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Raja Ampat & Halmahera

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Halmahera: Raja Ampat & Halmahera S.M.Y. ONDINA | 20260321ON

21/03/2026
30/03/2026

9

Ternate

Sorong

3.690€


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Halmahera

Raja Ampat & Halmahera

Located between the main islands of Halmahera and Bacan, the straits of Patintie and the Goraici group consist both of a rosary of islands exposed to tidal currents that promote the growth of soft corals and where fish school in large numbers, with reef sharks being commonly sighted. All this with the chain of volcanoes of Ternate, Tidore, Moti and Makian in the background, inhabited by ancient sultanates that still maintain their palaces and their own personal guard, and where the remains of both Portuguese and Spanish occupation reminds us of the old spice trade, where clove was the most coveted good there five centuries ago.

This route has the particularity of starting in the best wide-angle diving in the entire archipelago (Raja Ampat), and ending with the best macro as well, in the world capital of muck diving (Lembeh), or vice versa, depending on the starting and ending points. Covering a larger distance than usual, the higher number of nights sailing from one location to the next is compensated by experiencing many different environments both topside and underwater, making it a varied and highly rewarding adventure.


Itinerary and Map

Itinerario en Raja Ampat & Halmahera
Day 1: Sorong

Pick up at Sorong airport, transfer to the boat, welcome drink and accommodation. Check dive in the afternoon at one of the reefs surrounding Sorong. Overnight sail to Misool.

Day 2: Misool

Diving around the Daram group, in Andiamo, Candy Store and others.

Day 3: Misool

Dive some of the “classics” around Misool such as Fiabacet, Whale Rock, Pulau Boo or Shadow Reef (a.k.a. Magic Mountain). Visit the blacktip shark nursery in the beach of Yilliet in the afternoon, and nightdive in a nearby rock.

Day 4: Misool

Two morning dives around Wayilbatan, like Four King or Wedding Cake. Third dive in Kaleidoscope ridge in Pele Island. Overnight sail to Pulau Pisang.

Day 5: Pulau Pisang

Three day-dives around the Batuanyer Rocks to the north and south of Pulau Pisang. Soft corals, schools of jacks and surgeon fish, Napoleon wrasse and tunas. Overnight to the Patintie Straits.

Day 6 & 7: Patintie Straits

Dive the current-struck sites in the Patintie Straits such as Proco channel, Batu Jabu and the signature site discovered by the manager of Ondina: Ric’s Rock.

Day 8: Goraici

Three dives around the Goraici group: Reenie’s Rock, Pulau Goweba. Overnight sail to Pulau Tidore.

Day 9: Tidore

Two dives around Tidore, in Pulau Mare and Pulau Pilonga. Afternoon visit to the town of Tidore, with the remains of the only Spanish fort from the Spice Trade. Night in Ternate harbor, getting ready to fly the morning after.

Advertencia: Los itinerarios son solamente orientativos y pueden ser modificados a causa de la climatología, estado del mar u otros factores externos.


CRUISE FEES

Cruise fees cover police, diving, tourist and port permits:

These may be paid on board when requested by our Cruise Director or together with the payment of the cruise price.

* All our routes include the same number of nights as days, embarkation on the first day and disembarkation on the last day published early in the morning.
* Departures are only guaranteed with a minimum of 6 passengers on the SMY Ondina.

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