Join us in the ‘muck diving’ capital of the world! Lembeh is a diver’s critter searching haven. From wunderpus and mimic octopus to flamboyant cuttlefish to blue-ringed octopus and much much more, we’ll be going on an underwater critter spotting adventure in the black volcanic sand. The diving in Lembeh is great year round and we’ll be headed there during ‘dry season’ prior to flying to Raja Ampat for our week on the Coralia.
Preference will be given to guests joining us in Raja Ampat. We’d love to have you at both locations, and Lembeh offers a relaxed ‘ease’ into the diving in Indonesia before we hop on the Coralia in Raja Ampat. If you are only interested in joining in Lembeh, please reach out to see if we have extra spaces.
Date
13-20 August 2024
Duration:
7 nights/8 days
Package Cost:
Seaview Bungalow: $1750 USD (per person double occupancy)
Seaview bungalows have either 2 twin beds or 1 queen and 1 twin bed. The bungalows have A/C, Wi-Fi, TV, ceiling fans, mini-bar, bean bags and Japanese style onsens on the veranda (i.e. hot tub). The resort has an open air restaurant & bar, spa, and pool.
Price Includes:
- 7 nights in an air-conditioned Seaview bungalow
- 2 boat dives/day
- Small dive groups and experienced dive guides
- Fast comfortable speed boats to/from dives
- Nitrox
- Unlimited shore dives on the house “muck” reef
- Camera room and large dive center
- Three delicious meals daily (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
* dinner only on arrival day and breakfast only on departure day - Unlimited drinking water, tea and coffee throughout the day
- Afternoon tour of Tangkoko National park on August 19, 2024
- Round trip transfers to/from Manado International Airport
- Presentations on marine life
- Photography advice
- Fun and friendly atmosphere with experienced group leaders Kim and Amanda
Exclusions:
- International and Domestic flights
- Dive Insurance
- Travel Insurance
- Alcoholic beverages, soft drinks
- Massages
- Extra boat dives ($55 USD/dive)
- Mandarin fish night dive ($55 USD) – we’re hoping to get everyone on this dive during the week
- Rental equipment and dive courses
- Gratuities.
How to secure your spot:
Please note that this trip has limited spots, so you will need to get in quick to secure your booking. $800 USD is required to secure your spot.
The following payments will be required:
- $800 USD per person deposit
- First payment due Feb 1, 2024
- Second payment due May 1, 2024
We will be in touch via email for your payment and trip details. We would recommend purchasing your flights into Jakarta (CGK) and then onto Manado (MDC) , as soon as possible to secure reasonably priced flights. To book and check for available spaces, email us at: amanda@amandadelaforce.com
Getting to Lembeh:
To/From North America:
Travel to Indonesia is typically flown via Tokyo or Hong Kong or other Asian gateway cities (depending on the airline) and connecting onward to Jakarta (CGK) or Singapore (SIN). Sometimes you’ll find routings from the east coast through the Middle East (Doha/Abu Dhabi, etc.)
Via Jakarta:
Arrival into Jakarta (CGK) by August 12, 2024.
The following day, August 13, 2024, there are a few recommended flight options to Manado (MDC is the airport code).
- Garuda Airlines flight #600 at 9:20am – 1:45pm
- Batik Air flight #6272 at 10:40am – 3:05pm
- Batik Air flight #6280 at 8:00 am – 12:25pm
It is recommended to arrive in Jakarta a day prior to your flight to Sorong. The Anara airport hotel is recommended if arriving a day or two early into Jakarta.
Via Singapore:
Currently the only nonstop is on August 12, 2024. You will have to overnight in Manado for one night.
- Scoot Airlines flight #216 at 9:25am – 1:15pm
If you arrive a day early into Manado the suggested hotel is the Novotel Manado Golf Resort which is not far from the airport.
Getting to Raja Ampat:
On August 20, 2024, we will transfer from Dive into Lembeh to the Novotel Manado Golf Resort for a one night stay.
On August 21, 2024, we will fly from Manado to Sorong to board our home in Raja Ampat, the Coralia liveaboard. There is only one nonstop flight option:
- Lion Air #796 at 7:00am – 9:25am
Departing from Raja Ampat on August 28, 2024 can be at any time to head back to Jakarta or wherever your onward journey takes you.
Tentative Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival into Manado, Indonesia where we’ll be met by resort representatives and taken in comfortable air conditioned vehicles on an hour long drive to Dive into Lembeh. Upon arrival we’ll check-in, settle into our Seaview bungalows, unpack dive gear, set up cameras and get ready for diving the next day!
Day: 2-6: Diving begins and continues through Aug 19, 2024. 2 morning dives a day are included, offering you the choice of afternoon activities including the spa, diving on the house reef, relaxing at the pool, or adding additional boat dives. In the afternoon after our last day of diving we’ll head to Tangkoko National Park to see the spectral tarsier only found in Sulawesi.
Day 7: We’ll pack up our gear, say our goodbyes and head back to Manado for one night before flying to Sorong the next morning to board the Coralia liveaboard on August 21, 2024.
About Lembeh Strait
- Lembeh Strait lies in the northern peninsula on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia
- It stretches 16 kilometer long and is only 1.2 kilometers wide
- The strait is known for its abundant and colorful marine life, and is a popular diving spot
- It is the first real muck diving destination in the world
- Water temperature varies by only a few degrees throughout the year. It’s around 28-29 °C (82-84 °F) from October to March. Then it drops slightly in April, May, June and September to 26-27 °C (79-81 °F)
Bookings, Payment, Cancellation Policy and Force Majeure in relation to the Tour
TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. Insurance
- Amanda Delaforce Photography and Travel Pty Ltd highly recommends you purchase personal travel and dive insurance as soon as possible after confirming your travel plans. We recommend Dive Assure or DAN for diving insurance. Dive Assure offers a Dive and Travel Insurance annual and short-term (per trip). You can purchase it here: https://app.diveassure.com/#/registration/main/process/0/int/0/18669/en-intl
- Evidence of adequate travel and dive insurance must be provided prior to departure.
- The affiliated and established companies such as ‘Dive Into Lembeh’, hold the relevant insurances and maintain responsibility for the dive and snorkel insurance policies and procedures. As such when in the water diving, snorkeling, or swimming you are doing so under the affiliated company’s policies and procedures and must adhere to either the Captain, Dive Instructor or Divemaster’s instructions.
2. Bookings and payments
- Bookings made more than 100 days out from the start of a trip require a deposit of $800.00 USD per passenger
- All deposits are non-refundable.
- Bookings made less than 100 days out from tour commencement require payment in full to secure your booking.
- Payment in full is required 100 days out from the start of the trip. We will email you a final payment reminder prior to this date.
- Each guest will be required to complete a Dive Trip Questionnaire (which may require a Dive Medical) prior to receiving a final tour confirmation. This must be completed and returned to Amanda Delaforce Travel and Photography Pty Ltd prior to final payment being made. Disclosure of your medical history and known conditions is vital, as well as a review of any other conditions that could impact your trip. Amanda Delaforce Travel and Photography Pty Ltd reserves the right to refuse trip participation on medical grounds based on any falsification or exclusion of pertinent information which impacts the trip program.
3. Amendment and cancellation policy
- The trip cost is 100% non-refundable within 100 days of the departure date. This applies to deposits and/or further payments. No exceptions can be made.
- If you cancel your trip 100 days or more before the trip commencement date, and we/you are able to resell/fill your place, a trip credit for your remaining balance (minus a $300 USD service fee) will be issued for use on another Amanda Delaforce Photography and Travel Pty Ltd trip which departs within 2 years of the cancellation date.
- If you cancel your spot less than 99 days prior to the start of a trip, no refund or credit will be issued for deposits that have been paid.
4. Force Majeure
- If our In-Country Providers cancel or if a Force Majeure Event occurs, meaning any act of God, war, terrorism, fire, flood or any other extreme weather conditions, loss of power, epidemics or pandemics, industrial disputes, slow-downs or other strike activities, riots or civil disturbances, acts of government, semi government or other authorities, inability to obtain any necessary license or consent and delays caused by sub-contractors, suppliers or other third parties (including telecommunications carriers), material shortages or other disruption to the trip beyond our control, Amanda Delaforce Photography and Travel Pty Ltd shall not be held responsible for matters outside of our control or any failure to deliver the trip.
5. Liability and obligation
- Amanda Delaforce Photography and Travel Pty Ltd takes no responsibility for loss, damage or injury arising from any shortfall, error or omission in the information passed to the customer during the course of the booking process or subsequent delivery of the product. The company takes no responsibility nor can it be held liable for loss, damage, or injury that occurs on a supplier’s or service provider’s premises or transport, or between two such premises.
- Participation in any of the Activities involves certain risks which may result in injury or death. This warning does not purport to describe or disclose all risks associated with participation of the Activities. There are a wide range of inherent risks when engaging in sports and particularly underwater sports; for example, with diving there is the risk of decompression sickness, embolism or other hyperbaric injury can occur that requires treatment in a recompression chamber. Open water scuba diving trips may be conducted at sites that are remote, either by time or distance, from emergency services or recompression facilities. Scuba diving and snorkeling tours will involve uncontrolled encounters with wild animals which bear the risk of stings, bites, and at the extreme end, more serious injury and death.
- Participants should be responsible and aware of animal behaviors and their own interactions, and choose to engage in these activities entirely at their own risk.
- We will not be liable to you in respect of any personal injury (including without limitation serious injury or death) that you may suffer or sustain directly or indirectly as a result of participating in the trip or the Activities. Nor shall we be liable to you in respect of any other losses arising as a result of any such personal injury (including without limitation loss of profit or earnings or other consequential losses). We will not be liable to you in respect of any of your personal property that is lost, stolen or damaged before, during or after a trip.
- Please ensure you understand our cancellation policy and agree to the booking and trip conditions prior to providing any deposits. By placing a booking with Amanda Delaforce Photography and Travel Pty Ltd, this implies that you accept these booking terms and conditions and our cancellation policy.
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