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Wicked Diving is incredibly proud to offer another very special diving adventure – 10 Day expedition from Komodo to Bali. With time to explore, incredible sites and places

What makes this expedition so Amazing?

• Visit some of the greatest dive sites of Indonesia
  
• Visit Komodo Dragons
  
• Virtually unexplored dive sites
  
• Only 12 Guests on this adventure
  
• Unbelievable Experience on our Sailing Schooner
  
• Consistently great reviews – see for yourself.
  
• Impeccable safety and service for all our guests
  

Wicked offers several great tours in Thailand and Indonesia – but one of our most adventurous and exciting trip is this 10 day trip from Komodo (Labuan Bajo) to Bali. This journey takes you through some of the most thrilling dive sites on earth. Starting in the fabled Komodo National Park, through incredible sites with marine life galore, then along Sumbawa, Lombok and Bali. Join us while we visit one of the last diving frontiers. seek out new dive sites, encounter rare and endangered species and enjoy time on a traditional, hand-built phinisi sailing schooner.

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This Trip is not for beginning divers or those seeking luxury!!! This is 10 days of remote travels with no phones, no radios and no news. Please understand that we must be selective and cautious in who joins these trips. You must be comfortable spending this much time in remote places, on a sailing schooner with like minded travellers. We ask that our guests be comfortable on boats (not prone to seasickness) as we will pass through many weather patterns. While this trip is not necessarily for hardcore divers – the conditions we encounter are totally unpredictable (did we mention unexplored dive sites?) and each guest should be prepared for such. As such we ask that each guest have 50 dives and feel comfortable in currents.

Dragons, Volcanoes, Deserted Islands

Our (very) tentative Itinerary

Day 1 – Depart Labuan Bajo in the afternoon. Then embark to the Komodo National Park where the first dive will be in the northern Komodo area around Sebayor Kecil with a nice relaxing reef dive. This will allow everyone to get comfortable back in the water with nice calm conditions. Our second dive will be a night dive in a bay with nice calm waters.
Day 2 – The second day near Gili Lawa Laut Island just north of Komodo Island is filled with some great pelagic action. White tip and grey reef sharks, schools of giant trevally, tuna, and much more. Be prepared for some strong current on these dives as this is where the big stuff lives. We may choose to do four dives in this area or move on to another great night dive on the east side of Komodo Island.
Day 3 – We will start the day with a nice trek on Komodo Island looking for the world famous Komodo Dragons. The trek will take approximately one hour with a couple small hills as we come across some spectacular scenery and the chance to take some great photos. We will continue the day with three dives around Padar Island in some colder water where the macro life and amazing reefs will provide some incredible memories.

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Day 4 – This day is devoted to the macro life and stunning reefs around Nusa Kodeand Rinca Islands. With three day dives and one night dive we will look for frogfish, pygmy seahorses, zebra crabs, orangutan crabs, pipefish, nudis and much, much more. These dives will be in colder water again but with all the life in this area you will hardly notice the temperature. You will be amazed as the wildlife passes by, dragons on the beach, monkeys, deer and wild pigs full of activity along the shore.
Day 5 – Manta Alley, the name says it all. On the southern tip of Komodo we will be in cold water, anywhere between 20 to 25 degrees. In this area we hope to spend two or three dives with Manta Rays, bump head parrotfish, turtles and on the very rarest of dives we have seen Mola Mola in this area, then up north to Gili Banta for a nice warm water night dive in the bay.
Day 6 – We will start the day with a dive at the volcanic Island of Sangeang, surrounded by black sand that gives an entirely different feel to the trip. This black sand makes the corals and marine life really “pop” out and the colors are amazing. While this is a great place for macro – it is also home to one of the most unique dives in the world! There are underwater hot springs that bubble up through the sand – making this a haven for some truly unique encounters.
Day 7 – The first dive of the day will likely be around Satoda with more incredible macro life: seahorses,cowfish, frogfish, pipefish, snake eels and more. Then we are off to Moyo Island where we see massive fish like Manta Rays and tiny critters like neon colored nudibranchs.
Day 8 – Lombok. We visit a coupled of “Secret dive sites” here. While there are dive centers on the nearby Gili Islands, they overlook several incredible sites nearby that offer some of the best macro in the region. Pygmy seahorses, pipefish, incredible nudibranchs and much more.
Day 9 – visiting the incredible Liberty wreck off Bali we also seek out some incredible macro life that is often overlooked by the thrill seekers. From Pygmy seahorses to the leafy scorpionfish to the hundreds of blue ribbon eels. This doesn’t mean we’ll miss out on the massive fish too! Huge jacks, barracuda and more. This ends our diving with a real thrill as this site is such a different site than what has been experienced so far! After a few dives here, we head down to Benoa and a night back on land in a hotel – allowing everyone time to decompress and prepare for further flights and adventures.

Day 10 – Farewells and tears as the trip ands and people depart to our respective homes.

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Please understand that this schedule is only for planning purposes and we will alter it to assure the safety and well-being of our guests. Operating in these areas we must be extremely cognizant of the weather, local diving conditions and many other hazards.

Safety on our expedition

Yes – we are going in very remote places and we do not know what we will encounter. So we prepare as much as we can. Wicked Diving is always focused on the safety and well-being of our guests, so our boat already has many safety accessories. We have radar, depth finder, GPS as well as local and international radios on the Jaya. In addition we carry a large liferaft (suitable for 16 people), life jackets and beacons. We also carry a satellite phone (we communicate to our base twice a day) and an emergency evacuation beacon which alerts an international evacuation service about our location and need for immediate rescue. Further – our staff and crew are trained and focused on safety and will always put your well-being ahead of convenience or cost.

WICKED MEDICAL AND HEALTH

If you have any health problems, are on any form of medication or have had any illness, injury or operation that you think may affect you whilst diving, please let the staff of Wicked Diving know in advance. If you are allergic to any form of medication, please state this clearly on the Registration Form.Please understand that this a very remote location and the medical facilities are limited. Prior to arrival we need any and all medical questions and concerns addressed and remedied.

Anyone requiring vegetarian food or with any food allergies should advise us before the Komodo Liveaboard trip. Should you have any restrictions or requirements and not inform Wicked Diving previous to your trip departures, it may be difficult or impossible to meet such demands.

Please also note the following conditions to ensure a safe diving trip for all our customers:

• Asthma. Please be aware that we do not accept divers with asthma on our Komodo Liveaboard trips if you have had an attack in the last 5 years. If you had an attack between 5-10 years ago, we will ask to see the results of a Spirometric test (lung function test) dated not older than 3 months.
• Diabetes. Unfortunately we do not accept divers with this condition, as our staff are not medically qualified to a level to deal with any medical problems that may arise.
• Thyroid Disease. Divers with thyroid disease or having no thyroid gland should bring a medical statement dated within the past 3 months proving that their cardiovascular system has been critically assessed.
• Wicked Diving also can not accept divers with Hypertension (high blood pressure) or divers using anti-depressants (e.g. Prozac) on our Komodo Liveaboard trips.

Please note that for the above mentioned conditions we do NOT accept medical statements issued locally, unless they are from an internationally accredited hospital. If you need any assistance or further advice on this subject, please contact us for further information

For your safety and enjoyment, please avoid flying at least 24 hours after your last dive!

10 Day Komodo to Bali Liveaboard – $1850 U.S.