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Seahorse Itinerary

Raja Ampat - Halmahera - Lembeh (SOQ - MDC) 12N

13 days / 12 nights

About Seahorse

  • Spacious and recently-remodelled interiors with plenty of room for relaxation
  • Exciting seasonal itineraries featuring Indonesia’s best diving
  • Tons of complimentary extras including WiFi, nitrox, and watersports
  • Excellent facilities for photographers with rinse bins, a camera room, and plenty of charging points

Part of the renowned Wallacea Dive Cruises family, the MSY Seahorse liveaboard is a traditional Indonesian phinisi, recently renovated specifically for scuba diving. This liveaboard offers itineraries in some of Indonesia's most incredible regions, including Raja Ampat, Komodo, the Banda Sea, Halmahera, and even the Togian Islands! Whether this is your first dive safari or your hundredth, you’re sure to love this boat's dive and camera facilities and excellent service, as well as internet, nitrox, and on-demand watersports equipment.

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Itinerary details

Length of trip 13 days / 12 nights
Number of dives 36
Experience Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Insurance Required

Highlights

  • An extensive, one-way itinerary heading west from Sorong to Bitung
  • Witness exceptional biodiversity in the heart of the Coral Triangle
  • Dive the well-known and action-packed Dampier Strait
  • Discover the vibrant reefs and dramatic underwater landscapes of Misool
  • Encounter both reef and oceanic manta rays at renowned dive sites
  • Check the blue in Pisang Island for tuna or mackerel 
  • Enjoy the pinnacles, walls and coral gardens of South Halmahera
  • Explore Halmahera's varied Patinti Strait
  • Encounter the schooling barracuda of Tifore 
  • Log dives in Lembeh—the world’s best muck diving destination
  • Cruise Piaynemo’s lagoons and capture that classic Raja Ampat photo
  • Night dives offered in the itinerary
Day 1: 
Reception at Sorong airport. Transfer to the boat. Welcome drink, briefing. Departure in the afternoon.

Day 2: Dampier strait
Check dive in Mioskon, 2 dives in Dampier (Sardine reef and Manta Sandy). Night dive. Night Navigation to Misool.

Days 3-5: Misool
3-4 dives per day at sites such as Love potion, No contest, Farondi caves Iles Daram, Andy’s Ultimate, Andiamo, Candy Store, Boo, Shadow Reef, Yellet, Tank Rock, Nudi Rock, Dunia Kecil, 4 Kings, Kaleidoscope, and Pele’s Playground. Overnight navigation to Pisang Island.

Day 6: Pisang Island
3 dives at this beautiful and untouched reef. Extraordinary colours especially at the end of the dive close to the pinnacles.

Day 7: South Halmahera
Proco Island, Saleh Besar, Kusu, Pulau Nanas.

Days 8-9: West Halmahera
Pulau Goweba, Pintu Manis, Pulau Laigoma, and Batu Tajam.

Day 10: Tidore
In Tidore, we dive on Failonga Island which takes about 40 minutes from Ternate, which is located between Tidore Island and Halmahera Island. It has a diverse large sea fan and snapper fish hordes, fusiliers, sweetlips, and sharks. Dives on Maitara Island and Tanjung Rum, which has a solid and very hard coral cover with colourful reef fish such as butterflyfish, damselfish, anthias, wrasse and many more. Navigation to Bitung.

Days 11-12: Lembeh
6 dives in the strait at sites such as Hairball, TK3, Air Bajo 3, Bianca, Nudi Falls, and Coral Garden.

Day 13: Disembarkation in Bitung
Breakfast, Check-out according to guests' flight schedule. Transfer to Manado airport, check-in assistance.

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

Sorong

Sorong Airport: SOQ

Return

11:00am

Bitung

Manado International Airport: MDC

Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/seahorse/itn-2308140233061-raja-ampat-halmahera-lembeh-soq-mdc-12n