Liveaboards & Resorts Many divers prefer the  live-aboard  experience for exploring  the vast underwater wonderland in Indonesia  but there are several resorts that we highly recommend & which offer equally intoxicating  and particularly unique dive adventures. Let's start with Komodo where you'll find a smorgasbord of excellent choices. Kararu Voyages' beautiful phinisi schooler, the Cheng Ho,  makes several trips per year into Raja Ampat. In Raja Ampat, Max Ammer’s  two resorts – Sorido Bay and Kri Eco Resort offer some of the region’s best diving on their doorstep, while a new resort opening in March 2008 is the Misool Eco Resort.  The following is a list of perhaps our favorite boats in the Archipelago.  We'll be adding additional information as the work on the website develops over the next few weeks:   Kararu’s Cheng Ho  Pindito  Komodo Dancer    Seven Seas   Sea Horse Archipelago Adventurer  Pelagian   Siren   Bidadari    Mona Lisa & Charlie   Ondina Mermaid I  Odyssea N.Sulawesi Aggressor  Paisabatu II     Also, the Grand Komodo Fleet offer some excellent options at great value and we have a European group on a Komodo trip aboard the Tarata April 1-8.  The Minahasa Lagoon Resort is considered the finest resort on the mainland with a German/Italian owner and fine attention to detail.  Many people feel that the house reef at Minahasa rivals Lembeh Straits and we offer a package to stay at both resorts. The island resorts of Gangga and Siladen are right in the national park and offer unparalled access to the best sites. The Thalassa DiveCenter at the Santika Hotel and Eco Divers at Tasik Ria,  accessible by charter flight, also receive super reviews for their service, hospitality and access to Bunaken’s finest reefs.  Indonesia Overview  This mind boggling destination offers not only world class diving but also immensely fascinating cultural diversity.  Indonesia,  with its 17,000+  islands,   its roughly 300 different ethnic groups,  and its millenniums of history,  is one of our favorite places in the world to visit and we've explored it extensively.  There's little doubt that the prime center of bio-diversity, as far as marine life goes, is here in this region of the world.   You have Komodo & the Alor Islands in the south   - and the finest of land resorts up north in Sulawesi.   Then, you have the remote rush of Raja  Ampat in the far eastern region  -  and Ambon & the Banda Sea in-between.  And of course, one can't forget the wonders of Bali nor the magic of Kalimantan, the Indonesian side of Borneo - where you can not only experience exquisite diving but can also add on a visit to the Orangutan rehabilitation camps.   This island nation offers divers a full spectrum of possibilities.  The archipelago provides invaluable resources to trade & industry,  while the seas hold parallel treasures for marine-biologists and divers  thanks to the placement of  this land mass in one of the great hot-spots of global seismic and volcanic activity, which breeds plentiful & unusual underwater life.   Diving opportunities abound  . . .  and the variety is as vast as the archipelago itself.    ♦  Should you be seeking fabulous wall dives,  throbbing schools of fish,  the captivating colors of diverse reef fish and  healthy coral gardens - you can find them in Indonesia.   ♦  If you want the world's best “muck” diving -  searching for the tiniest & most extravagant of Earth’s creatures  -  you can find it in Indonesia.    ♦  If you want a mix of big animals - mantas, sharks, dolphins & whales -  calm waters  or  ripping currents - even a bit of wreck diving . . .  you can find it all in Indonesia.    Not, however, all in one spot.    And that’s where we come in.   We'll walk you through the basics here but then we invite you to contact us for more details  - and for personal guidance based on our experience & your individual interests.    But let's start with this question: where’s the best diving in Indonesia? Komodo is home to fabulous soft corals along & reef fish, plus sharks & mantas enough to suit anyone. Raja Ampat is a vast area with some very popular dive sites but with plenty of room for exploration. The diving here includes Sulawesi hosts some of the most fascinating spots in the world for divers. You have the Bunaken National Marine Park, rich with a diversity of corals unknown elsewhere and you have the Lembeh Straits, famous for the best “much” diving anywhere Ambon & the Banda Sea Bali is home to some beautiful dives including a great wreck dive right off the beach at Tulamben Kalimantan Just click to contact us for further information Plus, there's much more to come . . . so check back soon to see our progress!