pughio83
Contributor
Raja is obviously world class, but comes at a price to both finances and time, and if you have only 10days for diving maybe its a bit far to get too and not enough time there to warrant the costs?? I agree sipidan/mabul/kapalai is excellent and one of my fave places as you get a mix of big and small stuff, and is certainly cheaper. Why not try the phillipines as a base. They have excellent places to dive including peurta gallera/anilao for macro and excellent for photography, and is only 2hrs flight from palau where you get the mega fauna. Best of both worlds and philippines has some world class diving spots, liveaboard or land. Plus its way cheaper! I know diversity peaks around PNG so PNG/raja is probably where the best corals, macro etc... can be found, but friends say limited for bigger things except 'maybe' a manta and white tip? komodo i hear is a mixture but i guess if you want to go that far then probably better go bit further to raja. But palau my dive buddies say is there best diving, with some good macro as well as lots of pelagics incl shakrs/mantas. But your choices are all world class!