Just returned from Wakatobi. After waiting for a year and all the expenses to get there I was hoping all the hype was for real. It was. Great diving operation. Short distances to sites. Over the top food. And the best diving we've experienced. Beyond the usual thousands of reef fish of all sizes and colors, following is a list of critters.
Dozens of Nudibranchs (chromodoris magnifa, solar powered, many varieties, 12 Batfish, 7 - Green Turtles, Numerous Banded Sea Snakes (many on land as well), Many Giant Clams, Many Anemones with clownfish, 20+ Lionfish, Spotted Lionfish, Shelled Crabs, Giant Crabs, Porcelain Crab, Orangutan Crab, Sea Shrimp, Numerous Green Moray Eels, Yellow Spotted Eels, 2 Ribbon Eels, Many Pink Anemone Fish, Many Tomato Anemone Fish, Many Broad Club Cuttlefish, Juvenile Cuttlefish, File Clams (Disco clams), 8/10 - Scorpion Fish, Numerous Stonefish, Numerous Blennies w/blind shrimp, Long Arm Octopus, Numerous Flatworms, 2 - Mantis Shrimp, Numerous varieties of GobiÃÔ, Eagle Rays, Spotted Stingrays, Standard Stingray , 3/4 - Pygmy Seahorses (Bargibanti), 1 White Pygmy Seahorse (Coleman), Numerous Razor Fish, Decorator Crabs, 2 - Sole Fish, 2 Yellow Frog Fish, 1 Brown Frog Fish, Numerous Lobsters, 8+ Crocodile Fish, Juvenile & Adult Sweet Lips, Slipper Lobster, Free Swimming Fire Worms, Halimeda Ghost Pipefish, Anemone Shrimp, 2 Peacock Razor fish, Peacock Flounder, Sea Box Moth.
Other diving groups with more critter experience saw much more than this.
We had a great time and would recommend this place to anyone.
Dozens of Nudibranchs (chromodoris magnifa, solar powered, many varieties, 12 Batfish, 7 - Green Turtles, Numerous Banded Sea Snakes (many on land as well), Many Giant Clams, Many Anemones with clownfish, 20+ Lionfish, Spotted Lionfish, Shelled Crabs, Giant Crabs, Porcelain Crab, Orangutan Crab, Sea Shrimp, Numerous Green Moray Eels, Yellow Spotted Eels, 2 Ribbon Eels, Many Pink Anemone Fish, Many Tomato Anemone Fish, Many Broad Club Cuttlefish, Juvenile Cuttlefish, File Clams (Disco clams), 8/10 - Scorpion Fish, Numerous Stonefish, Numerous Blennies w/blind shrimp, Long Arm Octopus, Numerous Flatworms, 2 - Mantis Shrimp, Numerous varieties of GobiÃÔ, Eagle Rays, Spotted Stingrays, Standard Stingray , 3/4 - Pygmy Seahorses (Bargibanti), 1 White Pygmy Seahorse (Coleman), Numerous Razor Fish, Decorator Crabs, 2 - Sole Fish, 2 Yellow Frog Fish, 1 Brown Frog Fish, Numerous Lobsters, 8+ Crocodile Fish, Juvenile & Adult Sweet Lips, Slipper Lobster, Free Swimming Fire Worms, Halimeda Ghost Pipefish, Anemone Shrimp, 2 Peacock Razor fish, Peacock Flounder, Sea Box Moth.
Other diving groups with more critter experience saw much more than this.
We had a great time and would recommend this place to anyone.