Indo Master Itinerary
Lembeh and Halmahera11 days / 10 nights
About Indo Master
- Modern phinisi liveaboard built by artisans in Sulawesi
- Designed by divers, ensuring high standards of service
- Stay in spacious cabins decorated with superior style
- Versatile accommodations for a variety of guests
Indo Master is a modern phinisi liveaboard delivering incredible Indonesian diving expeditions to discerning guests. This sizable vessel offers ample space and plenty of contemporary comfort on board, ensuring each trip is as relaxing as it is exciting. And, thanks to the expertise of the Master Liveaboards fleet, guests can expect to receive the highest standards of service throughout each voyage, along with a selection of superior, first-class facilities.
Itinerary details
Length of trip 11 days / 10 nights
Number of dives 32
Experience Advanced Open Water - Minimum 50 dives
Insurance Required
Highlights
- One-way trip linking Halmahera to the legendary Lembeh Strait
- Enjoy the pinnacles, walls, and coral gardens of Halmahera
- Discover remote and rarely visited destinations in the Coral Triangle
- Log dives in Lembeh—the world’s best muck diving destination
Day 1:
Embarkation is followed by lunch, introductions and boat and safety briefings. After this, guests are free to set up their equipment and relax before dinner is served. The vessel will usually leave port in the evening to be ready to dive first thing on day 2.
Day 2:
Breakfast, followed by a check dive and up to 3 subsequent dives, as outlined below.
Days 3 - 9:
Your cruise director will plan up to 4 dives per day: 3-day dives and either a sunset or a night dive, typically scheduled as follows:
● Light breakfast followed by a briefing and dive 1
● Full breakfast and relaxation
● Briefing and dive 2
● Lunch and relaxation period
● Briefing and dive 3
● Snacks and relaxation
● Briefing for sunset or night dive (where possible)
● Dinner
This 10-night liveaboard itinerary takes you to rarely dived pristine reefs, with drift dives along vast walls and potential pelagic encounters in warm, crystal clear blue waters across the Molucca Sea. Other highlights include black sand dives, magnificent critters, large numbers of schooling fish, and big schools of barracudas.
Embarkation is followed by lunch, introductions and boat and safety briefings. After this, guests are free to set up their equipment and relax before dinner is served. The vessel will usually leave port in the evening to be ready to dive first thing on day 2.
Day 2:
Breakfast, followed by a check dive and up to 3 subsequent dives, as outlined below.
Days 3 - 9:
Your cruise director will plan up to 4 dives per day: 3-day dives and either a sunset or a night dive, typically scheduled as follows:
● Light breakfast followed by a briefing and dive 1
● Full breakfast and relaxation
● Briefing and dive 2
● Lunch and relaxation period
● Briefing and dive 3
● Snacks and relaxation
● Briefing for sunset or night dive (where possible)
● Dinner
This 10-night liveaboard itinerary takes you to rarely dived pristine reefs, with drift dives along vast walls and potential pelagic encounters in warm, crystal clear blue waters across the Molucca Sea. Other highlights include black sand dives, magnificent critters, large numbers of schooling fish, and big schools of barracudas.
Lembeh Strait & North Sulawesi: Near Bitung, dives in the Lembeh Strait provide world-renowned muck diving and rare macro life. Off the northernmost tip of North Sulawesi, Bangka Island offers beautiful pinnacles, sloping reefs and stunning drop-offs.
Halmahera & the Molucca Sea: West of Halmahera Island, the character shifts to more ocean-influenced diving, with seamounts, sloping reefs and deep drop-offs attracting pelagic species in this lesser-visited part of North Maluku.
Day 10:
For your last full day on board, we usually schedule 2 morning dives* before the boat cruises to port, where it will remain at anchor overnight.
Day 11:
Breakfast on board, followed by disembarkation between 6:00 and 10:00.
Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.
For your last full day on board, we usually schedule 2 morning dives* before the boat cruises to port, where it will remain at anchor overnight.
Day 11:
Breakfast on board, followed by disembarkation between 6:00 and 10:00.
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
01:30pm
Bitung
Manado International Airport: MDC
Return
10:00am
Bitung
Manado International Airport: MDC
Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/indo-master/itn-2607010552191-lembeh-and-halmahera