Alor

OVERVIEW

Pick up Guests at Maumere airport / hotel in the early morning then board Jakare in the port of Maumere. We will sail to Pomana Besar and Kecil. 

ACTIVITIES

Welcomed drinks and snacks will be served while Cruise Director will brief the guests on the safety, onboard organization, overall itinerary and present the crew. 

Guests will then be shown their cabins to settle in, refresh and get ready for the start of the Cruise. 

Jakaré will sail toward Pomana Besar, 2 little islands, approximately 17NM. This sailing time is usually a good time for resting and briefing on the scuba-diving (checking the certifications and the dive equipment). 

We will do a check dive on beautiful reefs and an extra dive with we have the time. Guests will be able to enjoy the sundeck and watch the stars if the sky is clear. 

OVERNIGHT

Anchorage in Pomana.

OVERVIEW 

Early morning, dive at Tanjung Gedong, then sail towards Serbete island, where we will do our second dive surrounded by sharks. Cross to Pulau Krokro beginning afternoon. We will sail to Laba Laba Bay during sunset. 

ACTIVITIES

Jakaré will arrive nearby Tanjung Gedong early morning to be able to dive around 6 am. 

Guests will enjoy their breakfast before heading for diving Pulau Serbete. 

We will dive as well Pulau Krokro, and enjoy a sunset while sailing to Laba Laba bay, located in the West side of Pulau Lembata. 

Jakaré will anchor in Laba Laba Bay. 

OVERNIGHTS

Anchorage Laba Laba Bay.

OVERVIEW 

Early morning, we will approach Pulau Soangi, and we will dive. 2 dives aroung Soangi island and going to Lemararap Village. If we have time, can try to do a night dive in Labala Bay. 

ACTIVITIES

The water is colder than other places in Flores (20 to 25 deg!) with a visibility going from 10 to 30m+. We will start the day, with two early dives in Soangi Island, in the South of the boiling straight. 

Dive Soangi: an excellent place to find pelagic, the waters surrounding Suangi are full of fish and it is also a place where sharks are usually spotted. 

Lunch will be served on board after Soangi Island dives. 

During lunch, Jakaré will head east toward South Kawula (2 hours sailing) to visit the traditional Whaling Village of Lamalera. 

In the mid-afternoon, Jakaré will navigate two hours more and find a safe anchoring point for overnight in Labala Bay. If the conditions and the time allows us, we could do a night dive. 

OVERNIGHT

Anchorage in Labala Bay 

OVERVIEW

Sail toward Pulau Rusa area, dive around the island and explore the Alor straight. Sail to Teluk Beangabang, where we will find a good anchorage and do a night dive. 

ACTIVITIES

Sail toward the dive site early morning while guest can enjoy their breakfast and sunbath. 

After 2 dives at Pulau Rusa, Jakaré will head north toward Teluk Beangabang to find a good anchorage and may be do a night dive (amazing night dive). 

OVERNIGHT

Anchorage in Teluk Beangabang.

OVERVIEW

Early dives around Pulau Abaang and back to the bay, for a nice night. 

ACTIVITIES 

In the Pantar Straight, you have four little islands, Ternate upper North, Reta, Pura the biggest one and Treweg (Abaang) in the South of the straight. The current can be usually super strong in the Pantar Straight, this is mostly drift dives and inside the bay, you have incredible muck dive, where you can find crazy creatures such as Coleman shrimp, Rhinophias and tiny frogfish. 

After the third dive, the Jakare will sail back to the bay, for a beautiful night. 

Treweg divesites: In the south of the straight the water temperature can be way colder than in the north of the straight, most of the time between 20 to 25° C. You can find huge walls, with big overhangs, always keep in eyes in the blues for pelagic or big stuff. Lot of trevallies, tunas, Spanish mackerels and barracudas. 

OVERNIGHT

Anchorage in Teluk Beangabang. 

OVERVIEW 

3 dives around Pura Island and night dive in the famous Kalabahi Bay. 

ACTIVITIES

Early morning, we will head to the middle of the Pantar straight, where few dozen of divesites are located. The topography of these divesites are amazing, big walls, overhangs, swim through. Big fish and beautiful corals, most of them are drift dive due to the intense current. We can dive the crazy secret spot Wulang Cavern (amazing cave & swim through). We can dive Clown Valley & Anemone Carpet, where we can see sometimes tresher shark. 

OVERNIGHT

Anchorage in Kalabahi Bay. 

OVERVIEW

3 dives around Pulau Reta and Pulau Ternate before sailing back to Kalabahi Bay. 

ACTIVITIES 

Early morning, Jakaré will sail toward the second upper North Island of the Pantar Straight, in Pulau Reta, we will do 1 or 2 dives over there and navigate few miles before doing one more dive around Pulau Buaya. Still a strong current and lot of pelagic to see. Beautiful visibility 30m+ with a 27/28° C for the water temperature. We can dive the famous Babylon, Croc’ Rock & Hula. 

OVERNIGHT

Anchorage in Kalabahi Bay.

OVERVIEW

2 dives around Pura Island and one muck dive in the famous Kalabahi Bay. 

ACTIVITIES

During the morning Jakaré will sail around Pulau Pura to do two more dives. We will dive the beautiful north of Pulau Pura, with beautiful reef and healthy corals. School of giant trevallies, fusiliers and tuna are playing in the current. We can the amazing dive spot name Red sand & Sopi Barrel. We will dive late morning the amazing along the coast of Pulau Pantar. The topography of these dives is mostly deep wall, filled with life and an amazing visibility (40m +) such as Pantar wall or Bama Wall. 

Depending of the guests’ flights, if we can we could dive one more time beginning afternoon, inside the bay to do a muck dive. Inside Kalabahi Bay, you have amazing underwater creatures such as Rhinophias, frogfish, octopus and cuttlefish. The macro dives such as Mucky Mosque & Ampera are really famous as well for these nudibranchs, all the photographers love these spots! 

On the way back to the inside of Kalabahi Bay, guests will have time for filling their diving log books if not already done, stamping their log book by the Diving Instructor / dive master and exchanging addresses and photos from the wonderful time spent together. A small ceremony and good-byes from the Crew will be organised on board the Jakaré before leaving the boat to the airport or hotel. Free time will be for enjoying the sail, the boat and all these beautiful Flores landscapes. Let’s get ready for the Jakaré adventure!