New White Manta Itinerary
Ternate-Morotai-Lembeh11 days / 10 nights
About New White Manta
- One of the largest and most spacious dive vessels in the region
- Outstanding facilities for personal equipment and camera gear
- Huge sundecks furnished with luxurious sun loungers and day beds
- Luxurious extras include spacious cabins, fine dining, and massage
The New White Manta liveaboard offers adventurous itineraries in some of Indonesia’s most remote waters, onboard a spacious and stable vessel custom-designed for scuba diving. Guests enjoy spacious cabins, multiple sundecks and air-conditioned lounges, and the height of customer service. Other luxurious details include a high staff to guest ratio, fine dining, massage services, and modern camera facilities, plus small dive groups and custom tenders.
Itinerary details
Length of trip 11 days / 10 nights
Number of dives 28
Experience Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Insurance Required
Highlights
- Log dives in Lembeh—the world’s best muck diving
- Explore the diversity that Ternate's waters have to offer
- Visit the schooling barracuda of Tifore
- Encounter both reef and oceanic manta rays and sharks at Morotai
Day 1: (0-1 dives)
Our staff will meet you upon arrival at Luwuk Airport or a local hotel & transfer you to White Manta. Depending on arrival time, we may be able to do a local check dive. Then sail to Pulau Dua.
Day 2: (3-4 dives)
Loloda Bay & Kahatola: Reef slopes, steep walls, tunnels, and overhangs, all covered with a vast variety of soft corals, regular encounters with blacktip sharks, tuna, barracuda, jacks and more.
Days 3-4: (3-4 dives)
Days 3-4: (3-4 dives)
Pulau Bau & Morotai: Imposing walls, canyons, sloping reefs with vibrant coral, and solid drift dives provide a stunning backdrop to encounter manta rays, sharks and more, you may evenspot the dugongs! There are also some amazing macro dives plus the possibility of exploring a WWII wreck.
Days 5-6: (4 dives x2 days)
Pulau Morotai & Metita: With over 40 mapped dive sites, there is something here for everyone.
Day 7: (3-4 dives)
Pulau Doi/Dagasuli: Exploration dives south of Morotai Island.
Day 8: (4 dives) Una Una Island
Tracing the northern coast back towards Ternate. A chance to explore this remote & less visited destination where more & more operators are reporting some amazing divesites to explore.
Day 9: (2-3 dives) Gorontalo
Pulau Tifore: Amazing dive site island in the Moluccan Sea equidistant from Halmahera & Lembeh, schools of jacks, snappers, and a massive school of barracuda. Sail overnight Lembeh.
Day 10: (2 dives) Bayat
Lembeh: Angels Windows, Nudi Retreat. Sail to Bitung Port, Manado, where you spend the last night on board. Plenty of time to wash & dry equipment, rest & relax, and, if needed, an early flight the next day.
Day 11: (0 dives)
Check out after breakfast, farewells, and transfer to the airport. Departure from Bitung Port, Manado, to a local hotel* or transfer to Manado Airport.
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
Ternate
Ternate Airport: TTE
Return
10:00am
Bitung
Manado International Airport: MDC
Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/white-manta/itn-2406030717051-ternate-morotai-lembeh