Ratu Laut Liveaboard, Indonesia

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.

Day 7:
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.

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 2-10:

Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.

Day 11:

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

Day 12:

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 7-7:30 in Sorong or Waisai, If it's in Waisai we will take the ferry. The boat leaves at 8:00. The trip will start with check dive on the island of Mansuar dive site called Yenbuba Jetty. Stunning dive site and very easy to dive and where you can see everything from mantas to pygmy seahorses. Boat stays in the bay between Mansuar and Kri Island over the night.

Day 2:
The boat moves to the other side of Kri island and dive the famous chicken reef (Karang Ayam). It’s a submerge stunning reef and is good for big stuff, like tunas, Spanish mackerel, gray reefs sharks, white/black tip reef sharks, wobbegong sharks, and big schools of fish. It’s best to dive in when it has current bringing lot of hunting action. On the second dive, the boat moves closer to the world famous Cape Kri, where schools of barracuda, jackfish, batfish, snapper, small reef fish, rays, sharks, turtles, and groupers, as well as the coral itself, are out-of- this-world. For the third dive, the boat moves to the west of Mansuar to dive the Jetty of the Sawandarek village, a protected dive site with stunning reef and good for pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs, the common octopus, and wobbegong sharks. Just under the jetty, we can see schools of jacks. Next, the boat moves to the west part of Dampier Strait to visit Abrorek Island, in the Dampier Strait between Gam and Mansuar. Divers can visit barefoot conservation to get information on where the mantas are hanging out so we know where to go the next day.

Day 3:
The boat heads to manta sandy/manta ridge from Arborek Island. Manta Sandy is one of the more famous manta dive sites in Raja Ampat, where you can see 4-5 mantas cleaned at the same time. The boat heads to the west to Penemu and Fam Island aiming to dive the famous Melissa garden, you will see the best hard coral reef in Raja Ampat for sure. The site is named after the diving pioneer, Max Ammer’s daughter and is rich of underwater biodiversity: thousands of tiny reef fish, black tips, wobbegong sharks, pygmy seahorses, and much more. For the third dive, the boat moves to Kerou Channel which can be a great drift dive if we get a little bit of current. It features a very nice reef, huge sea fans, and wonderful soft corals which are very good for macro. Yet, some bigger stuff can pass us out in the blue. Finally, the boat trek to Bintang Lagoon viewpoint, at 6-7h night crossing up to the north to Kawe Island, one of UNESCO’s world heritage sites.

Day 4:
Diving around Kawe Island, starting around the 3 the famous island called Eagle Rock with their stunning reefs and, big fish soup, if you are lucky. The main reason to dive here is to see more Manta rays coming in to get cleaned in the cleaning stations around the rocks. On the second dive, the boat moves over Black Rock, one of the best reef up in the north. It has nice soft coral reef and an insane amount of different schooling fish, great for pygmy seahorses, turtles, black tip reef sharks. Going a bit deeper, we’ll see big marble rays and mantas can passing by in the shallow part. After the second dive, the boat moves back to the eagle rock again. After the third dive, the boat heads to the village to get a permit before we mooring up inside the stunning Alyui Bay for a night dive at the famous pearl farm. Before diving here, prepare your camera and macro lens for a muck diving. The underwater view of Alyui Bay is arguably perfect for your macro and wide-angle lenses to capture diverse marine life like nowhere else.

Day 5:
Another wonderful dive in Alyui Bay, starting the morning dive at channel #5., a dive site with nice swim throws among the big rocks, big schools of sweetlips, and fusiliers. White tip sharks sleep under the big rock, and pygmy seahorses are here and there. Here, you can also encounter dolphins, so keep out looking for them upon going up to do our safety stop. Then, the boat moves to Yangeffo Islands for the second dive which was an exploration dive for cruise director, when he worked for his old company. Getting a sloping reef down to 15 meters, continue drifting until hitting the sand area where you can see flamboyant cuttlefish, robust ghost pipefish, ornate ghost pipe fish, decorator crabs, nudibranchs, shrimps, and frogfishes if you are lucky. After a while, you’ll hit the reef again where you can spot eagle rays and manta rays on lucky days. After a stop around Yangeffo, the trip continues in Gam. The famous citrus ridge, a very fishy dive site to see the stunning coral garden, yellow soft corals, schooling barracudas, sweetlips, tunas, Spanish mackerel, nudibranchs, pygmy seahorses, frogfishes, and others. Next, the boat will take a trip back to the east part of Dampier Straight, directly to Waisai to load up food and water supply.

Day 6:
Early get up at 04:45 for small breakfast and take you to the boat around 05:00 to watch the birds of paradise. Then, passengers will have a big breakfast and a break before diving the famous Blue Magic, close to the island of Mioskon. On good days, this submerged reef has 5 meters visibility because the whole dive site is covered with schools of fish. Then, the boat moves down to Kri Island again to visit the homestay and trek the amazing viewpoint over Mansuar Island. You can just bring snorkel gear if you don’t want to do the trekking and third dive of the day, a night dive on the Yenkoranu Jetty. It’s a coral sloping reef with sand and bommies in the beginning and more reefs later which is very good for macro. There are pygmys seahorses, bobtail squids, pipefish, walking shark, mandarin fish, octopuses, cuttlefish, and even sleeping turtles on the reef to see there.

Day 7:
Dive at Blue Magic, to see an underwater pinnacle with various fish species and several cleaning stations on its top.

Days 8-9:
The boat goes up of the islands and dives the challenging dive site within the mangroves called: The passage. It boasts strong current and shallow site, hunting for flatworms and other colorful nudibranchs. After The Passage, the boat heads back to Dampier Strait. The second dive will take place in Sardine reef, where you can see tons of sharks: Grey Reef Shark, White Tip Reef Shark, Black Tip Reef Shark, and Wobbegong Shark. Next, we’ll anchor around the bat island Mioskon and do a beach visit.

Day 10:
Morning dive. You’ll have a plenty of time to dry your equipment on the way back home. Normally guest always wants to go back to Blue Magic. On the way back, will do a final briefing, exchanging emails and photos, and say farewells to the crew. The crew will organize a transportation to your hotel.

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