Lembeh is well known for its incredible diving but what is there to do out of the water in Lembeh. Well, aside from relaxing on the beach or enjoying an afternoon snooze in a hammock there is one main highlight. Tangkoko National Park. Tangkoko national park is around a 1 hour drive away from our…
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Our house reef is on fire at the time ! Several kinds of octopuses (Mimic , Wonderpuse, Blue ring, Mottoti ) are to be spotted at the moment in our house reef. Of course not only these beauties are hanging around for the pleasure of our guests, harlequin, decorators and porcelain crabs are legion as…
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Are you planning your next trip to Indonesia and are considering buying an underwater camera to take some great photo’s while you are here? The compact camera offers the best value but are so many different accessories on the market it can be difficult to know what you should be and what’s not necessary. We’ll…
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What does Nitrox do and how does it work? The primary benefit for using enriched air whilst diving is that you are exposed to less nitrogen than when you go diving with air. Enriched air means that, literally, the air is enriched – with additional oxygen. As you increase the percentage of oxygen in your…
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Are you a muck diving fanatic? A macro photographer who wants to see more of Indonesia? Maybe you just want to visit two diverse regions? If you answered “Yes” to any of the above then this month’s special Muck Diving Offer is definitely for you! Lembeh and Amed are two of Indonesia’s finest muck diving…
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When diving in Indonesia it’s pretty much guaranteed that you will encounter numerous species of pufferfish. Pufferfish are one of the cutest fish but they are also one of the deadliest in the ocean. Read on to find out more… Species: There are more than 120 known species of pufferfish worldwide, many of which can…
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This week a few bottlenose dolphins were spotted on a dive on Bunaken! This is only the second time this year, that we witnessed this rare sighting of dolphins during one of our dives. Our lucky pair of divers, Yvette and Riammi with their dive guide Egen saw 3 beautiful bottlenose dolphins fly past the…
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In Tulamben we often find a school of fish. This school of fish always swim in circles, but why? And who decides in which direction they swim? There are two types of groups of fish, schools and schoals. Schools are highly organised groups of fish, while schoals is a loosely aggregated group of fish. Some…
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