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Pindito - Sorong- Equator

This cruise gives you the impressions of the Indopacific and the Pacific Sea. Untouched landscapes and impressing huge coral banks dominate these very thinly populated isles.

The Pindito crew has explored the dive sites around and near the Equator. This cruise offers you new unexplored areas, where very few people have dived before. The number of isles is immense. Right in the equator and very close to the island of Kawe there is a little island called Batu Jamur. This rocky peak that stands out of the sea is an "eldorado" for every macro freak. Tunicas, feather stars, nudibranches, just as bigger animals like napoleons, wrasse, moray eels and epaulet sharks can be seen.
North of the equator lies the archipelago of Waijag. Many different outlying islands offer wonderful coral gardens and many different fishes.
While diving you will be seeing nurse sharks. On the northern island of Uraine you can admire schools of sleeping surgeon fish in huge caves. North of Waigeo lay the three huge atolls of Asia, Aiu and Bud. Steep slopes covered by fantastic coral gardens. The northern shore of Waigeo with its hidden bays and pinnacles promise the most spectacular impressions during this tour.

Day 1
Pick up at the airport of Sorong from our German and English speaking crew member. Short private transfer to the peer and embarking. As soon as all guests are on board and are holding their welcome drink the Pindito is ready to leave the harbour. You will be introduced to the crew members and you will be shown around in order to start feeling at home on the Pindito.
During this cruise breathtaking isle landscapes with crystal clear waters, lonely beaches and lots of possibilities for land excursions and only the best of diving are waiting for you.
Day 2
Jef Fam is the first group of isles that you will reach after the first night of cruising. The labyrinth like scenario is the beginning of what you will see in the coming few days!
your Check-Dive “à la Pindito” will be an exciting spot already! Feel like meeting a Wobbegong
shark? Or do you rather go for a giant clam? The region of Batu Burung with its dive sites covered with hard corals will let your heart hammer fast! Another dive spot is Dinding Mera: a wonderful red wall full of soft corals and nudibranches. Or Warna Banyak, a place for a relaxing drift dive in a channel where you´ll see corals in all their different colours right up to the top of the reef. These are only a few of the sites that are just around you!
Day 3
Kawe is our next target, which lies in the middle or rather on top of the equator! Jurang Dalam or the so called deep valley is a hot spot on only 8 meters depth and seems to have a magical attraction for Sweet Lips, Wrasses and Cardinalfish. Batfish and napoleons feel very comfortable too in this place as well as at Batu Kiri or at Hutam Hitam. The place Berbados Cadas with its splitted rocks and its „Dive-Through” are a welcome change to the excellent diving scenes of this region.
Day 4 and Day 5
Wajag is THE island paradise of the North. During various zodiac excursions through the labyrinth you will gather impressions that you will never forget about. Enjoy these breathtaking images that will spoil your eyes!
Underwater you will meet a bizarre landscape. Jamur Selatan, Jamur Tengan & Utara rise up in the sea like mushrooms. Depending on the current you can easily dive around them. When you are lucky, the currents from the Antarctic will bring cool water and huge schools of jackfish, tuna, rays and every now and then even blue marlins to these dive sites. This is diving as it should be!
Day 6
We will reach Uranie on the following day. A huge cavern is waiting to be explored! No worries, claustrophobia will not be a hassle. Since the cavern is as big as a cathedral and you can see the light coming in through gaps and cracks everywhere. The atmosphere is nearly mystical and very calm, full of fascination light shades. The sleeping sharks on the caverns ground seem not real and it definitively is a unique dive spot. After these impressions we move on to Batu Coquille. Huge rocks rise up from the ground and water and is being surrounded my manta rays and barracudas that love this spot because of its current. Whoever prefers to have a calmer dive site can dive right there where the Pindito is anchored and look out for blue ring octopuses or mandarin fish.
Day 7
In Waigeo, Sel Pele we have the chance to visit a pearl farm. Depending on where they stand with the pearl production we will be invited to have a closer look on how the pearls are being produced.
Of course we have been diving before and after this visit and the high light of these dives where the pigmys. Those cute little creatures are hidden in the gorgonias in all colours available: red, yellow and orange! The only creatures that are offering more colours of the rainbow are nudibranches and the pipe fishes.
Day 8
Eagle Rock is just around the corner and is completely different to what you have seen so far. The stand alone rocks in the middle of the sea are always worth a picture or two. Splendid visibility, white beaches with black coral gardens, Süsslippen, batfish and different kinds of rays are part of these dives. And since it is such a fantastic area above and under water we shall go back to the bay of Sel Pele again in the afternoon.
Day 9
Wafak is the so called back forest of Indonesia. In about 30 meters depth a black coral garden is waiting for you! thanks to Nitrox you can make your dream come true and let you stay there for a while! We stay in the middle of these islands and for a change have a sun-set dive, in order to find mandarin fish and mimic octopus!
Day 10
Mansuar! Since we have discovered this place as a manta ray hot spot, nobody wants to leave the water anymore, when dozens of these huge black creatures are flying by. Further comments won´t express what you feel down there!
Day 11
Kri, since Dr. Allen has broken the world records in counting different species, this dive spot is world famous! Michel Aw has shot his nicest pictures here and therefore we finish off our dives in the precious area. These dive spots are a class of their own! On our way back to Sorong we have a captain’s party on deck. Our crew will sing traditional songs and dance the Boco Boco!
Day 12
Sorong. Already we have got to the end of this cruise. We organise the transfer back to the airport of Sorong and say goodbye to you! Hoping to have you on board the Pindito again!

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