ÉQUIPAGE:
Capitaine: Kasim
Directeur de croisière: Rob
Dive Guides: Rob, Lexi, Rama
Chef: Ngurah
Head Steward: Rizal
Guests:
Vicky, Jeff, Tes, Traci, Diane, Georg, Judy, Timm, Ulrich et Ang
air Temp: 29-30 Température de l'eau: 22-28
Sites de plongée:
Lundi: Finnissi Wreck, The Alley 1, The Alley 2, Finnissi Wreck
Mardi: W Reef, Jardin secret, Blanc Pusir, Blanc Pusir
Mercredi: Cannibal Rock, Pelican Chef, Yellow Wall, Torpedo Alley
Jeudi: Moyen Reef, Cannibal Rock, Stinger Reef
Vendredi: The Alley 1, The Alley 2, Jardin secret, Rocky Reef
Samedi: Lighthouse Reef, Crystal Rock, GLD Passage
Dimanche: Makasaar, rire Besaar, Lune de miel Rocher, Wainilu
Lundi: Blanc Pusir, W Reef, 3 Sœurs, Rocky place
Mardi: Batu Balong, Makasaar
Aujourd'hui est le jour de l'arrivée à bord de l'Indo agresseur et avec beaucoup d'enthousiasme, nous avons accueilli 10 invités à bord. Nous avons des invités de Etats-Unis, Allemagne et en Belgique. Cause d'arrivée tardive nous avons eu aucune chance de plonger, mais nous avons apprécié un merveilleux après-midi ensemble.
Nous étions tous en place très tôt et prêt pour notre chèque plongée sur l'épave Phinnissi. Accent a été mis davantage sur l'obtention utilisé pour plonger ensemble à la recherche de créatures cependant faits saillants inclus nudibranches, murènes ruban, seiche naine et poissons chauve-souris.
Nous sommes ensuite passés plus au sud à Langkoi et un site connu sous le nom The Alley. Un site souvent fréquenté par mantas mais après avoir fait deux plongées là, nous avons malheureusement pas trouvé d'mantas. Cependant les faits saillants inclus pointe noire requins, perroquet à bosse, écoles poulpe et grandes de sweetlips orientales, vivaneaux et poissons licorne.
Nous sommes ensuite passés retour à Lahsera et fait de notre plongée de nuit sur l'épave Phinnissi. Faits saillants inclus sepiolida, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, flatworms and nudibranchs
Dans les premières heures nous nous dirigeons vers l'île de Padar. Notre première plongée de la journée était à W Reef. Conditions étaient parfaites et de l'eau chaude et claire nous ont accueillis. Faits saillants inclus géant Frogfish, nudibranches, Empereur crevettes et Giant Trevally.
Notre deuxième plongeon était à Secret Garden un grand combinaison de la paroi et la pente. Faits saillants des mantes inclus, géant frogfish, frogfish peints et les crabes orang-outan.
Notre troisième plongeon était à Pusir Putih Une pente du récif intéressante. Faits saillants inclus géant Frogfish, Ocellé Frogfish et ghostpipe de poisson ornée.
Dans l'après-midi, nous avons visité la plage rose et avons eu la chance de voir Timor cerf sur la plage.
Notre plongée de nuit était à Pusir Putih. Faits saillants inclus géant Frogfish, ocellé Frogfish, Big Fin Reef Squid, serpents de mer bagués, bobtail calmars et seiches nain.
Dans les premières heures du matin, nous sommes allés à NusaKode situé sur la pointe sud de l'île Rinja. Nous avons commencé notre plongée Cannibal jour Roche le site signature de plongée de la zone. Un merveilleux mont sous-marin où les faits saillants inclus géant Trevally, Marble ray, nudibranches, crabes et les crevettes Zebra Coleman.
Our second dive was at Pelican Head a fabulous wall dive. Highlights included many hawksbill turtles, nudibranchs and whip coral shrimps.
Our third dive was at Yellow Wall a great little drft dive with some amazing corals. Highlights included painted frogfish, broadclub cuttlefish, yellowlined roboasta and chamberlain’s nembrotha.
After tea we headed to the beach and got up close and personal with seven Komodo Dragons.
Our night dive was a Torpedo Alley. Highlights included ornate ghostpipe fish, seiche naine, broadclub cuttlefish and Jenkins Rays.
We began our day diving Middle Reef an incredible pinnacle dive. An icrediblly rich reef with large schools of red snappers, poisson chat, oriental sweetlips as well as white tip reef sharks, napoleon wrasse and nudibranchs.
Our second dive was at Cannibal Rock an incredible seamount. Faits saillants inclus géant Frogfish, crabes zèbre, coleman’s shrimp, giant moray and nudibranchs.
Our third dive was at Stinger Rock a great slope with dwarf cuttlefish, whit V octopus and ornate ghostpipe fish.
Our guests were all too tired for the night dive and opted for a few alcoholic beverages instead so we moved to Lahsera arriving just in time for dinner.
In the early hours we headed south back to Langkoi in the hope to see mantas. Our first dive we were not lucky in regard to mantas however highlights included black and white tip reef sharks, hawksbill turtles and pygmy seahorses. On the second dive luck was with us and we spent 30 minutes with a juvenile manta as well as seeing hawksbill turtles, nudibranchs and octopus.
We then moved slightly north back to Padar Island. Our third dive was at Secret Garden where we found 4 Giant Frogfish together. One was brown the others blue and white. We also saw mantis shrimps, many leaf scorpion fish and a tiny octopus, flatworm and ribbon eels.
Our night dive at Rock Reef included highlights of Giant Grouper, a huge Star Pufferfish and Spanish Dancers.
At just after 10pm we headed north to an island known as Gili Lawa Darat. We began our day diving at Gili Lawa Laut on a reef known as Lighthouse Reef. The water was much colder than we had gotten used to 21 degrees and the visibility was also less however we had an interesting dive and saw hawksbill turtles and a variety of reef fish.
We then dived Crystal Rock an incredible pinnacle dive. Highlights included yellow pygmy seahorses, cowtail rays, many white tip reef sharks, napoleon wrasse as well as large schools of sweetlips, trevally and spade fish.
Our third dive was at GLD Passage an exciting drift dive with sightings of hawksbill turtles, giant trevally and nudibranchs
For those with the energy a hike to the top of GLD was on offer by the time the explorers returned and the rains started guests opted out of doing a night dive.
We began our day at Makasaar Reef hunting for mantas. Strong current meant many great encounters with these graceful creatures.
Our second dive was at Tatawa Besaar a slow drift sadly visibility wasn’t great and the water was quite green however this didn’t stop us from enjoying the diversity of corals. Highlights included crocodile fish, nudibranchs and large schools of red toothed triggers, oriental sweetlips and spade fish.
Our third dive was at Honeymoon Rock an appropriate site for Valentines day. Highlights included nudibranchs, octopus and a large hawksbill turtle.
Our night dive was at Wainilu highlights included strawberry nudibranchs, frogfish peint, poisson diable épineux, big fin reef squid and stonefish.
In the early hours we moved south back to Padar Island. We began our day diving Pusir Putih a reef slope with highlights being giant frogfish, frogfish peint, spiny devil fish and dwarf cuttlefish.
Our second dive was at W Reef three pinnacles full of life. Highlights included giant frogfish, hippocampes pygmées, hawksbill turtles and white tip reef sharks.
Our third dive was at Secret Garden once again highlights included giant frogfish, feuille rascasse, mantis shrimps and ribbon eels.
Our night dive at at Rocky Place and highlights included giant frogfish, blanc v poulpe, big fin reef squid and a variety of crustaceans and nudibranchs.
We moved back to Current City and began our day diving Batu Balong. An incredible pinnacle full of life. Highlights included white tip reef sharks, napoléons, schooling anthias, large hawksbill turtle and
Our final dive of the trip was at Makasaar where we ended in style with countless close encounters with mantas.
We then headed to the north of Rinja Island for our official dragon trekking experience. Ainsi que l'obtention de près et personnel avec les dragons de Komodo, nous avons également vu des singes, les cochons sauvages et des cerfs Timor.
Il était alors temps de hisser les voiles et mis le cap vers le port de Labuan Bajo. En chemin, nous avons apprécié une fête d'adieu de cocktail suivi d'un dîner de célébration finale ensemble. Malheureusement nos invités partir le matin mais nous avons eu encore un autre succès en partageant des moments magiques et former des amitiés durables voyage.
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