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On this trip we will bring you all around Missol, for the first part of the trip, Shopping on the mangroves and finishing with a couple of days of very fishy dives in the north side of Raja Ampat. Day 1Sorong: Arrival and departure Day 2Missol Farondi: With the right current the three sisters can be one of the top dives in Raja Ampat. In the swim through there are schools of surgeon and snappers. Looking in the shallows me might see anchovies and the trevallies coming for them, the other surprise, mobulas!!! Outside the swim through, in both sides the walls held the biggest concentration of different tonalities of soft corals, all the colours of the spectrum are present: unbelievable!!! Killer Cave offers much more than the cave itself. South east from the cave the wall is indeed a great dive, plenty of fans and soft corals, in front of the cave, lots of cleaning station for bat fish and snappers. Inside the lagoon, the excursion is very exciting, great shallows to discover with the tenders, a bat cave. Both Gamfi and Damau also offer extraordinary diving, a wonderful way to start the trip Day 3East Missol: Not much is yet known about this area of Pulau pulau Daram, and that is exactly why we will be heading there, to explore this remote archipelago, for sure some great dives are waiting for us. As soon as we know more details we will updated in the web. Day 4Yilliet has a great dive, plenty of fish and nice corals, one of the fishiest dives on the south, the windows in Pulau Boo is memorable. Towards the south part schooling batfish, in the north a nice wall compeltly decorated and in the middle the 3 holes where either early in the morning or late in the afternoon the light can create many effects. Day 5Fiabacet The most famous site of the area, a few small rocks the, once you get in the water, will surprises even the most expert diver for its display: the soft corals are great and the forest of fans out of this world. The fish life cannot be forgotten, as plenty of trevalies, jacks and mackerel come close to look for a prey, the area is protected and already juvenile grey reefs are setting there. U must for every diver!! Day 6In Wayilbatan the passage offers another spectacular dive, in between two islands the mild currents have created a gallery of fans, of all kinds and sizes. At the entrance nice bommies with soft corals, sweet lips and turtles. Great!! Pulau Pel will be the last stop in this firs part, and kaleidoscope reef is a great tribute. A combination of fans, soft corals of beautiful colors, fish and dancing anchovies in the shallows will make it unforgettable Day 7blue water mangroves A recent hot spot. A few places in the world offer you the chance to dive under mangroves in crystal clear water, a truly unique experience. The pyjama cardinal and the archer fish are very charismatic, but there is much more, healthy coral reefs a few feet from the mangroves, and looking good onto it slat water crocs have been spotted as well as mantas, on the mainland the locals claim to have dugongs, we shall see Day 8explore west missol here we go, it is day D, for Dugons Day 9penemu. The fish life on this last part of the trip is amazing, and in any of these dives we can spot the majestic wobbegong shark. Bat fish and bumheads are regularly spotted as well as black tips in the shallows. 2 fantastic reefs, Barracuda Point and Melissa's Garden are home to thousand of fish, with a bit of current they will all go, one looking for plankton others looking for bigger food, the whole chain concentrated in a small area, in the shallows healthy hard corals and giant clams. The walls in Penemu are also impressive, many colors decorating it, and a huge school of bat fish in the sand at the bottom. Day 10Gam. Here we dive the reefs of Yanggelo, the entrance of a channel where barracudas patrol in the search of food. The corner offers a spectacular slope-wall, with fantastic fans, hard corals and incredible fish life. Day 11we finish the trip with a superb manta dive near Airborei, a cleaning station on top of which shy-less mantas hang. A fantastic way to finish a trip that show us the very best of all the areas in western Papua: North Raja Ampat, the mangroves, The south of Raja Ampat and Triton Bay Day 12arrival and transfer to the airport. |