Maluku Explorer - Molucca Sea
"An Epic Diving Trip in Molucca Sea, from Northern Sulawesi to Northern Moluccas, to experience great diving in areas less known of Indonesia and immersion on the Culture of Sultanates and the Golden Era of Spice Islands..."
Last update: July 9, 2022
Diving with the liveaboard Maluku Explorer
On this trip with Maluku Explorer, 3 dives are offered daily, some times 4, including a sunset or night dive. You should have a minimum of 50 dives and be aware and prepared that we can encounter strong currents.
What is included in the price?
- Arrival and departure airport transfer
- Accommodation on board
- Full board: meals and snacks
- Drinking waters, tea and coffee
- 3-4 dives a day, except for the first and last day
- Excursions according to on board program
- Tanks and weights
Mandatory Surcharge
- Diving Fees to be paid on board -Marine Park, Local Taxes, Harbour Clearance: €200 per person
Optional Bookable and Payable in Advance
- Domestic flights
- Transit night in airport hotel after or before your cruise
Optional Payable on Board
- Soft drinks, beer, alcoholic beverages, expresso coffee
- Nitrox
- Tips to the crew
- Onboard communications
- Dive courses
Flights and travel information
- You will need flights in connection with your international flights.
- At your arrival at airport, our cruise director and staff will be there to pick you up: you will easily identify them wearing their Liveaboard T-shirt and a folder mentioning your name and the liveaboard logotype.
- Check in: the cruise starting date, around 12:00pm. Check out: at the cruise ending date, around 12:00pm.
- You might need spend one transit night before and after your diving trip depending of your international flights.
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Diving Trips Sulawesi-Halmahera from Bitung to Ternate
The diving trip Bitung - Ternate is a unique cruise happening regularly once a year, starting in Northern Sulawesi and finishing at Northern Moluccas. Reservations must be done ahead on time. Reserve now for the next year.
Flights and travel information
- Arrival airport: MANADO - Departure airport: TERNATE
- Embarking port: BITUNG - Disembarking port: TERNATE
- You will need a flight from Manado-Ternate-Manado in connection with your international flights.
- At your arrival at airport, our cruise director and staff will be there to pick you up: you will easily identify them wearing their Liveaboard T-shirt and a folder mentioning your name and the liveaboard logotype.
- Check in: the cruise starting date, around 12:00pm. Check out: at the cruise ending date, around 12:00pm.
- You might need spend one transit night before and after your diving trip depending of your international flights.
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Itinerary diving trip from Bitung to Ternate
LEMBEH
Lembeh is the Mecca for Muck Diving, so you know can what you can wait at it's best! Different species of seahorses, octopuses, nudibranch and many other weird critters can be found. A heaven for macro lovers.
Good buoyancy skills are a must!
TIFORE
Rising between Halmahera and Sulawesi, in the very deep open Sea of the Maluku, the dive sites around Tifore are mostly plateau’s with sheer walls and steep slopes. Here we can find a school of thousands barracudas and trevallys hanging in the current. This is a great dive site where your adrenaline gets going.
GORIACI
The Goraici Islands have many great dive sites with one of the most amazing fish life zones in Halmahera. Stunning reefs overgrown with colourful hard and soft corals. Also pelagic coming by. Oceanic white tip sharks have been spotted.
MANTAS
Mantas can be seen around PULAU LELEI AND TOLIMAO. On Pulau Lelei we have a chance to visit the local village and walk around a bit taking selfies with the local inhabitants.
BACAN
We can offer a great land tour organised by the Tourism Department of South Halmahera. This normally includes visiting the old Portuguese fort, traditional dancing, local market, and a few more.
MAKIAN
Black sand diving, similar to Lembeh and Panambuang. A descent macro site where good critter life can be found.
TERNATE
In front of the Mosque there are a few wrecks on diveable depth. A perfect spot to do the last dive day with. Crocodile flatheads, nudibranchs, ghost pipefishes, etc. can be seen here and many others bizarre creatures.
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