diver69
Contributor
Hi all,
After having done more research, I am leaning towards going with Sulawesi Dive Quest for my dive trip to Manado.
My sis and I are arriving in Manado on Sep 14 and flying out on Sep 19. We were planning to go with Eco Divers at Rasik Ria, but in the interest of our wallet (we have to budget real hard as we're spending a week in Sipadan before heading to Manado, and a week in Thailand after), we are leaning towards SDQ now.
In addition to costs, SDQ also run resorts at both Bunaken and Lembeh. I've phoned up Eco-Divers, and the package deal they have cannot be combined (Rasik Ria and Kungkungan).
Now comes the question - Anyone with an opinion on SDQ? Also, they have a dive trip where you go to Bangka by boat for 2 dives, then on to Lembeh for a night's stay, then I assume (they didn't explain on their website), you do a day's dives at Lembeh before heading back to Bunaken. Has anyone been on that dive trip? How was it? My only worry is they require min 6 divers for that trip.
We are hoping to spend 2/3 nights at Lembeh and 2/3 nights at Bunaken; if that doesn't work, then we'll have to look at spending our time at Bunaken and taking that dive trip to Bangka and Lembeh.
Would really appreciate any comments/suggestion.
Come on September (eventhough it signifies the end of summer for us up in the great white north)
After having done more research, I am leaning towards going with Sulawesi Dive Quest for my dive trip to Manado.
My sis and I are arriving in Manado on Sep 14 and flying out on Sep 19. We were planning to go with Eco Divers at Rasik Ria, but in the interest of our wallet (we have to budget real hard as we're spending a week in Sipadan before heading to Manado, and a week in Thailand after), we are leaning towards SDQ now.
In addition to costs, SDQ also run resorts at both Bunaken and Lembeh. I've phoned up Eco-Divers, and the package deal they have cannot be combined (Rasik Ria and Kungkungan).
Now comes the question - Anyone with an opinion on SDQ? Also, they have a dive trip where you go to Bangka by boat for 2 dives, then on to Lembeh for a night's stay, then I assume (they didn't explain on their website), you do a day's dives at Lembeh before heading back to Bunaken. Has anyone been on that dive trip? How was it? My only worry is they require min 6 divers for that trip.
We are hoping to spend 2/3 nights at Lembeh and 2/3 nights at Bunaken; if that doesn't work, then we'll have to look at spending our time at Bunaken and taking that dive trip to Bangka and Lembeh.
Would really appreciate any comments/suggestion.
Come on September (eventhough it signifies the end of summer for us up in the great white north)