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Discover insights, tips, and stories about liveaboard diving in Indonesia. From Raja Ampat to Komodo and the Banda Sea.
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What Scuba Gear to Buy First: A Travel Diver Guide
Most gear advice is written for someone who drives to a cold local dive site. If your diving is warm-water trips, the order changes, and the gear that matters most weighs under a kilogram.
Diving in Currents in Indonesia: A Liveaboard Guide
The current is not the obstacle, it is the reason the diving is good. How the water differs between Komodo, Raja Ampat and the Banda Sea, and the small set of skills that makes it enjoyable.
Cape Kri, Raja Ampat: The World Record Reef
One reef corner in the Dampier Strait, 374 fish species counted on a single dive, and a record that has stood since 2012. What the number really means, and why the tide decides your dive.
Wae Rebo Flores: How to Visit in 2026
Seven conical houses in a mountain bowl at 1,200 metres, five hours inland from Labuan Bajo and a two hour climb from the nearest road. Why divers should go before the boat, not after.
How Much Does an Indonesia Liveaboard Cost? A 2026 Price Breakdown
A week of diving in Indonesia runs from roughly $1,000 to $8,000 per person. Here is what sets the two apart, what the quoted fare leaves out, and why the cheapest boat is cheap.
The Banda Islands: Nutmeg, Dutch Forts and the Island Traded for Manhattan
In 1667 the Dutch traded Manhattan for a nutmeg island in the Banda Sea. What survives on those islands today, and the two dives that sit directly beneath the history.
Liveaboard Food and Dietary Requirements: Allergies, Vegan Diets and How Dining Really Works (2026)
An operator's guide to eating on a liveaboard anywhere in the world. Why buffet is the industry default and what actually determines whether a la carte is possible, how meals are timed around the dive schedule, why the menu changes as a trip goes on, an honest risk assessment for severe food allergies far from medical care, how to communicate a requirement so it reaches the person holding the knife, realistic expectations for vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal, kosher and clinical diets, and the subtraction versus substitution test that reveals a boat's real service level.
How to Get to Raja Ampat from Singapore: Routes, Costs and Timings (2026)
An operator's guide to reaching Raja Ampat from Singapore, the best international gateway to the archipelago outside Indonesia. The two routings that work and why Makassar is underrated, realistic timings, full cost bands in Singapore dollars, visa-free entry for Singapore passports, domestic baggage limits on the Sorong legs, how to time the pre-dawn connection, whether a seven-night trip is enough, the liveaboard versus homestay calculation that only makes sense from a short-haul market, and multi-destination pairings with Lembeh and Bali.
How to Get to Raja Ampat from the USA: Routes, Costs and Timings (2026)
An operator's guide to reaching Raja Ampat from the United States. The four-stage shape of the journey, best West Coast and East Coast routings including whether to fly the Pacific or the Gulf, the overnight decision between Jakarta and Sorong and why we recommend arriving a day early, 2026 cost bands for the whole journey, through-tickets versus separate tickets, Indonesian domestic baggage limits, visa on arrival mechanics, date line and jet lag management, and how to plan the return around the no-fly interval.