Best choice for Komodo liveaboards?
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I'll be doing a week in Komodo on The Pelagian next month ... will happily provide some feedback when I return ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
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Several posts on the Cheng Ho on this boat. Mixed reviews. Do a search.
itsjustme0770
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Hitting the Komodo Dancer in June. Would love to hear first hand opinions (not that it matters, since we are already going....)
reubencahn
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Doing a week on Ondina in August. It's a long way off but will post a report then.
Best boats still
Komodo Diving & Liveaboard Cruises - Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Wakatobi & Fakfak SCUBA Adventures with Seven Seas Bali
Archipelago Adventurer II Cruise Itineraries
http://www.pindito.com/english.htm
Blue Marlin Dive Center Gili Islands Lombok Indonesia for small groups of 6
Peter Hughes Diving Inc.
Cheers
Wayan
gabyne
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Went to Komodo with Komodo Dancer in July '04 - it was VERY nice, I enjoyed it a lot. Very nice crew who knew the spots and tide tables extremely well, great food, great diving (wide angle and macro). I especially enjoyed the hot shower on the deck right after the night dive, the warm towel with the shoulder massage and the hot chocolate - this was heaven!!!
Have fun (I'm a bit envious now...
)Gaby
PS: on my website you'll find some photos about Komodo...
thanks for the info, Wayan. I think I've narrowed it down to the Seven Seas and the Pindito. Have you personally been on either? One big difference is that 7 Seas flies up to Komodo area and does more diving there VS the Pindito that boats from Bali and returns to Bali,thus fewer dives in Komodo area itself. Maybe this is just as interesting--I don't know. Any thoughts about this?
gabyne
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Hi viva1,
if the boats are similar I would choose the one not leaving from Bali. As you said, you have more dives when you fly in (f.ex. Labuan Bajo, Flores). There are some very nice dive sites outside Komodo National Park, f. ex. Sangeang island but I'm not so sure whether one or two dives there are worth missing 1.5 dive days when you come from Bali...
When I went with Peter Hughes Komodo Dancer, we had a 7 days' cruise but only 5.5 dive days. This was the only drawback on this cruise however.
On the other hand it was a great landscape above water when you are sailing by the islands of Satonda and Sangeang etc. - beautiful volcanoes and you can also do some excursions.
So it just depends what you prefer - get most diving out of the trip or also see something above water. For me, I guess the best would be a one-way cruise - leaving Bali (for the landscape and excursions) and going to Labuan Bajo, flying back from there or vice versa.
Gaby
if the boats are similar I would choose the one not leaving from Bali. As you said, you have more dives when you fly in (f.ex. Labuan Bajo, Flores). There are some very nice dive sites outside Komodo National Park, f. ex. Sangeang island but I'm not so sure whether one or two dives there are worth missing 1.5 dive days when you come from Bali...
When I went with Peter Hughes Komodo Dancer, we had a 7 days' cruise but only 5.5 dive days. This was the only drawback on this cruise however.
On the other hand it was a great landscape above water when you are sailing by the islands of Satonda and Sangeang etc. - beautiful volcanoes and you can also do some excursions.
So it just depends what you prefer - get most diving out of the trip or also see something above water. For me, I guess the best would be a one-way cruise - leaving Bali (for the landscape and excursions) and going to Labuan Bajo, flying back from there or vice versa.
Gaby
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