We started this trip with a morning dive at Angel Reef, Moyo Island. As usual for this place, crystal clear water and lots of fish, including Longfin Bannerfish, and Anthias Triggerfish Redtooth zillion. On the wall, a pair of ribbon eels in the shallows Pink Squat Lobsters, Mantis shrimp and a wide field of garden eels Spaghetti.
Continue around the island Satonda, hunters creature among us has a whale of a time. rare nudibranch, all kinds of shrimps and crabs, coral fungi and pipefish, the stars of the series, Denise pygmy seahorse! Before nightdive, we watched bats flying home to the island of Sumbawa. Spectacular, with thousands of them to leave, just as the sun sets every day.
On our way to the east, we stopped at Gili Lawalaut for a panoramic hike with stunning views over the Channel Komodo. Stages near Castle Rock and Rock Crystal are among the best in the region, with huge schools of surgeons, unicornis, sweetlip, snappers and Jackfish and gray reef sharks, shark sharks and a good chance for eagle ray or three .
A trip to this region would not be complete without a visit to the land on the island of Komodo itself, try to find a Dragon - the largest lizard in the world! They can be up to 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) - awesome! This trip we were very lucky, and found a dragon in the first 10 minutes! Later in the afternoon, while moored at the island of Rinca, we had several other Komodo Dragons on the beach just opposite us.
But the point of going here in Horseshoe Bay, diving is one of the 10 best dive sites in the world - Cannibal Rock! The place is simply incredible, absolutely full of life! Featherstars, soft corals, sea apples, fish, frogs, giant crabs Zebra, Coleman shrimps and nudibranchs all in the book. Everywhere you look, you find something interesting and unusual! The place really deserves its ranking!
The next morning we went to Manta Alley, the southeast corner of Komodo, and were greeted by 20-25 Mantas feeding near all the area occupied. Cracking diving with great photos and video capabilities!
Another excellent day of diving in the Komodo National Park, and we rounded off the trip with a couple of dives in Moyo Island before sunset cruise back to port in Bali with a beautiful view of Lombok.
Rabu, 28 April 2010
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