Alor island is located between Flores and Sawae sea, East Indonesia. The remote location guarantees the type of diving that most only dream of and the cold water passes through narrow straits between the islands causing strong currents and eddies. They attract big fish that come in to feed such as barracuda, schooling big-eye jacks, dog-toothed tuna, monster groupers, and lots of sharks. An excellent bonus is the likelihood of spotting pilot whales, dolphins and Orcas (Killer whale).
Package Includes:
Accommodation:
05 Nights accommodation at Alor Resort
01 Night accommodation at Kristal Hotel, Kupang
Flight & Transfer:
Return air ticket Dubai / Jakarta or Bali / Dubai
Return domestic flight Jakarta or Bali / Kupang / Jakarta or Bali
Return ground boat transfer Kupang to and from Alor Island
Meal:
Breakfast at Kupang
Daily Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner at Alor
Diving:
02/03 dive on the 1st day arrival at Alor
Unlimited diving for Day 2 – Day 5 at Alor
Boat, Tank, weight and weight belt
Excludes:
Dive equipment (rental available)
Own expenses and visa fee (if applicable)
What to see:
Diving or snorkeling with Sunfish is something that eludes most divers, even the seasoned ones.
In Alor, Sunfish have not only been seen by us, while diving, at most of our 40 odd dive sites but we now have discovered the secret to snorkeling with them on a regular basis. Each individual animal has it's own markings, much the same as a dairy cow, so we can identify if we see the same one more than once.
From around fifty five separate sightings over the years, we have yet to encounter the same individual twice. We can only assume from this that there are large numbers of Sunfish inhabiting the Alor Archipelago.
These amazing creatures launch themselves out of the water and create a huge splash up to three times in a row and are often mistaken for the breach of a Manta Ray. Living in mid-water and said to only venture near to shore to feed from the reef - Sunfish are the strangest underwater inhabitants.
Orcas or Killer Whales are the largest of all the Dolphins and swim in family groups of up to a dozen. Over the past decade, we have documented the migrating habits of various groups of Orcas through the Alor Archipelago. On many previous occasions, we have offered our guests the once in a lifetime opportunity to snorkeling with these "Gentle Giants". The largest group we have encountered was a family group of nine females with juveniles and one satellite male.
Alor is Indonesia 's newest Mecca for Muck diving according to Larry Smith, renowned expert on Indonesia 's most famous Muck and strange critter diving locations. "Alor is simply the best of the best". Alor is teeming with numerous dive sites that offer even the most seasoned of Muck divers an experience they will never forget. So dust off those cameras and prepare to meet some weird creatures that in any other context could come from another planet. We have many amazing sites that are literally crawling with some of the most unusual critters that you can possibly encounter underwater, from Pegasus Sea Moths to Mimic Octopus, Devil Fish to Ornate Sea Horses. If you're into this type of diving then get ready because Alor will blow you away with it's amazing marine life.
