Alor Divers, Alor
An intimate eco-resort with spectacular views, rustic charm, and easy access to Alor’s finest diving
per person, full board
Overview
- Stunning location with white sand beach and views across Pantar Strait
- Environmentally-sensitive resort for a sustainable getaway
- Small, intimate getaway with only eight eco-bungalows
- Dive sites plummeting walls, vibrant reefs, and muck and rubble slopes
Tucked away on a sublime beach at the tip of Pantar Island, Alor Divers combines exhilarating diving with beautiful accommodation and warm, personalised service. Once accessible only by liveaboard, guests now have the opportunity to explore this little-known region of Indonesia, known for its pristine coral gardens, wonderful macro wildlife, and exciting encounters with hammerhead sharks. When you aren’t out exploring, slip into toes-in-the-sand relaxation and enjoy the spectacular views amid swaying palms and a laid back divers lodge atmosphere. With just sixteen guests on-site, family-style meals, and daily group activities, this place feels less like a resort and more like a basecamp for intrepid, fun-loving divers.
Rooms
Beachside bungalow
1 x King bed, sleeps 2
Ensuite bathroom, Fan, Private terrace...from $146 /night
Deluxe beachside bungalow
1 x King bed, sleeps 2
Ensuite bathroom, Fan, Private terrace...from $183 /night
Resort checklist
Meal plans:
- Full Board
Diving in Alor
Hammerhead sharkNot frequently
Schooling reef fishFrom March to December
Cryptic ScorpionfishNot frequently
Clown frogfishFrom March to December
Pygmy seahorseFrom March to December
Unique crabs & shrimpsFrom March to December
Healthy coralsFrom March to December
Walls & pinnaclesFrom March to December
Plentiful reef lifeFrom March to December
Alor’s scuba diving is characterised by clear waters and currents, near-pristine reefs and fields of beautiful corals, sponges and anemones. Unusually, visitors can explore an entire spectrum of different dive sites - from colourful reefs packed with marine life and current swept pinnacles with big pelagic species, to sheltered bays with amazing muck diving - all in a single day. Throw in the occasional eagle ray, reef sharks and sea snakes, the possibility of encountering hammerhead sharks, thresher sharks and even mola mola and whales, and you can understand why Alor and the sites of the Pantar Strait are considered to be amongst the best in Indonesia.
Some of the classic reef sites include the Great Wall of Pantar, Cathedral, Max’s Point, Current Alley and Apuri, or Clown Valley. These sites offer beautiful drift dives along dramatic walls or over fields of colourful corals and anemones, as well schools of fish and even plenty of smaller species such as pygmy seahorses, leaf scorpionfish and frogfish. At sites exposed to the strong currents, divers can expect schools of jackfish and barracuda, tuna and rainbow runners, and - if the conditions are right - hammerheads, thresher sharks and even mola mola. In fact, along with sites in the Banda Sea, Alor is one of the few places left in Indonesia where visitors have a reasonable chance of sighting hammerheads during the cold water periods.
Muck diving in Alor
As well as its spectacular reefs, Alor is building a reputation as a world-class muck diving destination - particularly amongst divers that would like to get away from the crowds. Most of the reef sites have a fantastic diversity of life, but it is the proper ‘muck’ sites in Kalabahi Bay on Alor, and Beangabang Bay on Pantar, that attract those divers in search of unusual ‘critters’. The currents that run through the strait push nutrient-rich, cold water into these bays, creating perfect conditions for critters. Rhinopias are the star of the show, but seahorses, frogfish, ghost pipefish, Ambon scorpionfish, Coleman shrimps, mandarinfish, weird and wonderful nudibranchs and plenty of unusual crustaceans and cephalopods are all on the cards as well.
