Komodo Island Dive Cruise Adventure
Komodo island is an original habitat of the big lizards on earth. Komodo island offers visitors with the landscape beautiful, very calm and you come with a touch of nature and beautiful in the water scene. The island located between eastern Sumbawa and western Flores are three small grass covered islands Komodo, Padar and Rinca.
Each islands form the Komodo National Park, a protected nature reserve. This is the home of the giants lizard known as the "Komodo Dragon" which was thought to be a myth until the turn of the century.
It is simply incredible, while watching the huge dragon Komodo Komodo explore underwater ecosystems and has become known as the best dive site in the world. Beautiful coral reefs, thousands of species of fish in the clear water and beautiful beach are expected to visit. Bali Sea Safari cruises luxury browsing software for adventure, exploration and expedition to enjoy the beauty of the tropical islands a long the Lesser. With Indonesia's traditional sailboat, Phinisi Cruises, the trip will be unforgettable moment.
He began this year with two things: a brilliant career in engineering again, and an overwhelming desire to get away from the heart of another Canadian winter ridiculous. After living on a budget student of the past 4 years, was not in a financial position that allows me to fulfill my desire. Fortunately, I knew my daily sacrifice of a roll of film of ceaseless prayer to the gods Photography Competition could be heard when I received an email from Jason Heller. Apparently he had been awarded a 11-day trip aboard the Archipelago Adventurer II as a prize of 2008 Wetpixel & Thie DivePhotoGuide underwater photography contest in our underwater world. In the following weeks, I also learned some trips closer to my way of awards from other contests. Suddenly, I had the final graduation present – an Indonesia two Month / PNG trip!
After convincing my brother, Kris, to join me, I got a couple of points on board one of the routes Archipelago Komodo Fleet, near the end of May. Andy Sartana Gede shorten and made this process a breeze doing something important that staff sometimes not ….. liveaboard ie respond efficiently to emails.
Besides being the system, made sure to accommodate my style of economic life "by introducing me to affordable hotel cheap domestic flights. The following months were a little fuzzy. I was busy trying to pay my card debt again (large) credit goes to shows diving, and spending quality time with my girlfriend before I left for the summer. As soon as the trip was booked, it was time to pack up and leave.
After a month of diving Raja Ampat and parts of Papua New Guinea, it was time to make our way to Labuan Bajo (western end of Flores). The short flight Bali to Flores gave a beautiful view of ocean dotted with small islands.
We were welcomed in Labuan Bajo the talented photographer and editor of Scuba Diver Australasia field, Simon Buxton, who was our cruise director for the trip. We made our way up the massive Archipelago Adventurer II liveaboard operating (the second largest in Indonesia), and within 2 hours we prepared and we set out on a dive near the island of Tebolon at a place called "Coral Garden".
Typical of an early check-out dive, which was rather smooth, but given some interesting nudibranchs and gobies. My batteries no load strobe not help my frustration. I left the water a little disappointed, but very quickly the mood changed drastically.
I wrapped a towel around my waist, took off the old trunks, and planned to take a nice hot shower when I noticed something small jump a few meters above the surface beside the boat. After walking down the stairs from side to water level, I realized what it was … a flying juvenile (approximately an inch long), drifting with the current. I only saw a minor in another time in 13 years of diving, so I would not miss the opportunity. I jumped into the air current's ass without a mask to keep the baby, knowing that eventually someone would come and help me.
Indeed, Kris jumped and pushed through with my D300 hosted and mask in hand, and was followed shortly afterwards by one of the crew in a support boat. I'm glad I took that leap naked faith, as some images as a result of Nice, including this one. These are the clouds in the background, taken from below.
Even in the port of Labuan Low, had a night dive in the same place, before a gourmet dinner they need. The night diving is very productive, and so was dinner … my stomach was not been completed and that in recent memory. At night, we are sailing 'west to Komodo, stopping midway in the region of a couple kissing tatawa of frustrating, but beautiful, morning dives.
I say it was frustrating because I had my macro setup when the 2 stripes eagle, the giant mackerel, sweetlips school and decided to make an appearance in the clear water! However, typical of the waters of most of Indonesia, There are still a lot of macro issues to keep me happy and busy. After surface, continue the trek to Komodo tatawa Besar, arriving in time for late afternoon and night diving in the "Pink Beach" and "Lia Sodo, respectively. On the night dive, one of my strobe light "was the Caribbean" in me (ie, worked when he wanted), so I had to do some "macgyvering 'to put it back in good working condition.
I must congratulate the designers Archipelago Fleet for designating an area as big gear boat underwater photos … area the camera is bigger than most liveaboard dining areas, IIT in the main level of the ship, and is a perfect controlled indoor environment for the care of your expensive equipment. A steam for night brought us to one of the holy grails of diving, Rinca Island, where he remained for the next days.
The visibility was not the best and the water was cold (77 C), but the nutrient-rich green water, brought a reason for the coral back to life. Someone even compared the experience of swimming in a tank tropical fish on steroids. Despite poor visibility, I could not avoid taking a stab at the wide angle shot in an area so beautiful. I gave it my best shot, but left something mediocre picture, so I opted for the 105mm macro confidence to maximize my productivity while still stationed on this gold mine. As fascinating as the creatures were in the waters around Rinca, the land has a lot of attention too.
The monkeys, deer, wild boars and occasionally made an appearance on the coast, but the main attraction was the giant lizards (also known as Komodo dragons). Each morning, a few come to dragons the beach to sunbathe …. some sun and some of our flashes. In retrospect it was probably stupid to get as close as we did, but Simon and I met lying on the sand a few feet (sometimes inches) of reptiles. Came time to pull anchor and start heading north Komodo.
Stopped a pair of Manta dives on the road in a place called "Toro Lenkoy" and had varying success. Our first attempt was uneventful, one appears the end of the dive. However, the second attempt was much more exciting. The current was very strong, so our group decided to go with the flow and cross your fingers. My brother and I paused for a quick photo, and were immediately separated from the rest of the group. We drifted on and on, thinking we were going to catch up with the group at some point, but came to a split in the current it is stopped to decide which way to go.
Before we knew it, three blankets had large feet just chopped our heads. We stayed at the base of a large coral head as a circle, but then became frightened and ran away with the movement of a fin. Confused, my brother and I looked at each other with 'What the hell?!? expensive, but immediately realized that had happened … a flock of divers in the water had poured over us and turned in his hyper-planes to the blankets for a closer look.
The sight of this new group to drive away the blankets was quite disturbing, for what it called a leap and began to emerge. After doing our safety stop, and a brief encounter with another couple of blankets, which appeared to find dangerously away from the ship. Without the sea floor as a reference, the strength of the current was impossible to detect. Sausages safety were overblown and after a few tense minutes, they were detected and retrieved by one of two tenders with a sharp eye. We continued the journey north, stopping tatawa Besar in again.
The current was strong when we entered, making photography difficult. After a moment of being distracted by a scene beautiful soft corals, Kris and I were once again separated from the rest of the group. For if the manta dives that not only were not sufficient to complete the trip, some few eagle rays and peak white wine, then out of nowhere, a 12-foot Minke honored us with his presence. Unfortunately, I could only get "proof" shots " thereof. Kris and I came hoping that others have had a similar experience, but were surprised to find a support boat empty. Apparently, today, where we stayed had ceased, while the rest of the group was whisked away in a stream, ending at a beach over a mile from the coast. This is diving Komodo. We spent the night near a small island (Gili Lawa Darat) near the northern tip of Komodo, and made two dives in the morning close.
These sites, "difficult to find Rock "and" easy to find Rock 'underwater pinnacles, were stunning. Current is minimal since we entered slack-tide, and met with a small group of pygmy seahorses, large cats and sweetlips schools, and a platoon of about 100 Mobula rays. In the afternoon we moved to Banta, our destiny diving final. We dropped anchor in an idyllic bay and got into the water. I did not expect large animals around the world for an immersion installation of macro … Then Murphy's Law was in the form of blankets, Mobula stripes and eagle rays coming to us from all directions.
That is the way happens sometimes, I guess. Once again, as frustrating as it was, the macro life in this area made up for it in a few minutes. Before the night dive, some of us chose to go a little higher up the hills of Banta, as he had heard that the view was incredible. What an understatement. The final night dive the trip did not disappoint. Ghost pipefish, shortfin lionfish, Napoleon snake, eels, bobtail squid and several were waiting for us, taking into account the loads macro photography. After immersion in the evening, we had our farewell dinner on board, accompanied by the reproduction of the crew, singing and dancing to traditional music of Indonesia.
The next morning everyone was strangely quiet, as we all knew that the trip was two dives far from over. Fortunately, that ended on a high note, as "tanduk Tanjung Rasa" and "GPS Point!" impressed us all the reefs full of life. Manta rays, cuttlefish, a colony of pygmy seahorses (barbiganti), large schools of various kinds, and more than Anthias could shake a stick were the highlights of these dives. In the time it was dried and rain after the last dive, the crew had wash all of my team and hung in the sun to dry, which was a pleasant surprise. I should note that the level of overall body care in the archipelago Adventurer II was a few notches above most other cruises I've experienced.
Simon Buxton (cruise director), the dive guides, and crew were informed and well prepared for any problems that needed to be addressed, including the safe transportation of bulky equipment Rebreather partner and a support boat for each dive, which is not often found. Thanks to all of you who did a wonderful job. In the afternoon we had made the west to Bali, and were immediately transported by pre-taxi back to the airport where we all went their separate ways. That marked the end of my first 'Islands of Adventure', but I'm sure not the last. A big thanks goes to the Archipelago fleet personnel to continue to sponsor contests and allow underwater photography my trip!
About the Author
I’m 28 years old, webmaster in cruises company and manage Diving Sea Safari and Sea Safari Cruises I live in Bali, the paradise island in Indonesia.
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