Ilike 8D7N

The Ilike Liveaboard 8D7N Raja Ampat itinerary is the best liveaboard program for divers and explorers who want to see the world’s most diversified marine ecosystem in a short amount of time. This professionally planned 8-day trip on the elegant Ilike Liveaboard focuses on the best parts of Raja Ampat’s central and southern regions. These include the famous Dampier Strait and the stunning karst seascapes of the Misool archipelago. This week-long experience is full of amazing underwater sights, like diving with majestic mantas at cleaning stations like Manta Sandy and floating over the colorful, fish-filled reefs of Cape Kri. It’s designed to have the most impact. This 8-day Raja Ampat liveaboard is the best choice for a once-in-a-lifetime diving vacation since it gives you enough time to really see the magic of the Coral Triangle without having to commit to a longer trip.

The Ilike Liveaboard Raja Ampat experience is more than just world-class diving. It’s also a perfect mix of adventure and comfort. The program is carefully planned to include famous land excursions, such the panoramic trek to the top of Piaynemo’s famous viewpoint, which gives you a stunning view of the islands that are strewn around the jungle. You may rest on the sundeck under a blanket of stars in the evenings after days of exploring when the boat is anchored in calm harbors. The Ilike Liveaboard itself makes the trip even better with its great service, big cabins, and gourmet food, making sure that your excursion is as comfortable as it is exciting. The Ilike Liveaboard 8D7N adventure is the ideal Raja Ampat liveaboard package for anyone who want to enjoy legendary diving, iconic scenery, and exceptional comfort all in one week. It offers an unparalleled and wonderfully condensed Indonesian paradise experience.

Dives: Approximately 29 dives in total

Experience: Advanced Open Water – 75 minimum logged dives required.

Itinerary Extras: * We require a minimum of 75 logged dives and AOW (or equivalent) certification. If clients have between 50 and 75 logged dives, they can book a private dive guide (subject to availability).

Marine Life: At least 75 percent of all coral species can be found in Raja Ampat, divers can expect a range of topography from soft corals and sea fans, to hard corals, seagrass beds, mangroves, shallow reefs, deep drop-offs, caves, black sand, and white sand. Giant manta rays, sea turtles, sharks, cuttlefish, pipefish, various seahorse species, and massive schools of reef fish are the norm, plus the delightful wobbegong sharks and epaulette sharks inhabit these waters too

We head for Sorong, Western Papua. We will be riding all night to reach Misool early the next morning. The variety you will see here will astounds you. Covering gigantic sea fans, soft coral in all colors, massive table corals, and many fish, an abundance of marine life, a variety of undersea seamounts, smaller pinnacles, coral walls, and coral gardens covered in soft corals in all hues covered. The elusive epaulette shark or walking shark can be found here rather easily. By “walking” nearer and nearer its prey, this nocturnal shark stealthily approaches it.

Batanta boasts amazing muck diving areas with the most vivid nudibranchs you could ever imagine, alien-looking animals, and exquisite coral bummies.

Even more nutrients bringing in larger predators including gigantic trevallies, yellowfin tuna, rainbow runners, and even some sharks like blacktip, grey reef, white tip sharks can be found over the Dampier Strait. One of the rare locations worldwide where two kinds of Manta rays may be seen on the same diving spot is also here.

In Raja Ampat, night dives are a delight; we also provide you the chance to visit one of the nearby communities.