Aurora -Traditional Indonesian Dive Liveaboard

Dive All Star Aurora

138-foot Pinisi-style dive liveaboard Aurora
9 spacious cabins with private baths
Two (2) custom dive tenders
Includes all meals, diving and shore excursions
1:1 guest to crew ratio
Great shore excursions
3 to 4 dives per day

Discover Raja Ampat

From $5,940.00

11 – 12 night itineraries boarding in Sorong (SOQ)
Raja Ampat dive trips run year around.
Biodiversity at its best – 1,000 types of fish and 500 corals!
Healthiest reefs in the world

Dive Sites

Discover Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Triton Bay, Lembeh Straits and Maluka during a 7 – 14 day itinerary. Pick the season and the length of trip to meet your needs.

Cultural Adventures

Our Indonesia trips are designed to showcase exceptional diving. We also look to include opportunities for the adventure seekers to explore and experience the local culture.

On Board

Guests can enjoy warm Indonesian hospitality, comfortable well-appointed cabins, delicious food, an attentive crew, all while diving and exploring Indonesia’s underwater world.

Diving

It would take a lifetime to explore all of the scuba diving available in Indonesia. Not just because of the vastness of the country, but because of all there is to see:

Sheer vertical walls teeming with life
Healthy coral gardens with vibrant sea life
Coral-encrusted wrecks with large schools of fish
Intricate and unique caverns and tunnels
Night and drift dives
Muck dives

Some consider this area the best in the world for muck diving. Discover the world’s weirdest and most unique critters, often masters of camouflage. Do your research beforehand, then minimize your fin action so as not disturb and then go slow and look very closely.

Shore Excursions

Indonesia is an expansive country covering thousands of square miles with influences through the ages from many different countries due to its location on major trade routes. Modern day Indonesia reflects the diversity of this history. Our shore excursions can include:

Local fishing villages
Penemu Landing
Love Lagoon
Bird of Paradise sightings
Uninhabited islands
Jellyfish Lake
Go kayaking

Dining

The galley staff are known for their thoughtful menus of Asian Fusion cuisine with local flair. Their ultimate goal is to keep guests satisfied and fueled for the day’s activities.

Sample Pre-Breakfast Snack
Fruit, Toast, Juice and Coffee

Sample Breakfast:
Choices include: Eggs cooked your way over Potatoes or Noodles, Fruit and Yucca Chips or French Toast with Fruit and Breakfast Meat Skewers

Sample Lunch:
Shiskebab Chicken Curry, Beef or Shrimp, Cashew Chicken, Parmesan Crusted Fish with Potatoes, Fried Cauliflower, Pasta Salad, Sautéed Kohlrabi, Rice, Plantain Slices, Bread

Sample Snack:
Green Crepe with Shredded Coconut (inside), Pizza (various), Muffins, Cookies

Sample Dinner:
Pumpkin Soup, Skewered Shrimp and Tuna, Curried Chicken wrapped in Banana Leaf, Stuffed Squid, Cordon Bleu Chicken Rolls, French Fries, Green Beans and Carrots, Dessert – Crème Brûlée, Ice Cream Sundaes

Itineraries

Raja Ampat

Raja Ampat dive trips cruise the West Papua province of Indonesia which encompasses 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Waigei.

The itinerary can include Misool National Park and Arborek depending on length of the trip.
The remote nature of these islands has protected the marine life.
Raja Ampat is home to over 1,500 species of fish
Raja Ampat is a scuba diver’s dreamland where divers can hope to see manta rays.
Pygmy seahorses, wobbegong sharks and a rainbow of colors along the coral gardens.

Lembeh Strait

Lembeh Strait is located in a fairly remote region of Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia in the center of the Coral Triangle. This body of water separates Lembeh Island from the mainland’s coastal city of Bitung. The waters are revered among muck divers as the holy grail of critter hunting and it has earned the reputation as the “Muck Diving Capital of the World.” While some dive destinations feature certain aquatic life at select times of year, Lembeh Strait is reputed for its year-round viewing and most dive sites are with little or no current.

The remote nature of these islands has protected the marine life and maintained their status as the world’s most biodiverse and healthy reefs. Raja Ampat is home to over 1,500 species of fish, 500 species of coral and 15 species of marine mammals. Raja Ampat is a scuba diver’s dreamland where divers can hope to see manta rays, pygmy seahorses, wobbegong sharks and a rainbow of colors along the coral gardens.

Triton Bay

Triton Bay is a relatively unknown dive destination in West Papua with amazing treasures. It is becoming legendary for its beautiful soft and black corals that cover the seafloor and filled with tiny creatures. The area is also home to nesting turtles, Byrde’s whales (pronounced broodus) and migrating whale sharks. Endemic species are wobbegong, long-tailed walking sharks and the Nuraslim flasher wrasse, the latter discovered only in recent years. The nutrient-rich waters attract vast schools of fish. The tradeoff, if there is any, is the visibility is slightly diminished from September to December when the water is cooler, but sea life is plentiful. Protected since 2008, the Kaimana Marine Area, in the center of Triton Bay, showcases numerous species from September to June after the monsoon season. As a bonus, new dive sites continue to be discovered.

Banda Sea

Located between the two top diving destinations Papau and Java, the Banda Sea is an absolute underwater playground for scuba divers. The plankton blooms mean the reefs and sea mounts are overflowing with marine life. The Banda Sea is also home to a group of the Moluccas Islands to the north and the Forgotten Islands (see separate details) to the south. The itinerary can include East Flores (see also Forgotten Islands (Alor), Komba, Ring of Fire, Nusa Laut and Ambon depending on the length of trip.

Visit Manuk, also known as Snake Island, one of the best spots to view sea snakes. Be sure to keep your eye on the blue on the wall dives as sharks, barracudas, tuna and trevallies are often observed. Ambon (in the Moluccas) is the best place in the world for muck diving with only Lembeh Strait as a close second. This is on every macro photographer’s wish list with frogfish, nudibranchs, cuttlefish, seahorses, pipefish, juvenile spadefish and batfish and harlequin shrimp, all waiting to be found and captured digitally.

Trip Information

Due to the variety of itineraries, please re-confirm arrival/departure ports and departure/return times on the specific trip (date) you are interested in.

Areas visited and departure/return locations are detailed on the downloadable itineraries (below).

Park fees and nitrox are included in the trip cost. Single supplements available for a 75% surcharge. Non-divers receive a 10% discount.

Cabins 8 (Red Sea) and 9 (French Riviera) are $40.00 extra per night.

*Subject to change

Raja Ampat

Departs from: Sorong (SOQ)
Returns to: Sorong (SOQ)
(9 – 12 nights)

Banda Sea, Banda Neira

Departs from: Ambon (AMQ), Maumere (MOF) or Saumlaki (SXK)
Returns to: Maumere (MOF), Saumlaki (SXK) or Ambon (AMQ)
(12 – 14 nights)

Lembeh Straits

Departs from: Sorong (SOQ) or Bitung (MDC)
Returns to: Sorong (SOQ) or Bitung (MDC)
(9 – 12 nights)