The Lembeh Strait is one of the world’s foremost venues for muck diving, explorations of sea-floor sediment home to exotic, colorful, and often bizarre creatures. On a floor of dark sand scuttle a mind-boggling array of unusual and rare critters. A photographers' dream and a total eye-opener for anyone with even a passing interest in the smaller things in the ocean.
Package Includes:
Accommodation:
05 Nights accommodation at Lembeh Hills Resort
Every villa and suite at Lembeh Hills Resort is a sanctuary of clam with space and peace providing the utmost in lavishness. All viewing the amazing Lembeh Strait, have AC, high-speed Internet access, multiple telephone lines, as direct line & cable tv. The 23 villas & suites are beautifully selected for its location to completely redefine tranquility in Lembeh and every private terrace of its villas and suites offering spectacular panoramic view of Lembeh Strait.
Flight & Transfer:
Return International Flight Dubai to Manado, Indonesia
Coach transfer of 90 mins from Manado to Lembeh Hills Resort, Desa Makawidey
Meal:
Daily Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Diving:
Up to 03 guided boat dives per day with YOS Dive Lembeh
Boat, Tank, weight and weight belt
Others:
Free 30 mins massage: Head and Shoulder massage or Foot massage
Free merchandise: 1 T-shirt or 1 cap
Excludes:
Dive equipment
Own expenses and visa fee (if applicable)
Additional Diving Excursions Bunaken Day Dive Excursion (By Land and Sea Transfer) ~ min. 4 persons - USD 35.00/person Additional Night Dive ~ min. 2 persons - USD 55.00/diver/dive Extra Day Dive on the same day - USD 45.00/diver/dive Enriched Air Nitrox Use per Day (Up to 3 Tanks) - USD 20.00/diver
Here are the most exciting sites that are home to bizarre marine life ever:
Police Pier
The sandy shallow slope here has a lot of rubble, trash and things that look out of place underwater. However don't let this waste-look disappoint you as they all make excellent hiding places for all manner of exotic critters. Under the pier itself you can expect to see frogfish, seahorses, wasp fish, snake eels, cleaner shrimp and cuttlefish, also keep your eye on search for the endemic Banggai cardinal fish. This is also a great spot for a night dive where countless species of crab comes out to forage for food and the rare Bobbit worm may be found.
Nudi Falls
Small vertical rock drops into a slope that ends on a grey sandy bottom at 25 meters. As its name suggests the highlight of this dive site is the sheer numbers of nudibranches that can be found. The soft coral bed houses myriad macro creatures including pygmy seahorses, frogfish and mantis shrimps. The elusive Rhinopias can also be found here though your dive guide is more likely to spot one.
Hairball
Bizarrely named spot is one of Lembeh's more popular. Frogfish sightings here are pretty much guaranteed on this black sand bed of life. This is a true muck dive site with seahorses, octopus, crabs and plenty of other crustaceans. Many of the critters are very well disguised, as algae make a great camouflage. Closed by is Hairball 2 where juvenile batfish, cardinalfish and zebra crabs are seen.
Critter Hunt
Placed at the southern tip, Sarena Kecil Island is this spot which upon first impressions does not look like much. However with the majority of Lembeh's dive spots that is housed to macro marine creatures that scatters amongst the rubble and small coral heads, passion and patience are the key, hence the name! Keep a look out for decorator crabs, wasp fish, frogfish and squat lobsters.
Angel's Window
Placed off the north coast of Lembeh Island, the submerged peaks here have a number of gorgonians that are home to pygmy seahorses. It is a little different to the rest of Lembeh's muck dive sites, this spot is more like a coral reef dive. Visibility is usually a bit better and there is a couple of swim through at about 25 meters which makes up the "Window". Snappers and jacks are often found hanging out here and the walls are lined with crinoids and feather stars.
California Dreaming
A nice dive to get a break from all the muck. Colourful coral gardens with large orange tree corals and red gorgonians feeding in the current here. The visibility is also often better that of the murkier muck sites. There is a plateau at around 14 meters where the critters can be found for those macro addicts that simply can’t get enough for bizarre critters!
Teluk Kembahu
Abbreviated to TK1 and TK2, are named after a local village and are found on the Sulawesi side of the Strait. Topography consists of a dark sandy bottom with scattered rubble and sunken logs. It is where the first mimic octopus was sighted in Lembeh, also the home of the Banggai Cardinalfish which can only be found in this region. No shortage of other marine inhabitants here either with mandarin fish, gobys, devilfish, frogfish, porcelain crabs, mimic octopus, wonderpus and razorfish, make this as an exceptional dive site.
