On our Wonders of Sulawesi and Raja Ampat tour suggestion, you will dive or snorkel some of richest coral reefs on Earth. Bunaken Marine Park in north Sulawesi is your first stop. Gaze in wonderment at the wealth and diversity of marine life under the waterline. Above water Sulawesi is also famous for its unique wildlife. Nearby Tangkoko National Park is home to troops of mischievous Black Macaque monkeys as well as the world’s smallest primate, the Tarsier.

A short flight further east is your next paradisiacal destination. Raja Ampat is a collection of paradise islands off the coast of Papua and home to the richest coral reefs and marine life on Earth. Tiny Batbitim island sadly used to be a shark fining camp. Batbitim is now the home of Misool Eco Resort, a rustic dive resort and your base to explore this stunning part of the world. Misool Eco Resort is also the centre of a 300,000-acre marine conservation area patrolled by the Misool Ranger Patrol. Misool Eco Resort also offer romantic cast away experiences, village visits, stand up paddle, cooking classes, snorkelling excursions and so non divers or honeymooners are well catered for.

Tour Highlights

Sulawesi – Raja Ampat

• Visit Tangkoko National Park rainforest, home of the Tarsier

• Snorkel and dive the Bunaken Marine Park in Sulawesi

• Snorkel and dive Misool Eco Resort's marine conservation area

Suggested itinerary – we will customise this for you!

Day 1 – Singapore  – Manado – Siladen Island

After your short flight from Singapore, you will be met on arrival at Manado airport in north Sulawesi. You will then be transferred approximately 90 minutes by road transfer and then resort boat to Siladen Island. Siladen Resort and Spa is located on the western side of the island and so you can see breath-taking sunsets year round. The beach is a 300 meter stretch of white coral sand facing the Manado Tua volcano.

Remainder of the day is at leisure to enjoy the pool and maybe go for a snorkel on the house reef.

Hotel: Siladen Resort and Spa (Beach View Villa)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Siladen Resort

Days 2 – 4   – Siladen Island

These days are free for you to snorkel and dive the Bunaken National Marine Park.
While snorkelling over any of the twenty-plus sites within easy reach of Siladen Resort & Spa, you will see healthy and seemingly endless coral reef gardens.

Enormous sponges and anemones sway in the current. Huge schools of reef fish are common in the shallows, and turtles are spotted on almost every snorkel excursion. Larger species such as reef sharks, eagle rays, and napoleon wrasse are regular sightings by snorkelers too.

With over 50 dives sites within close proximity to Siladen Resort & Spa, you will never get bored diving here. There are very shallow coral reefs surrounding all five islands within the park. Beyond the shallow reef, the seabed drops away into very deep water, forming the walls that Bunaken is famed for.

Hotel: Siladen Resort and Spa (Beach View Villa)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 5 – Siladen Island

This morning transfer 3 hours towards Tangkoko National Park. On the way stop and visit the Waruga. Warunga are the graves of Minahasan people who died long ago. The bodies inside the stone tombs are in the sitting position.

After lunch enter the National Park and trek in search of the Black Crested Macaque which is indigenous to North Sulawesi. Later as the sun goes down see the Tarsius Spectrum, the world’s smallest primate. There are also plenty of birds to look out for such the Hornbill. Later you will stop by a local restaurant for dinner before returning to the resort.

Hotel: Siladen Resort and Spa (Beach View Villa)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Tarsier, Tangkoko National Park

Day 6 – Siladen Island – Sorong

Transfer by boat and road back to Manado Airport. You will then take the domestic direct flight to Sorong, Papua. Finally, upon arrival you will be met by a Misool Eco Resort representative and transferred to your Sorong hotel for an overnight stay.

Hotel: Swiss-Belhotel Sorong (Deluxe Room)

Meals: Breakfast

Day 7 – Sorong – Raja Ampat

Firstly this morning Misool Eco Resort staff will transfer you to the harbour. At around 0900 you will depart on the private speed boat Merantau, approximately 4 hours to the resort on tiny Batbitim island. The transfer is shared with other resort guests who are also travelling on this set arrival date.

The afternoon is at your leisure.

Hotel: Misool Eco Resort (Water Cottage)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 8 – 13 – Raja Ampat

Located in remote Raja Ampat, near Papua, Misool Eco Resort is a true tropical hideaway. Fringed with powder-white beaches and pristine coral reefs, Misool has a maximum capacity of just 40 guests and offers exclusive diving, snorkelling and adventure experiences surrounded by pristine nature.

For snorkelers, the stunning house reef is accessible from the jetty or the steps of your water cottage at high tide. You will likely enjoy frequent sightings of schooling horse-eyed jacks, hunting octopus, and huge schools of bumphead parrotfish. The North Lagoon is a great place to hob-nob with gentle green turtles feeding on seagrass. You are also likely to run into baby black tip reef sharks in the shallows.

Divers can enjoy 25 world-class dive sites within a 15-minute radius of the resort. You can expect to dive a diverse selection of sites such as busy manta cleaning stations, coral covered walls, reef flats, swim throughs, gentle sea mounts, drift dives, vast hard-coral gardens, placid lagoons, and current-raked pinnacles.

Misool Eco Resort offers many more experiences to bring you closer the flora, fauna and communities of Raja Ampat. You can experience a romantic beach castaway day, possibly combined with Stand Up Paddle boarding. Lagoon explorations of nearby islands and baby turtle release are popular excursions. Cooking classes and village visits will allow you to experience the culture of Raja Ampat.

Hotel: Misool Eco Resort (Water Cottage)

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Misool Eco Resort

Day 14 – Raja Ampat – Sorong

This morning you will depart by resort speedboat four hours back to Sorong with other resort guests.

This evening you will enjoy a farewell dinner with resort staff and guests.

Hotel: Swiss-Belhotel Sorong (Deluxe Room)

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, dinner

Day 15 – Sorong departure

Transfer to Sorong airport to meet your departure flight to Jakarta, Manado or Makassar.