Alor
Trip highlights: great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track
Dive sites and activities: from Alor: Kalabahi Bay, Biang Abang, Pura, Pantar Strait, Ternate. Dugong snorkeling, village visit.
Day 1
You board in Kalabahi, Alor, stepping onto the Sea Safari VI liveaboard for the first time. The crew greets you at the harbour, handles your luggage, and shows you around the boat. After cabin allocation and a safety briefing, lunch is served in the air-conditioned upper deck saloon. Depending on flight arrival times, there may be a check dive that afternoon in Kalabahi Bay. Dinner is taken aboard as the boat prepares for the days ahead.
Core Days
Diving from the Sea Safari VI unlocks Alor's extraordinary volcanic seascapes. This region sits where the Banda Sea meets the Pacific, creating nutrient channels that attract everything from tiny mimic octopus to passing pods of whales and dolphins.
Your first full diving day takes you to Biang Abang, where you explore Wolang Cave. You swim through 2 caverns, one with an air pocket, past nurse sharks and their eggs wedged into crevices. A second dive at Cathedral throws you through multiple thermoclines. The temperature can drop sharply, and the currents demand attention. In return, you get leaf scorpionfish, pygmy seahorses, and the occasional marble ray gliding out of the blue.
Moving to Pura, Clown Valley lives up to its name. Dense anemones host thousands of clownfish. Local children often free-dive alongside you using hand-carved wooden goggles. Mike's Delight is a sloping reef drift that starts at 8 metres and drops to 30 metres. When the current runs, you can drift around the island's tip, with Napoleon wrasse, jacks, and dogtooth tuna for company. Nearby, Kal's Dream is a pair of pinnacles that only fires when the tide and current align. If conditions permit, the Sea Safari VI positions you here at exactly the right moment.
Pantar Island brings muck diving at Bakalang Jetty. 2 jetties, old and new, sit on a steep sandy slope. Ghost pipefish, waspfish, ribbon eels, and boxfish hide in the debris and pillars. At Pasir Merah, named for its red volcanic sand, bubbles escape from vents connected to an active volcano. Mandarinfish and hairy shrimp live in the shallows. Then there is Bima Wall, also called the Great Wall of Pantar. It plunges past 60 metres, and whitetip reef sharks patrol the drop-off. Timing matters so the Sea Safari VI crew plans this dive around slack high tide before midday.
Ternate delivers 3 of Alor's most dramatic sites. The Arch is a natural tunnel carved through a coral ridge, big enough to swim through with light filtering from above. The Edge is a vertical wall that seems bottomless, covered in black coral bushes and large gorgonians. On the safety stop, guides often find white frogfish perched on sponges under overhangs. Babylon finishes the day. Moderate to strong currents feed a wall of pristine hard and soft corals. Schools of barracuda and fusiliers hold formation above massive sea fans.
On the final full day, the Sea Safari VI liveaboard returns to Kalabahi Bay for a morning macro dive. Seahorses and ghost pipefish inhabit the black sand slopes. Then comes a rare interlude: snorkelling with Alor's resident dugong, a shy creature that few liveaboard guests ever encounter. After the water, you go inland to Takpala Village. Traditional music, dance, and hospitality offer a glimpse of Alor's highland culture before the boat heads back to harbour.
Final Day
A continental breakfast precedes disembarkation. The crew arranges a transfer to Kalabahi Airport or your chosen hotel.
Banda Islands & Ambon (7 Days / 6 Nights - 20 Dives)
Trip highlights: turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Ambon Bay, Nusa Laut, Banda Islands: Suangi Island, Lava Flow, Batu Kapal, Banda Neira Harbour, visit to a Spice Island, trekking to Gunung Api
Day 1
Land at Pattimura Airport, Ambon where the boat crew greets you and takes you to the harbour where you can finally see this amazing liveaboard. Enjoy the scenery while the Sea Safari crew takes you to the fantastic Sea Safari VI liveaboard. Lunch is served after a brief tour of the boat and the cabin assignment. Dinner will be served on the first day of your cruise, in the comfort of the air-conditioned upper deck saloon.
Core Days
From the very beginning of your vacation you will enjoy good diving and great food! A continental breakfast will be followed by the 1st dive of the day, then a 2nd morning dive will take place just after your cooked breakfast including hot coffee, cereal, toasts and eggs, but also fresh fruits and delicious pancakes are served. A 3rd dive in the afternoon and a 4th dive (night dive) will fill your days with enough emotions and memories to bring back home after the trip.
This exploratory trip never fails to deliver great diving on pristine and colourful corals that attract hundreds of different species of fish, from tiny critters to big pelagics. Even dolphins and whales can be spotted from the boat in the Banda Sea. Schools of fish will welcome you in their habitats, especially reef fish such as damsels, anthias, soldierfish and angelfish. You will also travel to some less known dive sites while touring around the Banda Islands and the Moluccas, with high chances to see endemic species like the Ambon scorpionfish, or be surrounded by dogtooth tuna, and spot shy mobula rays swimming out in the blue.
Please note that only 2 dives will be on the schedule for the last full day of the safari, then in the afternoon the yacht starts its cruise back to Ambon.
Day 7
Time to leave the boat, after a continental breakfast. A complimentary transfer will take you to either Ambon Airport or your hotel, depending on your post trip plans.
Banda Islands & Ambon (8 Days / 7 Nights - 24 Dives)
Trip highlights: turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Ambon Bay, Nusa Laut, Banda Islands: Suangi Island, Lava Flow, Batu Kapal, Banda Neira Harbour, visit to a Spice Island, trekking to Gunung Api
Day 1
Land at Pattimura Airport, Ambon where the boat crew greets you and takes you to the harbour where you can finally see this amazing liveaboard. Enjoy the scenery while the Sea Safari crew takes you to the fantastic Sea Safari VI liveaboard. Lunch is served after a brief tour of the boat and the cabin assignment. Dinner will be served on the first day of your cruise, in the comfort of the air-conditioned upper deck saloon.
Core Days
From the very beginning of your vacation you will enjoy good diving and great food! A continental breakfast will be followed by the 1st dive of the day, then a 2nd morning dive will take place just after your cooked breakfast including hot coffee, cereal, toasts and eggs, but also fresh fruits and delicious pancakes are served. A 3rd dive in the afternoon and a 4th dive (night dive) will fill your days with enough emotions and memories to bring back home after the trip.
This exploratory trip never fails to deliver great diving on pristine and colourful corals that attract hundreds of different species of fish, from tiny critters to big pelagics. Even dolphins and whales can be spotted from the boat in the Banda Sea. Schools of fish will welcome you in their habitats, especially reef fish such as damsels, anthias, soldierfish and angelfish. You will also travel to some less known dive sites while touring around the Banda Islands and the Moluccas, with high chances to see endemic species like the Ambon scorpionfish, or be surrounded by dogtooth tuna, and spot shy mobula rays swimming out in the blue. There is also a good chance of diving with schools of hammerheads here.
Please note that only 2 dives will be on the schedule for the last full day of the safari, then in the afternoon the yacht starts its cruise back to port.
Day 8
Time to leave the boat, after a continental breakfast. A complimentary transfer will take you to either Ambon Airport or your hotel, depending on your post trip plans.
Komodo National Park (6 Days / 5 Nights - 16 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Komodo: Sabolan, Cannibal Rock, Banana Island, Yellow Wall, Torpedo Alley, Manta Alley, Lohok Sera Bay, Castle Rock, Gili Lawa Laut, Crystal Rock, Batu Bolong, Tatawa Kecil, Rinca. Komodo island for dragon land visit
Day 1
A quick transfer from Labuan Bajo Airport to the harbour, where the tender toakes you straight to the biggest and finest 2-masted wooden ship in view: KLM Sea Safari VI. The crew welcome onboard you with a fresh fruit juice and the cruise director explains in detail the boat features, helping to familiarize you with the liveaboard and make yourself comfortable. A video about diving safety will also be shown, before heading to the dive deck where you will be asked to set up your dive gear. Your diving adventure will begin after a delicious lunch, with a check dive at a nearby bay. Dinner is served at sunset. A perfect start of your vacation!
Core Days
There are 4 dives per day on most days, with the first dive usually scheduled at 08:00 hrs, the second morning dive at 11:00 hrs, then an afternoon dive at 15:00 hrs, with the final one always being a night dive, around 18:30 hrs.
Expect great muck diving in the Komodo National Park, with some amazing critters like frogfish and ghost pipefish, zebra crabs, rhinopias, blue ringed octopus and countless coloured nudibranchs with crazy names that you can find in the fish books available onboard. The diving in this area is more than about just macro-life though. At some dive sites the presence of manta rays is almost guaranteed! These sites are cleaning stations that the oceanic mantas like to visit very often. The safari won't leave you disappointed, with its grey reef sharks, schools of surgeonfish and snappers, giant trevallies, turtles, barracudas, Spanish dancers and other out-at-night critters, plus excellent soft corals can be seen throughout. It will be a blast of colours and emotions.
Lunch and dinner are buffet style in the indoor restaurant, whilst you can choose from a menu what you want to have for breakfast the following morning. You will have the chance to taste Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, and of course Indonesian dishes during the tour. Hot soups start your meal and a dessert ends it. Tea, coffee, and mineral water are free flow. Beer and other alcoholic beverages are available.
Please note that there will be only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The afternoon will be spent looking for Komodo dragons on Komodo island, escorted by park rangers.
Day 6
Sea Safari VI arrives in Labuan Bajo early in the morning. You will be served breakfast and afterwards be transferred to the airport.
Komodo National Park (7 Days / 6 Nights - 20 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Komodo: Sabolan, Cannibal Rock, Banana Island, Yellow Wall, Torpedo Alley, Manta Alley, Lohok Sera Bay, Castle Rock, Gili Lawa Laut, Crystal Rock, Batu Bolong, Tatawa Kecil. Komodo island for dragon land visit.
Day 1
A quick transfer from Labuan Bajo Airport to the harbour, where the tender toakes you straight to the biggest and finest 2-masted wooden ship in view: KLM Sea Safari VI. The 20 crew members welcome onboard you with a fresh fruit juice and the cruise director explains in detail the boat features, helping to familiarize you with the liveaboard and make yourself comfortable. A video about diving safety will also be shown, before heading to the dive deck where you will be asked to set up your dive gear. Your diving adventure will begin after a delicious lunch, with a check dive at a nearby bay. Dinner is served at sunset. A perfect start of your vacation!
Core Days
There are 4 dives per day on most days, with the first dive usually scheduled at 08:00 hrs, the second morning dive at 11:00 hrs, then an afternoon dive at 15:00 hrs, with the final one always being a night dive, around 18:30 hrs.
Expect great muck diving in the Komodo National Park, with some amazing critters like frogfish and ghost pipefish, zebra crabs, rhinopias, blue ringed octopus and countless coloured nudibranchs with crazy names that you can find in the fish books available onboard. The diving in this area is more than about just macro-life though. At some dive sites the presence of manta rays is almost guaranteed! These sites are cleaning stations that the oceanic mantas like to visit very often. The safari won't leave you disappointed, with its grey reef sharks, schools of surgeonfish and snappers, giant trevallies, turtles, barracudas, Spanish dancers and other out-at-night critters, plus excellent soft corals can be seen throughout. It will be a blast of colours and emotions.
Lunch and dinner are buffet style in the indoor restaurant, whilst you can choose from a menu what you want to have for breakfast the following morning. You will have the chance to taste Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, and of course Indonesian dishes during the tour. Hot soups start your meal and a dessert ends it. Tea, coffee, and mineral water are free flow. Beer and other alcoholic beverages are available.
Please note that there will be only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The afternoon will be spent looking for Komodo dragons on Komodo island, escorted by park rangers.
Day 7
Sea Safari VI arrives in Labuan Bajo early in the morning. You will be served breakfast and afterwards be transferred to the airport.
Komodo National Park (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Komodo: Sebayur, Nuse Kode: Cannibal Rock, Banana Reef, Yellow Wall, Torpedo Alley, Manta Alley, Pantai Merah, Three Sisters, Castle Rock, Gili Lawa Laut, Crystal Rock, Batu Bolong, Tatawa Kecil, Tatawa Besar, Manta Point, Siaba. Trekking, Komodo island for dragon land visit, flying foxes at Kalong.
Day 1
A quick transfer from Labuan Bajo Airport to the harbour, where the tender toakes you straight to the biggest and finest 2-masted wooden ship in view: KLM Sea Safari VI. The 20 crew members welcome onboard you with a fresh fruit juice and the cruise director explains in detail the boat features, helping to familiarize you with the liveaboard and make yourself comfortable. A video about diving safety will also be shown, before heading to the dive deck where you will be asked to set up your dive gear. Your diving adventure will begin after a delicious lunch, with a check dive at a nearby bay. Dinner is served at sunset. A perfect start of your vacation!
Core Days
There are 4 dives per day on most days, with the first dive usually scheduled at 08:00 hrs, the second morning dive at 11:00 hrs, then an afternoon dive at 15:00 hrs, with the final one always being a night dive, around 18:30 hrs.
Expect great muck diving in the Komodo National Park, with some amazing critters like frogfish and ghost pipefish, zebra crabs, rhinopias, blue ringed octopus and countless coloured nudibranchs with crazy names that you can find in the fish books available onboard. The diving in this area is more than about just macro-life though. At some dive sites the presence of manta rays is almost guaranteed! These sites are cleaning stations that the oceanic mantas like to visit very often. The safari won't leave you disappointed, with its grey reef sharks, schools of surgeonfish and snappers, giant trevallies, turtles, barracudas, Spanish dancers and other out-at-night critters, plus excellent soft corals can be seen throughout. It will be a blast of colours and emotions.
Lunch and dinner are buffet style in the indoor restaurant, whilst you can choose from a menu what you want to have for breakfast the following morning. You will have the chance to taste Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, and of course Indonesian dishes during the tour. Hot soups start your meal and a dessert ends it. Tea, coffee, and mineral water are free flow. Beer and other alcoholic beverages are available.
Please note that there will be only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The afternoon will be spent looking for Komodo dragons on Komodo island, escorted by park rangers.
Day 8
Sea Safari VI arrives in Labuan Bajo early in the morning. You will be served breakfast and afterwards be transferred to the airport.
Raja Ampat National Park Central (7 Days / 6 Nights - 19 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Raja Ampat: Penemu, Barracuda Reef, Melissa's Garden, Yanggefo, Gam, Airborek, Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Dampier Strait: Sardine Reef, Mioskon, Friwinbondan, Cape Kri, Mansuar
Day 1
From Sorong airport it is only a 10 minute transfer to the harbour. Enjoy the scenery while the crew takes you to the fantastic Sea Safari VI liveaboard. Lunch is served after a brief tour of the boat and the cabin assignment. Dinner will be served on the first day of your cruise, in the comfort of the air-conditioned upper deck saloon.
Core Days
From the very beginning of your vacation you will enjoy good diving and great food! A continental breakfast will be followed by the 1st dive of the day, then a 2nd morning dive will take place just after your cooked breakfast including hot coffee, cereal, toasts and eggs, but also fresh fruits and delicious pancakes are served. There will be a 3rd dive in the afternoon after lunch and a 4th dive (night dive) before dinner. Expect plenty of food choice at meal times, with a buffet that features at least 5 different dishes from the Indonesian, Chinese and Japanese cuisine, as well as several Western choices throughout the cruise. Fresh fish and meats will be cooked daily by the chef. Most trips will aim to include a BBQ night for one of the evenings on board.
By now you should have a big smile on your face: your safari is taking you to Raja Ampat, the one of the most amazing dive areas of the world, with the greatest underwater biodiversity ever recorded. On some dives of your trip you will experience unique macro diving in search of wonderpus, pygmy seahorses and ghost pipefish. You will also encounter wobbegongs, epaulette sharks, swim with majestic mantas and reef sharks and be surrounded by large schools of pelagic fish.
Please note that only 2 dives will be on the schedule for the last full day of the safari, then in the afternoon Sea Safari starts its cruise back to port.
Day 7
Time to leave the boat, after a continental breakfast. A complimentary transfer will take you to either Sorong Airport or your hotel, depending on your post trip plans.
Raja Ampat National Park South & Central (8 Days / 7 Nights - 23 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Raja Ampat: Black Rock, Penemu, Yanggefo, Arborek, Manta Sandy, Mioskon, Dampier Strait: Mansuar, Kri Island. Go in search of the Red Bird of Paradise at Sawingkrai Village on Gam.
Day 1
From Sorong airport it is only a 10 minute transfer to the harbour. Enjoy the scenery while the crew takes you to the fantastic Sea Safari VI liveaboard. Lunch is served after a brief tour of the boat and the cabin assignment. Dinner will be served on the first day of your cruise, in the comfort of the air-conditioned upper deck saloon.
Core Days
From the very beginning of your vacation you will enjoy good diving and great food! A continental breakfast will be followed by the 1st dive of the day, then a 2nd morning dive will take place just after your cooked breakfast including hot coffee, cereal, toasts and eggs, but also fresh fruits and delicious pancakes are served. There will be a 3rd dive in the afternoon after lunch and a 4th dive (night dive) before dinner. Expect plenty of food choice at meal times, with a buffet that features at least 5 different dishes from the Indonesian, Chinese and Japanese cuisine, as well as several Western choices throughout the cruise. Fresh fish and meats will be cooked daily by the chef. Most trips will aim to include a BBQ night for one of the evenings on board.
By now you should have a big smile on your face: your safari is taking you to Raja Ampat, the one of the most amazing dive areas of the world, with the greatest underwater biodiversity ever recorded. On some dives of your trip you will experience unique macro diving in search of wonderpus, pygmy seahorses and ghost pipefish. You will also encounter wobbegongs, epaulette sharks, swim with majestic mantas and reef sharks and be surrounded by large schools of pelagic fish.
Please note that only 2 dives will be on the schedule for the last full day of the safari, then in the afternoon Sea Safari starts its cruise back to port.
Day 8
Time to leave the boat, after a continental breakfast. A complimentary transfer will take you to either Sorong Airport or your hotel, depending on your post trip plans.
[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].
The thrill of Indonesian diving is perfectly complemented by the generous hospitality aboard the Sea Safari VI liveaboard, where the routine of up to 4 dives a day is meticulously supported by excellent food. The daily schedule kicks off with a continental breakfast, preparing you for the first dive. Following your first immersion, a full cooked breakfast is served to properly fuel your day. This hearty spread includes hot coffee, cereals, eggs, fresh fruits, pancakes, noodles, beef salami, and pepperoni. This meal ensures you are energised for the second morning dive.
Lunch is the next main meal, served buffet-style in the large, air-conditioned dining area on the main deck, and it precedes the third dive in the afternoon. All main meals-including lunch and dinner-offer a wide selection, with the buffet typically featuring a choice of at least 5 different dishes per sitting. The menu draws from international cuisine alongside strong influences from Indonesian, Chinese, and Italian cooking.
The fourth dive, an optional night dive, is scheduled just before dinner. Evening meals are a highlight, with themed selections like BBQs and samples such as Steamed prawn with onion sauce, Eggplant moussaka, Sauted vegetables with bean sprouts & salted fish, and Beef with black pepper sauce.
Complimentary refreshments include hot drinks, drinking water, and snacks like biscuits, candy bars, ice creams, and fruit, which are available throughout the day. Soft drinks, beer, wine, and spirits are available for purchase on Sea Safari VI. The cruise dining service commences with lunch on the first day. Please notify the crew of any dietary requirements in advance.
