Liveaboard Journeys Throughout the best diving destination of Indonesia

KOMODO

ALOR & THE FORGOTTEN ISLANDS

RAJA AMPAT

BANDA SEA

DIVE THE BEST OF INDONESIA.

Our philosophy was to provide a unique diving experience offering a “luxury” diving boat accessible to anyone. After three years of taking inspiration for the best around, we believe the mission is a success with Vaiatea & Ta’aroa.

Inspired from the Tahitian culture, in harmony and respect of nature, Vaiatea & Ta’aroa will let you explore the best of Indonesia. We do offer a work of art in themselves with its wooden touches and we aim to provide the best in terms of diving you would expect.

Our vessels are a traditional and magnificent Phinisi, a classic Indonesian wooden sailing vessel, set to explore the majestic underwater world of the Indonesian archipelago.

You will explore some of the last untouched paradises on earth traversing the paradise waters of Komodo National Park, Alor and Forgotten Island to the Banda Sea and the majestic Raja Ampat all year.

Our brand, “Dragon Dive”, expresses our vision of providing quality and comfort scuba diving activities in Indonesia. From small diving resort located in Labuan Bajo to Liveaboard with a PADI 5* IDC dive centre operating Komodo, Dragon Dive provide unforgettable diving experience at all times to our guests.

All amenities are provided for your comfort on board. We believe that an exquisite service makes all the difference. This personalized service, and the undeniable knowledge of all aspects of your liveaboard, are what differentiate Dragon Dive from others liveaboards.

Come discover for yourself the inspiring, zen and breathtaking atmosphere unique to Dragon Dive!

DESTINATIONS

Vaiatea & Ta’aroa sail the most beautiful scuba diving destinations in Indonesia. Our Phinisi is the spirit of ancient traditions – equipped with contemporary design, technology, comfort and safety features. We offer to all our guest the spirit of Indonesia and seeks for a unique opportunity to experience scuba diving in the Indonesian Archipelago from a unique perspective.

A liveaboard trip to Indonesia, let you exploring over 17,000 islands and various sub-climates. As Indonesia is large and diverse, our experience let us offer the right destination combined with the right season.

April–November is the best and most popular season for our land-based and liveaboard destination, with Komodo Liveaboard and Alor, and its crystal clear waters, pink beaches and untouched coral reef.

However, the Komodo Islands get a little rain compared to Flores mainland and its possible to cruise and scuba dive all year round.

The last untouched paradises on earth, Raja Ampat with its turquoise waters and thousands of islands, is the pristine diving destination in the world have a season from October–April.

The Banda Sea, with its island jewels and hammerhead, is considered best to cruise in October/November and April.

For more remote areas such as Forgotten Island and Banda sea, for macro lovers, some special months have to be considered.

WHAT MAKES US KIND OF UNIQUE?

Here at the Dragon Dive, we have built two stunning tailor-made wooden phinisi that give a sip of the local culture but fitted it with all the modern conveniences of everything you need onboard. We designed spacious cabins that invite our guests to enjoy the country they’re visiting. We added a grandiose restaurant room with a chef, a fusion cuisine combining international and local cuisine. We ‘ve got our inspiration from all best phinisi around and adding our special unique and famous touch.
We added both an outdoor deck and a top-deck sky lounge for sunbathing, relaxing and enjoying the island views.Our experience since 2015 in Komodo, with our hotel, let us know all aspects of the region with highly trained local crew and amazing certified divemasters. We are providing a personalized diving expedition for our 12 guests on Vaitea and 20 guests on Ta’aroa.As an expert of Komodo waters and yearly present, we focused on diving the untouched and remote scuba diving islands.

Indonesia provides everything from untouched coral reefs to some sandy critters in muck diving, with an absolute high number of sharks, pelagic and endemic species found only in the “Coral Triangle”.

All of this makes one trip never enough.

Diving Komodo is for an incredible diversity from frogfish and nudibranchs to schooling jacks and mola-mola (oceanic sunfish). After Komodo, we travel to the untouched reefs of Alor and Flores with astonishing islands, volcanoes, and local tribes.

Nitrox onboard :

We have an onboard Nitrox station available. It’s highly recommended for longer NDLs, shorter SIs before the next dive, and less fatigue after repetitive dives/days. We offer Nitrox training for free to non-certified divers (Certification fees to be paid).

If you continue more to the east, we are going to the mystics forgotten islands not dive too much because of the extreme conditions. On top of the forgotten, the ring of fire into the Banda Sea to dive into the wonders of Maluku (and visit the notorious Spice Islands).

At the end of these wonderful trips, we will bring you to the renowned Raja Ampat & Tryton Bay with their world-famous dive sites, wobbegong sharks, and the oceanic manta ray.

OUR LIVEABOARD DESTINATIONS

KOMODO

– Explore the Jurassic –
Starting from only 224 € / day

Home to the majestic Dragon and offering extremely rich biodiversity Komodo National Park is the ‘New 7 Wonder of Nature’, UNESCO member since 2011.
Exploring Komodo and the surrounding is one of our signature trips aboard Vaiatea as we are based in Labuan Bajo – let us show you the very best of our marvelous underwater heaven.

BEST TIME TO DIVE : APR – NOV

KOMODO

ALOR

– MACRO LOVER –
Starting from only 244 € / day

The sublime landscape of the more than twenty islands between Alor and Maumere reveals a long list of majesty from colored lakes and active volcanos to unique ancient tribal cultures.

BEST TIME TO DIVE : APR – OCT

ALOR

FORGOTTEN ISLANDS

– MAJESTIC DIVE –

Starting from only 261 € / day

Also known as the Southeast Moluccas, the “Forgotten Islands” are not a single destination. It’s rather a 1,000 km long chain of archipelagos stretching from Timor to West Papua on the island of New Guinea. Dragon Dive Liveaboard is combining these prestigious dives with Alor or Maluku liveaboard. We also allow a limited “Forgotten diving journey” two times a year to let you be isolated from the rest of Indonesia and the world.

BEST TIME TO DIVE : APR-MAY & SEP-NOV

Forgotten Islands

BANDA SEA

– DIVE BIG –

Starting from only 262 € / day

Banda, also known as the Spice Islands, Maluku rich with trading history, offers spectacular historical sites. Scuba diving this remote part of Indonesia offers the chance to witness truly pure underwater beauty in a remote diver’s heaven.

BEST TIME TO DIVE :

FEB-APR & OCTO-DEC

Banda Sea

RAJA AMPAT

– LEGENDARY DIVE –

Starting from only 259 € / day

All scuba divers would like to jump into this ecological abundance of life. Raja Ampat embraces more than 225,000 square kilometres and is home to the world’s most bio-diverse untouched coral reefs. Exploring Raja Ampat and the surrounding is one of our signature trips aboard Ta’aroa – let us show you the best of this amazing underwater world in Eastern Indonesia.

BEST TIME TO DIVE:

NOV-APR

RAJA AMPAT