Liveaboard Destinations
Explore our collection of expert guides and articles on the Indonesia's best liveaboard destinations. Discover tips, itineraries, and inspiration for your next diving adventure.
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What Is a Phinisi? Indonesia's Iconic Sailing Yachts
The wooden sailing yachts that carry most of Indonesia's dive cruises are phinisi: two-masted vessels hand-built on open beaches in South Sulawesi, from a boatbuilding tradition UNESCO recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2017.
How to Get to Raja Ampat: Flights to Sorong, Ferries and Transfers (2026)
Raja Ampat's remoteness is the whole point, and it is why getting there has stages. Travellers who understand them before booking flights save money, and sometimes a night in an airport chair.
Komodo Best Time to Visit: A Month-by-Month Diving and Weather Guide (2026)
Komodo is genuinely a year-round destination, but the park you get in February is not the park you get in August. The wind swings, sites open and close, and the mantas move.
Wobbegong Sharks in Indonesia: Teeth, Camouflage and Where to See the Reef's Master Ambusher (2026)
Indonesia, and Raja Ampat above all, is one of the best places on earth to see a wobbegong shark.
Triton Bay Diving: Whale Sharks, Soft Coral Walls and the Coral Triangle's Newest Frontier (2026)
Triton Bay sits on the southern coast of West Papua's Bird's Head Peninsula inside the Kaimana Marine Protected Area, and until very recently it was the destination operators mentioned without actually stopping.
Best Dive Sites in Sumbawa: Saleh Bay Whale Sharks, Moyo Island and the Underdog Between Bali and Komodo (2026)
Sumbawa is the long mountain island between Bali and Komodo that quietly became one of Indonesia's most interesting dive destinations while no one was paying attention.
Best Dive Sites in Halmahera: Wrecks, the Widi Reserve and the Walking Sharks of North Maluku (2026)
Halmahera is the K-shaped main island of North Maluku and one of the very few Indonesian destinations where you can plausibly tick off four genuinely distinct diving experiences in a single week.
Misool Diving: A Guide to Southern Raja Ampat's Wildest Region (2026)
Misool sits at the southern end of Raja Ampat, two and a half hours by speedboat from Sorong, and rewards the trip with the highest soft-coral coverage in the Coral Triangle, the most reliable manta cleaning station in southern Raja Ampat (Magic Mountain), and the global hotspot for tasselled wobbegong sharks.
Best Dive Sites in the Banda Sea: From Sea Snake Aggregations to Volcanic Walls (2026)
The Banda Sea is the dive region in Indonesia that most divers visit last and remember longest.