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Blue Manta

Blue Manta Itinerary

Alor - Ring Banda - Ambon (ARD - AMQ) 10N

11 days / 10 nights

About Blue Manta

  • One of the largest and most spacious dive vessels in the region
  • Outstanding facilities for personal equipment and camera gear
  • Huge sundecks furnished with luxurious sun loungers and day beds
  • Expertly led dives with a maximum of four guests per guide

Blue Manta liveaboard offers adventurous itineraries to some of the most remote corners of Indonesia, onboard a spacious and stable vessel designed specifically for scuba diving. Guests enjoy generous cabins, sundecks and air-conditioned lounges, and around the clock service from a passionate team. Other luxurious details include a high crew to guest ratio, fine dining, massage services, and onboard camera facilities, plus small dive groups and custom tenders. Whether you’re planning your first liveaboard dive trip or your hundredth, this modern motor yacht won’t let you down.

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Itinerary details

Length of trip 11 days / 10 nights
Number of dives 28
Experience Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Insurance Required

Highlights

  • One-way trip from Alor to Ambon, following the Ring of Fire
  • Chance of hammerheads, thresher sharks, and even mola mola
  • Visit Kal’s Dream, one of the most famous dive sites in Alor, with a lot of groups of small fish, including fairy basslets and seabass
  • Diving around Volcanic Islands in Ring of Fire
  • Explore the Banda Sea's swim-throughs and deep walls
  • Dive the world-class muck diving sites of Ambon
  • Enjoy Ambon’s world-class muck diving and spot the psychedelic frogfish
  • Land visit to the 17th century Fort Belgica on Banga Neira
Day 1: (0-2 dives)
Our staff will meet you at Mali Airport or a local hotel and transfer you to Blue Manta at Kalabahi Port. Depending on arrival time, we will do a local check dive plus a night dive.

Day 2: Alor (3-4 dives)  
Diving around the best sites of Alor. Karl’s Dream and Critters diving. Beautiful reefs in (sometimes cold!) clear blue waters, great macro, and fish life. Sail to Palau Wetar.

Day 3: Wetar (3 dives) 
Excellent wall, with pelagic life and fantastic drop-offs. Sail towards the Ring of Fire overnight.

Days 4-7: Ring of Fire (3 dives a day)
Diving around Volcanic Islands and stunning seamounts in search of hammerheads, encounter many sea snakes, huge schools of fish, reef sharks, tunas, and other pelagic superstars. 

Days 8-9: Banda Islands (3 dives a day) 
Excellent visibility, fantastic coral coverage, and tremendous numbers of fish, along with potential hammerhead sightings, plus a visit to one of the Spice Islands.

Day 10: Ambon / Nusa Laut (2 dives) 
Muck dives in Ambon Bay or Nusa Laut. Sail back to Ambon, where you spend the last night on board. Plenty of time to wash and dry equipment.  

Day 11: Ambon (0 dives)
Check out after a light breakfast and farewells and transfer to a local hotel or airport. Take your pre-booked flight to Ujung Pandang, Jakarta, or Singapore.

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

Alor

Alor Island Airport: ARD

Return

10:00am

Ambon

Pattimura International Airport: AMQ

Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/blue-manta/itn-2210190811411-alor-ring-banda-ambon-ard-amq-10n