MANTAS FÜR ALLE
If there ever was a trip that would be ”The Manta Trip”, it would have to be this one!! We thought we were lucky (well we WERE extremeley lucky by anybody’s standards) when we spent the better part of...
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OK, so we only saw the whalesharks from the boat, but still an impressive (and for Komodo, rare!) sight. And a nice little bonus for the very last trip this season in Indonesia. First day was spent in...
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Komodo Trip Report by Nu Parnupong
Komodo with Mermaid I 16-25 September, 2012 If you asked where’re all the Manta ray in Komodo on September? Now They are all in Takat Makassar.We spotted more than 20 Manta congregated at Takat...
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MANTAS MANTAS!!
We enjoyed a variety of unusual critters this trip to Komodo National Park. Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Stargazers, Mimic Octopus and Wonderpus, just to mention a few. But I think what we all will remember...
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EAGLE RAY!!
This extremely friendly Eagle Ray stayed with us for the entire dive, making sure everybody got a good look. There was a bit of competition, though, since the divesite in north Komodo was packed with...
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KOMODO DRAGONS!
No trip to Komodo National Park would be complete without having encountered a mighty Komodo Dragon! At 3.5 meters, it’s not exactly your average household gekko… We got lucky this trip, and had four...
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Harlequin and Pom Pom ?
Harlequin and Pom Pom? Yes, it’s the names of my favorite shrimp and crab species. This week we found a couple of gorgeous Harlequin shrimps at Wainilu.We found these little guys feeding the starfish...
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HAIRY FROGFISH!
Mr Personality on this trip was no doubt the Hairy Frogfish we found in the Komodo National Park. Walking around, fishing and yawning – all the stunts you could hope for. Photographers went crazy!We...
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MANTA MADNESS!
This was the very last trip of the season, and it turned out to be a very lucky one indeed! Blessed with perfect weather, we started in the northern part of Komodo National Park. Enjoying the...
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MANTAS ANYONE?
A great trip, with stunning visibility and loads of fish! We enjoyed good shark action at the seamounts, dense schools of fish at the walls and a virtual parade of critters at the nightdives. Oh, and...
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AMAZING CORALS IN KOMODO!
This was a trip with just the right conditions to bring out all the beauty of the Komodo reefs! From start to end we enjoyed diving in a kaleidoscope of soft and hard corals, sponges, crinoids and...
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MIMIC OCTOPUS!
A very lucky trip, with good conditions and lots of action underwater, particularily so at one of the seamounts in north Komodo, where we had a virtual wall of sharks as we descended to our preferred...
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FEEDING FRENZY!
Sometimes you just get lucky, and this trip, in the northern part of the Komodo National Park, we found ourselves right in the middle of a feeding frenzy! Massive Giant Trevallies shooting in and out...
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SHARKS GALORE!
We always see Sharks on our Komodo Safaris, but this trip was a bit special, with really good activity across the board. Patrolling back and forth up-current, teaming up with Giant Trevallies to...
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SENSATIONAL MANTA DIVES!
The highlight of this trip was no doubt the dives we did we the Mantas in south Komodo. We estimated around 30 or so of them, all busy getting cleaned, feeding at the surface or working their wing...
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SHARKS IN SPACE!
OK, maybe not literally, but it certainly looked like it when one of our guests was filming the shark action at a seamount in the Komodo National Park. The place was full of Whitetips and Grey Reefs,...
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OH MY!!!
Yup, that was the collective reaction when, completely unexpected and literally out of the blue, a mighty Mola-Mola showed up at a cleaning station in south Komodo!! We just couldn’t believe our eyes...
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EIGHT SHADES OF GREY!
Though we couldn’t really see fifty, encountering a pack of eight big Grey Reef Sharks was quite an experience. Coming right up to us to check us out, the y didn’t seem scared at all (rather the...
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