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A Day In The Bay
Horsehoe Bay, the bay between the island of Rinca and Nusa Kode, is quite a mystical place. Most of the time, there is no other boats around which turn this bay into such a treat from the sometimes so...
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Dolphins on the Rock
Dolphins are a regular encounter when you visit Komodo or any of the other islands that Mermaid II visit during our voyage from Bali to Komodo and back, though most of the encounters are had as they...
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Wildlife Above, In and Below The Water
No matter if snorkeling or diving, what we all have in common when going on a trip like that, is the love and passion for any kind of wildlife. Indonesia, and in particular the Komodo National Park,...
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The Great White…Manta
There’s a dive site just off the north coast of Sumbawa well known for it’s benthic critters like the wonderpus, ghost pipefish, and and a rainbow of nudies, called Sumbawa Surprise. This week however,...
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Mountains of Fish
When you have a whole collective of fish in tight groupings, they are referred to as schools, or shoals. While these terms may be the scientific description of large aggregations of fish, it doesn’t...
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Shimmering Armada
Last week, everyone on board Mermaid II witnessed something that I’ve never witnessed in Komodo, or ever for that matter. While moored up in South Komodo’s Horseshoe Bay and sat and watching the seven...
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Dolphins!!
We had some cracking dives in the Komodo National Park this trip! At Castle Rock, a seamount in the north, we were diving in a virtual fishsoup – Giant Trevallies, Surgeonfish, Snappers and Batfish in...
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Manta Alley
Our first morning dive at the infamous Manta Alley was absolute bliss. The water was flat, which normally means feeding mantas. The majority of the dive was spent hovering just above the reef in no...
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Cheeky Butterfly Fish
If you’ve spent any reasonable amount of time underwater in the tropics, whether it be diving or snorkeling, you’ve most likely encountered the alien like cuttlefish. Komodo fore example, has many...
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Like In An Aquarium
Diving in Komodo can feel like swimming in a gigantic aquarium with countless numbers and species of fish, calm and clear waters – only difference being that there is no glass windows! Our morning...
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A Day In The Bay
Horsehoe Bay, the bay between the island of Rinca and Nusa Kode, is quite a mystical place. Most of the time, there is no other boats around which turn this bay into such a treat from the sometimes so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wildlife Above, In and Below The Water
No matter if snorkeling or diving, what we all have in common when going on a trip like that, is the love and passion for any kind of wildlife. Indonesia, and in particular the Komodo National Park,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dolphins on the Rock
Dolphins are a regular encounter when you visit Komodo or any of the other islands that Mermaid II visit during our voyage from Bali to Komodo and back, though most of the encounters are had as they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Great White…Manta
There’s a dive site just off the north coast of Sumbawa well known for it’s benthic critters like the wonderpus, ghost pipefish, and and a rainbow of nudies, called Sumbawa Surprise. This week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mountains of Fish
When you have a whole collective of fish in tight groupings, they are referred to as schools, or shoals. While these terms may be the scientific description of large aggregations of fish, it doesn’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shimmering Armada
Last week, everyone on board Mermaid II witnessed something that I’ve never witnessed in Komodo, or ever for that matter. While moored up in South Komodo’s Horseshoe Bay and watching the seven Komodo...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dolphins!!
We had some cracking dives in the Komodo National Park this trip! At Castle Rock, a seamount in the north, we were diving in a virtual fishsoup – Giant Trevallies, Surgeonfish, Snappers and Batfish in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Manta Alley
Our first morning dive at the infamous Manta Alley was absolute bliss. The water was flat, which normally means feeding mantas. The majority of the dive was spent hovering just above the reef in no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dolphins!!
We had some cracking dives in the Komodo National Park this trip! At Castle Rock, a seamount in the north, we were diving in a virtual fishsoup – Giant Trevallies, Surgeonfish, Snappers and Batfish in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Manta Alley
Our first morning dive at the infamous Manta Alley was absolute bliss. The water was flat, which normally means feeding mantas. The majority of the dive was spent hovering just above the reef in no...
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