Indonesia, Komodo National Park

Komodo to Sumbawa with Peter🪸

Travel details

Available spaces

8 spot(s)

Trip duration

10 nights

Travel dates

11 April, 2027 - 21 April, 2027

Price per person

4.895 € per person

Trip Highlights

Wild Frontiers🌅 This unique expedition sails between Komodo National Park and Sumbawa Island, combining world-class dive sites with remote exploration and one truly unforgettable highlight: snorkeling or diving with whale sharks in Saleh Bay. With fewer boats and more wild nature, this itinerary is ideal for those seeking off-the-map marine adventures.

Famous Divesites💫 The Komodo-Sumbawa region in Indonesia is home to one of world's most famous and renowned divests. From the whale sharks of "Saleh Bay", to the coral covered seamount of "Batu Bolong" and the iconic pinnacles on "Crystal and Castle rock", the area is bursting with life and diving splendour for every type of diver. 💥

Manta Rays☁️ One of the unquestionable highlights for divers in Komodo are without doubt the humongous manta rays. The two species are the Reef manta rays and the Giant manta rays. They fly by at cleaning stations, circling as a gigantic carpet above and around divers! So sick ☁️

Trip description

Indonesia gets under your skin. Turquoise water, green hills tumbling straight into the sea, wooden boats anchored in bays that look made up. The call to prayer drifts across the water at dawn and you remember where you are.

Komodo sits in the middle of it. Volcanic islands rising out of the Flores Sea, dry and golden in the sun. Pink sand beaches, the colour pulled from crushed red coral. Dragons walking around like they own the place, because they do. Reefs underneath that are some of the richest in the world.

The diving is the reason you came. Currents that carry you past walls of soft coral, pinks and oranges pulsing in the flow. Mantas at the cleaning stations, turning slow circles in the blue. Sharks holding in the current at Crystal and Castle Rock, effortless while you grip the rocks and watch.

Slow it down on Cannibal Rock and the macro takes over. Pygmy seahorses tucked into the fans, frogfish sitting still, nudibranchs in patterns that look painted. Different every dive, and that is the part you cannot quite explain to people back home.

EcoPro Divers Indonesia

Nights

Price per person

4.895 €

DATE START

11 April 2027

DATE END

21 April 2027

Komodo earns its reputation. Strong currents, water full of life, and topside scenery (volcanic islands, pink sand beaches, actual dragons) that keeps up with what happens below.

The diving is wild. Crystal Rock and Castle Rock for reef sharks in the current. The Cauldron for fast drifts and mantas overhead. Batu Bolong, a coral covered seamount that lives up to the hype. And on slower dives, all the macro you can handle.

The Duyung Baru is a traditional 27-meter Indonesian Phinisi liveaboard. We like this vessel for its intimate, small-group diving, accommodating only 6 to 8 guests per trip. Based in Labuan Bajo, it operates year-round, offering expert-led itineraries to explore the world-class dive sites and coral reefs of Komodo National Park.

The Duyung Baru is small by liveaboard standards. 8 guests, 4 cabins, good crew, good food, space to unwind. Simona is running the trip. Seven nights, six diving days, no rush.

Included

10 nights/9 diving days
Local taxes
Full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Water, coffee, tea, snacks
3 dives per day (incl. tank & weights)
Airport transfers
Nitrox
Extra night (21 to 22 April) if you join the return trip!

Not Included

Not included
International flights to Denpasar
Domestic flights Denpasar – Labuan Bajo / Bima – Denpasar
National park & port fees: 36 USD per night
Alcohol, soft drinks, Lavazza coffee
Equipment rental
Tips

Day-by-day program

Arrival at Labuan Bajo International Airport, no earlier than 9 a.m. An Eco Pro Divers staff member meets you at baggage claim with the boat name on a sign. Transfers to the boat start around midday. Welcome drink, settle into your cabin, gear setup, dinner on board. The boat lifts anchor overnight for the first dive sites.

First dives at Sebayur and the central Komodo reefs to settle in. Easy current, hard coral gardens, plenty of reef fish to get the cameras working. Two or three dives, briefings before each. Anchor in a sheltered bay for dinner.

The pinnacle dive everyone comes for. Batu Bolong is a small rock sticking out of the strait between Komodo and Tatawa, swept by current on both sides, plastered in soft coral, schooling fusiliers and snappers. Two or three dives, switching to surrounding reefs if the current is too strong.

The big drift dives at the top of the park. Castle Rock and Crystal Rock are two seamounts in current, sharks gathered in the corners, trevally schools in the blue, the occasional pelagic. Adrenaline diving, reef hooks help if you have them.

Karang Makassar, also known as Manta Point. A long sandy slope where reef mantas come to feed when the plankton is right. Two or three dives, hovering in the channel as mantas glide over you. Easy current most days, accessible to all levels.

The boat heads south for the colder, plankton heavy water of the southern park. Manta Alley is a chain of pinnacles where oceanic and reef mantas come in to be cleaned. Different feel from the north: cooler water, sometimes lower viz, but the encounters are special.

Macro day in the south. Cannibal Rock and the nearby Boulders sites are pygmy seahorse, ghost pipefish, frogfish, rhinopias kind of dives. Slow, careful, eyes open. The kind of diving that pays for having a good guide.

Long crossing west toward Sumbawa during the day, dives where conditions allow. The reefs on the west edge of the park and into Sumbawa are rarely dived, healthier than you would expect, and almost always empty of other boats.

Two or three dives along the western Sumbawa coast. Untouched reefs, big schools of jacks and barracuda, the occasional pelagic in the blue. Picture a Komodo dive site without the boats.

The grand finale. Saleh Bay has resident whale sharks that gather around the bagans (floating fishing platforms) early in the morning. Snorkel or dive depending on the day. Several encounters across the morning, then one or two more dives on the surrounding reefs.

The boat arrives back in Sumbawa in the morning. Breakfast on board, then disembarkation. The Eco Pro Divers team transfers you to the airport and helps you check in for your flight.

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