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Clown Triggerfish (juv.)
Balistoides conspicillum
Sebayur Kecil, Komodo
Featherstars / Crinoids
Crinoid Canyon
Nusa Kode, Rinca
Manta Ray
Manta birostris
Manta Alley, Rinca
Porcelain Anemone Crab
Neopetrolisthes maculatus
Tondok Rasa, Banta
Broadclub Cuttlefish
Sepia latimanus
GPS-Point, Banta
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Sulawesi is located between Borneo and Papua New Guinea and belongs, like Bali,
to the huge Indonesian archipelago.
The city of Palu in Central Sulawesi is accesible via Ujung Padang with local airlines.
From here it's just another short transfer to Donggala with it's small but fine
Prince John Diveresort.
Prince John Diveresort
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Besides mass tourism and off the beaten track, lovely reefs build a perfect macro
paradise for ambitious UW photographers.
Underwater there's a breathtaking variety with many rare and/or endemic¹
species. Even the rare Dugongs (Dugong dugon) have been sighted here
already.
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A very special experience is a nightdive at PJ Diveresort: Nocturnal sea life with
it's numerous crustaceans virtually lets UW life explode at the house reef.
But also on land is lot to see: i.e. the rare cuscus of the family of
arboreal marsupials (Phalangeridae) with their funny 'twin thumbs'.
A little cuscus family came to our veranda every morning and again at dinner time
to the restaurant to get 'toast'-feeded.
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Cuscus family
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The Komodo Islands are located between Sumbawa and Flores and are part of the
'ring of fire'² in the Indonesian archipelago as well. The local dive sites
are some of the finest in Indonesian waters.
SY Adelaar
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In 11/2001 I got the unique opportunity to visit these fascinating islands in a joint
Liveaboard sailing trip on the
"SY Adelaar".
Further information about
Liveaboard trips
to the Komodo Islands and similar scuba diving trips you will find
here...
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Komodo, Rinca and some more neighbouring islands are part of the
Komodo Nationalpark
which is wellknown for it's famous and notorious Komodo dragons³.
The slightly frequented reefs of the area are a true underwater Eldorado with many
rare and/or endemic species¹.
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Komodo Dragon
Rinca, Komodo N.P.
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During our eight days lasting Liveaboard trip (from/to Bali) we have dived the
following dive sites:
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- Pulau Moyo, Satonda/North Sumbawa (Soft corals, ghostpipe-
fishes, nudibranchs, cuttlefishes)
- Tondok Rasa, Banta (Reefs, nudibranchs, schooling fish)
- GPS Point, Banta (Sea mount, current, whitetip reefsharks,
batfishes, manta rays!)
- Tanjung Torooiungke, Banta (Nudibranchs, variety of species)
- Castle Rock, Gililawa Laut/Rinca (Sea mount, schooling fish,
variety of species, batfishes)
- Sebayur Kecil/Komodo (Hard corals, variety of species, nudibranchs,
garden eels)
- "W"-Reef, Padar/Komodo (Nudibranchs, sea squirts, bluering
octopus!)
- Manta Alley/Komodo (Reefs, schooling fish, manta rays!)
- Cannibal Rock u. Yellow Wall/Rinca (Reefs, schooling fish, whitetip
reefsharks, variety of species, nudibranchs)
- Crinoid Canyon, Nusa Kode/Rinca (Drop off, featherstars, sea squirts,
nudibranchs)
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* Click thumbnails
to enlarge.
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Dive Areas:
» Bali, Indonesia
» Sulawesi & Komodo
» Khao Lak, Thailand
Longnose Hawkfish
Oxycirrhites typus
Donggala, Sulawesi
Harlequin and
Ribbon Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaeto-
donoides/polytaenia
Donggala, Sulawesi
Sea Squirts/Tunicates
Rhopalaea sp.
Donggala, Sulawesi
Pinnate Batfish (juv.)
Platax pinnatus
Donggala, Sulawesi
¹ occuring only there.
² "Ring of fire", an area of still seismic and volcanic activity.
³ Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) live exclusively in Rinca, Komodo and in
few areas of Western Flores.
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