at 30m, it is an impressively large, mostly intact plane. This site is also excellent for macro subjects with reef top pipefish, twin spot gobies and spine check anemone fish.

Marovo Lagoon Area.

Kicha. Not only is this dive site a truly stunning example of hard corals and sea fans, but it is also teeming with fish life. Friendly batfish follow divers around, schools of jacks and barracuda circle around the point while giant bumphead parrotfish chomp on coral. All this amazing color and beauty passes by to a soundtrack provided by the underwater volcano Kavachi which is only 15 miles away. 

Mbulo Caves. A series of interconnecting caves and swim-throughs with beautiful sunbeams and a magical atmosphere. There is also staggering hard coral and tropical fish on the reef outside.

Wickham Island. There are a lot of amazing dive sites around this island. It has something for everyone with soft coral points, huge sea fans, sharks and rays. Plus great places to look for the small stuff such as pygmy seahorses, cuttlefish, crocodile fish, snake eels and many different species of anemonefish.

Japanese Maru #2. A Japanese cargo vessel sunk by American bombers in WW2 this is a stunning photogenic wreck covered in black corals. A deck gun lies hanging over the side of the ship and trevally and groupers hunt the decks.

Day 12:
2 dives on the last day. Return to the port.

Day 13:
Check-out from the yacht, group transfer to the airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons

Day 1:
Meet & greet at the airport. Group transfer to the port. Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.

Days 2-8:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.

Village visits are arranged during the surface intervals so as not to affect the number of dives offered per day. 
We offer 4 day dives and a night dive and although there is no fixed itinerary here is an example of some of the dive sites which we normally do if the conditions allow.

Russell Islands.

Leru Cut. A channel back into Leru Island forms a breathtakingly beautiful reef formation which when dived at the right time of day has amazing beams of light and fantastic photo opportunities. The surface at the end and see the vine-covered cliffs and jungle before descending and exiting onto a sheer wall of fans and soft coral.

White Beach. The site of an American WWII base where trucks, bombs, and ammunition were dumped into the sea. Both a fascinating historical dive and a fantastic macro site in an unusual mangrove location.

Mirror Pond. A stunning pond reflecting the jungle overhead. Outside on the reef is a sheer wall where snappers and travel hunt and pygmy seahorses hide in gorgeous gorgonian fans. The shallows host a stunning coral garden where crocodile fish, cuttlefish, and anemonefish live.

Karumolun Point. The chief of Karumolun Island has banned all fishing and collecting on this dive site for five years creating a local marine protected area. This point has great soft coral, a big school of jacks, barracudas and lots of sharks, often eagle rays are seen here too. The macro side of this dive site is fantastic as well with disco clams (electric file shells), nudis, cuttlefish, crocodile fish and ghost pipefish among the things seen.

Mary Island.

Divers often refer to Mary Island as the “best” dive of a trip. It is an uninhabited island with a stunning amount of hard corals and fish life. The schools of fish are amazing here, especially when joined by sharks, turtles and bumphead parrot fish. We usually stay here for the whole day. 

Florida Islands.

Twin Tunnels. This large seamount, in the middle of the channel between Guadalcanal and the Florida Islands, has two tunnels which drop vertically straight down from 12m and exit in a cave at 35m. Swimming out of the cave to the sheer wall there are schools of fusiliers with grey reef sharks cruising by. It is also home to some amazing coral, cuttlefish, octopus and mantis shrimp plus schools of snapper, tropical fish and an amazing array of anemone fish.

Devils' Highway. The best place in the Solomons to dive with manta rays. A channel between two islands funnels water to form strong currents and an adrenaline-filled dive. Drift along the reef top, duck under the reef wall and watch as up to a dozen mantas swim close by information to feed. They are often joined by sweetlips, jacks and bumphead parrotfish.

Maravagi Bay. A macro divers delight! A calm protected bay offering all sorts of great macro subjects such as nudis, demon stinger, scorpion fish, cockatoo wasp fish, various pipefish, cuttlefish, juvenile batfish, various anemone fish, shrimps and crabs. Plus a few of giant clams and a small wreck packed with batfish and bream. 

Japanese Mavis Seaplane. A Japanese seaplane sunk during WW2 which sits upright on the bottom at 30m, it is an impressively large, mostly intact plane. This site is also excellent for macro subjects with reef top pipefish, twin spot gobies and spine check anemone fish.

Day 9:
2 dives on the last day. Return to the port.

Day 10:
Check-out from the yacht, group transfer to the airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons

Day 1:
Meet & greet at the airport. Group transfer to the port. Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.

Days 2-6:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.

Village visits are arranged during the surface intervals so as not to affect the number of dives offered per day. 
We offer 4 day dives and a night dive and although there is no fixed itinerary here is an example of some of the dive sites which we normally do if the conditions allow.

Russell Islands.

Leru Cut. A channel back into Leru Island forms a breathtakingly beautiful reef formation which when dived at the right time of day has amazing beams of light and fantastic photo opportunities. The surface at the end and see the vine-covered cliffs and jungle before descending and exiting onto a sheer wall of fans and soft coral.

White Beach. The site of an American WWII base where trucks, bombs, and ammunition were dumped into the sea. Both a fascinating historical dive and a fantastic macro site in an unusual mangrove location.

Mirror Pond. A stunning pond reflecting the jungle overhead. Outside on the reef is a sheer wall where snappers and travel hunt and pygmy seahorses hide in gorgeous gorgonian fans. The shallows host a stunning coral garden where crocodile fish, cuttlefish, and anemonefish live.

Karumolun Point. The chief of Karumolun Island has banned all fishing and collecting on this dive site for five years creating a local marine protected area. This point has great soft coral, a big school of jacks, barracudas and lots of sharks, often eagle rays are seen here too. The macro side of this dive site is fantastic as well with disco clams (electric file shells), nudis, cuttlefish, crocodile fish and ghost pipefish among the things seen.

Mary Island.

Divers often refer to Mary Island as the “best” dive of a trip. It is an uninhabited island with a stunning amount of hard corals and fish life. The schools of fish are amazing here, especially when joined by sharks, turtles and bumphead parrot fish. We usually stay here for the whole day. 

Florida Islands.

Twin Tunnels. This large seamount, in the middle of the channel between Guadalcanal and the Florida Islands, has two tunnels which drop vertically straight down from 12m and exit in a cave at 35m. Swimming out of the cave to the sheer wall there are schools of fusiliers with grey reef sharks cruising by. It is also home to some amazing coral, cuttlefish, octopus and mantis shrimp plus schools of snapper, tropical fish and an amazing array of anemone fish.

Devils' Highway. The best place in the Solomons to dive with manta rays. A channel between two islands funnels water to form strong currents and an adrenaline-filled dive. Drift along the reef top, duck under the reef wall and watch as up to a dozen mantas swim close by information to feed. They are often joined by sweetlips, jacks and bumphead parrotfish.

Maravagi Bay. A macro divers delight! A calm protected bay offering all sorts of great macro subjects such as nudis, demon stinger, scorpion fish, cockatoo wasp fish, various pipefish, cuttlefish, juvenile batfish, various anemone fish, shrimps and crabs. Plus a few of giant clams and a small wreck packed with batfish and bream. 

Japanese Mavis Seaplane. A Japanese seaplane sunk during WW2 which sits upright on the bottom at 30m, it is an impressively large, mostly intact plane. This site is also excellent for macro subjects with reef top pipefish, twin spot gobies and spine check anemone fish.

Day 7:

2 dives on the last day. Return to the port.

Day 8:

Check-out from the yacht, group transfer to the airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons

Day 1:
Meet & greet at the airport. Group transfer to the port. Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.

Days 2-9:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.

Day 10:
2 dives on the last day. Return to the port.

Day 11:
Check-out from the yacht, group transfer to the airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons

Day 1:
Meet & greet at the airport. Group transfer to the port. Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.

Days 2-12:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.
Village visits are arranged during the surface intervals so as not to affect the number of dives offered per day. 
We offer 4 day dives and a night dive and although there is no fixed itinerary here is an example of some of the dive sites which we normally do if the conditions allow.

Russell Islands.

Leru Cut. A channel back into Leru Island forms a breathtakingly beautiful reef formation which when dived at the right time of day has amazing beams of light and fantastic photo opportunities. The surface at the end and see the vine-covered cliffs and jungle before descending and exiting onto a sheer wall of fans and soft coral.

White Beach. The site of an American WWII base where trucks, bombs, and ammunition were dumped into the sea. Both a fascinating historical dive and a fantastic macro site in an unusual mangrove location.

Mirror Pond. A stunning pond reflecting the jungle overhead. Outside on the reef is a sheer wall where snappers and travel hunt and pygmy seahorses hide in gorgeous gorgonian fans. The shallows host a stunning coral garden where crocodile fish, cuttlefish, and anemonefish live.

Karumolun Point. The chief of Karumolun Island has banned all fishing and collecting on this dive site for five years creating a local marine protected area. This point has great soft coral, a big school of jacks, barracudas and lots of sharks, often eagle rays are seen here too. The macro side of this dive site is fantastic as well with disco clams (electric file shells), nudis, cuttlefish, crocodile fish and ghost pipefish among the things seen.

Mary Island.

Divers often refer to Mary Island as the “best” dive of a trip. It is an uninhabited island with a stunning amount of hard corals and fish life. The schools of fish are amazing here, especially when joined by sharks, turtles and bumphead parrot fish. We usually stay here for the whole day. 

Florida Islands.

Twin Tunnels. This large seamount, in the middle of the channel between Guadalcanal and the Florida Islands, has two tunnels which drop vertically straight down from 12m and exit in a cave at 35m. Swimming out of the cave to the sheer wall there are schools of fusiliers with grey reef sharks cruising by. It is also home to some amazing coral, cuttlefish, octopus and mantis shrimp plus schools of snapper, tropical fish and an amazing array of anemone fish.

Devils' Highway. The best place in the Solomons to dive with manta rays. A channel between two islands funnels water to form strong currents and an adrenaline-filled dive. Drift along the reef top, duck under the reef wall and watch as up to a dozen mantas swim close by information to feed. They are often joined by sweetlips, jacks and bumphead parrotfish.

Maravagi Bay. A macro divers delight! A calm protected bay offering all sorts of great macro subjects such as nudis, demon stinger, scorpion fish, cockatoo wasp fish, various pipefish, cuttlefish, juvenile batfish, various anemone fish, shrimps and crabs. Plus a few of giant clams and a small wreck packed with batfish and bream. 

Japanese Mavis Seaplane. A Japanese seaplane sunk during WW2 which sits upright on the bottom at 30m, it is an impressively large, mostly intact plane. This site is also excellent for macro subjects with reef top pipefish, twin spot gobies and spine check anemone fish.

Marovo Lagoon Area.

Kicha. Not only is this dive site a truly stunning example of hard corals and sea fans, but it is also teeming with fish life. Friendly batfish follow divers around, schools of jacks and barracuda circle around the point while giant bumphead parrotfish chomp on coral. All this amazing color and beauty passes by to a soundtrack provided by the underwater volcano Kavachi which is only 15 miles away. 

Mbulo Caves. A series of interconnecting caves and swim-throughs with beautiful sunbeams and a magical atmosphere. There is also staggering hard coral and tropical fish on the reef outside.

Wickham Island. There are a lot of amazing dive sites around this island. It has something for everyone with soft coral points, huge sea fans, sharks and rays. Plus great places to look for the small stuff such as pygmy seahorses, cuttlefish, crocodile fish, snake eels and many different species of anemonefish.

Japanese Maru #2. A Japanese cargo vessel sunk by American bombers in WW2 this is a stunning photogenic wreck covered in black corals. A deck gun lies hanging over the side of the ship and trevally and groupers hunt the decks.

Day 13:
2 dives on the last day. Return to the port.

Day 14:
Check-out from the yacht, group transfer to the airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons

Day 1:
Meet & greet at the airport. Group transfer to the port. Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.

Days 2-13:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.
Village visits are arranged during the surface intervals so as not to affect the number of dives offered per day. 
We offer 4 day dives and a night dive and although there is no fixed itinerary here is an example of some of the dive sites which we normally do if the conditions allow.

Russell Islands.

Leru Cut. A channel back into Leru Island forms a breathtakingly beautiful reef formation which when dived at the right time of day has amazing beams of light and fantastic photo opportunities. The surface at the end and see the vine-covered cliffs and jungle before descending and exiting onto a sheer wall of fans and soft coral.

White Beach. The site of an American WWII base where trucks, bombs, and ammunition were dumped into the sea. Both a fascinating historical dive and a fantastic macro site in an unusual mangrove location.

Mirror Pond. A stunning pond reflecting the jungle overhead. Outside on the reef is a sheer wall where snappers and travel hunt and pygmy seahorses hide in gorgeous gorgonian fans. The shallows host a stunning coral garden where crocodile fish, cuttlefish, and anemonefish live.

Karumolun Point. The chief of Karumolun Island has banned all fishing and collecting on this dive site for five years creating a local marine protected area. This point has great soft coral, a big school of jacks, barracudas and lots of sharks, often eagle rays are seen here too. The macro side of this dive site is fantastic as well with disco clams (electric file shells), nudis, cuttlefish, crocodile fish and ghost pipefish among the things seen.

Mary Island.

Divers often refer to Mary Island as the “best” dive of a trip. It is an uninhabited island with a stunning amount of hard corals and fish life. The schools of fish are amazing here, especially when joined by sharks, turtles and bumphead parrot fish. We usually stay here for the whole day. 

Florida Islands.

Twin Tunnels. This large seamount, in the middle of the channel between Guadalcanal and the Florida Islands, has two tunnels which drop vertically straight down from 12m and exit in a cave at 35m. Swimming out of the cave to the sheer wall there are schools of fusiliers with grey reef sharks cruising by. It is also home to some amazing coral, cuttlefish, octopus and mantis shrimp plus schools of snapper, tropical fish and an amazing array of anemone fish.

Devils' Highway. The best place in the Solomons to dive with manta rays. A channel between two islands funnels water to form strong currents and an adrenaline-filled dive. Drift along the reef top, duck under the reef wall and watch as up to a dozen mantas swim close by information to feed. They are often joined by sweetlips, jacks and bumphead parrotfish.

Maravagi Bay. A macro divers delight! A calm protected bay offering all sorts of great macro subjects such as nudis, demon stinger, scorpion fish, cockatoo wasp fish, various pipefish, cuttlefish, juvenile batfish, various anemone fish, shrimps and crabs. Plus a few of giant clams and a small wreck packed with batfish and bream. 

Japanese Mavis Seaplane. A Japanese seaplane sunk during WW2 which sits upright on the bottom at 30m, it is an impressively large, mostly intact plane. This site is also excellent for macro subjects with reef top pipefish, twin spot gobies and spine check anemone fish.

Marovo Lagoon Area.

Kicha. Not only is this dive site a truly stunning example of hard corals and sea fans, but it is also teeming with fish life. Friendly batfish follow divers around, schools of jacks and barracuda circle around the point while giant bumphead parrotfish chomp on coral. All this amazing color and beauty passes by to a soundtrack provided by the underwater volcano Kavachi which is only 15 miles away. 

Mbulo Caves. A series of interconnecting caves and swim-throughs with beautiful sunbeams and a magical atmosphere. There is also staggering hard coral and tropical fish on the reef outside.

Wickham Island. There are a lot of amazing dive sites around this island. It has something for everyone with soft coral points, huge sea fans, sharks and rays. Plus great places to look for the small stuff such as pygmy seahorses, cuttlefish, crocodile fish, snake eels and many different species of anemonefish.

Japanese Maru #2. A Japanese cargo vessel sunk by American bombers in WW2 this is a stunning photogenic wreck covered in black corals. A deck gun lies hanging over the side of the ship and trevally and groupers hunt the decks.

Day 14:
2 dives on the last day. Return to the port.
 

Day 15:
Check-out from the yacht, group transfer to the airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons