MikeSullivan
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I am trying to dive Komodo and Raja Ampat, but I cannot afford to spend $2,000 - $3,000 on a liveaboard. Any suggestions? I would preferably like to do a few days around Komodo and then around 4 or 5 days RA.
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I am trying to dive Komodo and Raja Ampat, but I cannot afford to spend $2,000 - $3,000 on a liveaboard. Any suggestions? I would preferably like to do a few days around Komodo and then around 4 or 5 days RA.
There are affordable homestays on Kri (Raja Ampat) but you will miss out diving the Misool area which I think is the best area of Raja. And May is not the best season for Raja.
There are lots of operations doing daytrips out of Labuan Bajo, where I am currently waiting to be picked up to try out the new Scuba Junkie resort in Komodo. We'll see how the resort turns out. I'm hoping for fantastic.
Tippytoes (hi Tippy) has a point, 8 days not a lot of time to split the two destinations. Travel ain't easy nor fast and you'll have no fly days eating up your time.