Ambai Itinerary
Raja Ampat - Triton Bay 12N13 days / 12 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 13 days / 12 nights
Number of dives 36
Experience Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Insurance Required
Highlights
- One-way trip incorporating Raja Ampat, the Banda Sea and Triton Bay
- Dive the well known and action-packed Dampier Strait
- Discover dramatic underwater landscapes and stunning reefs in Misool
- Bathe in Momon's beautiful waterfall and trek in search of tree kangaroos
- Swim with whale shark as they feed at the fishing platforms of Triton Bay
- Descend amongst hundreds of sea snakes at Pulau Manuk
Day 1:
Check in from 6 am to 12 noon. Ambai crew are standing by to Welcome you onboard. Cabin allocation and ship orientation, safety Briefing and crew Introduction will take place before departing.
Check in from 6 am to 12 noon. Ambai crew are standing by to Welcome you onboard. Cabin allocation and ship orientation, safety Briefing and crew Introduction will take place before departing.
Days 2-7:
We spend the 6 first days of the trip in the South of Raja Ampat, around Misool and its satellite islets. Excellent for wide-angle pictures, mantas, and massive schools of fish. The underwater topography is dominantly rocky, with ridges and rock formations. The very colorful reefs display an abundance of soft corals and huge gorgonians. Macro subjects are abundant as well, with the four kinds of pygmy seahorses, tiny crabs, nudibranchs, and other rare photogenic life all over. We need one night of navigation to reach the next island of Sabuda.
We spend the 6 first days of the trip in the South of Raja Ampat, around Misool and its satellite islets. Excellent for wide-angle pictures, mantas, and massive schools of fish. The underwater topography is dominantly rocky, with ridges and rock formations. The very colorful reefs display an abundance of soft corals and huge gorgonians. Macro subjects are abundant as well, with the four kinds of pygmy seahorses, tiny crabs, nudibranchs, and other rare photogenic life all over. We need one night of navigation to reach the next island of Sabuda.
Day 8:
Enjoy your next dive sites in Pulau Pisang with 3 dives.
Enjoy your next dive sites in Pulau Pisang with 3 dives.
Day 9:
At Momon we will undertake a land excursion in the jungle looking for tree kangaroos. On the way back, we will bath in a waterfall falling right into the sea. 2 dives in this area which is pretty good for critters, a night dive. Night navigation Triton Bay.
At Momon we will undertake a land excursion in the jungle looking for tree kangaroos. On the way back, we will bath in a waterfall falling right into the sea. 2 dives in this area which is pretty good for critters, a night dive. Night navigation Triton Bay.
Days 10-12:
Triton Bay - the development of soft corals there has little equivalent in the world. On most of the dives we generally find the soft corals in the shallows (0-5m) on rock and boomies, then come the black and tubastrea corals with lot of sweetlips and snappers. Below 12-15m the bottom is mostly sandy or rubble with interesting critters (nudibranchs, frogfish...). Some spots can have a lot of baitfish, eventually attracting devil rays and other predators. The “bagans” are platforms for baitfish fishing at night, eventually attracting the whale sharks. We dive there in the morning, in small groups of 4 guests turning on 30 minutes shifts.
Triton Bay - the development of soft corals there has little equivalent in the world. On most of the dives we generally find the soft corals in the shallows (0-5m) on rock and boomies, then come the black and tubastrea corals with lot of sweetlips and snappers. Below 12-15m the bottom is mostly sandy or rubble with interesting critters (nudibranchs, frogfish...). Some spots can have a lot of baitfish, eventually attracting devil rays and other predators. The “bagans” are platforms for baitfish fishing at night, eventually attracting the whale sharks. We dive there in the morning, in small groups of 4 guests turning on 30 minutes shifts.
Day 13:
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.
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
Kaimana
Kaimana Airport: KNG
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