
Neomi Itinerary
Raja Ampat - 5N6 days / 5 nights
About Neomi
- Dive Indonesia’s renowned sites such as Raja Ampat and Komodo
- A large dive deck, two tenders and nitrox available
- Well-equipped camera room for underwater photographers
- Two sumptuous Jacuzzis on the main deck, and cabins with private terraces
Built to cater for today’s discerning diver, Neomi liveaboard is a traditional-style Indonesian phinisi offering modern comforts and luxury dive safaris across this world famous destination. While searching for macro critters, sharks, mantas or large pelagics, you’ll enjoy effortless diving every step of the way from the large dive deck and two tenders. Plus, if you’re an underwater photographer, you’ll love Neomi’s well-equipped onboard camera room – a must when exploring iconic destinations like Raja Ampat, Komodo, and more.
Itinerary details
Length of trip 6 days / 5 nights
Number of dives 15
Experience Open Water - Minimum 20 dives
Insurance Required
Highlights
- Quick, circular itinerary around Raja Ampat’s must-see dive sites
- Encounter both reef and oceanic manta rays at renowned dive sites
- Visit unspoiled hard and soft coral gardens
- Experience the best of the well known Dampier Strait
- Cruise Piaynemo’s lagoons and capture that classic Raja Ampat photo
- Search for a walking shark on a night dive
Day 1: Sorong – Check Dive In Black / Yum Slope
Arrive at the Dominique Edward Osok Airport. Our Dive Master will escort you to the boat and start the journey. Safety briefing, boat orientation, crew introduction, and necessary dive paperwork will be done before we set sail. Check dive will be done in Yum Slope, which presents us with slugs, flatworms, turtles, and a robust ghost pipefish.
Activities: 1 x Check Dive In Black Slope / Yum Slope
Day 2: Piaynemo Island
Trekking to Piaynemo will give you a stunning panorama from the top. While for diving, Melissa’s Garden, Barracuda Reef, and Anita’s Garden offer world-class diving with fantastic pretty walls with a lot of critters and well coral-covered slopes and a huge amount of fish. Here is also a home of interesting species of clams, sea urchins, sea spiders, and crabs.
Activities: Trekking + 3 x Dives + 1 Night Dive
Day 3: Yanggefo Island(Mayhem, Citrus Ridge, Gam Ridge, and Mangroves)
This area offers some truly unique environments to dive in. The vibrant orange soft corals of Citrus Ridge provide a stunning view of this site. This is also a home to barracudas, bumphead parrotfish and sea snakes. Mayhem offers schools of batfish, surgeonfish, and snappers with the occasional Wobbegong sleeping under the coral heads. Gam Ridge is a good place to look for Eagle and Mobula rays. The Mangroves offer some stunning photo opportunities, diving late at around 16.00 when the sun is low will give an amazing light shaft on mangroves.
Activities: 3 x Dives + 1 Night Dive
Day 4: Arborek Island (Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Arborek Jetty) + Lalosi Reef
Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge are the most reliable of manta spots, where you can find beautiful animals somersaulting through the water while they are cleaned by several species of wrasse and butterflyfish. The Jetty at Arborek offers unique photo opportunities of the long wooden pillars covered with soft corals and sea fans. Arborek Jetty also offers one of the best night dives in Raja Ampat where blue-ringed octopus, harlequin shrimp, and wobbegongs are often seen.
Activities: 3 x Dives + 1 Night Dive
Day 5: Mansuar & Kri Island
Located in the center of Raja Ampat, this site supports a diverse reef biota where healthy reefs and a huge amount of fish are found. Here it is also possible to see mantas, blacktip, whitetip, and grey reef sharks with large schools of barracuda, surgeonfish, bumphead parrotfish, and many friendly turtles.
Activities: 2 x Dives
Day 6: Sorong
We will reach the port of Sorong in the morning. Breakfast will be served, and afterward we will prepare for disembarkation.
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
12:00pm
Sorong
Sorong Airport: SOQ
Return
12:00pm
Sorong
Sorong Airport: SOQ
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