Day 1: Ambon
Aurora Crew will pick you up at the airport for immediate boarding. After a refreshing welcome drink, we will prepare all our dive gear and start our cruise. 1st Stop, Nusa Laut.
Day 2: Nusa Laut
South of Seram, fantastic diving experiences on the reefs of Nusa Laut. These rather picturesque islands of Maluku are popular dive destinations due to their diversity in reef fish species, ghost pipefish, frogfish, and a variety of well-preserved hard corals.
Day 3: Suanggi
We will now arrive at the northern end of the outer reefs of the Banda Sea: Pulau Suanggi. The waters here are full of fish, reef sharks, and tuna. As a small bonus for bird lovers, many species can be observed around the island: brown boobies, red-footed boobies, and frigate birds.
Day 4: Manuk
Manuk, the ‘Snake Island’, a volcanic island with lower interest on land. It takes its nickname from the large number of sea snakes found there. You will surely see a lot! The drop-offs here are amazing and sharks, mackerels, tunas, and barracudas are often observed.
Day 5: Serua
Serua offers great slopes and walls full of Soft and hard Coral full of color and life. The big prize here is the schooling Hammerhead often spotted cruising along the reefs.
Day 6: Pulau Hatta & Banda Neira
We will dive both sloping reefs and vertical walls. The current attracts many fish: fusiliers, dogtooth tuna, eagle rays, barracuda, and sometimes sharks. On the reef: soft corals, leather corals, big eye trevallies, and turtles. The picturesque Banda Neira Harbour is also home to the Mandarin Fish, a very colorful fish that every single night comes out to perform their mating ritual.
Day 7: Banda Neira (Treck & Dive)
Time for some land and cultural excursion. We will visit Fort Belgica, the main feature that domain the Island view. Also, we will have the chance to visit the Maritime Museum and a Nutmeg, Vanilla plantation to taste some aromatic Tea and Cakes. Of course, this location also offers beautiful dive spots, including Lava Flow: after a volcano eruption in 1988, the existing coral got destroyed, but after 10 years new coral grew and created this now beautiful dive spot.
Day 8: Ambon
We will wake up on the south coast of Seram Island, very close to Ambon Harbour where We will make 2 dives in its beautiful walls and slopes along the coast. And at the end of the day, we will enjoy a night dive right in the heart of this magnificent muck dive area.
Day 9: Ambon
We will dive 2 times more in Laha or Tuleu Bay, an area known for its fabulous muck dives, probably among the best in the world for macro diving: only the Lembeh Strait in Indonesia can compete.
Day 10: Ambon
After a tasty breakfast is time to say goodbye. We will organize your transfer to the Airport and hope to see you soon aboard Aurora.
