DIVING WITH MANTAS AND HANGOUT WITH DRAGONS

Flores is the gate to the Komodo Nationalpark. The start for your liveaboard trip with manta encounters and visits of the famous Komodo dragons. A true adventure.

Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. It is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo islands and west of Lembata island and the Alor Archipelago. The dive sites of Flores offer excellent visibility, steep walls, beautiful corals, huge gorgonian fans, and extraordinarily diverse marine life. The hub for many liveaboards is the little Indonesian town Labuan Bajo. From here all divers can take trips to all the famous routes in the Komodo Nationalpark or to Alor in the East. 

Not many people know, that dive trips also start from the lesser-known town Maumere. This area is great for muck diving lovers.

WHEN TO VISIT FLORES

Flores is a year-round diving destination. Only during the rainy season between June and August the liveaboard cruises head to other destinations in Indonesia like Raja Ampat. 

BEST DIVE SPOTS IN FLORES

The Komodo Nationalpark is the last place on earth where dragons live. And the place where you can dive with manta rays and drift in underwater currents. Since 1991 the Komodo National Park is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Liveaboard trips here offer an incredible variety of dives, which makes this place so special. One day you may have a relaxed dive exploring the macro life, and the next day, drift with manta rays and large schools of fish. You can find over 1,000 species of fish in these waters, 260 species of reef corals, 70 different sponges, 17 species of whales and dolphins and two species of sea turtles. Even whales swim by from time to time. So don´t miss out to watch on the horizon.

Off the coast of Maumere, you have great spots for macro life and colorful reefs with all the reef life you can imagine, including ribbon eels, moray eels, squat lobsters and crabs. Muck lovers will look for Ambon scorpionfish, wasp fish, flamboyant cuttlefish, colorful nudibranch, octopus and other strange critters.

LIVEABOARDS IN FLORES

A liveaboard trip is the best way to explore all the beauty of the Komodo Nationalpark or the Alor Archipelago in the East. It will take you to all the famous spots and even land excursions to see the famous Komodo dragons are included in the trip. Don´t wait to book your trip.