Komodo National Park is located within the Lesser Sunda Islands in the border region between the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. The park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Padar and Rinca, and 26 smaller ones, with a total area of 1,733 km2 (603 km2 of it land). The area was made a National Park in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard. Later it was dedicated to protecting other species, including marine species and in 1991 the park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Komodo National Park has been selected as one of the “New 7 Wonders of Nature”, and is part of the Coral Triangle, which contains some of the richest marine biodiversity on Earth. There are over 100 different dive sites, more than 1000 species of fish, 350 different types of coral and over 1000 individual mantas have been identified.

We always try to mix up the dive sites to get more variety, including going North for the current at some of our favorite dive sites, Crystal Rock, Castle Rock, and The Cauldron. If we get requests for diving with mantas we usually go Central and dive Karang Makassar and Mawan, and visit Batu Bolong to get some of the best of the rest!

Program
Check in is the day before departure before 16:00 at our dive centre in Labuan Bajo

Day 1

08:00 Meet at Mikumba Diving Dive Centre in Labuan Bajo

08:30 Join the liveaboard

09:00 Welcome drink & boat briefing, put bags in cabin

09:30 Set up equipment, safety briefing, dive site briefing

11:00 Check dive

12:30 Lunch

15:00 Briefing 2nd dive

18:30 Briefing night dive

20:00 Dinner

Day 2

6:00 Wakey wakey & small breakfast

6:45 Early morning dragon tour to avoid the crowds

8:30 Big breakfast

3 Dives in Central area of the park (maybe Manta dive or Batu Bolong) and then we head North

19:30 Dinner

Day 3

6:30 Wakey wakey & small breakfast

7:00 Briefing Castle Rock

9:00 Big breakfast

10:30 Briefing Crystal Rock

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Briefing The Cauldron

Day 4

6:30 Wakey wakey & small breakfast

We have a choice of 3 dives in the North or head back to Central to try and find the mantas again.

After diving we cruise back towards Labuan Bajo and relax on the comfy beanbags and complete log books.

Sleeping on deck (4 mattresses) Upper Deck

1 cabin (4 spots) available

$840

Dormitory Style Cabin for 8 people with private curtains Lower Deck

1 cabin (8 spots) available

$900