Dan
Contributor
I’m setting up such a group for Sangalaki-Kakaban-Maratua liveaboard cruise with White Manta from 4 to 10 August, 2021. Afterwards, as an option, we can fly to Bali for 3-4 days scenic land / diving tours before flying home.
Although the tours will still be 20 months away, good cabin spots for this trip tend to be booked up early. For example for August 2020 trips, the White Manta liveaboard is already fully booked, see trip code WMSG210 & 211 in their webpage, White Manta Diving - Schedules & Rates for New White Manta
Here is the itinerary:
White Manta Diving - Diving in Sangalaki, Kakaban & Maratua
Some of the unique attractions there are:
1. Sangalaki has turtle nesting & manta cleaning station.
2. Kakaban has beautiful coral & stingless jellyfish lake, like in Palau.
3. Maratua has the Channel to reef hook on to see pelagic cruising by, like in Palau’s Blue Corner or Peleliu Cut and thousands of resident schooling barracuda like you would see in Sipadan.
4. Bagan (fishing platform in the middle of the sea) where whalesharks often visit to suck on small fish / critters off fisherman nets, below the Bagan and the fishermen feed the whaleharks with small fish as a sign of good luck to have those gentle giants to come by & visit them. This is one of the few places in the world that you would have 99% chance to scuba dive (not just snorkel) with whalesharks. The other place is Cendrawasih Bay, Papua.
Here is one would expect to experience when diving with White Manta in Sangalaki-Kakaban-Maratua.
August is the peak Mola Mola season in Bali, so I try not to miss it whenever I’m in Indonesia during that time. Here is what I saw there 3 months ago.
If I can gather a group of 7, 1 spot would be free of charge (FOC). We can split the FOC equally to 7 of us for 1/7 off (~15%). That would bring the lower cabin spot cost from $2300 to $1955 ($345 off). So far I have a group of 4. I need 3 more dive buddies. So, come on and join me.
Although the tours will still be 20 months away, good cabin spots for this trip tend to be booked up early. For example for August 2020 trips, the White Manta liveaboard is already fully booked, see trip code WMSG210 & 211 in their webpage, White Manta Diving - Schedules & Rates for New White Manta
Here is the itinerary:
White Manta Diving - Diving in Sangalaki, Kakaban & Maratua
Some of the unique attractions there are:
1. Sangalaki has turtle nesting & manta cleaning station.
2. Kakaban has beautiful coral & stingless jellyfish lake, like in Palau.
3. Maratua has the Channel to reef hook on to see pelagic cruising by, like in Palau’s Blue Corner or Peleliu Cut and thousands of resident schooling barracuda like you would see in Sipadan.
4. Bagan (fishing platform in the middle of the sea) where whalesharks often visit to suck on small fish / critters off fisherman nets, below the Bagan and the fishermen feed the whaleharks with small fish as a sign of good luck to have those gentle giants to come by & visit them. This is one of the few places in the world that you would have 99% chance to scuba dive (not just snorkel) with whalesharks. The other place is Cendrawasih Bay, Papua.
Here is one would expect to experience when diving with White Manta in Sangalaki-Kakaban-Maratua.
August is the peak Mola Mola season in Bali, so I try not to miss it whenever I’m in Indonesia during that time. Here is what I saw there 3 months ago.
If I can gather a group of 7, 1 spot would be free of charge (FOC). We can split the FOC equally to 7 of us for 1/7 off (~15%). That would bring the lower cabin spot cost from $2300 to $1955 ($345 off). So far I have a group of 4. I need 3 more dive buddies. So, come on and join me.
