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Mermaid I
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At a glance...
- Visits Komodo, Raja Ampat, Banda, Alor
- Cabins have en-suite bathrooms, TV & minibar
- Cabin for single traveller
- Most cabins have seaview windows
- Spacious, steel-hulled liveaboard
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Winner of our '2012 Liveaboard of the Year' award, the steel hulled Mermaid I has the finest available accommodation of all the 'best value' Indonesia diving tours, and the cabins are right up there with the best in the industry. All the cabins are well decorated and boast en-suite private bathrooms, TV, minibar and air conditioning. With 3 different accommodation standards, including a single cabin, you can choose the cabin that's right for your needs and your pocket.
The Master cabin is superb and boasts prime location at the bow of the boat on the main deck, so it has great forward-facing panoramic seaviews. The single and deluxe cabins also have large windows for an ocean view. The windows can easily be opened if you prefer the fresh sea air to air-conditioning. Only the lower deck budget cabins are windowless.
With spacious and modern facilities you may think you're still back at the resort rather than on a boat. You can identify the unusual marine life sightings that you find on your Komodo liveaboard trip on the shaded upper deck, edit your photos or catch a movie in the air-conditioned saloon, or just grab a relaxing sun lounger on the huge top deck. Fresh towels are in your room and on the sundeck every day.
There's a selection of fine wines in the bar and delicious Asian, Thai and Western cuisine is served in the air conditioned lounge. Every meal has a selection if fish or seafood, vegetarian and meat based dishes, so the cruise caters well for most dietary preferences and requirements.
The dive deck is also spacious and practical with separate fresh water rinse tanks for camera and scuba gear. The attentive crew is always on hand to help you into and out of your equipment. Mermaid I also has tanks for enriched air nitrox diving. Get EANx qualified onboard if you don't have your license already!
Primarily a Komodo liveaboard, Mermaid I can also be seen visiting the dive sites of Raja Ampat between November and April.
The Master cabin is superb and boasts prime location at the bow of the boat on the main deck, so it has great forward-facing panoramic seaviews. The single and deluxe cabins also have large windows for an ocean view. The windows can easily be opened if you prefer the fresh sea air to air-conditioning. Only the lower deck budget cabins are windowless.
With spacious and modern facilities you may think you're still back at the resort rather than on a boat. You can identify the unusual marine life sightings that you find on your Komodo liveaboard trip on the shaded upper deck, edit your photos or catch a movie in the air-conditioned saloon, or just grab a relaxing sun lounger on the huge top deck. Fresh towels are in your room and on the sundeck every day.
There's a selection of fine wines in the bar and delicious Asian, Thai and Western cuisine is served in the air conditioned lounge. Every meal has a selection if fish or seafood, vegetarian and meat based dishes, so the cruise caters well for most dietary preferences and requirements.
The dive deck is also spacious and practical with separate fresh water rinse tanks for camera and scuba gear. The attentive crew is always on hand to help you into and out of your equipment. Mermaid I also has tanks for enriched air nitrox diving. Get EANx qualified onboard if you don't have your license already!
Primarily a Komodo liveaboard, Mermaid I can also be seen visiting the dive sites of Raja Ampat between November and April.
Scheduled departures, prices, destinations, durations...
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More Trip Details...
Special offers: For special discounted prices, check the yellow highlighted trips in the schedule above.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinking water, soft drinks, hot drinks, land tours in Komodo, transfers to the boat from some hotels and the airport, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (max 4 divers per DM), tanks, weights and weightbelts, Wi-Fi interent (30mb free allowance).
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Dive equipment (US$ 30 per day), dive computer, Komodo port and park fees (US$ 197 per person per trip), Raja Ampat port and park fees (US$ 225 per person per tour), fuel surcharge (subject to change, please check with us). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash and credit cards).
Optional extras: Diving insurance, alcoholic drinks, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (US$ 151 per person per trip), torches, 50mb internet (US$ 34). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.
How to get there: Komodo: Mermaid I trips depart in the late afternoon from Benoa Harbour in Bali. There is a minibus transfer service from the airport and all hotels in Bali to and from the boat.
Raja Ampat: These safaris depart in the late afternoon from Sorong in West Papua. You can fly directly to Sorong from Jakarta, Ujung Pandang (Makassar) and Manado. From Bali there are convenient connections via Ujung Pandang (Makassar) and Manado. We will help you arrange return domestic flights between Bali or Jakarta and Sorong. There is a transfer service from the local airport to and from the boat.
For more information see our travel information section. The last dive of the trip will be at around 12 noon on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
Non-diver rate: 10% off the published price.
Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): There is a single cabin available on this boat. However, if this cabin are already booked, single travellers can opt to pay an additional supplement of 90% for their own cabin.
Dive clubs and group discounts: None.
Whole boat charter rate (per night): Komodo US$ 4 755; Raja Ampat US$ 5 180; Banda Sea and Raja Ampat US$ 5 160.
Cabins, Berths, Showers, Bathrooms...
There is 1 Master and 4 Standard (deluxe) double or twin bed cabins, and 1 single bed cabin on the main deck. All these cabins are of a high quality. There are also 2 Budget twin bed cabins (noisier) on the lower deck, without windows. All the cabins have private bathrooms.
All the cabins have:
No. of bathrooms / showers - 6 / 8 - hot water
All the cabins have:
- Air conditioning
- Large sea-view windows, main deck only
- TV and VCD player
- Minibar
- Bathroom with toilet, toiletries and unlimited showering
- Wardrobe with towel and bathrobe
- Mains outlet 220 & 12 Volts, 24 hours per day - twin prong sockets
- Life jackets
- Bedding
Crew, Facilities, Dive Courses...
Crew comprises:
Enriched air nitrox system - 40 HP motorised dive dinghies - 36 m² diving deck - Air-conditioned saloon with DVD player, video & music system - Internet (subject to coverage) - 60 m² sundeck with sun loungers - Water dispenser
PADI certification courses available including Advanced Open Water Diver and EANx.
- Tour Leader
- 2 x Divemasters
- Captain
- Cook
- Engineer
- Dinghy Skipper
- Assistant
- Cleaner
- 2 x Deck hands
PADI certification courses available including Advanced Open Water Diver and EANx.
Menu, Cuisine Type...
- Asian, Thai and European main meal dishes and continental breakfast.
- Buffet-style service in the dining room on the main deck - choose from 3 main dishes with rice and salad.
- Most dietary requirements can be catered for - please send us notice of your requirements.
- Dinner is also provided on the first evening of the cruise.
- Fresh coffee, tea, soft drinks, hot chocolate, snacks and water are provided free of charge.
- Beer, wine and chocolate bars are also available for purchase.
- No fixed menu.
Technical Specifications...
- Built in year 2002
- Size - 28m x 7m
- Top speed - 12 knots
- Cruising speed - 9.5 knots
- 2 x 510 HP Volvo Penta engines
- 3 x generators - 2 x Hino 50 KW & 1 x Westerbeck Supersilence
- 2 x Bauer Mariner dive tank compressors
- 11 and 15 litre steel tanks with Int. fittings and DIN adapters
- Electricity 220V and 12V, 24 hours per day
- Water capacity - 26,000 litres
- Fuel capacity - 18,000 litres
Navigation, Safety Features...
- Life raft
- 2 x Motorised 4 metre dinghies
- VHF & SSB radio, and walkie-talkies
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Radar
- EPIRB
- SART Transponder
- Man Overboard system
- Vessel is also monitored by Purple Finder
- Echo sounder
- Sonic altimeter
- Satellite telephone
- Mobile telephone
- Full-feature medic first aid box
- Oxygen - 20,000 litres
- Life jackets in each cabin
- Fire extinguishers throughout
- Customer dive insurance is not included - see our insurance programme for a competitive quotation
Customer reviews:
We dived with the tour leader and he was at times more concentratating on making a video he could sell than guiding the group. But I liked his choice of dive sites and the guy in general and I don't expect to be pampered every second underwater. " - Johanna Vuorte, Finland, 24 November 2011 ...
The food was delicious with plenty of variety and plenty of it with special cakes frshly baked with afternoon tea. The boat was kept extraordinarily clean and the staff were hard working and extremely friendly and attentive. I would be delighted to go on this boat again. My partner is a non diver but found plenty to occupy himself with excellent snorkelling and kayaks on board." - Christine Blakeley, England, 24 October 2011 ...
The diversity of the sites and the critters to be found there was amazing; dive site topography varied from beautiful coral reef formations to muck dives or black sand with hot volcanic thermal bubbles emerging from the soil." - Bart Mertens, USA, 23 October 2011 ...
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