Don’t forget that our 2012 Photo Competition is still on, and the winners get a free holiday in Bunaken or Lembeh!! Entry is free via our Facebook, and is for anyone that dived with us in 2012. Not sure if your picture is good enough? Compare your photo’s with last years winners (http://ow.ly/eMyXs) and enter…
In September 2012, Dr Mark Erdmann and Dr Gerry Allen were visiting Manado as Guest Lecturers for a biology workshop. At the same time they conducted a survey of fish species to measure the marine biodiversity in North Sulawesi, and it threw up some most absolutely amazing unexpected results. Namely that North Sulawesi has more…
Our resort in Bunaken has just been awarded a Certificate of Excellence for 2012 from Tripadvisor!! The Certificate of Excellence is for 4+ star and it is a fantastic result. We would like to say thanks to all our guests that helped us with this, as well as all our staff who made this happen.…
21OCT12: We have been taking out Peter from Aquatice Alliance for more manta research, and the other day we did a double whammy of Manta Point and Manta Bay. Manta Point provided a superb experience as we witnessed a manta mating train, this is the courtship ritual where a series of males follow a female…
THIS WEEK IN BUNAKEN: WHALE SHARK WHALE SHARK!!!! 2 of our guests were lucky enough to see this beautiful shark at Lekuan 1!! The currents have been a little crazy and just as Alex and Izold were thinking ‘wow can the current get any stronger?’ the whale shark glides by!! Awesome. Also this week a…
THIS WEEK IN LEMBEH… On land we cleaned up over 65 kilos of marine debris from our beach alone and submitted our data to Project Aware to highlight this problem area. Underwater there are continued sightings of Blue Ringed Octopus for our lucky guests this week, plus Ornate and Robust Ghost Pipefish, Wonderpus, Hairy Frogfish,…
Free manta mask strap with your AU$25 donation Manta rays, a species close to the heart of every diver are at risk of extinction. The time is now. If you are a renewing PADI Member (Divemaster, Instructor and above), then you can make an urgent donation with your PADI Member Renewal to protect mantas globally.
THIS WEEK IN LEMBONGAN…..Well we have been busy with courses and the diving has been good as always. Frogfish, Seasnakes, Leafscorpionfish, Molas, Mantas and a pod of dolphins that we managed to get a cheeky snorkel with. Find out more about diving with dolphons in Lembongan with us.