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Introduction to Diving in Indonesia
With more than
17,500 islands,
the Indonesian
archipelago is
the largest in
the world. This
phenomenal
county lays at
the very heart
of the Coral
Triangle – the
richest marine Indonesia offers just about every type of diving Exploring Indonesia coral reefs around the through to apex predators
and the largest fish in the
world under threat from
underwater is something
known to man along with wide ranging dive
region on the site topographies, reefs formations, conditions which is accessible to rising sea temperatures ocean – the whale shark,
planet. and marine life – there are no two places in the everyone. From those and climate change, Indonesia has it all. Marine
learning to dive or snorkel
Indonesian reefs remain
mammals, crustaceans,
archipelago which will deliver the same experiences,
and there is no other country on earth which can for the first time to thriving and productive. cephalopods, cetaceans,
rival Indonesia’s coral reefs and the abundance and seasoned professionals reefs, wrecks, sea grass
diversity of marine life which inhabits them. and expert freedivers. It’s almost impossible to beds, sea mounts, cave,
Indonesian reefs are describe “the diving in walls, pinnacles and
truly a display of Mother Indonesia”, it’s just too drop offs – underwater
Nature’s finest hour and varied, but there is one Indonesia is one of the
they have to be seen to be constant – phenomenal richest tapestries on the
believed. We encourage underwater experiences planet – and it’s yours to
anyone who has the time and adventure. From explore.
and means to visit this some of the smallest,
phenomenal archipelago most unique, rarest and Welcome to our
to do so – with so many often endemic species Wonderful Indonesia…
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