Guests arrive from Palu airport and transferred to Prince John Dive resort in Dongala. From here you board the Pindito in time for dinner. We lift the anchor and cruise overnight to our first diving destination.

At beautiful island Pulau Pasoso with lush vegetation surrounded by outcropping reef. On the beach is a turtle hatchery and ranger station. Under the water you can expect hard corals in good condition, red tooth triggerfish, fusiliers, banner fish and butterfly fish by the thousand. Lots of green and hawksbill turtles stay in the area while tuna and trevally can be seen passing through.

A mixture of slopes and wall dives await you at Pulau Tuguan and Maputi. The strong currents bring the nutrient to sustain good hard coral reef tops which are home to surgeonfish, napoleon wrasse, fusiliers, black snapper, jacks, sweetlips, barracudas and butterfly fish. White tip reef sharks and grey reef sharks provide the excitement.

Lingian is a large coral atoll marked by a lighthouse. The diving is on a shallow reef top with slopes starting at 8 metres down to 35 metres. On the sandy slopes is good coral growth with sea fans, soft corals and sponges. There is a chance to see a very big school of barracuda, bumphead parrotfish, turtles, white and black tips reef sharks, rainbow runner, trevally, eagle ray and mobulas. At Sematan we have pristine hard coral reefs and vertical walls housing all sorts of critters. Nudibranchs, flatworms and frogfish can be found in the day, a huge variety of crabs and shrimps can be seen on the night dive!

Drift diving along coral slopes and wall sections at Teluk Bilang and Salando. In the shallows mantis shrimps and blue ribbon eels can be seen. Careful investigation of gorgonian fans deeper can yield pygmy seahorses and tiny cowries. The night dives can be very exciting!

A pair of offshore atolls named Buliogut and marked with a lighthouse provide the next destination. At 30 metres a beautiful reef with barrel sponges and sea fans with rainbow runner, huge school surgeon fish and fusiliers, white tip reef sharks and eagle rays. Curious grey reef sharks can get the heart pumping here!

Literally meaning three islands, Pulau Tiga offers very healthy hard coral reefs, sloping down to a sandy bottom at 25 metres. A great diversity of coral species is home to cuttlefish, anemone fish, orang-utan crabs and more.

In the Bunaken National Park, Minahasa bay provides great black sand critter diving. In the seagrass are different species of seahorses and maybe even a dugong! On the black sand are nudibranchs, snake eels, ghost pipefish, scorpionfish, cowfish and razorfish. Bunaken offers beautiful walls of coral and great diving conditions and visibility.

Bangka and Northeast Sulawesi offer a wide variety of dive sites ranging from critter hunting under jetties to drifting along soft coral walls surrounded by fish. A beautiful area above water too, the coastline is dotted with white and black sand beaches, palm tree islands and towering volcanoes. Enjoying the sunset from the Pindito is easy.

Lembeh Strait is world famous for “muck diving” this critter capital always has a surprise waiting for you in the sand. Frogfish, nudibranchs and some very weird creatures can be discovered in Lembeh. Don’t forget your camera!

Check out and transport to the airport.