GILI AIR DIVERS

The trip is 7 full days and 8 nights in total. The boat departs in the afternoon from Gili Air, Meno or Trawangan and the trip ends on Gili early morning. The schedule is flexible depending on weather and diving conditions but roughly looks like this,
Day1: Welcome onboard and enjoy dinner together meeting fellow guests! You will be getting on the boat in the late afternoon. We will be setting up the dive equipment and checking you in to your cabins. We leave at sunset when we also will have our first dinner on the boat together. We are then travelling overnight. Day2: Moyo and Satonda. We are arriving in Moyo in the morning for a check dive at Medang. Then traveling through the day to Satonda where we do an afternoon dive and at sunset stop and look at the sky when it fills with millions of bats. This is something else to see. They travel from Satonda to Sumbawa to hunt the same time every evening. Traveling overnight to Sangean.
Day3: Sangean and Banta. In the early morning we arrive in the north of Sangean where we dive at the amazing Bubble Reef. Then sailing down to Banta, where we do the second dive at GPS point. After that we head for Komodo where we will be arriving late that evening. Day4: Dragon safari and fantastic diving! In the early morning we will be entering the Komodo National Park. Escorted by a local ranger for a walk around the park to find the huge animal at very close range in their own habitat and enjoy the fascinating panorama of the island. This is the land of “Komodo Dragon”, the largest monitor lizards on earth. Then 3 dives in the rest of the day. We stay anchored in Komodo bay overnight.

Day5: Diving Komodo and Labuan Bajo We will be doing 3 dives in the Komodo area. In the evening we arrive in another island in Flores, Labuan Bajo where we stay overnight.
Day6 : We do 3 dives in komodo and anchoring in the north of Komodo. Day 7; Diving Banta in the morning then traveling threw the day to Sangean for late afternoon dive in Sangean house reef. We travel over night to Moyo Day 8; Morning dive in Hajis reef then land tour followed by afternoon dive at the Moyo wall. We sail overnight back to Gili.
Day 9 Disembarking on Gilis in the morning.

Diving The journey will take us threw some of Asia’s most amazing dive sights, threw the calm waters of Moyo to the raving currents of Komodo straight. Even though some of the dives are advanced anyone can come on this trip. We will customize the diving to every individuals own level of comfort and pick the dive sights suitable for you. The diving in Komodo serves one of the widest spectra of marine life spotting in the world. We can see everything from sharks, pelagics, mantas and dolphins to pygmy seahorses, blue ringed octopus and frogfish but the most impressive with komodo diving is the amount of fish on the dive sights and the massive amount of healthy corals What’s included? On the trip we will do 15 dives through some on Indonesia’s finest dive waters. Food, soft drinks, snacks, coffee and tea is all included. Transport from Gili Trawangan to Nara is arranged with departure from Gili Trawangan 15.30. Meeting point is on the pier (or in arranged dive shop). What’s not included? Beer is for sale aboard for 18.000 RP and will be paid at the end of the trip. Komodo national Park fees are 350.000 RP and will be paid when getting on the boat. Dive equipment can be rented for $150 USD for the whole trip. Optional night dives can be arranged on request, and the cost is 30 USD per dive. Price and Payment The cost of the trip is 1050 USD per person plus park fee and eventual equipment rental. 20% (210 USD) is paid when booking and the balance of 80% (840 USD) plus park fee is paid when entering the ship. Drinks and night dives are paid for after the trip.

THE BOAT :
Antares
Antares is the brightest star in the scorpion constellation. The boat was building in cooperation of a traditional boat builder and a French sailor and designer in Bonerate, South Sulawesi and launched 2009. The type of boat is called traditional Lambo, the vessel is made out of teak and biti, a local tropical hard wood. Antares is the new raising star in our fleet, ready to discover Indonesia beauty with an adventure loving and delicious cooking French captain on board. Length : 21 m.
Beam : 4, 5 m.
Draft : 1.55m, 2 masts. Crew : 2 Indonesian, 1 western.
Communication : VHF radio, GPS.
Freshwater : 750 L. Fuel : 800 L.
Electric : 220 v for charge electronic, 5 kw Genset.
Capacity : up to 7 passengers.
Engine : Mitsubishi 4 cylinder 120 hp.
Dinghy : dinghy 5.5 hp.
Cabin : 3 single bunks, 1 double bunk, 1 master cabin with shower and toilet, Shared fresh water shower and toilet.

Komodo Liveaboard Schedule - 2011

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