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 Diving
If you are looking for some exceptional diving in Indonesia then
come and visit us. We can offer a range of diving day trips and diving packages around the Wakatobi Marine National Park and around the neighboring Buton Island area.
We offer landbased diving trips in the following areas:
We offer liveaboard diving throughout the Wakatobi, aboard the Bintang Sedang.
What makes the diving here so special?
The Wakatobi region is situated at the center of the global Coral Triangle, making diving in Southeast Sulawesi a unique experience. Colourful
reefs explode with life in one of the most biodiverse regions of the
Indo-Pacific, and the world. The area harbors more species than any other
tropical region because its bio-diversity was not affected by the last ice age. Of the 850 coral species known to man, more than 750 can be found in the Wakatobi.

The Wakatobi
Marine National Park
is the second largest in Indonesia
encompassing 12.5 thousand square kilometers of protected Marine
Park, and it is home to the largest
atoll in the world. Long white sandy beaches are the norm and you will find
many of the surrounding reefs unspoiled and in their natural state, giving you
the opportunity to dive on pristine sites where you will rarely see other
divers. As a result the diving here is both spectacular and relaxing.
Snorkeling is also offers a great way to enjoy the reefs for non-divers and divers alike.

Buton Island, a close neighbor to the Wakatobi Marine National Park is becoming an increasingly popular scuba diving
destination in its own right, and this should come as no big surprise. With the
Wakatobi being well known for its spectacular diving and its location at the
heart of the Coral Triangle, it makes sense that its close neighbours
are going to share in that huge amount of biodiversity and be pretty
good bets for discovering some great diving too. That exactly what we have been doing, as the first dive operator based on Buton Island, and this is an exciting time for us as we continue to discover more and more world class dive sites around the Buton area.
Some of the commonly found
species in the Wakatobi and surrounding Buton include; a variety of nudibranches, colourful soft corals,
big sponges, barracudas, sea horses, pygmy sea horses, mandarin fish, ghost pipe fish,
napoleon fish, tuna, crocodile fish, frog fish, batfish, scorpion fish, black
tipped and white tipped reef sharks, eagle rays, turtles, and
sometimes even whale sharks and hammerheads.
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