Damai I Itinerary
Halmahera12 days / 11 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 12 days / 11 nights
Number of dives 38
Experience Open Water - Minimum 10 dives
Insurance Required
Highlights
- Halmahera is one of the best Indonesian dive destinations
- Visit the schooling barracuda of Tifore
- Dive bommies covered with colourful soft corals at Goraichi Islands
- Explore the pelagic walls of Bacan
Day 1: Arrive into Ternate
The flight usually arrives in Ternate in the morning and you will go directly to Damai and make yourselves comfortable. You can complete a checkout dive today depending on how you feel. We'll let you decide.
No. of Dives: 0 or 1
Day 2: Tifore
A small island between Halmahera and Sulawesi, Tifore's seamount has exuberant gardens of hard coral and plenty of life, including large schools of jacks and barracudas, as well as reef sharks.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 3: Halmahera Seamount
A surprise and a delight for everyone's eyes. Coming from the depths of the ocean to 5 meters, this hidden treasure is booming with life: schooling oceanic triggerfish, rainbow runners, thousands of fusiliers reef sharks, and turtles. We will spend the whole day there and go into Goraici for the night dive and safe anchorage.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 4: Goraici
Series of small islands, surprisingly good healthy reefs. This current rich location has a huge amount of schooling fish; surgeonfish, ocean triggerfish, snappers, fusiliers, rainbow runners, sharks and much more, we have seen on several occasions mantas coming to feed in the shallow waters of a lagoon.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 5: Pulau Kusu
Currents flow in the channel between Bacan and Halmahera; the waters are the richest in the area, and fans and soft corals dominate the reefs. Great combination of soft and hard corals and some of the fishiest dives in the whole Maluku. Good chances to see white- and black tip reef sharks.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 6: Salea
Start the day at Batu Mandy near the island of Salea. Schools of fusilier, snappers and trevally embellish a pinnacle formation that sometimes also hosts manta rays and reef sharks. Later in the day enjoy the beautiful reefs around the islands of Pokal and Kusu. Frogfish, ghost pipefish, and pontohi have been spotted here.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 7: Pulau Bacan
Begin the day with a dramatic wall dive off Tanjung Marengarango. Check out the schooling fish: barracuda, snapper, and fusiliers, and the potential for some great passing pelagics.
Spend the afternoon enjoying some excellent muck diving along the boat-building beach at Penambuan; excellent habitat amongst the variety of black sand, pebbles, algae and coral heads. Hunt for octopus, colourful nudibranchs, frogfish, seahorses, cuttlefish, and unusual shrimp.
Spend the afternoon enjoying some excellent muck diving along the boat-building beach at Penambuan; excellent habitat amongst the variety of black sand, pebbles, algae and coral heads. Hunt for octopus, colourful nudibranchs, frogfish, seahorses, cuttlefish, and unusual shrimp.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 8: Pasir Karo
Few reefs in the area can compare with Pasir Karo. A sloping reef, going to a depth of 25 meters where a sandy bottom meets the reef. Immaculate coral growth and a perfect balance of life: small, medium and some big stuff. The afternoon we will head toward the northeast of the island of Sarawak to do muck diving in the afternoon and night dive.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 9: Pulau Lata Lata
Another spot that cannot be missed is the beautiful Island of Lata-Lata. There, not to long ago, our dive guides found a seamount that we named Charis point. This is a world class dive site better dove with a medium current to enjoy the fish life and his beautiful corals. In the afternoon enjoy the pretty shallows and the gorgeous soft coral garden in the area.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 10: Makian
The top spot for muck dive in the region. One of our favourite dive-site is Makian jetty, known for the excellent critter dive. Here a trained eye is required to see beyond the incredible camouflage of this creatures. Nudibranchs, ghost pipe fish, frogfish, devil scorpion fish and the elusive mimic octopus have been spotted here.
No. of Dives: 4
Day 11: Pilonga
The very last day of diving will be around the slopes of this small island, a combination of corals and sponges and good fish life, easy diving to finish this adventure.
No. of Dives: 2
Day 12: Departure
Guests will be escorted to the airport in Ternate 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.
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
Ternate
Ternate Airport; TTE
Return
11:00am
Ternate
Ternate Airport; TTE
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