Pindito 14D13N

The Pindito Liveaboard 14D13N Biodiversity Expedition from Maumere to Ambon takes you on an amazing adventure through some of the most biodiverse marine environments on Earth. You will see the spectacular underwater wonders of Eastern Indonesia. This special trip takes you from the colorful coral reefs of Maumere Bay, where you can see amazing places like Eel Garden and Babi Island, to the famous muck diving paradise of Ambon Bay, where you can find unusual creatures like psychedelic frogfish and rhinopias. On the famous Pindito, you’ll go on up to four dives a day with skilled operators. You’ll see everything from huge manta rays and schooling hammerheads to the tiniest pygmy seahorses. The trip lasts for 14 days, which gives you plenty of time to explore the unique underwater worlds of Flores and Maluku. You’ll see hidden gems like Alor’s dramatic walls and the Banda Sea’s pristine atolls. This is the best trip for divers who want to see all of Indonesia’s marine life.

The Pindito Liveaboard is perfect for serious underwater lovers. It has large en-suite cabins, excellent meals, and customized service for only 16 passengers, so you can have a private and uncrowded experience. While you’re not diving, you can rest on the sun deck while cruising through beautiful island landscapes, visit traditional fishing towns, or help with marine conservation projects. This one-of-a-kind Maumere to Ambon tour is one of the most complete liveaboard experiences in Indonesia. It includes world-class muck diving, stunning coral reefs, and exciting pelagic encounters. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see Eastern Indonesia’s underwater wonders in the most comfortable way possible. Book now to save your position on this bucket-list diving safari across the Coral Triangle!

Dives: Approximately 36 dives in total

Experience: Advanced Open Water – 50 minimum logged dives required.

Possible destinations are:

• MAUMERE & ALOR 
  The port of Maumere is an amazing and diverse dive area. Discover various pipefish and seahorses, frogfish, Scorpion fish, countless colorful nudibranchs, as well as barracuda and batfish. The Pindito crew calls this dive site “blue water muck diving” For lovers of lush vegetation Alor cliffs and slopes offer great variety. Mainly pipefish and nudibranchs of all colors move about here. The north coast of Alor has much Current and you can expect plenty of big fish. The west coast of Wetar offers beautiful places with drop-offs, colorful reefs, and many fish. From the top of the reef until well into the depths is a seemingly endless growth in all shapes, colors, and sizes to be admired. Since very few divers visit this area it is very untouched and attracts mainly schools of large fish.
• SEROEA & MANUK
  Seroea, another volcano rising from the Banda Sea is situated far into the open sea. Darwin might have run his research on evolution here as well. Despite lower biodiversity on land, the walls below the sea are amazing. The night dive surprises many with shrimp and crabs. Especially the shy Saron shrimp can be observed frequently. Sharks, mackerel, tunas, and barracudas are seen in the blue. A highlight is the Snake Island Gunung Api. Here in 2008, the second part of the movie “Edi’s Paradise” was filmed. During night dives it is especially exciting to watch the snakes. Called Snake Island simply because in one dive you can encounter hundreds of banded sea kraits.
• BANDA NEIRA
  Banda Neira is the main island of the “Banda Islands”, which are part of the Maluku archipelago. The “Banda Islands” consists of 19 small volcanic islands. Visit the old fortress of the Dutchman on Banda Neira, or go, climb a volcano can all be part of our program. Over 20 years ago lava flowed into the sea and formed a hard coral garden in this “short time”. The reefs here excel through their unique underwater fauna in all colors and shapes. Large schools pass by and the macro World is ever present. With a little luck at dusk dives, the mating ritual of the mandarin fish can be observed. The coral gardens in the lava units with their 5-meter-wide plate, corals are just a small sample of what you can see here.
• KOON
  A famous dive site Which the Pindito lovingly calls “S**t place”. Everything a diver could Wish for can be seen in this canal, which flows towards the Banda Sea. It guarantees a unique school of fish spectacle: Cant groupers, large Schools of Barracudas snapper, surgeon fish, and sweet lips in the midst of beautiful coral. Many photographers are overwhelmed at this place because you often do not know where to look first. The sometimes Violent currents cannot guarantee the best visibility, but it is a big chance to see large fish Such as manta rays, sharks, and even Mobulas.
• MISOOL
  Diving in the endless maze of the islands of Misool is a very special treat for any diving career. It is a paradise for macro enthusiasts, but encounters with larger fish such as manta rays are often possible. Misool is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world with fish, Corals, sponges, soft corals, shrimps, crabs Countless nudibranchs, and other invertebrates. Huge shoals of sardines are a definite highlight. Soft corals and sea fans (diameter of 3-4 meters) in all sizes and colors dominate the underwater landscape. One of Pindito’s special places is called “Vrenelies Gärtli”. It is a legendary dive site that has it all, because of its very diverse landscape. Overhangs, huge caverns with swim-throughs, and lush steep walls with all kinds of corals are found here.
• DAMPIER STRAIT
  The Dampier Straight separates the “Birdshead” Peninsula from Waigeo and Mansuar. The name comes from Dutch colonial times. It refers to the shape of the peninsula on the map, but it is also a paradise for many rare bird species. Here the Pacific Ocean meets the Halmahera Sea, with an explosion of marine life as a consequence. With regular strong currents, big fish feel especially comfortable. Manta rays, reef sharks, different schools of mackerel, tuna, and barracuda are seen again and again. Even dolphins and whales (Bryde’s whales, pilot whales) keep spending time in the Dampier straight. Since May 2011, we have offered a special Whale-Macro tour that combines macro-diving with whale and dolphin watching. This tour is accompanied by a marine expert in whale and dolphin behavior.