Scuba Travel works with the most exclusive liveaboards in Indonesia, all diving in and around the Komodo National Park.

As you can dive Komodo from several liveaboards, each offers different trip durations and routes. This means that the exact itinerary will depend on which boat and duration you chose. The areas you dive will depend on your chosen liveaboard and that trip specific itinerary. Please ask for more information if you wish to dive a specific area on a chosen date and we will advise if that trip is scheduled to dive there

Please ask your travel consultant at the time of booking to outline in more detail your proposed itinerary and dive sites.

Embarkation Points
Komodo Indo Aggressor departs from Lubuan Bajo
Mermaid 2 departs from Bali
Emperor Harmoni departs from Labuan Bajo, Maurmere or Bali
Blue Manta Explorer departs from Labuan Bajo

Trip Durations
Komodo Indo Aggressor offers trips for 7 or 10 nights with up to 4 dives/day
Mermaid 2 offers 20 dives on a 7 night itinerary
Blue Manta Explorer offers trips for 6, 8 or 9 night durations

Please note the exact number of dives on a trip will depend on local weather conditions and diver experience levels etc. The above number of dives are intended as a rough guide only.

Arrival and departure
Depending on which liveaboard you will be joining you may need to overnight in Indonesia at either end of your holiday. Most trips will also require you to catch a domestic flight to reach the boat.

Bali to Bima
Generally you will check dive around Bali before the boat sails toward Komodo. Bima Bay is a popular macro site with juvenile harlequin sweetlips, peacock flounders, oriental bonitos and frogfish.

Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park is where the action is really found. The majority of all itineraries will be spent here. To the North of the national park you can find reef shark and eagle rays at sites such as Coral Garden and Crystal Rocks. Around the park itself there are some of the fastest drift dives out there! Shotgun is a rapid ride along the reef smothered in sea fans and table corals. Where ever you find currents there are always great chances to see big fish. Manta Alley delivers just that - manta queuing to be cleaned. Batu Bolong is another great shark dive with bump head parrot fish to boot. The night dive at Pink Beach is a must do with Coleman shrimps and devil fish. Nua Kode is another outstanding dive with every inch of the reef teeming with life, big and small.

At some point during your itinerary you should be offered the chance to go ashore and look for the infamous Komodo Dragons with a park ranger.

Emperor Harmoni will dive either
Komodo & North Flores: Gili Lawa, Tatawa, Sebayor, Makassar Reef, Wainilu, Batu Bolong, Padar, Nusa Kode, Manta Alley, Pomana Kecil Island, Raja Island, Pulau Besar
Bali, Sumbawa & Komodo: Moyo, Saleh Bay, Sangeang Volcano, Gili Banta, Gili Lawalaut, Batu Bulong, Dragon Walk, Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Manta Alley, Pink Beach
Komodo National Park: Gili Lawa, Tatawa, Makassar Reef, Wainilu, Batu Bolong, Padar, Nusa Kode, Manta Alley

Komodo Deep South, Komodo Indo Aggressor
The boat embarks and disembarks at Labuan Bajo, Flores and the entire cruise is focused on diving South Komodo National Park where we will cover Padar Island, Langkoi, Horseshoe Bay, South West Flores, Mota Island and the Mola Straits (The channel between Rinca Island and Flores). This is only possible in the 1st quarter of the year during the North West Monsoon). Mota Island and Mola Straits are only available in this itinerary only. There will be the walk on Rinca Island to see the Komodo Dragons

Sangeang Island & Gili Banta
Sangeang Island is a small and volcanic island to the north of Komodo, with lava ridges that lead down to dark sands and coral gardens. Techno Reef, Hot Rocks , Black Magic and Estuary are great dives 0here and especially good for the smaller critters. There is a wide variety of nudibranch to find but also popcorn shrimp, ghost pipefish and squat lobster. You can also find mimic octopus - look but don't touch!

Dismbarkation Points
Komodo returns to Lubuan Bajo
Mermaid 2 returns to either Bali or Maumere
Emperor Harmoni departs from Labuan Bajo, Maurmere or Bali
Blue Manta Explorer departs from Labuan Bajo

On certain trip dates, the above embarkation and disembarkation may be reversed with the itinerary running in reverse.