A unique approach to exploring the Coral Triangle's most remote locations comes in the form of the MV Solitude Adventurer liveaboard. This impressive, custom-built vessel stands apart as a 36-metre luxury aluminium-hulled catamaran, designed specifically for comfort, stability, and speed. With an exceptionally wide 12-metre beam, the Solitude Adventurer offers immense space for its small complement of guests-up to 18, but typically limited to no more than 16, as it cruises Indonesia’s world-class diving regions, including Raja Ampat, the Banda Sea, and Komodo.
The catamaran structure not only provides outstanding stability but also allows for a highly expansive layout. Guests are accommodated in spacious cabins, all featuring private en-suite facilities and large picture windows that ensure continuous, ever-changing sea views. For those seeking true indulgence, the vessel includes an enormous stateroom option, elevating the level of luxury available at sea.
Life between dives on the Solitude Adventurer is centred around multiple well-appointed relaxation zones. The large air-conditioned saloon and dining area provides an indoor escape, complete with an audio-visual entertainment system and a library of books and magazines. For enjoying the fresh Indonesian air, there is a shaded outdoor lounge with a bar, an al fresco dining space, and a substantial sundeck perfect for stretching out.
The diving amenities are comprehensive and clearly designed with the modern diver in mind. The wide, roomy dive deck ensures smooth and unhurried preparation procedures. Photographers, in particular, will find their needs fully met by the Solitude Adventurer, with a dedicated camera station, rinse tank, air hoses, and camera towels on the dive deck, complemented by a dedicated camera studio and editing computer onboard. Furthermore, nitrox is available, enabling certified divers to extend their bottom times.
Operational excellence is a key selling point of the Solitude Adventurer liveaboard. The vessel is capable of speeds up to 23 knots, meaning less time spent in transit and more time exploring the phenomenal dive sites. In addition, the provision of on-board internet connectivity allows guests to share their incredible sightings instantly.
The combination of world-class destinations and a superior vessel ensures a top-tier Indonesian dive experience. The impressive size, stability, speed, and specialised amenities of the Solitude Adventurer confirm it as an excellent match for exploring the best diving that Indonesia has to offer.
Alor & Flores (9 Days / 8 Nights - 27 Dives)
Trip highlights: dolphins, dugongs/manatees, 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: Flores: Maumere, Palau Besar, Babi Island, Lewaling Bay; Alor: Pantar Strait, Andunara, Serbete, Watu Peri Reef
Day 1
Land at Maumere Airport and get transferred to the magnificent MV Solitude Adventurer. Unpack your dive gear as, depending on your boarding time (no later than 15:00 hrs), you check dive awaits you in Maumere Bay. Get to know your dive buddies during dinner. Tomorrow there are 4 dives on the schedule!
Core Days
The daily routine is easy to follow and focuses on diving, relaxing and eating in between dives. Wake up early to enjoy the light breakfast before the 1st dive followed by a cooked breakfast before the 2nd dive. After a buffet style lunch and before dinner will be dives 3 and 4 which may, depending on the day of the schedule, include a night dive.
The sites around the Alor archipelago and Flores have some amazing critters like hairy frogfish and Halimeda ghostpipefish, rhinophias, hairy and tiger shrimps, wonderpus octopus, pygmy seahorses. The diving in this area is more than just macro though. Whitetip reef sharks, bamboo sharks, schools of fusiliers, oversized bumphead parrotfish. Spanish Dancers and other nocturnal critters can be seen on several dives. It will be a blast of colours and emotions. After your day's diving is done, kick back with a cold beer and prepare for the night's entertainment.
Please note that only 2 dives are scheduled for the last full day of the safari before heading to port.
Day 9
After an early continental breakfast, prepare to leave the boat. A complimentary transfer will take you to Maumere Airport or any hotel you have reserved.
Banda Sea & Ambon (9 Days / 8 Nights - 27 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, 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, Suanggi, Run, Manuk, Serua, Kekeh, Banda Islands: Karang Hatta, Pohon Miring, Batu Kapal, Banda Neira including a visit to a Spice Island
Day 1
Land at Ambon Airport and get transferred to the magnificent MV Solitude Adventurer. Unpack your dive gear as, depending on your boarding time, your check dive awaits you. This will be in the muck diving haven of Ambon Bay. Get to know your dive buddies during dinner, before the overnight sail to Suanggi Island. Tomorrow there are 4 dives on the schedule!
Core Days
The daily routine is easy to follow and focuses on diving, relaxing and eating in between dives. Wake up early to enjoy the light breakfast before the 1st dive followed by a cooked breakfast before the 2nd dive. After a buffet style lunch and before dinner will be dives 3 and 4 which may, depending on the day of the schedule, include a night dive.
Diving the Banda Islands will simply be a blast! Each dive will be different from the previous one. Expect to dive shallow lagoons, multi coloured reefs, steep walls and more. The remoteness of the dive sites which are rarely visited by fishermen is the main reason for the high amount of marine life you are about to encounter: reef sharks, dogtooth tuna, dolphins, turtles, sea snakes, trevallies and mobula rays. The Banda Islands have also been developing a reputation for sighting hammerhead sharks!
Please note that only 2 dives are scheduled for the last full day of the safari before returning to Ambon.
Day 9
After an early continental breakfast, prepare to leave the boat. A complimentary transfer will take you to Ambon Airport or any hotel you have reserved.
Banda, Ambon, Alor & Forgotten Islands
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Ambon Bay, Suanggi, Banda Islands: Banda Neira; Manuk, Serua, Forgotten Islands: Nil Desperandum, Terbang, Nusleur, Nyata, Reong; Alor including a visit to a Spice Island
Day 1
Land at Ambon Airport and get transferred to the magnificent MV Solitude Adventurer. Unpack your dive gear as, depending on your boarding time, you check dive awaits you. This will be in the muck diving haven of Ambon Bay. Get to know your dive buddies during dinner, before the overnight sail to Suanggi Island. Tomorrow there are 4 dives on the schedule!
Core Days
The daily routine is easy to follow and focuses on diving, relaxing and eating in between dives. Wake up early to enjoy the light breakfast before the 1st dive followed by a cooked breakfast before the 2nd dive. After a buffet style lunch and before dinner will be dives 3 and 4 which may, depending on the day of the schedule, include a night dive.
Diving the Banda islands will simply be a blast! Each dive will be different from the previous one. Expect to dive shallow lagoons, multi coloured reefs, steep walls and more. The remoteness of the dive sites which are rarely visited by fishermen is the main reason for the high amount of marine life you are about to encounter: reef sharks, dogtooth tunas, dolphins, turtles, trevallies and mobula rays. The Banda Islands have also been developing a reputation for sighting hammerhead sharks! Alor is home to many world class scuba dive sites including coral reefs full of colourful macro life, big fish sites where there is a chance to encounter passing pelagic and larger reef fish, plus black sand muck diving sites with an assortment of bizarre critters.
The Forgotten Islands are a remote chain of islands that offer some of the best diving in Indonesian waters. Attractions include gin-clear waters, patch reefs and coral bommies, and spectacular wall dives on impossible drop-offs. The nutrient rich currents can bring sunfish, dogtooth tuna, reef sharks, as well as maybe sailfish. Prepare your camera gear for pelagics, muck diving, schooling hammerheads, schooling surgeonfish, and large schools of barracuda, as well as wide angle scenery filled with large fans, barrel sponges and schools of small fish.
The sites around Alor have some amazing critters like hairy frogfish and Halimeda ghostpipefish, rhinophias, hairy and tiger shrimps, wonderpus octopus, pygmy seahorses. The diving in this area is more than just macro though. Whitetip reef sharks, bamboo sharks, schools of fusiliers, oversized bumphead parrotfish. Spanish Dancers and other nocturnal critters can be seen on several dives. It will be a blast of colours and emotions.
Please note that only 2 dives are scheduled for the last full day of the safari, most likely in Maumere Bay, before finishing the cruise in port.
Final Day
After an early continental breakfast, prepare to leave the boat. A complimentary transfer will take you to Maumere Airport or any hotel you have reserved.
Note this cruise may operate in the reverse direction.
Komodo National Park
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: from Sebayur Kecil, Komodo: Tatawa Besar, Tatawa Kecil, Siaba, Pulau Mauan, Karang Makassar, Loh Namu, Batu Tiga, Batu Bolong, Gili Lawa Darat, The Passage, Moncong On, The Cauldron, Crystal Rock, Castle Rock, Manta Alley, Horseshoe Bay, including shore visits to Padar and to visit the Komodo dragons
Day 1
Land at Labuan Bajo Airport and get transferred to the magnificent MV Solitude Adventurer. Unpack your dive gear as, depending on your boarding time (no later than 15:00 hrs), you check dive awaits you at Bidadari. Get to know your dive buddies during dinner. Tomorrow there are 4 dives on the schedule!
Core Days
The daily routine is easy to follow and focuses on diving, relaxing and eating in between dives. Wake up early to enjoy the light breakfast before the 1st dive followed by a cooked breakfast before the 2nd dive. After a buffet style lunch and before dinner will be dives 3 and 4 which may, depending on the day of the schedule, include a night dive.
You will make amazing dives around the Komodo World Heritage Site with over 1,000 fish and 300 coral species. Diving highlights on these trips to Komodo include the graceful manta rays that inhabit the reefs. From sunfish, mantas, dolphins and eagle rays to pygmy seahorses, ornate ghost pipefish, clown frogfish, nudibranchs and blue-ringed octopus, all are at home amongst a spectacular range of colourful sponges, sea squirts, tunicates and corals; Komodo is a macro enthusiast's heaven.
Explore the deep walls and sea mounts that make the dive sites of Komodo legendary, with epic sunset views of Gunung Api Sangeang in the background. You will have opportunities to relax on the beach, take a walk in the wild, or await nightfall where you will be guided at the best of Komodo's night/critter dives - a rare chance to search for romancing mandarinfish or mimic octopus. After your day's diving is done, kick back with a cold beer and prepare for the night's entertainment.
Please note that only 2 dives are scheduled for the last full day of the safari before heading to port.
Final Day
After an early continental breakfast, prepare to leave the boat. A complimentary transfer will take you to Labuan Bajo Airport or any hotel you have reserved.
Raja Ampat National Park South & Central
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: from Raja Ampat - Dampier Strait: Yanggefo, Airborek, Gam, Manta Sandy, Penemu, Melissa's Garden, Fam, Mansuar, Misool: Balbulol, Jamur Boo, Blue Magic, Nudi Rock, Fabiacet, Daram
Day 1
Land at Sorong Airport and get transferred to the magnificent MV Solitude Adventurer. Unpack your dive gear and get to know your dive buddies as guests arrive on board no later than 15:00 hrs. Sail to Yanggefo Island. Tomorrow there are 4 dives on the schedule!
Core Days
The daily routine is easy to follow and focuses on diving, relaxing and eating in between dives. Wake up early to enjoy the light breakfast before the 1st dive followed by a cooked breakfast before the 2nd dive. After a buffet style lunch and before dinner will be dives 3 and 4 which may, depending on the day of the schedule, include a night dive.
Raja Ampat offers unforgettable diving, being the richest marine region on Earth. Reef sharks, manta rays, turtles, barracudas, bumphead parrotfish, dogtooth tuna and also unforgettable macro life such as frogfish, seahorses, ghost pipefish, rhinophias and much more to discover. The later part of this cruise will be around the fabulous sites of Misool in Southern Raja Ampat. This area is known for its soft corals, shallow mangrove areas, caves and caverns, a variety of reef fish, mantas and pelagic species, which will make for some excellent wide-angle photography.
Please note that only 2 dives are scheduled for the last full day of the safari before returning to port.
Final Day
After an early continental breakfast, prepare to leave the boat. A complimentary transfer will take you to Sorong Airport or any hotel you have reserved.
Raja Ampat, Banda Sea & Ambon
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, off the beaten track, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: from Raja Ampat: Dampier Strait, Cape Kri, Airborek, Manta Sandy, Penemu, Melissa's Garden, My Reef, Misool, Balbulol Boo Window, Wayilbatan, Fiabacet, Koon, Banda Islands: Banda Neira, Pohon Miring; Suanggi, Ambon
Day 1
Land at Sorong Airport and get transferred to the magnificent MV Solitude Adventurer. Unpack your dive gear and get to know your dive buddies as guests arrive on board no later than 15:00 hrs. Sail to Kri Island. Tomorrow there are 4 dives on the schedule!
Core Days
The daily routine is easy to follow and focuses on diving, relaxing and eating in between dives. Wake up early to enjoy the light breakfast before the 1st dive followed by a cooked breakfast before the 2nd dive. After a buffet style lunch and before dinner will be dives 3 and 4 which may, depending on the day of the schedule, include a night dive.
This cruise includes some of the fabulous sites of Misool and the Dampier Strait in Southern Raja Ampat. This area is known for its soft corals, shallow mangrove areas, caves and caverns, a variety of reef fish, mantas and pelagic species, which will make for some excellent wide-angle photography. Raja Ampat offers unforgettable diving, being the richest marine region on Earth. Reef sharks, manta rays, wobbegongs, turtles, barracuda, bumphead parrotfish, dogtooth tuna and also unforgettable macro life such as frogfish, seahorses, ghost pipefish, rhynophias and much more to discover.
In the Banda Sea expect to dive shallow lagoons, multi coloured reefs, steep walls and more. The remoteness of the dive sites which are rarely visited by fishermen is the main reason for the high amount of marine life you are about to encounter: reef sharks, dogtooth tunas, dolphins, turtles, sea snakes, trevallies and mobula rays.
Please note that only 2 dives are scheduled for the last full day of the safari, most likely among the muck diving delights of Ambon harbor, before the cruise comes to an end.
Final Day
After an early continental breakfast, prepare to leave the boat. A complimentary transfer will take you to Ambon Airport or any hotel you have reserved.
Note this cruise may operate in the reverse direction.
Raja Ampat, Forgotten Islands & Alor (15 Days / 14 Nights - 39 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Raja Ampat: Dampier Strait, Gam, Jef Fam, Misool; Koon, Manuk, Serua, Forgotten Islands: Nils Desperandum, Terbang, Nyata, Wetar, Reong; Alor, Flores: Maumere
Day 1
Land at Sorong Airport and get transferred to the magnificent MV Solitude Adventurer. Unpack your dive gear and get to know your dive buddies as guests arrive on board no later than 15:00 hrs. Sail to Kri Island. Tomorrow there are 4 dives on the schedule!
Core Days
This cruise includes some of the fabulous sites of Misool and the Dampier Strait in Southern Raja Ampat. This area is known for its soft corals, shallow mangrove areas, caves and caverns, a variety of reef fish, mantas and pelagic species, which will make for some excellent wide-angle photography. Raja Ampat offers unforgettable diving, being the richest marine region on Earth. Reef sharks, manta rays, wobbegongs, turtles, barracuda, bumphead parrotfish, dogtooth tuna and also unforgettable macro life such as frogfish, seahorses, ghost pipefish, rhynophias and much more to discover.
The Forgotten Islands in the eastern Banda Sea’ are a remote chain of islands that offer some of the best diving in Indonesian waters. Attractions include gin-clear waters, patch reefs and coral bommies, and spectacular wall dives on impossible drop-offs. The nutrient rich currents can bring sunfish, dogtooth tuna, reef sharks, as well as maybe sailfish. Prepare your camera gear for pelagics, muck diving, schooling hammerheads, schooling surgeonfish, and large schools of barracuda, as well as wide angle scenery filled with large fans, barrel sponges and schools of small fish.
The sites around the Alor archipelago have some amazing critters like hairy frogfish and Halimeda ghostpipefish, rhinophias, hairy and tiger shrimps, wonderpus octopus, pygmy seahorses. The diving in this area is more than just macro though. Whitetip reef sharks, bamboo sharks, schools of fusiliers, oversized bumphead parrotfish. Spanish Dancers and other nocturnal critters can be seen on several dives. It will be a blast of colours and emotions.
The daily routine is easy to follow and focuses on diving, relaxing and eating in between dives. Wake up early to enjoy the light breakfast before the 1st dive followed by a cooked breakfast before the 2nd dive. After a buffet style lunch and before dinner will be dives 3 and 4 which may, depending on the day of the schedule, include a night dive.
Please note that only 2 dives are scheduled for the last full day of the safari, before the yacht sails back to port and the cruise comes to an end.
Day 15
After an early continental breakfast, prepare to leave the boat. A complimentary transfer will take you to Maumere Airport or any hotel you have reserved.
Note this cruise may operate in the reverse direction.
[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 unparalleled marine life of Indonesia demands high energy, a requirement the Solitude Adventurer liveaboard meets with a schedule that centres on 5 meal times daily. This approach ensures guests never experience hunger, perfectly complementing a daily dive routine of up to 4 immersions.
The daily flow is easy to adopt: wake up early for a light breakfast before the first morning dive. A cooked breakfast follows, providing the proper sustenance for the second dive. Lunch is then served buffet-style, after which the afternoon's third and fourth dives commence; the final dive may be a night dive, depending on the schedule.
The focus on food is a key element of a Solitude Adventurer vacation, prioritising a variety of options to keep divers satisfied. Main meals, which include lunch and dinner, are generally served buffet-style in the air-conditioned saloon. While most dining is buffet, for specific cuisines, an à la carte service is offered. Weather permitting, the crew may organise a memorable BBQ dinner under the stars on the sundeck. Beyond the main meals, the vessel provides afternoon cooked snacks, and complimentary biscuits and instant noodles are available at any hour.
