Alor & Wakatobi
Waar is Wakatobi?
Nationaal Park is gelegen ten zuidoosten van Sulawesi tussen de & nbsp; Banda Sea & nbsp; naar het noordoosten en de & nbsp; Flores Sea & nbsp; in het zuidwesten. Het bestaat uit vier grotere eilanden:& Nbsp; Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia en Binongko, evenals vele kleine eilanden zoals Tokobao, North Linzen, South Linzen, De strijd Aune, Will en Tolndono. De waterdiepte varieert, de diepste delen bereiken 3425 feet.rn
De Wakatobi National Park is het op twee na grootste marine park in Indonesië. Legendary onderwater ontdekkingsreiziger,& Nbsp; Jacques Cousteau & nbsp; genaamd de Wakatobi eilanden - toen bekend als de Tukangbesi eilanden een 'Underwater Nirvana ". Nu een National Marine Park voor de gehele Waktobi District, 900,000 hectares zijn ingericht met verschillende, kleurrijke soorten tropische koraalriffen. Wakatobi wordt algemeen erkend als het hoogste aantal rif en vissoorten in de wereld. De eilanden zijn ook bekend als de grootste barrière rif in Indonesië, de tweede alleen voor de & nbsp; Great Barrier Reef & nbsp; in Australië met grote en kleine vissoorten, waaronder dolfijnen, schildpadden en walvissen & nbsp;. De eilandengroep bestaat uit 143 grotere en kleinere eilanden waar alleen 7 bewoond.
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Voorbeeld routebeschrijving
Tijdens het varen seizoen in Nusa Tenggara, de & nbsp; INDO agressor ™ brengt een bezoek aan de meest kleurrijke, interesting and diverse dive destinations; knoop, Wakatobi, Alor, Lembata en Oost-Flores. Deze reizen zijn gepland op één manier in twee richtingen – beginnen en eindigen op twee verschillende locaties (knoop, Zuid-Sulawesi en Maumere op Flores) het aanbieden van een prachtige dwarsdoorsnede van de Indonesische duiken: schitterende koraalriffen en wanden in het kristalheldere water, evenals een groot aantal cryptische critter duiken, een aantal dat alleen liveaboards zoals de Indo Aggressor kan bereiken.
Deze "combinatie cruises" zijn opgesplitst in twee verschillende secties: Buton en de Tukang Besi eilanden (Wakatobi) naar het noorden en het verzamelen van de eilanden van Alor naar Flores, het oostelijke uiteinde van Nusa Tenggara in het zuiden. Op het oppervlak, deze gecombineerde bestemmingen zijn zeer verschillend, met de sectie Alor naar Flores met torenhoge vulkanen bijna overal waar je kijkt, terwijl op Buton en Wakatobi, de verandering in landschap is dramatisch en wordt gedomineerd door idyllische koraal atollen en oppervlakte riffen oprijst uit de diepe Banda Zee.
Het middelpunt van de cruise is inclusief een live vulkaan beeldscherm: de permanent uitbarstende Komba, 30 mijl ten noorden van de Lembata kust - een explosieve ervaring, zowel boven als onder water. Beide gebieden bieden opperste rif en wand duiken. De muren van Alor, met name, plunge into the depths from shallow coral gardens, while the Wakatobi region has been described by Jacques Cousteau as “one of the best reef systems we have ever dived”.
The major areas the yacht visits; running from north to south, Buton to Maumere:
After landing at Kendari Airport in south Sulawesi, it is just a short trip to Kendari Harbour where the Indo Aggressor will be moored and ready to start your trip. Buton Island and particularly Wajo Bay are becoming increasingly popular as a diving destination on their own.
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Wakatobi: The Wakatobi island complex some 50 nautical miles southeast of 
Buton is known as one of Indonesia’s premier dive destinations. Rising from the north west perimeter of the Banda Sea, the Tukang Besi National Marine Park benefits from the upwellings of nutrients from its depths, as well as the strong currents that surge and swirl around the islands. Its signature sea fan covered walls, coral reefs and sea mounts are some of the most active in Indonesia. Diving at the well-known sites like the razor thin ridges of Blade or the spread out collection of undulating sea mounts at Roma and the barracuda-patrolled sites of north Hoga are first-rate marine experiences.
After our visits to Buton and Wakatobi, the yacht moves south across the Flores Sea to Alor and Flores and the islands in between – after making a stop at the fearsome volcano island of Komba that pushes angrily some 600 meters up and out of the Flores Sea some 30 nautical miles out from the north Flores coastline. Creeping up on this smoke puffing beast just before dark huge dust and ash clouds can be seen blasting out into the sky from deep inside the island at regular intervals. When darkness falls, we are presented with the even more awesome sight of huge molten red rocks and ash bouncing and scattering down the mountain side before plunging with a loud hiss into the sea, underlined from time to time with deafening staccato explosions – an incredible experience. It’s now that you know you are well and truly in the “Ring of Fire”.
The INDO AGGRESSOR™ dive team, 
being the intrepid underwater explorers that we are, have dived Komba’s surrounding waters on many occasions in the past and discovered even more fascinating and mysterious vibrant reef and black sand sites to add to our already impressive and ever growing list.
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Alor, Pantar, Lembata, Adonara & Flores: Waking up the next morning, we are presented with even more volcanoes, running in a line along the East Nusa Tenggara islands east to west from Alor to Flores. We are on the north side of an island chain and can explore the new critter sites in the Kalabahi Sound and the pristine walls and reefs of the Alor Strait, or navigate the super deep wall complex in Teluk Waihinga for the most prolific Rhinopias dive at Lembata island.
Motoring down the channels that separate this line of islands to the south side, we find ourselves in the Indian Ocean. Much like the more well-known channels of the Komodo National Park, these waterways form a boundary line between two marked different marine environments. Colder deep water upwellings provide a smorgasbord of nutrients and food for the animals of these rarely visited sites. The premier critter haven of Beangabang Bay on Pantar continues to surprise us with its ever changing conditions and marine life while moving east we have the jaw- dropping architecture and color of the wave-battered rocks and reefs of the islets along the southern coastline of Lembata.
The trip ends in the quaint harbour town of Maumere in Flores. The largest town on the north Flores coast, Maumere’s busy harbour hides another treasure; the sand, silt and rocks that the docks pilings have been hammered into provide a playground for the elusive mandarin fish, right underneath the boat.
These sites – some known only to us – and more, with plenty of others to be discovered, are all part of a INDO AGGRESSOR™ Best of Indonesia “combination cruise” from Buton to Maumere.
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Kendari to Flores/Flores to Kendari – Itineraries:& Nbsp;INDO AGGRESSOR™ 
will be cruising and exploring the seas between
knoop, southeast Sulawesi to Maumere, on the north coast of Flores. These trips are scheduled to run one way from two different directions. Firstly, north to south from Baubau on the island of Buton, then to the Wakatobi region before crossing the Flores sea to visit Alor, Pantar and Lembata and finishing at Maumere in Flores. The other option runs south to north and starts in Maumere,reversing the first route and finishing at Buton, flying home from Kendari.
Whichever direction you choose, these cruises offer 10 days of spectacular and varied diving, with between two to four dives per day and many fascinating land excursions along the way.
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Please note: This itinerary is an example and may vary due to weather conditions as well as marine life expectations.
Park Fee: $180 USD pp