Raja Ampat National Park
Trip highlights: shark action, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Raja Ampat - Misool, Jef Fam Islands, Dampier Stait, Batanta, Waigeo Island: Aljui Bay, Wayag Archipelago, Wagmab Island, Ayau Island. Island visits.
Day 1
You'll be greeted by a Seven Seas liveaboard representative at Sorong Airport, who will escort you to the jetty where the crew and fellow guests welcome you with warm smiles and refreshing drinks. An introductory briefing will familiarise you with the schooner's layout, including your assigned cabin and a dedicated spot on the dive deck to set up your gear. Depending on arrival times, you may enjoy an afternoon check dive near Sorong or a fun dive at a site 2 hours away. After your first delicious dinner onboard, spend the evening bonding with the crew and your new dive buddies, setting the stage for the days ahead.
Core Days
Witness Raja Ampat's breathtaking beauty, preserved through the efforts of local authorities, eco-resorts, and liveaboards. Savour your morning coffee while gazing at the horizon, surrounded by mushroom-shaped islands and crystal-clear waters that are soon to be your playground. From the very first dive, you'll be mesmerized by vibrant soft corals and diverse marine life, from tiny pygmy seahorses and blennies to majestic oceanic mantas and wobbegongs. Wide-angle shots of batfish, snappers, and barracuda schools will challenge your photography skills. This cruise explores the park, from Misool in the south to Ayau in the far north.
On the last full day, only 2 morning dives are scheduled, allowing you to relax as your gear dries and the boat returns to port. A farewell sunset dinner and a lively crew celebration with local music provide the perfect ending to your diving safari.
Final Day
After A final breakfast onboard marks the bittersweet end of your journey. Prepare for your transfer back to Sorong Airport, leaving with memories of an extraordinary Raja Ampat liveaboard adventure.
Alor (13 Days / 12 Nights - 36 Dives)
Trip highlights: great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track
Dive sites and activities: Alor - Kalabahi Bay, Beangabang, Trewek, Pantar Strait: Pantar Island, Pura, Lamalera, Suangi, Solar Strait: Adonara, Pulau Rusa, Pulau Komba, Kawula: Lewaling, Ternate. Beachcombing and snorkeling, kayaking, fishing, whale watching. Visit traditional villages.
Day 1
After boarding the Seven Seas liveaboard in Alor early afternoon, you'll ease into the adventure with a check dive in the sheltered waters of Kalabahi Bay. This sandy slope is the perfect spot to acclimatse, test your gear, and spot some macro life. Keep your eyes peeled for ghost pipefish, a variety of nudibranchs, and even well-camouflaged seahorses hiding among the anemones.
Core Days
The cruise begins at Beangabang Bay on Pantar Island, a world-class muck diving site. Its black volcanic sand bottom is a stage for an incredible cast of critters: expect to find frogfish, pygmy and thorny seahorses, the elusive mimic octopus and wunderpus, along with dragonets and snake eels. The area is a macro photographer's dream. For a change of pace, you'll dive near the small island of Trewek. Here, rocky slopes are blanketed in vibrant soft corals, creating a stunning backdrop for thrilling drift dives. This site is a magnet for pelagics, so watch for dogtooth tuna, giant trevallies, and even passing hammerhead sharks.
The rugged islet of Watu Balu, off Pulau Rusa, offers some of Indonesia's most vibrant and undisturbed reefs. The reef is bursting with colourful hard corals and swarming with life, including yellow snappers, schooling surgeonfish, and bamboo sharks. During the right season, there's even a chance to encounter the magnificent mola mola.
The liveaboard will visit the remote volcanic island of Pulau Komba, dominated by the active Mount Batutara. The underwater landscape is a dramatic mix of rocky slopes, black sand, and steep walls covered in healthy corals. You can expect to see trevallies, surgeonfish, moray eels, and leaf scorpionfish, with the occasional white-tip reef shark cruising by. The Seven Seas will position itself for a spectacular view of the still-smoking caldera.
Some of Alor's other famous dive sites include the steep reef slope and impressive overhangs of Crucifixion (Kelalaka), and the breathtaking coral-covered drop-off of Bama Wall, often called 'The Great Wall of Pantar', where schooling humphead parrotfish, snapper, and trevally are common. In the heart of the Alor Strait, the waters around Pura are raw, powerful, and wildly beautiful. The Board Room is an exhilarating drift dive along a sloping ridge, frequented by reef sharks and eagle rays. Clown Valley is home to one of the planet's largest concentrations of anemones and clownfish. Munaseli (Yellow Corner) is a dynamic site and a magnet for pelagic action, with chances to see hammerheads, mola mola, grey reef sharks, and massive schools of fusiliers.
After the final dive, you'll head inland to visit Tapkala, a traditional Abui village in the hills above Kalabahi. You'll be welcomed with traditional dances and learn about their ancestral customs. On the way back, you can stop at the local market in Kalabahi for a final taste of island life.
Final Day
Disembark from the Seven Seas in Alor after one last delicious breakfast. Connect with your flight home or on to your onward resort.
Alor & Flores
Trip highlights: dolphins, dugongs/manatees, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track
Dive sites and activities: Maumere, Flores, Adonara, Solor, Lembata, Lomblen, Pantar, Alor. Beachcombing and snorkeling, kayaking, fishing, whale watching. Visit to traditional whaling village.
Day 1
This exclusive cruise combines world-class liveaboard diving with cultural immersion and luxurious comfort, offering an unparalleled exploration of Eastern Flores' hidden treasures both above and below the waves.
Your journey begins in Maumere, where you'll be warmly welcomed aboard the luxurious 45-meter Seven Seas schooner with refreshing drinks. During the orientation briefing, you'll discover the vessel's elegant features, from comfortable cabins to spacious dining and lounge areas. After settling into your assigned cabin and preparing your dive gear at your dedicated station, you may have the opportunity for afternoon dives in Maumere's waters (depending on arrival times). As the sun sets, savour your first dinner onboard while getting acquainted with your fellow divers and the attentive crew, all eagerly anticipating the adventures ahead.
Core Days
Venture into some of Indonesia's most pristine and least explored marine environments as you cruise through the spectacular islands east of Flores. This remarkable region offers world-class muck diving with rare critters at every turn, dramatic walls covered in colourful soft corals, pristine coral reefs bursting with marine life, and secluded pinnacles attracting pelagic action. It is one of the most unique scuba diving and adventure travel experiences anywhere on Earth. Diving highlights of Eastern Flores and the Alor Archipelago may include the Solor Strait where the nutrient-rich waters of this narrow passage create an aquatic superhighway for eagle rays and manta rays, with cleaning stations attracting everything from tiny wrasses to massive sunfish. Alor features muck diving with halimeda ghost pipefish and mimic octopus, the Pantar Strait is home to stunning hard coral formations with regular sightings of bumphead parrotfish and Napoleon wrasse, and night or dusk dives revealing mandarinfish, rare crustaceans and cephalopods.
When not diving, experience authentic culture through village visits, explore coastlines by sea kayak, or simply relax on deck taking in the breathtaking island scenery. Evenings feature sunset cocktails and dinners under a giant canopy of stars.
On your final full day, enjoy 2 morning dives before relaxing as you sail back to port. The liveaboard trip culminates with a memorable farewell dinner on the top deck of the Seven Seas, accompanied by the crew's musical performances on traditional instruments.
Final Day
After one last delicious breakfast onboard, transfer to Maumere Airport with unforgettable memories of Flores' spectacular underwater world.
Note: Itinerary may occasionally operate in reverse or with adjusted ports.
Komodo & Sumbawa (Whale Shark Special)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Sebayur, Sumbawa: Ndoko, Kilo, Satonda, Moyo, Teluk Saleh; Sangeang, Komodo: Gili Lawa, Tatawa, Banta, Rinca, Komodo dragon land visit. Beach visits, snorkelling, kayaking, and trekking on islands.
Day 1
This is a specialty cruise in search of the amazing whale sharks of Sumbawa. Meet a representative of Seven Seas liveaboard at the jetty in Labuan Bajo where the rest of the crew will greet you and the other guests with warm smiles and welcome drinks. An introductory briefing will help familiarise you the impressive 40 metre schooner. A cabin will be assigned to you and also a place on the dive deck where you can unpack and prepare your dive gear for tomorrow. Enjoy your first dinner on the boat and spend the rest of the evening getting to know the crew and new dive buddies that will share this unforgettable trip with you.
Core Days
Sumbawa delivers an unforgettable diving experience with minimal crowds and thriving ecosystems for both beginners and advanced divers. One of the standout locations is Saleh Bay, a vast, sheltered bay known for its rare encounters with whale sharks. Several of these gentle giants of the sea are attracted to Teluk Saleh, along the north coast of Sumbawa, to feed at the fishing platforms ('bagans') of the fishermen in the bay. The chances are excellent that you will encounter several whale sharks on this dive safari. Beyond Saleh Bay, Sumbawa boasts world-class sites like the coral-covered reefs of Pulau Moyo, where turtles and eagle rays glide past, the natural beauty of Satonda Island with its stunning macro life, and volvanic Sangeang and its back sand critters.
Diving in Komodo is an exhilarating experience, offering some of the richest marine biodiversity in the world, with strong currents, dramatic seascapes, and encounters with pelagics. Gili Lawa Laut in the north is famous for its drift dives along sloping reefs and pinnacles, where sharks, giant trevally, and schooling fish patrol the nutrient-rich waters. Nearby, Tatawa Besar and Tatawa Kecil are must-dive sites, featuring soft coral gardens, reef sharks, and manta rays gliding through waters. Banta Island, on the park's western edge, offers stunning underwater topography with steep walls, caverns, and occasional hammerhead sightings, while its shallower reefs host turtles and macro life like frogfish and blue-ringed octopus. Further south, around Rinca Island, the diving shifts to more sheltered sites with lush coral gardens, reef sharks, and the chance to spot Komodo dragons near the shoreline.
One afternoon is spent searching for Komodo dragons while walking on one of the islands of the national park.
Final Day
The day that should never arrive: the last taste of a Seven Seas breakfast then get ready for your transfer to Sumbawa Besar Airport.
Please note that the itinerary sometimes runs in reverse or has differing ports - check for details.
Komodo National Park (12 Days / 11 Nights - 33 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Gili Lawa, Tatawa, Banta, Padar and Nusa Kode, Manta Alley, Cannibal Rock, Torpedo Point, The Three Sisters, Lankoi, Rainbow Reef, Indihiang Island, Batu Tiga, Karang Makassar, Komodo dragon land visit.
Day 1
Your extended Komodo liveaboard diving expedition begins with a warm welcome at Labuan Bajo Airport and transfer to our luxurious 45m schooner. After settling into your cabin and setting up your dive gear, enjoy a welcome dinner while meeting the Seven Seas crew and fellow scuba divers.
Core Days
Over the next 10 days, immerse yourself in Komodo's breathtaking underwater world. Discover world-class dive sites including Manta Alley for guaranteed manta ray encounters, Cannibal Rock's vibrant macro life and coral gardens, the Three Sisters' dramatic pinnacles, Gili Lawa's thrilling current-swept reefs, and Nusa Kode's exceptional biodiversity. Experience the contrast between the north's warm, fish-filled waters and the south's cooler, manta-rich currents. Each day brings 3-4 dives exploring kaleidoscopic reefs packed with marine life, from manta rays, mola mola and reef sharks, to tiny pygmy seahorses, hairy frogfish, harlequin shrimp, and candy crabs.
Your expedition culminates with 2 morning dives followed by an unforgettable Komodo dragon trek, and ending with a festive farewell dinner under the stars.
Day 12
On the final morning, enjoy a leisurely breakfast before transferring to the airport, taking home memories of one of the planet's most spectacular diving destinations.
[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].
With many years culinary expertise, the galley prepares truly mouth-watering cuisine. Buffets form the main meals of the day so that they can provide a wider choice and suit the majority of taste buds, including vegetarians. Specialities include chicken satay and seared tuna steak. The chef uses as much fresh local produce as he can find available at local markets, including seafood. You can dine in the air-con lounge or on the upper deck to enjoy the view. Please let us know if you have any particular food requirements when you book. That way we will be well prepared to meet your needs.
The bar has a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Water, tea and freshly brewed coffee are included and you can enjoy as much as you like. Your waitresses are happy to help advise you on the full drinks menu.
