Cheng Ho 11D10N

Arrive at the newly built Labuan Bajo airport in Flores. Our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall and ready to escort you to the ship for immediate boarding. Safety Briefing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation, and ship orientation before departing the Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site, Sabolan for a check dive, take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the vessel and make yourself comfortable.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner.

Dives: 1-2.

Possible Sites to Visit

• Gili Lawa Laut – Gili Lawa Darat
  Arrive early in the morning around the bay of Gili Lawa, an outstanding diving location in this region, including the sea mound and the drift diving of the point. A few dive points such as GPS Point and Crystal Bomie will leave you the opportunity to spot Napoleon wrasse, sharks as well as turtles. Stunning corals and reefs will excite you on your full days of diving in this area.
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
  • Dives: 3x day dives + 1 night dive.
• Sangeang – Banta Island
  The boat arrives early on the stunning volcanic island of Sangeang. Sea Safari welcomes you to enjoy half a day of diving at one of the best dive sites on the island. Lunch will be served onboard while the boat is sailing toward Banta Island where you will be treated to an enormous array of fish life and stunning above-water scenery.
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
  • Dives: 3x day dives + 1 night dive.
• Tora Longkoy – Padar – Lohoksera
  Arrive in Toro Longkoi. Here, one of the well-known dive sites is ‘Manta Ale’, located in the southwest of Komodo. This is a home to famous manta cleaning station. This area is an excellent wide-angle opportunity as the topography of this island is facing towards the wide-open Indian Ocean. The three rocks between this deep bay are all covered by multi-colored soft coral and hard coral garden, leather coral, shark, and a large fish with many different species such as Jack, Tuna, Napoleon, Barracuda, and many other schools of fish. During October – November, you have a golden opportunity to snorkel and dive with Manta as they circle you. This site is entitled with the most active area in Komodo.
• Padar
  Next will be in Padar, Pillarsteen, known as ‘Pillar Rock’. This site is identified by a tiny pinnacle, just off the southern tip of Small Island east of Padar’s southern point. In honor of its designation on our old Dutch map. There are good caves at about 40 meters. Visibility averaged 10-12 meters. Then night dive in Lohoksera. After the night dive and dinner, we proceeded to Tatawa Island.
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
  • Dives: 3x day dives + 1 night dive.
• Tatawa Besar – Tatawa Kecil
  Our morning, after light breakfast, we begin with diving in Tatawa Besar and Kecil. The prevailing current, north or south, will dictate where you enter the main dive site of Tatawa Besar. Turtles seem to be everywhere and you can expect to see many as you navigate the site. Before you leave the currents behind watch out for the blacktip reef sharks, giant trevallies, and great and black-tail barracudas. Manta Rays also make occasional guest appearances. Also to the south of Tatawa Besar is Tatawa Kecil. It’s best to dive on the west coast of this island to explore its vibrant shallow coral gardens full of anthias. Its caves and boulders are perfect harbors for larger groupers. There are also large schools of humpback snapper, titan triggerfish, and the occasional orange-spotted trevally.
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
  • Dives: 3x day dives + 1 night dive.
• Pink Beach – Komodo
  Our boat anchors early in the morning on the famous Komodo Island. Before your encounter with Komodo Dragons, we will have 2 dives in the surrounding area of Pink Beach. Lunch will be served onboard. After the dive, a park ranger will escort you across the island (about 4,5 km there and back ) to a viewing spot to safely watch the “ Komodo Dragons” at very close range. After this breathtaking encounter, the boat will sail to Labuan Bajo.
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
  • Dives: 2x dives.

The ship will arrive in Labuan Bajo early in the morning. You will be served breakfast and afterward, prepare for disembarkation. You will transferred to the airport to catch a 1.5-hour domestic flight to Denpasar, Bali.

Meals: Breakfast.