Pulau Weh vs Bunaken

[Zeamonkey]

Does anyone have some recent info? That long post was a year old!

 

[Evil]

We were on our way to Pulau Weh when the tsunami hit last year, so we never made it there...heard they're in the midst of rebuilding but progress is slow, not sure how slow though...

 

[wahlaoeh]

Does anyone have some recent info? That long post was a year old!

Hi Zeamonkey, they are OPEN FOR DIVING since 18th March 2005....Check out Lumba website....
http://www.lumbalumba.com/news.html

Btw, my last quote of 2 dives/day was extracted from divewetworks website....Lumba is willing to accomdate your requests & help you with the diving plan, transfers, accomodation etc...just get in touch with either Ton or Marjan....

I'll be going there someday =)

jovin-

 

[davidlkh]

I got in touch with Ton and Marjan before going.

I arranged my own way from Singapore to Medan to Aceh (airport is quite far from Banda Aceh).

Ton and Marjan then arranged a local to meet me at Aceh and passed me flight tickets to Sabang in Pulau Weh (she was on time since I am told she works at the airport, but the flight was 3 hours late). When I arrived in Sabang, a small van picked me up and was taken to Gapang beach where Lumba Lumba is.

Pulau Weh seems so peaceful compared to Banda Aceh.

 

[Zeamonkey]

Thanx for the info! I have tried to write them a few months back but never got any reply. Will try again! Have you any idea of the prices for diving in Pulau Weh?

 

[wahlaoeh]

Thanx for the info! I have tried to write them a few months back but never got any reply. Will try again! Have you any idea of the prices for diving in Pulau Weh?

Hi there, try this email add: info@lumbalumba.com
below are some info. extracted from an email from Ton on diving package...

DIVE PACKAGES, FOR 10 DIVES (and more)

Here's our current best prices for groups of 5 divers or more (plus one
position free when it's a group of more than 8), directly in Rp for
Indonesian divers, as will remain promoted till the 19th of November.
And we'll keep it valid for your group around X-mas/New Year 2004/2005
as well:

> Equipment included
10 boat dives for 1.550.000 Rp
> Equipment NOT included
10 boat dives for 1.300.000 Rp
For more boat dives, see table with discounts below:

LUMBA LUMBA DIVING CENTRE - PULAU WEH

Basic Prices Boat Dives; valid till November 19, 2004

#Dives Gear incl. Own gear

11 1,695,000 1,425,000
12 1,840,000 1,550,000
13 1,985,000 1,675,000
14 2,130,000 1,800,000
15 2,250,000 1,900,000
16 2,395,000 2,025,000
17 2,540,000 2,150,000
18 2,685,000 2,275,000
19 2,830,000 2,400,000
20 2,950,000 2,500,000

Notes:
- We use a Bauer Verticus Compressor, equipped with fully automatic
Securus filter monitoring, so we have a guaranteed clean air station.
- Tank fillings for extra beach dives will cost 50.000 Rp.
- Extra beach dives including our equipment will be priced at only
90.000 Rp.
- Beach dives are billed separately, so do not count for the #Dives as
used above
- For night (boat) dives and the deep wreck dive, we'll charge 50.000 Rp
more.
- And for the special (exploratory) day trips to further dive sites,
we'll count a surcharge of 100.000 Rp per diver.

Extra note:
- When there's a group of 8 divers or more, we offer a free extra
position for the organizer of the group (so 9th diver for free!)

Hope this helps....PM if u need more info & I can forward the emails (infos on diving, accom, dive sites etc) from Ton to u...

happy bubbles,
Jovin-

 

[Zeamonkey]

Thanx a lot for this information! It definately confirm the rumours about really cheap and exiting diving up there. I'm also more into pelagics than macro, so it sounds great to me. Thinking of staying a 2 months if its possible to get a 2 mth visa in Singapore or Penang.

 

[Indah]

Strange nobody mentions the Tsunami. Did they already open after this disaster again.
Probably 130.000 people got killed last december in Aceh.

 

[Zippsy]

Tsunami? What tsunami?





actually, I believe it was taken for granted that everyone know there was a tsunami somewhere in the same hemisphere as Aceh in the past half year. Wahleoah was adressing that very point with his 31/5 post and link.