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Route Description - Banda Sea & Alor 8N (Maumere-Ambon)

Cruise aboard Adelaar from Maumere to Ambon on a thrilling expedition through Indonesia’s remote eastern seas. Discover shark-filled seamounts, hammerhead encounters, volcanic islands, and pristine Banda Sea reefs teeming with pelagics. The journey ends with legendary Ambon and Laha muck diving, offering rare macro treasures such as rhinopias, ghost pipefish, and frogfish — a perfectly balanced adventure of big animals and extraordinary critters.

Day 1 - Maumere
After boarding Adelaar in Maumere, North Flores, guests enjoy their first day on board while cruising eastwards along the Flores coastline.

Day 2 - Adonara
The submerged seamounts off Adonara are covered in a rich mix of hard and soft corals, sheltering abundant reef fish and attracting predators such as jacks, tunas, blacktip and grey reef sharks. Juvenile silvertip sharks are often seen patrolling the clear blue waters. 3 day dives

Day 3 - Pantar
The day begins with an adrenaline-filled dive targeting schooling hammerhead sharks, followed by a stunning wall dive densely covered in soft corals. Afternoon and night dives take place on a patch reef known for rhinopias. After the afternoon dive, guests visit a picturesque local village. 3 day dives, 1 night dive

Day 4 - Wetar
After an overnight crossing, the vessel arrives in the Moluccas to dive the walls and slopes of Reong and Wetar. These sites are often rich in fish life, including grey reef and bamboo sharks, giant trevally, schooling jacks, rainbow runners and tunas. Quieter areas reveal vast fields of zebra anemones, occasionally home to the rare leopard shrimp. Sailing continues into the Banda Sea, with chances of whale sightings along the way. 3 day dives

Day 5 - Gunung Api
Gunung Api, an isolated volcanic island rising from the Banda Sea, hosts large seabird colonies above water and thriving pelagic life below. Divers encounter schools of jacks, surgeonfish, tunas and barracudas, along with large numbers of sea snakes, making these dives truly unique. 4 day dives

Day 6 - Lucipara Maisel Archipelago
This remote group of uninhabited sandy islands is surrounded by shallow fringing reefs that drop steeply into the crystal-clear depths of the Banda Sea. These exploratory dives offer excellent chances of encounters with pelagic species such as tunas, rainbow runners, thresher sharks, silky sharks and hammerheads. 4 day dives

Day 7 - South Ambon
After two morning dives along Ambon’s exposed southern coast, the journey continues into Ambon Bay for world-class muck diving. Highlights include thorny seahorses, ornate ghost pipefish, rhinopias, frogfish and ribbon eels. 3 day dives, 1 night dive

Day 8 - Laha
Laha’s legendary muck diving offers incredible macro encounters, including nudibranchs, cephalopods, Ambon scorpionfish and leaf scorpionfish. With luck, divers may spot the rare and bizarre psychedelic frogfish. 2 day dives

Day 9 - Ambon
After a final breakfast on board, guests disembark in Ambon, bringing the journey to a close — until the next adventure.

Booking Conditions / Additional Costs / Marine Park Fees

Cancellations for Individual and Group Bookings: All cancellations must be made by fax or e-mail. The date that ADELAAR receives the cancellation of the booking by e-mail or fax is the date used to determine the cancellation penalty.

Cancellation penalties for individual bookings:
More than 90 Days - Loss of deposit. Less than 90 Days - Loss of full payment Less than 60 days prior to departure: 100% of the individual cruise price.

Cancellation penalties for group bookings:
More than 91 days prior to departure: forfeit of deposit.
Less than 90 days prior to departure: 100% of the group charter price.
Once an add-in Diving Komodo Itinerary becomes fully booked and closed for further bookings, no refunds will be given for cancellations. This information will be posted on our webpage schedule, as fully booked. Individual guests are responsible for checking the website prior to any cancellation.
A passenger who has booked into a scheduled Bali to Komodo trip, and who wishes to cancel, has the option to substitute another person (not already scheduled on the trip) into his space to avoid the cancellation penalty. Passenger substitution will be allowed up to three days prior to departure.
ADELAAR will not refund any money to passengers who fail to show for boarding on the trip departure date, whether this is due to missed airline connections or from the lack of proper paperwork required to enter the country, or any other reason. If an airline connection is missed, ADELAAR will make all efforts to arrange that the passenger can join the ADELAAR at some point in the itinerary. However, the cost to do so (airfare, small boat transport to ADELAAR, or any other cost involved) is solely the responsibility of the client.
If the customer interrupts or cuts short a trip for any reason, ADELAAR is not liable to refund any money to the customer. In cases of emergency such as personal illness or accident, ADELAAR will assist in all necessary arrangements for the passenger’s return travel. However, the cost of this is to be borne solely by the passenger.
For these reasons we strongly recommend the purchase of trip interruption insurance and/or trip cancellation insurance.

Please note: Marine park fees, surcharges etc can change and we cannot be held liable for differences in on-board surcharges. These will be confirmed at the time of booking