We are considering booking Raja Ampat for the end of 2023.
We haven't been to Indonesia in years, since we were fairly new divers, and didn't really appreciate the amazingness of it, especially the macros. We were in Amed and then Gili.
We would love to go to Raja Ampat, and the Seahorse trip from Triton Bay to Raja Ampat looks amazing. We appreciate that the Seahorse has a minimum dives logged of 50 dives. We also like the cabin layout, with the two cabins on the main deck that are decent sized and don't have you showering on your toilet. Those cabins also appear to have operational windows, something we are more aware of with liveaboard bookings since the Conception tragedy. Has anyone that stayed on this boat stayed in the main deck cabins? Is there any egress besides going through the camera room/kitchen?
We love macros, and especially nudis. I am an insanely slow diver/photographer more than happy to cover 50 square feet in a dive. We are thinking about going to Ambon before and Lembeh after the LOB. But we do want some of the LOB experience to be slow macro hunting, too. I've been on a liveaboard in the Similand Islands where the DM seemed intent on getting a workout in, and I still lament all of the macro critters I could have seen if allowed to dive my way.
I realize that there were issues with Wallacea with Covid-19 policies in the beginning, but right now, through Liveaboard, they have a flexible cancellation policy with free rebooking within 24 months for covid related issues. We will likely also do a CFAR policy.
Are there any other suggestions for similar trips that might allow us to see whale sharks and Raja Ampat? We are not super excited about the ring of fire and hammerheads, so we ruled out the Repo trips that would spend days there.
Has anyone seen the whale sharks at Triton Bay? I do worry that it could be disturbing to see them in that environment, where they are lured by the fishing platforms. OTOH, I had similar reservations about the Manta Dive in Kona, and we absolutely adored that dive. We haven't seen whale sharks yet, and that is the top of my bucket list!
We haven't been to Indonesia in years, since we were fairly new divers, and didn't really appreciate the amazingness of it, especially the macros. We were in Amed and then Gili.
We would love to go to Raja Ampat, and the Seahorse trip from Triton Bay to Raja Ampat looks amazing. We appreciate that the Seahorse has a minimum dives logged of 50 dives. We also like the cabin layout, with the two cabins on the main deck that are decent sized and don't have you showering on your toilet. Those cabins also appear to have operational windows, something we are more aware of with liveaboard bookings since the Conception tragedy. Has anyone that stayed on this boat stayed in the main deck cabins? Is there any egress besides going through the camera room/kitchen?
We love macros, and especially nudis. I am an insanely slow diver/photographer more than happy to cover 50 square feet in a dive. We are thinking about going to Ambon before and Lembeh after the LOB. But we do want some of the LOB experience to be slow macro hunting, too. I've been on a liveaboard in the Similand Islands where the DM seemed intent on getting a workout in, and I still lament all of the macro critters I could have seen if allowed to dive my way.
I realize that there were issues with Wallacea with Covid-19 policies in the beginning, but right now, through Liveaboard, they have a flexible cancellation policy with free rebooking within 24 months for covid related issues. We will likely also do a CFAR policy.
Are there any other suggestions for similar trips that might allow us to see whale sharks and Raja Ampat? We are not super excited about the ring of fire and hammerheads, so we ruled out the Repo trips that would spend days there.
Has anyone seen the whale sharks at Triton Bay? I do worry that it could be disturbing to see them in that environment, where they are lured by the fishing platforms. OTOH, I had similar reservations about the Manta Dive in Kona, and we absolutely adored that dive. We haven't seen whale sharks yet, and that is the top of my bucket list!