
Ambai Itinerary
Raja Ampat Ultimate (SOQ) 10N11 days / 10 nights
About Ambai
- Unique liveaboard combining traditional design and modern facilities
- Seasonal cruises to the best dive destinations in Indonesia
- Excellent facilities for photographers with rinse bins, camera room, and plenty of charging points
The pride of the Wallacea Dive Cruises family, MV Ambai is a unique liveaboard custom-designed and built from scratch specifically for exceptional diving itineraries. This vessel offers itineraries in some of Indonesia's most remote and breathtaking regions, including Raja Ampat, Triton Bay, and the Banda Sea. Discerning divers will love this boat's outstanding round the clock service, generous dive deck and equipment storage - not to mention dedicated and modern camera facilities.
Itinerary details
Length of trip 11 days / 10 nights
Number of dives 30
Experience Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Insurance Required
Highlights
- Extensive circular itinerary visits the must-see dives sites of Raja Ampat
- Dive the well-known and action-packed Dampier Strait
- Discover the vibrant reefs and dramatic underwater landscapes of Misool
- Cruise through lagoons in Penemu and visit a pearl farm in Aljuy Bay
- Experience Wofoh Island's colourful blue wall
- Night dives included in the itinerary
Day 1:
Guest reception at Sorong Airport, check in, welcome drink, briefing, and departure in early afternoon. According to the weather forecast, we will start the tour in either the south or the north. In this schedule, we present the option of starting with the South. Overnight Navigation through Sele Strait to reach the East of Misool. Arrival in the early morning.
Guest reception at Sorong Airport, check in, welcome drink, briefing, and departure in early afternoon. According to the weather forecast, we will start the tour in either the south or the north. In this schedule, we present the option of starting with the South. Overnight Navigation through Sele Strait to reach the East of Misool. Arrival in the early morning.
Days 2-5:
In East Misool you will discover 3 fantastic dives: No contest, Love potion, 3 Rocks. Rocks with vertical walls and fantastic coverage of soft corals, schools of batfish, aggregations of snappers, and bumphead parrotfish. We spend the night in the hidden lagoon, a very special anchorage inside an almost closed bay surrounded by high rocks. We will go with the dinghies to have a look at another lagoon. After a short morning navigation, we will arrive at southeast Misool and start another day of diving in the vicinity of Misool eco-resort: Boo Rocks with 2 large openings in the rock that completely pierce the island from the surface to 5 metres deep, Fiabacet, and Fantasea. Again, an explosion of colours and fish density. In the evening, we organise a dinner on the beach of a small island. In east Misool, we will dive Yellit Kecil - a great wall with excellent fans and soft corals - as well as Rock Tank, and Nudi Rock. Night navigation to Penemu and Fam Islands.
Day 6:
We spend one day on these islands between the North and the South area. The dives include the site “Melissa garden” which has the best coral garden of the Raja Ampat and “My reef” well known for its barracuda school and numerous Wobbegongs.
We spend one day on these islands between the North and the South area. The dives include the site “Melissa garden” which has the best coral garden of the Raja Ampat and “My reef” well known for its barracuda school and numerous Wobbegongs.
Day 7:
The iconic Wayag lagoons composed of hundreds of rocky quartz limestone islets, are a marvel to explore with dinghies or onboard kayaks. We also recommend a short hike to a summit to admire the surrounding areas. Mantas and black tip sharks are swimming around. Kawe island has some of the finest diving in the area, with a good population of fish and regular manta encounters. The Aljui bay, a 20 kilometres long indentation, provides some of the best Raja Ampat’s macro dive site locations. Night navigation to Dampier Strait.
The iconic Wayag lagoons composed of hundreds of rocky quartz limestone islets, are a marvel to explore with dinghies or onboard kayaks. We also recommend a short hike to a summit to admire the surrounding areas. Mantas and black tip sharks are swimming around. Kawe island has some of the finest diving in the area, with a good population of fish and regular manta encounters. The Aljui bay, a 20 kilometres long indentation, provides some of the best Raja Ampat’s macro dive site locations. Night navigation to Dampier Strait.
Day 9:
A first morning dive at Citrus, a channel at the entrance of the Dampier Strait with sloping sides covered with soft corals, then with a reliable manta ray congregation at Manta Sandy. We will then dive Cape Kri, one of the largest concentrations of big fish in northern Raja Ampat, including schools of trevally, barracudas, bannerfish, and sweetlips. Night dive.
A first morning dive at Citrus, a channel at the entrance of the Dampier Strait with sloping sides covered with soft corals, then with a reliable manta ray congregation at Manta Sandy. We will then dive Cape Kri, one of the largest concentrations of big fish in northern Raja Ampat, including schools of trevally, barracudas, bannerfish, and sweetlips. Night dive.
Day 10:
One other famous and fabulous dives in the Dampier Strait. The boat will sail to Sorong where it will arrive during the evening.
One other famous and fabulous dives in the Dampier Strait. The boat will sail to Sorong where it will arrive during the evening.
Day 11:
Check out from 6 am to 12 noon. Group photos with the crew before farewell. Disembarkation after breakfast. Transfer to airport or hotel.
Check out from 6 am to 12 noon. Group photos with the crew before farewell. Disembarkation after breakfast. Transfer to airport or hotel.
Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics, and local regulations.
Transfer details
Departure
01:00pm
Sorong
Sorong Airport: SOQ
Return
11:00am
Sorong
Sorong Airport: SOQ
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