Check-in on board Mermaid I between 1 to 3 pm at Benoa Harbour in Bali. After the boat and safety briefing, you’ll set up equipment and you can settle into your cabin. Dinner will be served at 7 pm as Mermaid I cruises into the sunset on her overnight journey to Moyo Island, north west Sumbawa.

Start your adventure with a great dive in the calm, clear waters of Angel Reef at Moyo Island. Massive elephant ear and barrel sponges, schools of longfin bannerfish and red tooth triggerfish, frogfish, nudibranchs, eels, surgeonfish, snappers and dogtooth tuna. Afterwards, Mermaid I will cruise for two hours to Satonda Island for a world class night dive. After a great dive and dinner, she will cruise overnight to Sangeang Island, off the north coast of Sumbawa.

Three dives at Sangeang Island for rare nudibranchs, pygmy seahorses and underwater hot springs that support this very unique marine life. Then cruise to Gili Banta for the night dive at Gili Banta Bay or Stargazer beach which will deliver many unusual species and hunters in action.

Two dives at Gili Banta on reefs, walls and submerged seamounts offering dives with pelagics, turtles, schooling fish and clear waters. Afterwards, cruise to the Komodo NP, two dives at Gili Lawa Laut or Gili Lawa Darat. Famous sites such as Castle Rock, Crystal Rock, Lighthouse Reef, The Old Passage will delight with fast drifts and great fish action. Loads of feeding action on the morning and late afternoon dives here. The chance for grey reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse, turtles, mantas and even dolphins adds to the excitement!

Two more dives around Gili Lawa Laut area then into the Lintah Strait, which has beautiful coral reefs, sea mounts and crystal clear waters. The famous Pink Beach at Komodo Island offers a fabulous night dive with fire urchins, zebra crabs, frogfish, nudibranchs, amazing basket stars and more.

Start your day with an exciting visit to Komodo National Park to walk with the dragons! Then relax for around 1.5 hours as Mermaid I cruises south to Manta Alley, home to a large school of reef mantas. After exhilarating manta dives, she will cruise to Horseshoe Bay for your night dive at Torpedo Alley. This site offers some of the most weird and wonderful critters and macro diving you will ever see!

Spectacular diving awaits you today at the world famous dive site Cannibal Rock – rare nudibranchs, frogfish, spectacular corals, sponges, ascidians, huge black coral bushes, turtles, cuttlefish, loads of reef fish and more. Watch dragons on the beach, spot monkeys, deer and wild pigs along the shore, go beach combing. There might even be a chance to follow whales and dolphins feeding in the calm bay. You will overnight at this peaceful place, night diving at one of the many fabulous spots.

Three dives around the Lintah Strait, the strait between Komodo Island on the west and Rinca and Flores on the east. Here, you can expect crystal clear waters and a vast diversity of marine life from sharks and rays, including mantas, to turtles galore, schooling fish and nudibranchs if you can take your eyes off the rest of the action going on around you! There is a choice of dive sites including Batu Bolong, Takat Makassar, Tatawa Besar, Tatawa Kecil, Batu Tengah, and Siaba Kecil. Your night dive can be either a critter dive at Wainiloo or a reef dive in northern Komodo. Cruise overnight to Maumere.

The last two dives will be done in Maumere Area, in Pomana Kecil Island or Raja Island or Pulau Besar

Disembark after breakfast, transfer at 8 am to the airport or your local hotel.