Anne Bonny

AM: Following a short flight to Labuan Bajo (Flores), you will arrive at the airport where we will pick you up to take you to the harbor. Our crew will welcome you aboard Anne Bonny. After refreshments and a short tour and explanation about the ship, your safety on board, and the plan for the day, we set off in the direction of Sebayur, where we will do a check dive near Sebayur Kecil.

PM: That night we will also enjoy the first night dive of the trip close to the same island.

AM: The morning starts with a light breakfast followed by a first dive at a World world-class dive site named Batu Bolong (Hollow Rock) in the North of the Komodo strait. This dramatic underwater landscape is home to an incredible variety of fish and soft corals. Sharks, Giant Trevallies, Turtles, Barracudas, and Napoleon Wrasses are often spotted here.

PM: Later in the day, we enjoy a colorful drift dive at Tatawa Besar, a site famous for its orange soft corals. We head to Karang Makassar for our second dive, also known as Manta Point. It is the best site to see manta rays in large numbers (up to 20 or 30 if you’re lucky).

We will do our last night dive for the day in the same area.

AM & PM: Early in the morning, we dive into the southern part of Batu Bolong, one of the most amazing dive sites of the Komodo archipelago. We will then enjoy a drift dive running through amazing canyons, that lie 15 to 30 meters deep at Siaba Kecil. The canyons with spectacular caves are home to big pelagic fish, sharks, barracuda, and schools of giant trevallies and sweet lips. Lots of turtles can also be seen here.

Our third dive will be at Siaba Besar, a lovely Coral Garden, and a magical underwater playground. Satellite reefs grow beautifully in this protected bay, and a short swim over the sand will allow you to look at many different kinds of hard corals. This sheltered bay with a shallow reef is home to rare creatures such as dugongs, silver-tip sharks, ornate ghost pipefish, frogfish, and octopus.

We will end that great diving day with a night dive in the same location.

AM: Early morning we move North to Gilli Lawa where we have 3 great dives planned for you: Cauldron and the Golden Passage are 2 action-packed drift dives in channels between two islands, and very good sites to experience Komodo’s famous currents. Here we will find an amazing variety of marine life and underwater topography. The currents are perfect for schools of giant trevallies, groupers, turtles, white-tip sharks, and sometimes Manta Rays. The 3rd dive for the day will be at Coral Garden, a nice relaxing dive amongst some of Komodo’s healthiest coral gardens and great for spotting turtles and critters.

PM: We trek up to the famous Gilli Lawa viewpoint in the afternoon to enjoy the sunset over the magnificent landscape. Night diving is offered in the area.

AM: In the morning, we dive the world-class dive sites of Crystal and Castle Rock: a profusion of marine life with over 1000 fish species and 300 different corals to explore on these sites, including various kinds of sharks, hunting giant trevallies, clouds of fusiliers, tunas, giant groupers and occasionally dolphins.

PM: While enjoying lunch, we navigate south onto Rinca Island to enjoy a “Dragon Walk” to see the last representative of Jurassic Park on earth, the infamous Komodo Lizard. At sunset, we set sail again to the Flying Fox island, where every evening, around 6 pm, thousands of fruit bats return to the main island of Rinca. After watching their flight, we enjoy our last BBQ dinner.

AM: After breakfast and the last exchange of photos and memories, the crew and Anne Bonny will say our fondest farewell and transport you either to your

AM: We will pick you up at your hotel or Sorong airport and take you to the harbor, where our crew will welcome you onboard Anne Bonny. Following refreshments and a short tour of the ship, you will be briefed on safety, diving operations, and life onboard. We will aim to depart by 11 am (or when the last guest is onboard) and head 5 hours north to Waisai.

PM: This will allow time for you to get acquainted with the ship, set up your dive gear & cameras, and meet and socialize with the other guests and friendly crew before an afternoon check dive. You will spend the night close to Waisai at a safe anchorage on the Mioskon dive site. For the sunset, we visit Mioskon island's white sand beaches and watch the sunset go down as swarms of flying foxes depart on the night's adventure.

AM: After a short, early morning navigation, we begin the day with dives at Mioskon & Sardine Reef. Ironically, sardines are about the only reef fish not found at Sardine Reef, but you’ll hardly notice as “fish thunder” (the loud booming sound made when large numbers of fish move rapidly through open water) engulfs you, and swarms of fish block out the sky. Both are incredible dive sites full of schooling fish, including fusiliers, surgeonfish, trevallies, rainbow runners, sweetlips, and bannerfish. The reefs are adorned with sea fans, soft corals, and orange elephant ear sponges.

PM: In the afternoon, you will dive into Yanbuba Jetty, famous for large fish congregations under the Village Jetty. For sunset, we will make a navigation crossing to Penemu.

AM: Early in the morning, we will arrive at Penemu’s My Reef dive site where you will enjoy one of the largest concentrations of fish in the area. This site is very impressive, particularly when the current is strong.

PM: Before lunch, we’ll squeeze in a second dive at Melissa’s Garden, a beautiful coral garden teeming with schooling fish and sharks, you will take a short boat tour to Penemu Islands and walk up to the famous viewpoint above Penemu star-shaped lagoons.

Night Dive in the area.

AM: We will make our way across the Equator and towards the picturesque and famous Lagoons of Wayag. On the way, you will dive at Eagle Rock; a large area made up of 3 differing islets that are interconnected underwater. Large schools of fish, including bumphead parrotfish, congregate here, as well as winged pipefish, several species of dragonets, and an array of unusual nudibranchs not often seen anywhere else in Raja Ampat. Before entering the lagoons and anchoring, you will dive at Black Rock, a site famous for its lush black coral forests and gorgonian sea fans decorating the sloping rocks and reef.

PM: The afternoon will be spent exploring the area by kayak, paddle boarding, or speed boat. Here, we can ascend and trek to a vantage point on Mount Pindito where you will get a 360° panoramic view of the spectacular landscape, and if lucky, the shapes of mantas revealed in the shallow turquoise waters below. Night Dive in the Lagoon

AM: In the morning, we dive into our secret Manta cleaning point to observe this graceful animal gliding amongst the 2 cleaning stations we recently discovered.

PM: After lunch, we will go to the Shark Sanctuary in the archipelago's heart. Here you will have a meet with around 20 friendly juvenile sharks swimming by the beach. Afternoon dive Ridge Rock. Evening navigation to Wofo Island.

AM & PM: We start the day with an early navigation to the Wofo Island area. Here, in the morning you will dive at Wofo’s Black Forest, a stunning dive traversing the deep black fan landscape rising to a beautiful and pristine shallow reef.

The second dive is a Wofo Tembok (a wall dive) and finally Teman Wofo. The evening will be spent on a secluded beach experiencing one of Anne Bonny’s famous beach BBQ parties, where you relax on our giant bean bags under a pagoda, whilst being served up our chef’s delicious BBQ. Explore the beach, meet the local hermit crabs, and indulge in a glass of wine as music is played and fireworks light the night sky.

AM: An early morning navigation brings us to the stunning Mangrove Anchorage in the passage of Gam and Yangeffo. Here you will find some of the most stunning dive sites in West Waigeo: Mayhem and Citrus Ridge. In the right conditions, you can expect some of the highest voltage diving in Raja Ampat, with currents bringing in massive schools of barracudas, three species of fusiliers, trevallies, batfish, bump head parrotfish, wobbegongs, as well as black and white tip reef sharks.

PM: Afternoon we will move to Arborek village and dive into the Arborek jetty, famous for the huge schools of fish that shelter beneath it, and also for the colorful soft corals that cover its piles with pipefish and cuttlefish dwelling more in-depth below. On the reef, giant clams are over a hundred years old. After the 3rd dive, we will visit the local village and see the traditional way of life of the local island people.

Night dive in the area.

AM: We save the very best for the last. During our final diving day, we discover two fabulous dive sites: Blue Magic and Sardine Reef. Both of these sites offer some of the largest concentrations of big fish in Raja Ampat. Large schools of trevallies, barracudas, sweetlips, tuna, and snappers congregate on these sites. Oceanic Manta can also be seen at Blue Magic.

PM: In the afternoon, we have time to relax on one of Kri’s secluded beaches before raising the sails and making navigation back to Sorong, where we arrive later in the evening.

AM: After breakfast and the last exchange of photos and memories, the crew and Anne Bonny will say our fondest farewell and transport you either to your hotel or the airport.

We are looking forward to welcoming you aboard.

AM: We will pick you up at your hotel or Sorong airport and take you to the harbor, where our crew will welcome you onboard Anne Bonny. Following refreshments and a short tour of the ship, you will be briefed on safety, diving operations, and life onboard. We will set sail at approximately 11 am (or when the last guest has boarded) and cruise through Sele Strait to reach the East of Misool, for approximately 12 hours.

PM: This will allow time for you to get acquainted with the ship, set up your dive gear & cameras, and meet and socialize with the other guests and friendly crew. The following six days we will spend exploring Misool, located in the South of Raja Ampat. Misool is famous for its steep rocks with vertical walls, a profusion of soft, colorful corals, sea fans draped brilliantly over the reefs, and plenty of fish. The islands around East Misool are grouped by area. We will do a total of 16 to 18 dives in this area.

AM: Balbulol (No Contest, Dangerous Kayak, Love Potion, Number 9, Pet Rock) Schools of pretax, snapper and bump head parrotfish can be found at these dive sites, including barracudas and jacks surrounding the pinnacles. You will spend the night in the hidden lagoon, a very special anchorage inside a narrow bay enclosed by towering rocks.

PM: We will take the dinghies to explore another lagoon located further into the rocks, and as night falls, you will see and hear the magnificent Palm Cockatoos roosting along the rainforest edges.

AM & PM: Warokaraket/Boo Island (Shadow Reef, Jamur Boo, Yellit Kecil or Besar) + Night Dive Shadow Reef, also known as Magic Mountain, is one of the top-rated diving sites in Raja Ampat. An offshore pinnacle with a long and narrow ridge, shoals of bannerfish, pyramid butterflies, and yellow snappers can be seen cavorting on top of the ridge, persistently stalked by giant trevallies orange-spotted jacks & longnose emperors. The ridge goes progressively down, with yellowtail barracudas patrolling the upper sector and white tip and grey reef sharks found nestled under the large coral tables. At the end of the peninsular is a cleaning station where oceanic manta rays come to be cleaned from parasites by wrasse and other reef fish.

Boo Rock or Jamur Boo is known for the “windows” or rounded openings on the end of the largest rock that completely pierce the reef from the surface down to five meters deep. Although the two rocks appear separate from the surface, they are in fact connected underwater by a magnificent reef draped in soft corals and brimming with fish. Reef sharks, parrotfish, surgeonfish, schooling batfish, fusiliers, snappers and moray eels are all found here, as well as a wide variety of nudibranchs, unicornfish, octopus, and green turtles.

Yellit Kecil’s (whilst sharing all of the attributes of its neighboring sites) main characteristic is the large number of nembrotha nudibranchs that can be observed on the ridge.

AM: The Wayilbatan area offers impressive dive sites with a remarkable range of marine diversity and topography. At Wedding Cake, schools of batfish, trevallies, barracuda, and pygmy seahorses congregate.

PM: In the afternoon, you will have the opportunity to take in the scenic landscapes with some kayaking and paddle boarding amongst the most spectacular hidden lagoons in the region. Four Kings dive site comprises four underwater pinnacles covered in soft coral and colourful tunicates. You can swim from one rock to the next, enjoying the soft corals, psychedelic colors, and abundant fish life. Be sure to look out for turtles here.

AM & PM: Fiabcet Island in Misool beckons divers to an enchanting underwater paradise. With its 3 famous dive sites Nudi Rock , Tank Rock, and Whale Rock you will immerse yourself in its vibrant coral gardens, where a symphony of vibrant fish swirls among the reefs. Witness the grace of manta rays as they glide effortlessly through the crystalline waters. With its awe-inspiring biodiversity and mesmerizing marine life, Fiabcet Island truly epitomizes a diver's utopia.

AM: Yillet Misool's dive sites offer a kaleidoscope of vibrant coral gardens, bustling with diverse marine life, from majestic manta rays and sharks to playful dolphins and curious turtles. Experience the awe-inspiring beauty of these remote and untouched underwater havens.

Goa Besar, situated south of Farondi, consists of superficial shelved gardens of yellow-coloured soft corals, wall tops blanketed with plate corals, leather corals, yellow and purple sea squirts, and rounded hollows filled with coral shrubberies, sponges and red ornamental ghost pipefish. Tunnels in the caves collide with green soft coral trees and sponges, and house night-time snapper and sweetlips.

PM: Late in the afternoon after your third dive, we will depart North and set sail for an overnight cruise to Penemu Island; a navigation of approximately 12 hours.

AM: Early in the morning, we will arrive at Penem’s My Reef dive site where you will enjoy one of the largest populations of fish in the area. This site is very impressive, particularly when the current is strong. After breakfast, you will dive into Melissa’s Garden; the most well-known site in the region, famous for its extensive and healthy hard coral reefs as well as Galaxy; a large reef with abundant marine life.

PM: In the afternoon after your third dive, you will take a short boat tour to Penemu and walk up to the famous viewpoint above Penem’s star-shaped lagoons (Piaynemo Raja Ampat).

Here, you will have time to kayak and paddleboard amongst the incredible karst limestone landscape before sunset and dinner onboard.

AM: We start the day with early navigation to the Wofo Island area, the most northern point of our cruise. In the morning, you will dive at Wofo’s Black Forest, a stunning dive traversing the deep black fan landscape and rising to a beautiful and pristine shallow reef. The second dive is at Wofo Tembok (a wall dive) and finally Teman Wofo.

PM: The evening will be spent on the beach experiencing one of our famous beach BBQ parties, where you relax on our giant bean bags under the stars, explore the beach, and meet the local hermit crabs.

AM & PM: An early morning navigation brings us to the stunning Mangrove Anchorage in the passage of Gam and Yangeffo. Here you will find some of the most stunning dive sites in West Waigeo: Citrus Ridge, Mayhem, and Way Pretty Shallow.

In the right conditions, you can expect some of the highest voltage diving in Raja Ampat, with currents bringing massive schools of barracudas, three species of fusiliers, trevallies, batfish, and bump heads parrotfish, wobbegongs, as well as black and white tip reef sharks.

AM: After awakening within the mangroves, we will make the short journey to dive at Arborek, a hard coral sea-mount with an extremely diverse range of sea life when the currents are strong. From here we dive into one of the most reliable Manta ray congregation spots in all of Raja Ampat, the famous cleaning station, Manta Sandy. It is easy to spend a whole day observing these majestic creatures as they somersault through the water, feeding on plankton and being cleaned by several species of wrasse and butterfly fish.

PM: In the afternoon we’ll make our way to Sawandarek in Dampier Strait, where you will visit the local village and see the traditional way of life for these island people, before enjoying a night dive at the Sawandarek Pier. In the shallows, the posts at Sawandarek Pier are covered in soft corals, with pipefish and cuttlefish dwelling deeper below. On the reef, giant clams nestle among soft corals, which also provide shelter for hermit crabs, flatworms, and skeleton shrimp.

AM: The final dives will be in the morning at Cape Kri and Sardine reef where you will discover some of the largest concentrations of big fish in Raja Ampat. Large schools of trevallies, barracudas, bannerfish, sweetlips, tuna, and snappers congregate on these sites. Large grey reef sharks can also be seen.

PM: In the afternoon, we have time to relax on one of Kri’s stunning secluded beaches before sailing back to Sorong where you will arrive later in the evening.

AM: After breakfast and the last exchange of photos and memories, the crew and Anne Bonny will say our fondest farewell and transport you either to your hotel or the airport. We are looking forward to welcoming you aboard.