The best of Komodo in 4 days & 3 nights

Experience the best of Komodo is only 4 days and 3 Nights !

Be prepared for wonderful coral gardens, unforgettable meetings with the mantas and endless encounters with critters. You can expect everything from those dives. And then, have a walk on land and treat yourself with the thrill of meeting the famous Komodo dragon! Don't waste a minute and book your cruise!

Itinerary

Day 1 Labuan Bajo, Arrival & Boarding, 2 dives

After a one-hour flight from Denpasar (Bali) you will arrive in the small port town of Labuan Bajo, Flores. Our Aurora staff will pick you up at the airport for immediate boarding and departure to our first dive site. Only a few miles from Labuan Bajo’s harbour lies the small island of Sebayur with a nice dive including marbled hatchetfish, lionfish, eels and possibly the resident ghost pipefish. The perfect “warm-up dive”. On the neighbouring reef, nudibranchs, pipefish, sea fans, sponges and scorpion fish. During the night dive you might see carpet sharks, nudis and crustaceans.
Day 2 Komodo Channel, 4 dives

Tatawa Besar, one of the most colourful drift dives in all of Komodo. Look at the horizon while flying along endless coral gardens with sandy slopes. The Tatawa coastline alternates rocky landscapes and mangroves. Eagle rays and turtles are typical guests along this rich coral slope. The coastline is long enough so that the drift can last up to 40 minutes and cover almost 2 kilometres!
Batu Bolong: plenty of sharks and excellent visibility. This dive is also called “Current City”, and can only be dived when the conditions are fine.
Tatawa Kecil: a spectacular drop-off. Impressive coral reef, turtles, tuna, giant trevallies, sweet lips, groupers and countless fish you will take home as a great memory of your adventure.
Takat Makassar, if currents allow: look out for manta rays at the cleaning station. You can go relatively close to observe them.
Takat Makassar West (Komodo Channel) alternatively is a great night dive.
Day 3 Gili Lawah Laut, 4 dives

Gili Lawa Laut ,“Island Facing the Sea”, is home to two of the best pinnacles in all of Indonesia, "Crystal Rock" and "Castle Rock". Huge schools of jacks, giant trevally, white tip and grey reef sharks, barracudas, dolphins and a whole host of smaller reef fish that float amongst the fields of staghorn coral. A challenging site, but certainly worth a couple of dives!
Day 4 North Rinca, 1 dive or Dragon trek

You will stop near the "Second Ranger Station Loh Buaya", next to "Wainilu Island", there you will have 2 options:
Option 1: Loh Buaya Trekking, 1 hour walk on Rinca Island to see the infamous Komodo dragons.
Option 2: 1 dive at Wainilu, the paradise of macro. Many different and rare kinds of nudibranchs, ghost pipefish and other surprises, be prepared..
After a nice croissing to Labuan Bajo and your last lunch on board, our Aurora crew will organize, according to your hotel location or evening flight schedule, your transfer.
Unfortunately our trip arrived at an end and we have to say goodbye but we hope to see you again on board.

Dates & prices

Departures for English-speaking groups:

From	To	Price / pers.	Boat	Places	Options	Booking
20/08/2020	23/08/2020	€1,010	Aurora	18 / 18		Book now!

Trip code: 443

Notes

Price List

Valid from until 31 December 2020

Rates per person per NIGHT

Raja Ampat Cruise (Sorong-Sorong) 420 USD
North Maluku Cruise (Ambon-Sorong) 420 USD
Banda Sea Cruise (Maumere – Ambon) 420 USD
Forgotten Islands ( Ambon - Saumlaki) 420 USD
Alor Cruise (Maumere – Alor – Maumere) 360 USD
Komodo Cruise (Labuan Bajo/Bali/Bima) 360 USD

Supplements:

• National Park Fees and Contributions to villages: 130 USD/ pers Raja Ampat, 20USD/day: pers Komodo and 95 USD/pers for Alor and Banda sea, 155usd /pers dor Forgotten Islands. Note: Park fees are subject to changes without prior notice.

• Fuel surcharge and port fees per pax: 200 USD for Raja Ampat, Alor, Banda Sea, Forgotten Islands, and Maluku. The fuel surcharge applies if harbours like Bali, Alor or similar are scheduled. For Komodo cruises, no fuel surcharge applies if the port of departure and arrival is Labuan Bajo but there is a departure or return in Bali fuel surcharge is applied. We retain the right to increase the fuel surcharge when the general gas price increase makes this necessary.

Important information

- All prices are in USD (or depending the daily rates)

- Included: Full board on MSY Aurora, 3 dives plus 1 night dive per day according to program and weather conditions, guide, tank, weights, belt, meals, soft drinks on board, airport transfer B-F

- Not included: Nitrox tanks, diving and snorkelling gear, beer, wine and spirits, national park tickets, PADI courses (subject to instructor availability, upon request), fuel surcharge & port fees as defined above

- Group policy: with 8 paying persons, 9th person is free of charge. Free person still pays supplements.

- Full boat charter: The max capacity is 16 persons in 8 double cabins. The total price is calculated on the basis of 14 paying persons. With 16 pax, 2 pax are free of charge. Please note that free of charge pax still pay individual supplements.

- Children (5 - 9 years): 50% of full price (sharing the parent’s cabin)

- Non divers: 80% of full price

- Single cabin supplement: USD 190/night for all cruises.

- Payment:

individual booking: Upon booking: 30% of the cruise price 91 days prior to departure date: remaining 70% of the price

full boat charter: 10% deposit at the moment of booking Further 15% within 180 days from the date of departure Further 25% more within 91 days from the date of departure Total balance within 60 days from the date of departure

- Short Notice Bookings: 100% must be paid when booking is done less than 91 days prior to cruise departure

- Cancellation fees individual bookings

120 – 91 days prior to cruise departure 30% of the cruise price
90 – 60 days prior to cruise departure 50% of the cruise price
59 – 0 days prior to cruise departure 100% of the cruise price

- Cancellation fees Full Charter bookings

In case of cancellation before 180 days, the deposit will be returned, except a 5% penalty for administrative costs.

Other penalties for cancellation:

From 180 to 91 days prior departure: 25%
From 90 to 60 days prior departure: 50%
Less than 60 days prior departure: 100%

Concerning the number of nights for the different itineraries, changes can be applied upon full boat charter requests and we are open to create special itineraries on request (e.g.: trip to Cenderewasih Bay).

Rental Rates* (by unit)

Snorkel Kit 10 USD / day
BCD/Regulator/Wetsuit 10 USD / day
15L Tanks 10 USD / day
Diving Computer / Torch 12 USD / day
Full Gear**, excluding diving computer and torch 25 USD / day

* All rental applications must be done upon booking or at least 30 days prior to departure

** Full gear includes snorkel kit, BCD, Regulator and wetsuit

Provided: belt, weights and 12L tank (Any lost or damaged materials will be at your charge)

Lost weight 5 USD / kilo

Nitrox min. 28%

1 Tank 5 USD / tank
1 diving day (3-4 dives) 12 USD / day

Certified PADI Courses*

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

5 dives + theory + PADI Kit 360 USD / pax

PADI Deep Diver Specialty

4 dives + theory + PADI Kit 380 USD / pax

PADI Nitrox Specialty

2 dives + theory + PADI Kit 260 USD / pax

For more information or requests for other courses than mentioned above, contact us.

* Please book at least 30 days in advance your course(s), so we can organize your study material.

Diving Supervision

Please be aware that the included guide will help you to discover the different dive sites and rich biodiversity in the best conditions. For any technical problems, please book:

Pedagogic Support Staff (CMAS* or OWD) (max 4divers) 8 USD / dive / diver
Private Guide (upon request in advance) 65 USD / day

Do not hesitate to contact us for any further questions: info@auroraliveaboard.com

Practical info

Food

Please let us know if you have any allergy or any specific diet (Diabet,Vegetarian, vegan…)

Accommodation

Depending on your itinerary, it might be necessary to book a night in a hotel before or after your cruise or before your domestic flights.

We can take care of your hotels' bookings if needed.

Transportation

International Flights

You will arrive at the international airport of Jakarta, Denpasar, Makassar or Manado and continue your travel with a domestic flight to your final destination (Komodo, Raja Ampat…).

Domestic Flights

Please note, that the standard of Indonesian companies equals the European standard. We note that there may be some delay.

Make sure to have enought time for your stopovers (4 hours).

Important : The extra luggage must be paid in cash with Indonesian Rupiah. Do not forget to have enough change before registration at the airport.

Nevertheless, you will be able to find currency exchange office or ATM in most of the airports.

The boarding on Aurora will be no later than 1 pm, thank you to book a flight arriving in the morning the day of the cruise departure

Disembarkation the last day will be after breakfast.

Please note that only the transfers domestic airport/boat on arrival and departure dates cruise are included.

If you are already on the spot the day before departure, the meeting point will be at the harbor. Likewise, for the return if you want to extent your stay after the cruise.

Budget & exchange

We recommend to travel with Euros and/or USD.

There is also the possibility to travel with Swiss Francs or British Pounds. We suggest you to change Indonesia Rupiah on arrival at the airport.

Tips

Crew Tips on board : 15 USD/Pers/day

Supplied equipment

Aluminium tanks of 12L with DIN/INT

Weight

Vital equipment

Insurance and certification :

- We recommend you to have a repatriation insurance once you travel abroad, because your traditional insurances might not pay for it.

- A travel insurance will cover a range of problems, such as luggage theft, cancellation or delay of flights and medical treatments

Important for all divers:

- An insurance for the practice of scuba diving is mandatory on Aurora. Please bring a justification (membership number and contact details)

- Please remember to bring your diving certification and logbook

- A medical clearance from a doctor is necessary

- We recommend a 3mm wetsuit for diving in Raja Ampat, Banda Sea and Maluku. For South

Komodo, we recommend a 5mm wetsuit as the temperature might drop to 21-22°C

- Dive equipment can be rented on board, please book before

Each diver must be equipped with his dive computer, sausage and dive torch.

Luggage

We recommend to have indonesian Roupiah for your domestic flights in case of extra luggage.

Medicine

No vaccination required.

Malaria is a risk, mainly in rural areas (Java's main cities, Bali are considered malaria-free).Dengue is a major problem in Indonesia. There is no vaccination so we highly recommend to take measure to avoid mosquito bites (repellent, long sleeved t-shirt and long pants). We recommend you to check with your physician before departure.

As the sunrays are quite strong in Indonesia, it is absolutely necessary to bring sun-protections such assunscreen, after-sun and headgears (cap etc.) and we also advise you to bring earplugs

Passport

Passports must be valid for at least 6 months from the date of entry into Indonesia

Visa

Visa

Visa On Arrival can be obtained free of charge at the airport. It is valid for 30 days and not extendable. Formore information about your country, please check on the Indonesian Embassy website. http://www.indonesiadhaka.org/

Communication

The mobile network only works in major cities and tourist centers. The country code for Indonesia is +62. You can also buy a local SIM card, do not hesitate to ask when you arrive on board, we can manage it for you

Language

English is spoken in all tourist destinations, also on board on Aurora

Mandatory vaccines

No vaccination required. Malaria is a risk, mainly in rural areas (Java's main cities, Bali are considered malaria-free).Dengue is a major problem in Indonesia. There is no vaccination so we highly recommend to take measure to avoid mosquito bites (repellent, long sleeved t-shirt and long pants). We recommend you to check with your physician before departure.

Health information & recommendations

As the sunrays are quite strong in Indonesia, it is absolutely necessary to bring sun-protections such assunscreen, after-sun and headgears (cap etc.) and we also advise you to bring earplugs

Weather

Water Temperature :

- Raja Ampat 27° - 30°C

- Komodo 24° - 28°C (Sud: 20°-23°C

- Alor 27° - 29°C (Sud: 24°-25°C)

- Banda Sea 26° - 29°C

- Maluku 26° - 30°C

Best season :

- Raja Ampat: November to April

- Komodo: April to à October

- Alor: August to October

- Banda Sea: March to May & October -November

- Maluku: March to May & October -November

Electricity

220 volt outlets (two poles only, so for British clients, please bring adaptor! ).

Local time

Winter Summer

Indonésie Ouest, Jakarta: CET + 6 CET + 5

Indonésie Central, Denpasar Bali: CET + 7 CET + 6

Indonésie Est, Sorong Raja Ampat: CET + 8 CET + 7

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Destination: KOMODO
Activity: Best of
Duration: 4 days
Group: 8 to 18 persons
Code: 443
Price: From €1,010
Level: 5/5
Comfort: 5/5
Language(s): English

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