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SMY. SEAHORSE
LIVEABOARD ITINERARY
Price includes: Cabin accommodation
with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, biscuits, soft
drinks, coffee, tea and water, dives, tanks (including Nitrox),
weights and weightbelts, torches, experienced English-speaking
divemaster(s), return transfers to the boat from Ternate Airport in
Halmahera, or Sorong or Fak Fak Airports in Irian Jaya (West Papua
Province), depending on the boat's port of arrival and departure.
Cruise price excludes (where applicable): National park fees of US$
55 per person per trip (for Raja Ampat trips only), fuel surcharge
of US$ 15 per person per night, scuba equipment, dive insurance,
alcoholic drinks, flights.
 How
to get there:
Seahorse departs from Sorong or Fak Fak in Irian
Jaya, or Ternate in Halmahera. You can fly direct to Sorong from
Bali or Jakarta. We will help you arrange return domestic flights
between Bali or Jakarta and the port of departure. There is a
transfer service from the local airport to and from the boat.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 8 guests and receive 1 extra
place free of charge, or pay for 14 guests and get 2 free places.
Note the 2007 full boat charter rates exclude the Master Cabin. 2008
full boat charter rates include the Master Cabin and are for 12
guests.
Pulau Pisang
Pulau Pisang is situated half way between Misool and Fak Fak and
offers a great stop on the way. The reefs are healthy, no bleaching
and fish life is abundant, turtles, bump heads, napoleon wrasse and
the usual schools of fusiliers that attract trevallies are among
their residents and mantas have been spotted on several occasions.
We still haven't found a cleaning station, so we are supposing they
are migrating without intention of staying permanently... neither
are we
Air Terjun
Between Kaimana and Misool we´ll make another stop. Let us say
that the diving, although not disappointing, is not at the same
level as the others, but seeing the spectacular waterfall flowing
down from the hilly rainforest straight into the sea is a
breathtaking view!!! Lagoons where we can swim in and the
possibility of a refreshing waterfall -shower? A great sensation! In
this are, for the first and only time our main goal will not be
underwater one. It will be a pigmy, but not the sea horse kind;
we'll be looking for the rarely seen Papua pigmy Kangaroo, which
happens to live there!
Triton Bay
The highlight of the area, the record breaker ( a couple of dozens
of new species of fish, and another couple of newly found coral
species…and we are just starting….), so far the star of the show is
the recently found Epaulette shark, the only known shark which walks
on its pectoral fins!!!
 We
have over 20 dive sites; the soft corals are as good as in Misool
area. The black coral forest never seems to end and the reefs are
boiling with life. All kind of colourfull fish move around, new
species of wrasses and gobies fight to introduce themselves to the
divers. The topography is varied, bommies, some caves and a few hard
corals.
In places like Bat Cave and Little Komodo giant groupers are hiding
under the rocks. In Little Komodo and 7th Heaven everything can be
experienced. If Komodo is a sum up of diving in Indonesia, Little
Komodo has it all in only one dive!! Do you want turtles??..Or bump
heads?? Or millions of fusiliers?? Wobbegongs? Jacks??... Go for
it!!!
 But
Triton Bay is more than that. There are more reasons to come to this
remote area: the landscape is gorgeous, ancient paintings decorating
caves and the village of Lobo is a friendly place surrounded by a
1000 metres high cliff...
Not enough?? What about enjoying the resident pod of pilot whales?
Yes, we know you like to take some macro shots and do some muck
diving, well, here is the biggest difference with Misool, we can
regularly find critters and some dives are just perfect for that:
pygmies ( denise and bargibanti), nudies, devil scorpion fish,
wonder puss, frog fish, leaf fish, ornate ghost pipe fish...
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