Anne Bonny Yacht

Safety Briefing, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation and ship orientation will take place before departing the Harbour.. Here is a sample itinerary; please note that the number of dives, specific dive sites, and other details may be subject to change due to unforeseen weather conditions and other factors. Set off in the direction of Sebayur, where you will do a check dive near Sebayur Kecil. 2 dives

Day 2 | Batu Bolong 3 Dives and the Night Dive The morning starts with a light breakfast followed by a first dive at a World Class Dive site named Batu Bolong (Hollow Rock) in the North of the Komodo strait. This dramatic underwater landscape is home to an incredible variety of fish and soft corals. Sharks, Giant Trevallies, Turtles, Barracudas, and Napoleon Wrasses are often spotted here. Later in the day, you will enjoy a colourful drift dive at Tatawa Besar, a site famous for its orange soft corals. You will head to Karang Makassar for the second dive, also known as Manta Point. It is the best site to see manta rays in large numbers (up to 20 or 30 if you’re lucky). Night dive for the day in the same area.

Day 3 | Siaba Kecil and Siaba Besar 2 Dives and a Night Dive Early in the morning, you will dive the southern part of Batu Bolong, one of the most amazing dive sites of the Komodo archipelago. You will then enjoy a drift dive running through amazing canyons, that lies 15 to 30 meter deep at Siaba Kecil. The canyons with spectacular caves are home to big pelagic fish, sharks, barracuda, and schools of giant trevallies and sweet lips. Lots of turtles can also be seen here. The third dive will be at Siaba Besar, a lovely Coral Garden, and a magical underwater playground. Satellite reefs grow beautifully in this protected bay, and a short swim over the sand will allow you to look at many different kinds of hard corals. This sheltered bay with a shallow reef is home to rare creatures such as dugongs, silver-tip sharks, ornate ghost pipefish, frogfish, and octopus. Night dive in the same location.

Day 4 | Gili Lawa Island 3 Dives anda Night Dive, Tekking Early morning you will move North to Gilli Lawa where we have 3 great dives planned for you: Cauldron and the Golden Passage are 2 action-packed drift dives in channels between two islands, and very good sites to experience Komodo’s famous currents. Here we will find an amazing variety of marine life and underwater topography. The currents are perfect for schools of giant trevallies, groupers, turtles, white tip sharks, and sometimes Manta Rays. The 3rd dive for the day will be at Coral Garden, a nice relaxing dive amongst some of Komodos’ healthiest coral gardens and great for spotting turtles and critters. You will trek up to the famous Gilli Lawa viewpoint in the afternoon to enjoy the sunset over the magnificent landscape. Night dive is offered in the area.

Day 5 | Rinca Island 2 Dives, Komodo Dragons, Flying Foxes In the morning, we dive the world-class dive sites of Crystal and Castle rock: a profusion of marine life with over 1000 fish species and 300 different corals to explore on these sites, including various kind of sharks, hunting giant trevallies, clouds of fusiliers, tunas, giant groupers and occasionally dolphins. While enjoying lunch, we navigate south onto Rinca Island to enjoy a “Dragon Walk” to see the last representative of the Jurassic Park on earth, the infamous Komodo Lizard. At sunset, will set sail again to the Flying fox island, where every evening, around 6 pm, thousands of fruit bats return to the main island of Rinca. After watching their flight, enjoy our last BBQ dinner.

Unfortunately our trip has come to an end and we have to say goodbye, but we hope to see you again soon! After breakfast and the last exchange of photos and memories, the crew and Calico Jack will say our fondest farewell and transport you either to your hotel or airport.

Here is a sample itinerary; please note that the number of dives, specific dive sites, and other details may be subject to change due to unforeseen weather conditions and other factors. Day 1 | Embarkation in Sorong 1 Dive We will pick you up either at your hotel or Sorong airport and take you to the harbor where our crew will welcome you onboard Calico Jack. Following refreshments and a short tour of the ship, you will be briefed on safety, diving operations, and life onboard. We will aim to depart by 12 pm and head 5 hours north to Waisai. It will allow time for you to get acquainted with the ship, set up your dive gear & cameras, and to meet and socialize with the other guests and friendly crew, before an afternoon check dive close by Mioskon island. You will spend the night close to Waisai at a safe anchorage. We will visit Mioscon island with the friendly cat colony living on it and witness the swarms of flying foxes departing on the night adventure.

Day 2 | Dampier Straight 3 Dives and a Night Dive After short, early morning navigation, we begin the day with dives at Mioskon & Sardine Reef. Ironically, sardines are the only reef fish not found on the Sardine reef, but you’ll hardly notice as “fish thunder” (the loud booming sound made when large numbers of fish move rapidly through open water) engulfs you, and swarms of fish block out the sky. Both are incredible dive sites full of schooling fish, including fusiliers, surgeonfish, trevallies, rainbow runners, sweetlips, and bannerfish. The reefs are adorned with sea fans, soft corals and orange elephant ear sponges. In the afternoon, you will dive into Cape Kri. One of the most famous sites in the region, it boasts some of the largest concentrations of big fish in Raja Ampat and holds the impressive record of 374 fish species identified during one 90-minute dive. For sunset, we head west to our anchorage outside the village of Yenbuba, where you will experience your first-night dive at Yenbuba Jetty.

Day 3 | Arborek Island 3 Dives, Village Visit, Dive with Manta Rays, Night Dive Starting the day close to our anchorage, you will begin the morning with a dive at Cape Yenbuba, a beautiful drift wall dive. While having breakfast, we relocate 1.5 hours to one of the most reliable Manta ray congregation spots in all of Raja Ampat, the famous cleaning station, Manta Sandy. It is easy to spend a whole day observing these majestic creatures as they somersault through the water, feeding on plankton and being cleaned by several species of wrasse and butterflyfish. For lunch, we’ll make our way to Arborek, and after a third dive at Lalosi, a seemingly never-ending pristine submerged reef, you will visit the local village and see the traditional way of life for these island people, before enjoying a night dive at the Arborek Pier. In the shallows, the posts at Arborek Pier are covered in soft corals, with pipefish and cuttlefish dwelling more in-depth below. On the reef, giant clams nestle among soft corals, which also provide shelter for hermit crabs, flatworms, and skeleton shrimp.

Day 4 | Penemu Archipelago 3 Dives, Penemu Trek, Lagoon Exploration Early in the morning, we will arrive at Penemu’s My Reef dive site, where you will enjoy one of the largest concentrations of fish in the area. This site is very impressive, mainly when the current is strong. Before lunch we’ll squeeze in a second dive at Melissa’s Garden, a beautiful coral garden teeming with schooling fish and sharks. You will take a short boat tour to Penem Islands and walk up to the famous viewpoint above Piaynemo star- shaped lagoons.

Day 5 | Aljui 3 Dives and a Night Dive Heading further north, we will enter a large natural bay around Aljui. Here, you will have the chance to dive at Chanel No.5, White Arrow, and Channel Island, a mix of wall and reef dives, close to the village, and where pearl farming is conducted. The sites are brimming with soft, colorful corals, sea fans, pygmy seahorses, and a wide variety of nudibranchs. Cendana Pier is also teeming with life and one of the best night dives in Raja Ampat.

Day 6 | Wofo 3 Dives, Beach BBQ We start the day with early navigation to the Wofo Island area. Here, in the morning, you will dive at Who's the Black Forest, a stunning dive traversing the deep black fan landscape rising to a beautiful and pristine shallow reef. The second dive is at Wofo Tembok (a wall dive) and finally, Teman Wofo. The evening will be spent on a secluded beach experiencing one of Calico Jack’s famous beach BBQ parties, where you relax on our giant bean bags under a pagoda, whilst being served up our chef’s delicious BBQ dinner. Explore the beach, meet the local hermit crabs, and indulge in a glass of wine as music is played and fireworks light the night sky.

Day 7 | Yanggefo 3 Dives and a Night Dive An early morning navigation brings us to the stunning Mangrove Anchorage in the passage of Gam and Yangeffo. Here you will find some of the most stunning dive sites in West Waigeo: Mayhem and Citrus Ridge. In the right conditions you can expect some of the highest voltage diving in Raja Ampat, with currents bringing in massive schools of barracudas, three species of fusiliers, trevallies, batfish, bump head parrotfish, wobbegongs, as well as black and white tip reef sharks. Lalosi (“Fusilier '' in Papuan) is a hard coral seamount located west of Arborek Island, which has extremely good fish life when the current is running. The reef extends for up to half a kilometer, making it one of the better drift dives in Raja Ampat. We will make our final night dive at Batu lima. Magnificent little dive site where walking sharks are often encountered.

Day 8 | Dampier Strait 2 Dives, Beach Time We save the very best for last. During our final diving day, we discovered two fabulous dive sites: Blue Magic and Sardine Reef. Both of these sites offer some of the largest concentrations of big fish in Raja Ampat. Large schools of trevallies, barracudas, sweetlips, tuna, and snappers congregate on these sites. Oceanic Manta can also be seen at Blue Magic. In the afternoon, we have time to relax on one of Kris's secluded beaches before sailing back to Sorong, where we arrive later in the evening.

Unfortunately our trip has come to an end and we have to say goodbye, but we hope to see you again soon!

Here is a sample itinerary; please note that the number of dives, specific dive sites, and other details may be subject to change due to unforeseen weather conditions and other factors. Day 1 | Embarkation in Sorong We will pick you up at your hotel or Sorong airport and take you to the harbour, where our crew will welcome you onboard Calico Jack. Following refreshments and a short tour of the ship, you will be briefed on safety, diving operations, and life onboard. We will set sail at approximately 11 am (or when the last guest has boarded) and cruise through Sele Strait to reach the East of Misool, for approximately 12 hours. This will allow time for you to get acquainted with the ship, set up your dive gear & cameras and meet and socialise with the other guests and friendly crew. The following six days we will spend exploring Misool, located in the South of Raja Ampat. Misool is famous for its steep rocks with vertical walls, a profusion of soft, colourful corals, sea fans draped brilliantly over the reefs and plenty of fish. The islands around East Misool are grouped by area. We will do a total of 16 to 18 dives in this area.

Day 2-3 | Balbulol, Daram area, Boo Island 6 Dive Balbulol (No Contest, Dangerous Kayak, Love Potion, Number 9, Pet Rock) Schools of pretax, snapper and bump head parrotfish can be found at these dive sites, including barracudas and jacks surrounding the pinnacles. You will spend the night in the hidden lagoon, a very special anchorage inside a narrow bay enclosed by towering rocks. We will take the dinghies to explore another lagoon located further into the rocks, and as night falls, you will see and hear the magnificent Palm Cockatoos roosting along the rainforest edges. Daram (Candy Store, Warna Berwana, Andiamo) Andiamo is a large, stunning reef with a submerged pinnacle covered in sea fans and surrounded by schools of fusiliers and batfish. Black tip reef sharks and napoleon wrasse can also be found here. Candy Store, named so as the first divers to explore this reef felt like kids in a candy store, is covered in huge sponges, beautiful soft corals and sea fans. In the valleys, schools of fusiliers, butterfly fish and barracuda gather.

Day 4 | Wayilbatan 3 Dives, Lagoon Exploration and a Night Dive The Wayilbatan area offers impressive dive sites with a remarkable range of marine diversity and topography. At Wedding Cake, schools of batfish, trevallies, barracuda and pygmy seahorses congregate. In the afternoon, you will have the opportunity to take in the scenic landscapes with some kayaking and paddle boarding amongst the most spectacular hidden lagoons in the region. Four Kings dive site comprises four underwater pinnacles covered in soft coral and colourful tunicates. You can swim from one rock to the next, enjoying the soft corals, psychedelic colours and abundant fish life. Be sure to look out for turtles here.

Day 5 | Yilliet 3 Dives In the early morning, we will take short navigation to dive the Fiabacet area where colourful soft corals and beautiful sea fans smother the reefs. A deep underwater ridge connects the islands of Boo in the East to Kalig in the West. In certain areas, the ridge moves up shallower to form the most amazing dive sites in the park. These include Batu Kecil (also known as Tank Rock), Nudi Rock and Whale Rock, No Contest, Dangerous Kayak, Love Potion, Number 9, and Pet Rock. Here you will find one of the most extensive reef systems in Raja Ampat, offering a fantastic range of marine diversity. Expect to see abundant and healthy fish life, a galore of pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs, colourful anemones and reef sharks.

Day 6 |Wagmab 3 Dives Located 20 km’s from Misool Island, this islet of Farondi is a favored dive site in Raja Ampat due to its unique and distinctive landscape which consists of tunnels, caverns, boulders and colorful walls. The western face of Farondi Island has two large caves with a shallow reef, and a dramatic cliff north of the headland. Here, a shallow garden of stony corals gradually becomes a sandy slope which is home to large gorgonian fans and bargibanti pygmy seahorses. Goa Besar, situated south of Farondi, consists of superficial shelved gardens of yellow-coloured soft corals, wall tops blanketed with plate corals, leather corals, yellow and purple sea squirts, and rounded hollows filled with coral shrubberies, sponges and red ornamental ghost pipefish. Tunnels in the caves collide with green soft coral trees and sponges, and house night-time snapper and sweetlips. Late in the afternoon after your third dive, we will depart North and set sail for an overnight cruise to Penemu Island; a navigation of approximately 12 hours.

Day 7 | Penem Island 3 Dives, Lagoon Tour, Tracking and Lagoon Exploration Early in the morning, we will arrive at Penem’s My Reef dive site where you will enjoy one of the largest populations of fish in the area. This site is very impressive, particularly when the current is strong. After breakfast, you will dive Melissa’s Garden; the most well known site in the region, famous for its extensive and healthy hard coral reefs as well as Galaxy; a large reef with abundant marine life. In the afternoon after your third dive, you will take a short boat tour to Penemu and walk up to the famous viewpoint above Penem’s star-shaped lagoons (Piaynemo Raja Ampat). Here, you will have time to kayak and paddleboard amongst the incredible karst limestone landscape before sunset and dinner onboard.

Day 8 Wofo 3 Dives, Beach BBQ We start the day with early navigation to the Wofo Island area, the most northern point of our cruise. In the morning, you will dive at Wofo’s the Black Forest, a stunning dive traversing the deep black fan landscape rising to a beautiful and pristine shallow reef. The second dive is at Wofo Tembok (a wall dive) and finally Teman Wofo. The evening will be spent on the beach experiencing one of Calico Jack’s famous beach BBQ parties, where you relax on our giant bean bags under the stars, explore the beach and meet the local hermit crabs.

Day 9 | Gam 3 Dives An early morning’s navigation brings us to the stunning Mangrove Anchorage in the passage of Gam and Yangeffo. Here you will find some of the most stunning dive sites in West Waigeo: Citrus Ridge, Mayhem and Way Pretty Shallow. In the right conditions, you can expect some of the highest voltage diving in Raja Ampat, with currents bringing massive schools of barracudas, three species of fusiliers, trevallies, batfish, and bump heads parrotfish, wobbegongs, as well as black and white tip reef sharks.

Day 10 | Arborek 3 Dives, Diving with Manta Reys ,Visit to Local Village, Night Dive After awakening within the mangroves, we will make the short journey to dive at Lalosi, a hard coral sea-mount with an extremely diverse range of sea life when the currents are strong. From here we dive at one of the most reliable Manta ray congregation spots in all of Raja Ampat, the famous cleaning station, Manta Sandy. It is easy to spend a whole day observing these majestic creatures as they somersault through the water, feeding on plankton and being cleaned by several species of wrasse and butterfly fish. In the afternoon we’ll make our way to Arborek in Dampier Strait, where you will visit the local village and see the traditional way of life for these island people, before enjoying a night dive at the Arborek Pier. In the shallows, the posts at Arborek Pier are covered in soft corals, with pipefish and cuttlefish dwelling deeper below. On the reef, giant clams nestle among soft corals, which also provide shelter for hermit crabs, flatworms and skeleton shrimp.

Day 11 | Dampier Straight 2 Dives The final dives will be in the morning at Cape Kri where you will discover some of the largest concentrations of big fish in Raja Ampat. Large schools of trevallies, barracudas, bannerfish, sweetlips, tuna and snappers congregate on these sites. Large grey reef sharks can also be seen. In the afternoon, we have time to relax on one of Kri’s stunning secluded beaches before sailing back to Sorong where you will arrive later in the evening.

Unfortunately our trip has come to an end and we have to say goodbye, but we hope to see you again soon!