Step aboard for an unforgettable 7-day, 6-night exploration of Raja Ampat, the crown jewel of Indonesia’s Coral Triangle. Your journey begins in Sorong before venturing into pristine dive sites around Matan, Daram, Fiabacet, Wayilbatan, Farondi, and Balbulol—each offering its own spectacle of vibrant reefs, dramatic limestone formations, and rare marine encounters. From drifting alongside barracudas at Candy Store, gliding through the iconic Boo Windows, and marveling at the vast gorgonian fans of Wayil, to snorkeling among stingless jellyfish in Farondi’s hidden lake, every day unveils a new wonder. Beyond the water, trek to Love Lagoon’s heart-shaped vista for a breathtaking panorama of karst islets. With manta rays, reef sharks, turtles, and dazzling coral gardens as your companions, this expedition delivers the ultimate Raja Ampat liveaboard experience before returning to Sorong.
Arriving at Sorong, our representatives will be waiting for your arrival and escort you to the ship for boarding. Safety Briefing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation, and ship orientation will take place before departing the Harbour. You will have some time to familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable as we journey to the first dive site, Matan Island. A check dive will commence to make sure you feel comfortable in the water. The underwater coral reefs on Matan Island are beautiful and unspoiled, with clear visibility. Visitors can dive along the coastline, watching many underwater creatures swim by with grace.
Total Dive: Check dive at Matan Island (1x Dive)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Daram Island has become a beach gateway in Raja Ampat Regency, along with so many other beaches. The serene nuance is perfect for lying back and relaxing. Candy Store will offer you its colorful coral garden and diverse marine life. You’ll be able to see large schools of fish, including Barracuda, Fusiliers, and Butterflyfish swim the current together. Andiamo is also a pinnacle dive site with many underwater walls and slopes; its cliffs and steep drop-offs mark its beauty among other dive sites. Wait until you see Living Color, which lives up to its name. It is one of the best dive sites with colorful coral reefs dominating its underwater environment.
Total Dive: 4 dives
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Fiabacet is a chain of four small islands, located about 25 km Southeast of Misool Island. Its remote area has kept its natural beauty untouched. The rocky islet of Whale Rock has a distinctive whale shape when viewed from the south, hence its name. Most dives in Whale Rock are drift dives, you can drift along the gently sloping reef watching corals and sponges. Nudi Rock is filled with jagged limestone formations, and the site will be the best place to watch nudibranchs’ rhinophores, or horns, as you dive deep in the water, or see barracudas, giant trevally and reef sharks. Boo Window is also a magnificent dive site, famous for its underwater topography and incredible marine biodiversity. It offers large, dramatic windows and a swim-through carved into the reef. Boo West might not be as well-known as Boo Window, but it has some great walls and slopes. It stands out with the impressive canyon that you can swim across. The marine life in Boo West offers creatures such as triggerfish, fusiliers, sweet lips, batfish, green sea turtles, and even black-tip reef sharks.
Total Dive: 4 dives
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Wayilbatan is famous for its seamounts and limestone outcroppings, which count among Raja’s finest and most diverse dive sites. Gorgonian Passage is famous for its beautiful underwater life, decorated by the vast collection of sea fans (gorgonian) and large corals. It is one of our favorite drift dive sites in the area. Four Kings is also beautiful with its steep, rocky outcrops and coral gardens. It is home to a large variety of soft corals, sponges, and sea fans, which provide shelter for countless creatures. In Barracuda Rock, you’ll be able to spot lots of schooling trevally, swimming side by side in the current. Countless large fish also often find shelter in the area, making it quite a sight for divers. As the vessel arrives in Misool, we’d go for a walk up the stairs toward the Love Lagoon viewpoint. From above, you’ll see a beautiful heart-shaped lagoon surrounded by karst islets with clear blue water, perfect for a photograph.
Total Dives: 3x dives + trekking
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Being located in the heart of Raja Ampat, the Farondi Islands offer a priceless diving experience. These islands have dramatic landscapes such as caves, tunnels, and vibrant coral reefs with soft corals and sponges. Farondi Cave will show you a unique system of underwater caves and passages, covered in colorful soft corals and sponges, along with pygmy seahorses and frogfish. Three Sisters is quite a popular diving site with a unique formation of reef and strong warm currents, which support the teeming underwater life. You’ll be able to observe the small fish creatures and even big mobula rays gliding in the water. Farondi Rock gives you such a diverse underwater diving experience alongside so many creatures and teeming reefs. The last stop would be the beautiful jellyfish lake, where you can snorkel around thousands of stingless jellyfish that lost their stings from the lack of predators. You are advised not to wear sunscreen because their physiology is sensitive to chemicals.
Total Dive: 3x dives + snorkeling with jellyfish
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Balbulol, nestled in the heart of the coral triangle, is known for its breathtaking underwater life, with its dramatic karst islands and hidden lagoons. Plateau is a beautiful dive site where you can drift dive with ease. You’ll be able to spot soft corals, fans, and even schooling fish in this area. On the other side of Balbulol, you will find yourself in Love Potion, seeing beautiful sea fans and soft corals with clear visibility. Colorful fish, schooling fish, and even big predators dominate this dive site.
Total Dive: 2x dives
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Arriving in Sorong, you will have a hearty breakfast before disembarking from the vessel and returning to the harbour. You will be dropped off at the airport by our representatives for your next destination. See you next dive!
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Meals: Breakfast
