Adelaar Itinerary

Raja Ampat Central and South 6N

7 days / 6 nights

About Adelaar

  • World-class service from a team with over two decades of experience
  • An intimate luxury liveaboard with just eight guests on board
  • Exciting watersports and inland excursions perfect for non-divers and children
  • Dive Indonesia’s top sites in Komodo, Alor and Flores

The beautiful Adelaar boasts over a century of rich history, having sailed worldwide before earning her place among Indonesia’s elite liveaboards. With the luxury and comfort of a five star hotel, guests can enjoy every opulence, and with just eight guests on board, Adelaar offers all of this in a truly intimate atmosphere. From the superb dive deck, guests can swim with manta rays in Komodo or dive pristine reefs in Alor. Add in excursions and exhilarating water activities, and guests are assured a world-class liveaboard adventure.

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Itinerary details

7 days / 6 nights
18
Open Water - Minimum 60 dives
Required

Highlights

  • Circular trip visiting the must-see sites in central and south Raja Ampat
  • Encounter both reef and oceanic manta rays at renowned dive sites
  • Dive the well known and action-packed Dampier Strait
  • Explore the macro-laden black sands of Batanta Island
  • Dive the remote Daram Island group
  • Spot a Santa Claus pygmy seahorse
  • Discover dramatic underwater landscapes and stunning reefs in Misool
  • Multiple night dives offered thought the itinerary

Day 1: Sorong
After the airport or hotel pick-up and transfer to Adelaar, the first day is dedicated to getting to know the crew, settling in, and enjoying the first day on the boat while we are sailing toward Raja Ampat. Depending on boarding time, we may already do a check dive.

Day 2: Dampier Strait
This strait between Batanta and Waigeo is the heart of Raja’s central section. During the dives on its seamounts, headlands and village piers you are likely to meet dense schools of fish, turtles, various kinds of sharks, including the iconic Wobbegongs - and maybe already cross paths with the first manta ray of your cruise. With a bit of luck, you may even spot one of the many whale species that inhabit this area. Before the night dive there is a chance to visit one of central Raja Ampat’s friendly villages (3-day dives, 1-night dive).

Day 3: Batanta
Still part of the central section, Batanta offers superb diving with a wide diversity of options from macro heavens and mandarin fish sites over drift dives along pristine reefs to manta aggregation spots. It is also a spectacular destination for land-based activities such as treks to waterfalls, birds of paradise or hornbill nesting areas (3 day dives, 1 night dive)

Day 4: Daram (Misool)
Daram, one of the many miniature archipelagos off Raja’s southernmost region Misool, keeps divers impressed with coral studded underwater limestone formations that are bathed in fish. Schooling barracudas, Spanish mackerels, batfish and trevallies are common. Daram’s sea fan forests are also home to Raja Ampat’s endemic ‘Santa Claus’ pygmy seahorse (3-day dives, 1-night dive).

Day 5: Pele (Misool)
The ridges, overhangs, and swim-throughs underneath the waves around Pele’s islets are some of the best places to swim in clouds of baitfish and silversides. These huge bait balls of small fish attract predatory fish such as trevallies, tuna, sharks, and squadrons of mobula rays. Pele is also home to some of the largest groupers (4-day dives).

Day 6: Wagmab (Misool)
The overwhelming kaleidoscope of colours created by the dense soft and black coral growth around Wagmab makes it hard to notice the equally colourful critters hiding within, such as nudibranchs, frogfish, boxer crabs, blue ringed octopi and others. They are also amongst the best sites to find Raja’s endemic walking shark on night dives. There are several lagoon and cavern systems waiting to be explored by speedboat, and snorkellers can immerse themselves in marine lakes inhabited by stingless jellyfish (2-day dives).

Day 7: Sorong
After breakfast, it is time to say goodbye disembark and – until the next time.

Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.

Transfer details

Departure

04:00pm

Sorong

Sorong Airport: SOQ

Return

12:00pm

Sorong

Sorong Airport: SOQ

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