Blue Manta, Индонезия

The best crew and boat

It's hard not to love diving and eating with new friends in a beautiful part of the world. Nice variety of dives with beautiful and colorful reefs, schools of fish, and creatures of every imaginable shape and size. Cruise Director Evan adjusted plans to be sure everyone got to view hammerhead sharks, even though they are harder to find in November (they say they are plentiful in September).

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The crew and their service can't be beat. The great food. The boat.

7 days of fun and adventure at Komodo!!

The professionalism and service with a smile! The cruise director prepared us well for what to expect at each dive site - best dive briefings peppered with a sense of humor! Choice of dive sites and really informative about each site. This is the best liveaboard and dive crew that one could ask for - designed by divers for divers, nothing superfluous and everything works!

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The entire team, from the ship's crew, the service crew and of course the dive crew - outstanding job!!. The cabin is nice and spacious, not luxurious, but functional and well kept. The boat itself, from the dive deck, dining deck and upper deck - well kept, and nicely designed.

Spacious boat

The rooms and bathrooms were probably the most spacious we've seen on a liveaboard. I also really appreciated that the dive groups were small (ours was 4 divers total) and appropriately grouped based on skill level, interests and personalities. The food was good, but sometimes pretty repetitive, and nothing about it blew us away. We were also somewhat disappointed in the drink selection. Other boats we've been on have offered "happy hour" cocktails and a decent selection of beer and wine, but here there was only a very limited selection of beer, and you could buy a few wines by the bottle. The diving itself was good, but not great. This may be a symptom of Komodo as a whole though, as opposed to anything to do with the boat or guides. According to one of the guides, a lot of (illegal) over-fishing occurred during Covid, and the area hasn't really recovered, so the wildlife isn't as abundant as it used to be.

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big rooms and bathrooms, professional dive guides, small dive groups

I’m spoiled for life.

The diving, the education about the diving and the the divers.

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Uncomparable diving, cabin size and personal dynamics

Raja Ampat. Period.

Raja Ampat lived up to its reputation. So grateful to get off the waitlist for Blue Manta. Don’t wait too long to book. Dive sites were a blast with some many fish, Cedric our maestro ran a top ship, the crew were incredibly hospitable and food was delicious, Vickly represented the best of divemasters, and my peers were a great, friendly group. Many of whom had been on the ship (and route) several times prior. Hope to do a crossing and/or Komodo soon with them. 5 stars!

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Coral, current, crew

Great Experience! Good diving on a nice Boat with a Hospitable Crew.

Jellyfish Lake was Epic!

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Diving, the Crew, the Boat