Misool & Manta Sandy Raja Ampat Liveaboard

• 10 days / 9 nights accommodation in a private cabin with en-suite bathroom
• 3 or 4 dives a day (about 27 dives in total) plus land excursions
• Full board: 4 meals a day plus snacks
• Nitrox for certified divers
• Dive tanks and weights
• Non-alcoholic drinks, including espresso and cappuccino
• Use of kayaks, stand up paddleboard and snorkel gear
• Starlink Wi-Fi (listed as included in the booking widget and rates PDF)
• Two-way transfer from the airport or hotel to the harbour

Day 1: Sorong embarkation
Pick-up at Sorong airport or your hotel and transfer to the harbour. Move into your cabin, set up your equipment and meet the crew at the welcome briefing, then the boat sets course for Misool. No diving today.

Day 2: Misool, Daram
First dives in the remote Daram islands, where walls are thick with soft corals and sea fans. Expect gentle drifts with fusiliers, Napoleon wrasse and blacktip reef sharks. Example sites: Andiamo, Warna Berwarna, Candy Store.

Day 3: Misool, Boo and Yellit
A day on Misool's best known reefs, from the Boo Windows to Yellit and Magic Mountain, with manta cleaning stations, fish-covered ridges and coral gardens patrolled by turtles and reef sharks. A night dive can be arranged. Example sites: Magic Mountain, Boo Window, Eagle's Nest, Yellit Kecil.

Day 4: Misool, Fiabacet
The Fiabacet pinnacles are linked by shallow ridges covered in soft coral, busy with trevally, surgeonfish, turtles and clouds of anthias. Wobbegongs rest on the white sand patches and gorgonian forests line the deeper edges. Example sites: Tank Rock, Nudi Rock, Whale Rock.

Day 5: Misool, Wayilbatan
Southern Misool's ridges and seamounts around the Wayil area, with large soft corals, healthy sea fans and pygmy seahorses. Example sites: Four Kings, Wedding Cake, Barracuda Rock, Dunia Kecil.

Day 6: Piaynemo
Big hard coral structures and high fish density when the current is running, followed by an afternoon walk up to the famous viewpoint over the star-shaped lagoons. Example sites: My Reef, Melissa's Garden, Batu Rufas.

Day 7: Yangeffo
Mayhem and Citrus Ridge, known for schools of barracuda, fusiliers, trevally and bumphead parrotfish, with mangrove bays for surface intervals. Example sites: Mayhem, Citrus Ridge, Pretty Shallow.

Day 8: Dampier Strait, Manta Sandy
Start at Lalosi, then wait for mantas at the Manta Sandy cleaning station. After a visit to Sawandarek village, a night dive under the pier. Example sites: Lalosi, Manta Sandy, Sawandarek Jetty.

Day 9: Dampier Strait, Kri
Last two dives near Kri Island among jacks, snappers, barracuda and grey reef sharks, then the cruise back to Sorong for a final evening. Example sites: Cape Kri, Chicken Reef, Blue Magic.

Day 10: Sorong disembarkation
Breakfast, farewells to the crew and transfer to Sorong airport or your hotel. Disembarkation 05:00 to 09:00.

• AIDA
• Apnea Academy
• CMAS
• Apnea Total
• FII
• Molchanovs
• PADI
• PFI
• RAID
• SSI
• NAUI
• SDI
• ADIP

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Sorong airport (Domine Eduard Osok Airport) or a Sorong hotel, with transfer to the harbour; embarkation 06:00 to 12:00, return to Sorong with disembarkation 05:00 to 09:00

Requirements

• Advanced Open Water certification (PADI Advanced Open Water, CMAS Level 2 or equivalent level) with at least 30 logged sea dives
• Last dive less than 12 months before departure
• Divers with a lower certification may join only under special coaching arrangements
• Proof of certification (and Nitrox certification to dive Nitrox), mandatory dive insurance, valid passport and visa, signed liability release, Guest Information Form at least one month before departure
• Check in by 12:00 on day 1 (embarkation 06:00 to 12:00); check out by 09:00 on the last day

Mandatory fees

• Marine park and harbour fees: $39 (EUR 35) per person per night x 9 nights = $351 (EUR 315) per person, paid on board in cash, card or transfer (EUR, USD or IDR); may change up to 3 months before departure
• Dive insurance (mandatory); travel insurance strongly recommended

Optional extras

• Single occupancy of a cabin: 60% surcharge on the per-person rate (about $7,853 / EUR 7,056 for this trip)
• Third guest sharing a cabin: 75% of the adult rate from 18 years ($3,681), 50% from 12 to 17 years ($2,454), 25% up to 11 years ($1,227)
• Private charter of the whole boat (up to 6 guests): from $28,048 (EUR 25,200) per the booking widget
• Courses: Discover Dive (try dive) $78 (EUR 70); PADI Open Water, online theory $345 (EUR 310); PADI Open Water, with theory $434 (EUR 390); AOWD Training $334 (EUR 300); PADI Advanced Open Water $362 (EUR 325); Nitrox Certification $167 (EUR 150)
• Equipment rental (request at booking, limited quantities): BCD $11 (EUR 10) per diving day; Regulator $11 (EUR 10) per diving day; Wetsuit $6 (EUR 5) per diving day; Dive torch $6 (EUR 5) per diving day; 15 liter tank $6 (EUR 5) per diving day; Fins $6 (EUR 5) per day; Dive computer $11 (EUR 10) per day
• Crew gratuities: 10% of the cruise rate suggested
• Returning guests: 5% discount on the cruise rate

Not included

Domestic and international flights; marine park and harbour fees; dive insurance (mandatory); travel insurance (recommended); dive equipment rental; dive courses; private dive guide; snorkeling guide; alcoholic beverages; crew gratuities (10% of the cruise rate suggested)

Life happens, so we keep cancellations simple. Enjoy free cancellation for 14 days from the time of booking, or find an equally qualified replacement up to 30 days before your departure.