Damai I Itinerary
Gorontalo 8N9 days / 8 nights
About Damai I
- Indonesia's most diverse selection of liveaboard diving itineraries
- Explore some of Indonesia's remote regions like Cenderawasih and Triton Bay
- Make the most of unlimited diving, superb camera facilities, and small groups
- Little luxuries like master cabins, gourmet cuisine, and spa services
Dive Damai’s original vessel, the Damai I liveaboard is a luxurious traditional phinisi custom-built for scuba diving. This liveaboard offers a staggering variety of itineraries visiting classic destinations including Komodo and Raja Ampat, as well as remote and seldom visited areas like Cenderawasih Bay and Triton Bay. Dedicated divers will love this boat's fantastic facilities and outstanding service underwater, including unlimited dives and small guide-to-guest ratios.
Itinerary details
Length of trip 9 days / 8 nights
Number of dives 25
Experience Open Water - Minimum 10 dives
Insurance Required
Highlights
- Discover legendary walls and spot whale sharks in Gorontalo
- Experience the rarely dived, stunning topography of the Togian Islands
- Explore Una Una's volcanic black sands
- Enjoy some dives and snorkel with the resident whale sharks at Batuborani
Day 1: Arrive into Gorontalo
The flight usually arrives in Gorontalo in the morning, and you will go directly to Damai and make yourselves comfortable. Once you're settled, you can complete a checkout dive today, depending on how you feel.
No. of Dives: 0 or 1
Day 2: Una Una
A small underwater reef, starting at 17 meters will surprise us all. An extremely dense concentration of life, with a number of schooling fish, sponges and large fans, an absolute delight for our eyes.
No. of Dives: 4
Days 3 and 4: Pasir Laut
Without a doubt one of the best-kept secrets in Indonesia. A Seamount coming from 1,000 meters up to 5 meters below the surface. Life concentrates like nowhere else. Grey reefs patrolling, schooling fusiliers by the thousands, oceanic triggerfish, and black snappers. Truly unbelievable.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 5: Togean Northwest (Kadidiri & Malenge)
A few atolls create huge shallow reefs starting at 3 m., covered in elkhorn corals and full of anthias and flasher wrasses. On the north side you’ll see spectacular walls, overhangs, sponges black coral and fans, down to 30m. On the inside sandy slopes and boomies . Good chances to see black tips in the shallows.
Kadidiri shoreline and Little Lembeh offer you great muck dives where you can find leaf scorpionfish, cuttlefish, and a place to search for the endemic Walea pygmy seahorse.
If you’re really into macro, a few miles north there is Pulau Patan, a natural bay surrounded by hard corals and a sandy bottom. Full of creatures, and the locals say there is Mandarin fish.
Kadidiri shoreline and Little Lembeh offer you great muck dives where you can find leaf scorpionfish, cuttlefish, and a place to search for the endemic Walea pygmy seahorse.
If you’re really into macro, a few miles north there is Pulau Patan, a natural bay surrounded by hard corals and a sandy bottom. Full of creatures, and the locals say there is Mandarin fish.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 6: East Togean Islands (Walea)
Many seamounts come up to 3 m., offering huge gardens of hard coral, making a great ecosystem for a large number of species; colors and quantity are on the menu. Going to the sides, you will find spectacular walls, overhangs, and huge sponges. Good chances to see white tips and black tips. 3 kings is the most incredible dive site in the area, covered in sea fans, sponges, and corals. Lots of fish, some sharks and Giant Trevallies.
No. of Dives: 3
Day 7: Pulau Dua
Currents will concentrate life and large schools of fusiliers, napoleon wrasse and eagle rays can be seen close to large barrel sponges and enormous sea fans. Shallow coral reefs combined with sand and boomies perfect to find hidden animals like cometfish, pipefish, nudibranchs…
For macro divers, off the coast of the mainland there is a large black sand slope. Place to find frogfish, flamboyant cuttlefish, octopuses, moray eels, thorny seahorses, flounders…
For macro divers, off the coast of the mainland there is a large black sand slope. Place to find frogfish, flamboyant cuttlefish, octopuses, moray eels, thorny seahorses, flounders…
No. of Dives: 4
Day 8: Gorontalo South
The southern Coast of Gorontalo provides exceptional walls with an abundance of sea life. Including the endemic Salvador Dali sponge. Visit the Whaleshark Platform to dive among whalesharks.
No. of Dives: 2
Day 9: Departure
Guests will be escorted to the airport in Gorontalo and assisted with check-in procedures, no doubt full of talk about the wonders of the most popular dive destination in the world.
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
11:00am
Gorontalo
Gorontalo Djalaluddin Airport: GTO
Return
11:00am
Gorontalo
Gorontalo Djalaluddin Airport: GTO
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