Questions about choosing a Raja Ampat liveaboard

[Dogbowl]

Try starting in PNG!

I don’t hear too much about diving in PNG...why? Hard to get to? Under the radar?

 

[Darnold9999]

I don’t hear too much about diving in PNG...why? Hard to get to? Under the radar?

Harder to get to from North America. Essentially go to Australia - then a regional to get to north Australia and then a local airline to PNG. Similar to flights to RA but even longer and even more remote. On my list of places to go.

 

[Dan]

I don’t hear too much about diving in PNG...why? Hard to get to? Under the radar?

Some people claim PNG is better than RA.

 

[outofofficebrb]

So, hey, @Dan_T....when are we going to PNG? A group trip?

 

[Dogbowl]

So, hey, @Dan_T....when are we going to PNG? A group trip?

You guys are gonna have to go without me cause while I’m doing my darndest to catch up, apparently my next destination is supposed to be the Red Sea...according to Plan A above.

 

[Dan]

So, hey, @Dan_T....when are we going to PNG? A group trip?

It needs to be after January 2020

I’m fully booked from now till then (Cocos, Maldives, Socorro, Ring of Fire, RA twice back-to-back on Dec 2019 & Jan 2020).

 

[Dan]

You guys are gonna have to go without me cause while I’m doing my darndest to catch up, apparently my next destination is supposed to be the Red Sea...according to Plan A above.

I still have some spots available for Ring of Fire September 9-19, 2019

I can guarantee it’ll be better than Red Sea

 

[outofofficebrb]

It needs to be after January 2020

I’m fully booked from now till then (Cocos, Maldives, Socorro, Ring of Fire, RA twice back-to-back on Dec 2019 & Jan 2020).

end of March/April/May 2020 is the earliest I can go as well. Will need to play it by ear though because I may become single if I commit to it now. What are the PNG options like? Liveaboard? Land based? How much are we talking? One kidney or two?

AHH, @Dogbowl , just book Red Sea for this year, Raja Ampat for 2019, then PNG for 2020. Easy!

 

[Dan]

end of March/April/May 2020 is the earliest I can go as well. Will need to play it by ear though because I may become single if I commit to it now. What are the PNG options like? Liveaboard? Land based? How much are we talking? One kidney or two?...

@Wingy & @WetPup are the PNG subject matter expert. Hopefully one of them or both can chime us in.

 

[Fibonacci]

Some people claim PNG is better than RA.

I dived PNG at Walindi in 2014, then both land-based and a LOB at Komodo in 2016.
Tossing up between RA or another PNG trip I went with a last-minute special on MV Febrina... leave very soon