Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Komodo, Alor, Banda and Southeast Indonesia

The Southeast Indonesian provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and Maluku include spectacular scuba diving destinations such as the Komodo Straits, Flores, Alor and the Banda Sea with its multiple archipelagos. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty, and this is the first scuba diving guidebook to cover the entire region, exploring the well-known sites on every diver’s bucket list, the up-and-coming areas which liveaboards have only recently started to frequent, and even some islands that are so far off the beaten track that they have only rarely been dived.

So welcome to famous, fabulous Komodo, sleepy Ambon - muck diving capital and haunt of fish fanciers for over two centuries, exotic Alor, oceanic thoroughfare of blue whales, and the gorgeous reefscapes and walls of the Banda Sea. These include historic Banda Neira and its spicy satellites, the isolated southern chain, the forgotten eastern isles and atolls, and the smoking, bubbling volcanic plugs of Manuk and Serua, home to hammerhead sharks, banded sea snakes and squadrons of squawking, squalling seabirds.

This beautifully written and illustrated guide is your passport to underwater adventure in these magical lands, offering the promise of fulfilment of your wildest dreams.

Includes over 100 sites, over 200 photographs, travel advice, topside attractions, dive safety tips, diving terms in Indonesian, and much, much more…