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
Get ready for an unforgettable safari! You board the Solitude Adventurer at Maumere harbour in Flores to a cheerful crew welcome. The orientation is short but thorough, and the safety briefing covers everything you need. Lunch follows, and then, if the schedule permits, there may be time for a check dive to fine-tune your equipment. You then settle into your cabin as the vessel prepares to depart. Dinner is a lively affair, and by the time you finish, the Solitude Adventurer is already heading east into the night toward Alor.
Core Days
This diving tour uncovers 2 distinct faces of eastern Indonesia: the recovering reefs of Flores and the current-swept channels of the Alor archipelago. The Solitude Adventurer begins by exploring the islands of Maumere Bay. Around Pulau Besar and Babi Island, the diving is a mix of sloping reefs, walls and boulder formations. At Babi Island, the terrain drops steeply into clear water; Napoleon wrasse, eagle rays and the occasional turtle are regulars here. Lewaling Bay, framed by volcanoes, offers soft and hard coral gardens alongside gently sloping sandy areas, a good setting for photographers and those still finding their trim. The marine life is varied: whitetip reef sharks, bumphead parrotfish, and schools of fusiliers are common, while macro enthusiasts will find pygmy seahorses, ghost pipefish and flamboyant cuttlefish tucked into the coral.
From Flores, the Solitude Adventurer liveaboard crosses into the Alor archipelago, spending time in the Pantar Strait and Kalabahi Bay. The Pantar Strait is known for reliable current and pelagic action: barracuda, reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse and bumphead parrotfish patrol the reefs. But Alor is equally famous for its muck diving. Kalabahi Bay’s black sand slopes are home to rhinopias, bobtail squid, coleman shrimp, blue-ringed octopus and wonderpus. A dive at Serbete Island delivers steep walls and soft corals, with schooling silvery fish and sharks. Between dives, you might surface to the sight of Gunung Api Sangeang smouldering on the horizon, a volcanic backdrop that adds an edge to the experience. The nutrient‑rich waters here also attract passing dolphins and whales, and there is a genuine sense of discovery: these reefs see few liveaboard visitors.
The final day of diving includes 2 more dives at Serbete or Tanjung Gedong before the Solitude Adventurer begins its cruise back to Maumere.
Day 9
Enjoy a light continental breakfast on board before disembarking at Maumere harbour. You leave the Solitude Adventurer with a logbook that tells a less‑travelled story.
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
Your Banda Sea expedition launches the moment you step aboard the Solitude Adventurer at Ambon harbour. Cabin allocation happens first, then a no-nonsense safety briefing. Lunch is served while you mentally prepare for what lies ahead. Later, a check dive in Ambon Bay introduces you to its famous black sand slopes , a real taste of the muck diving that awaits further east. Dinner follows as the sun drops. Then the engines rumble: the vessel sails overnight, pushing into the open Banda Sea toward remote volcanic islands.
Core Days
This cruise is about the raw volcanic heart of eastern Indonesia. The Solitude Adventurer spends its first full day around Suanggi and Run Island. Here, the reefs and walls are packed with fish; expect giant sponges, schooling fusiliers, and the genuine possibility of encountering hammerhead sharks. From there, the vessel pushes further into the Banda Sea, arriving at Manuk Island: a solitary volcano known locally as ‘Snake Island’. Descend into waters where hundreds of olive sea snakes and banded sea kraits move without haste through pristine coral gardens, an encounter that stays with you long after you surface.
The Solitude Adventurer liveaboard then spends several days exploring the Banda Islands themselves. At Karang Hatta, a submerged reef rising from the depths of the Banda Trench, the current attracts pelagic action: dogtooth tuna, barracuda, and eagle rays patrol the drop-offs. Pohon Miring offers a deep swim‑through carved into the reef, a picturesque drift past sponge‑covered walls. Batu Kapal presents a collection of large pinnacles draped in gorgonian fans and sea whips.
Between dives, a land visit to Banda Neira provides a counterpoint: a walk through a centuries‑old nutmeg plantation, a look at a Dutch fortress, and a sense of the spice trade that once made these islands the most valuable real estate on earth. Only 2 dives run on the last full day, after which the Solitude Adventurer begins its overnight passage back to Ambon.
Day 9
Enjoy a light continental breakfast on board before disembarking in Ambon. The Solitude Adventurer has shown you a Banda Sea that feels genuinely remote - hammerheads, sea snakes, and the lingering scent of nutmeg.
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
These waters have drawn explorers for centuries, from spice traders to modern divers. You follow that same path when you board the Solitude Adventurer at Ambon harbour. Cabin allocation takes place, then a safety briefing rooted in maritime tradition. A check dive on Ambon Bay's famous muck slopes follows, the same black sand where muck diving pioneers once learned their craft; this dive also serves as your equipment setup check. Dinner is later served in the main saloon, echoing the communal meals of old sailing ships. After the meal, the vessel sails overnight, charting a course directly toward the Banda Islands, the legendary Nutmeg Isles. You wake at the edge of the Forgotten Islands, where few have ventured before.
Core Days
This expedition connects 4 of Indonesia’s most legendary diving regions. The Solitude Adventurer liveaboard begins in the Banda Sea, diving Suanggi and the outer reefs of Banda Neira. At Karang Hatta and surrounding seamounts, expect schooling fusiliers, dogtooth tuna, and the genuine possibility of hammerhead sharks. A land visit to Banda Neira offers a walk through a Dutch-era nutmeg plantation, a reminder that these were once the world’s most coveted spice islands. Then the vessel pushes to Manuk, the ‘Snake Island’. You descend into water thick with olive sea snakes, moving unhurried through pristine coral gardens. Serua follows, with dramatic walls and nutrient-rich currents that attract trevally, barracuda, and reef sharks.
From the Banda Sea, the Solitude Adventurer crosses into the Forgotten Islands. Nil Desperandum, Terbang, Nusleur, Nyata and Reong, isolated seamounts and patch reefs where the diving feels genuinely undiscovered. Gin‑clear water, coral bommies, and spectacular wall dives on near‑vertical drop‑offs. The currents here bring sunfish, dogtooth tuna, schooling hammerheads, and large schools of barracuda. Between dives, you surface to horizons empty of other boats, a rare privilege.
The final segment reaches the Alor archipelago. The Pantar Strait and Kalabahi Bay deliver a classic mix: current‑swept reefs for pelagics, black sand slopes for muck. You search for hairy frogfish, halimeda ghost pipefish, rhinopias, wonderpus, pygmy seahorses and blue‑ring octopus. Whitetip reef sharks, bamboo sharks, schools of fusiliers and bumphead parrotfish round out the experience.
Only 2 dives run on the last full day, after which the Solitude Adventurer liveaboard begins its overnight cruise towards Maumere.
Final Day
Enjoy a light continental breakfast on board before disembarking at Maumere harbour.
This itinerary sometimes operates in reverse; check the exact port details when booking.
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
Ease into your liveaboard experience at Labuan Bajo harbour, where the Solitude Adventurer awaits. The crew gives a friendly welcome introduction, followed by a low-key safety briefing. Lunch is served on deck. Later in the afternoon, there may be a check dive, a quiet chance to sort your gear and test your buoyancy. When evening arrives, dinner brings everyone together around the table, and you slowly find the ship's rhythm.
Core Days
This scuba trip delivers the best of Komodo, both above and below the water. The Solitude Adventurer liveaboard works its way through the southern and northern regions of the park, hitting the legendary dive sites that have earned this area its reputation. In the north, you launch into exhilarating drift dives around Gili Lawa Darat and Gili Lawa Laut. The current sweeps you past underwater pinnacles covered in vibrant coral formations, with schooling fusiliers, bumphead parrotfish and reef sharks all part of the action. Sites like Batu Bolong, Castle Rock and Crystal Rock demand your full attention. These granite seamounts rise from deep water, attracting giant trevally, barracuda, and the occasional passing shark. There are night dives here too, where the macro life emerges: decorator crabs, Spanish dancers, and maybe a blue-ringed octopus if you are lucky.
Push south and the water cools, the visibility softens, and the marine life shifts. At Manta Alley and Horseshoe Bay, you settle onto the sand and wait. The mantas come in close, sometimes circling for minutes as cleaner wrasse pick at their gills. Between dives, you hike to the viewpoint on Padar Island, a panorama of turquoise bays and jagged hills that etches itself into memory. A surface interval at Pink Beach offers a break on sand the colour of coral. The dive sites here are classic Komodo: Karang Makassar, Tatawa, Siaba, and Batu Tiga all offer something different. Sheltered bays for relaxed exploration, current-swept channels for those who want to drift, and shallow reefs where pygmy seahorses hide in the sea fans.
Only 2 dives run on the final full day, after which the Solitude Adventurer makes a memorable stop: you watch hundreds of fruit bats lift off from the mangroves at dusk, an aerial spectacle that rivals anything underwater. Then comes the land visit to Rinca Island to see the Komodo dragons themselves.
Final Day
Enjoy a light continental breakfast on board before disembarking at Labuan Bajo harbour. The Solitude Adventurer liveaboard leaves you with a logbook full of current-swept drifts, manta encounters, and the satisfaction of having dived one of the world’s great marine parks on a vessel that knows it inside out.
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
Boarding at Sorong harbour is precise and unhurried. The crew welcomes you, then delivers a mandatory safety briefing: emergency signals, deck layout detail, and dive protocol clearly logged. Lunch follows in the dining area. Then comes the highlight: depending on guest arrival times, a check dive may be scheduled. This is where scuba divers assemble, test and calibrate their equipment under the cruise director's watchful eye. Dinner is served as the early evening light softens over the vessel. The Solitude Adventurer then departs for the southern and central reefs of Raja Ampat. Everything is set. Tomorrow, the water.
Core Days
The tour begins by exploring the limestone islands of Waisai and Mansuar, where pinnacles and coral reefs set the tone for what follows. Then the Solitude Adventurer moves along the Dampier Strait, focusing on the western islands of Gam, Yangefo and Airborek. Here, drift dives carry you through channels where manta rays visit cleaning stations with reliable regularity. Between dives, a short land excursion leads to a viewpoint overlooking the karst lagoon, a panorama that reminds you why this place is world‑famous.
The vessel then pushes south into Misool, spending several days in the archipelago's remote southern waters. Dive sites like Balbulol, Jamur Boo, and Blue Magic, offer a combination of stunning topography, pristine coral gardens, and some of the richest biodiversity on the planet. At Nudi Rock, schooling barracuda patrol above gorgonian fans, while grey reef sharks work the drop‑off. Fabiacet features a series of pinnacles and walls where snappers, surgeonfish and triggerfish cluster in dense schools. The Solitude Adventurer liveaboard moves between pinnacles, ridges and small islands, each site revealing something different: pygmy seahorses tucked into sea fans, the possibility of an epaulette walking shark, and the chance to drift alongside hunting trevally.
Only 2 dives run on the last full day, in the Daram region, after which the vessel begins its passage back to Sorong
Final Day
Enjoy a light continental breakfast on board before disembarking at Sorong harbour. The Solitude Adventurer has shown you an impressive selection of the central and southern Raja Ampat. From the current‑swept straits of Gam and Yangefo to the remote, pristine pinnacles of Misool, your logbook tells a story of one of the richest marine environments on Earth.
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
Picture yourself walking onto the Solitude Adventurer at Sorong harbour. The crew's welcome is warm, and after cabin allocation and a thorough safety briefing, lunch is served. Then comes the moment you feel the ship come alive: the vessel sails toward Kri Island in the Dampier Strait, the afternoon sun painting the limestone karsts bronze. Dinner is a quiet, reflective meal. As you finish, the Solitude Adventurer continues its overnight cruise, gliding deeper into Raja Ampat's central region while you sleep.
Core Days
This dive safari stitches together 3 distinctive marine environments. The Solitude Adventurer liveaboard begins in the Dampier Strait. At Cape Kri, you drift over a slope where recorded fish counts run into the hundreds, where trevallies, barracuda and snapper fill the water column, and reef sharks patrol the edge. Manta Sandy offers the quiet thrill of reef mantas gliding through their cleaning station. At Airborek and Penemu, you explore jetty dives and the famous Melissa's Garden, a hard coral garden demanding fine buoyancy and rewarding with near-pristine cover. My Reef and Balbulol Boo Window in Misool deliver swim-throughs and pinnacles draped in soft corals. Wayilbatan and Fiabacet complete the Raja Ampat segment with steep walls and schooling bumphead parrotfish.
From Misool, the Solitude Adventurer crosses the Seram Sea towards the Banda Islands. At Koon, the current picks up, attracting dogtooth tuna and giant trevally. Around Banda Neira, you dive Pohon Miring, a deep wall covered in sea fans and barrel sponges , and explore the outer reefs where hammerhead sharks are occasionally sighted. A land visit to Banda Neira reveals a colonial-era nutmeg plantation and a Dutch fortress, a reminder of the spice trade that once made these islands legendary. Suanggi offers more dramatic walls and the chance of schooling mobula rays.
The final stop is Ambon Bay, where the Solitude Adventurer liveaboard devotes its last diving day to the famous muck slopes. You search for bobbit worms, stargazers, frogfish and wonderpus, a fitting end to a voyage that has moved from big current dives to meticulous macro hunting.
Only 2 dives run on this final full day, after which the vessel overnights in Ambon.
Final Day
Enjoy a light continental breakfast on board before disembarking at Ambon harbour.
This cruise sometimes operates in reverse; check the exact port details when booking.
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: Nil Desperandum, Terbang, Nyata, Wetar, Reong; Alor, Flores: Maumere
Day 1
Board the Solitude Adventurer at Sorong harbour. Cabin allocation takes place immediately, followed by a safety briefing from the cruise director. Lunch is served. Then the vessel sails toward the Dampier Strait; no check dive on this tour, just a straight departure. You spend the afternoon settling in and assembling your dive gear on the deck. Dinner arrives as the coastline fades. The Solitude Adventurer then sails through the night, carrying you toward the Raja Ampat.
Core Days
This extended cruise traces a bold arc across eastern Indonesia. The Solitude Adventurer liveaboard begins in Raja Ampat, spending several days in the Dampier Strait and Misool. Around Gam and the Fam Islands, current-swept reefs deliver the classic action: mantas at cleaning stations, reef sharks patrolling drop-offs, and schools of barracuda and trevally in the blue. In Misool, the limestone karsts plunge into water of exceptional clarity. You dive steep walls draped in gorgonian fans, drift over hard coral gardens where pygmy seahorses hide, and explore swim-throughs carved into the rock. The marine life here is dense: wobbegongs, bumphead parrotfish, dogtooth tuna, and macro treasures like ghost pipefish and rhinopias.
From Misool, the Solitude Adventurer pushes west into the Banda Sea, stopping at Koon and Manuk before reaching the Forgotten Islands. Manuk is known as ‘Snake Island’. You drift among hundreds of olive sea snakes, an encounter that feels otherworldly. At Nil Desperandum, Terbang, Wetar and Reong, you discover why these islands earned their name: gin-clear water, patch reefs and coral bommies, and spectacular wall dives on near‑vertical drop‑offs. Nutrient-rich currents bring sunfish, dogtooth tuna, schooling hammerheads and large schools of barracuda. The sense of isolation is complete, no other boats, no noise, just you and the reef.
The final segment reaches Alor and the north coast of Flores. The Pantar Strait and Kalabahi Bay offer a classic blend: current‑swept pinnacles for pelagics and black sand slopes for muck. You search for hairy frogfish, halimeda ghost pipefish, wonderpus, pygmy seahorses and blue‑ring octopus. Whitetip reef sharks, bamboo sharks, schools of fusiliers and bumphead parrotfish round out the experience.
Only 2 dives run on the last full day, after which the Solitude Adventurer liveaboard begins its overnight cruise towards Maumere.
Day 15
Enjoy a light continental breakfast on board before disembarking at Maumere harbour. The Solitude Adventurer has carried you from Raja Ampat’s biodiversity heart through the Forgotten Islands’ raw isolation to Alor’s critter‑rich straits, a journey across the best of eastern Indonesia.
This cruise sometimes operates in reverse; check the exact port details when booking.
[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.
