Our Divemaster trainee Lauren is very happy in Bunaken – “…I have now been in Bunaken starting my DM course for the past week and it is flying by! Every morning I wake up, grab a cup of coffee, and head to a hut with bean bag chairs and hammocks to relax and study… The…
The lovely Lionfish of Lembeh display their awesome colours on almost every dive! This beautiful picture of a Juvenile Common Lionfish was taken by our guests, Kevin and Simone. This Common Lionfish comes from the family, Scorpaenidae and this particular one is from the genus, Pterois miles, and is also known as the Devil Firefish.…
What an amazing week in Bunaken! We had sunshine and calm seas the whole week and one amazing creature after the other was spotted! At Mandolin we saw four Dugongs in the shallows including a baby Dugong! At Fukui we had the nice surprise of a Mola Mola which gently cruised by! And to top…
Our Moray Eels had a bit of a clean up in Lembeh this week with the help of some industrious Cleaner Shrimp! It’s not only the tiny creatures we see here, the beautiful Moray Eels also helps to make up our amazing wildlife. This great shot of the Giant Estuarine Moray Eel, was taken by…
I arrived on to Bunaken on the 2nd July, the resort has a lovely feel – when I arrived some of the staff were singing and playing music in the bar, they we’re full of warm smiles and helped me settle in quickly. The room was comfy and had very regular fresh laundry, and the…
We see Orangutan crab or Achaeus japonicus quite regularly and they are always cool critters when they wave with their little claws. You find them usually in bubble coral or anemone’s. They have relatively longs arms and are reddish or brown and quite often have a bit of debris stuck on their hairy arms. We had a…
The Nembrotha Cristata was just one of the Nudibranchs to delight our guests in Lembeh this week. This particular one resembles an old English Gentleman, with a large drooping moustache! We have some crazy, beautiful Nudibranchs here in Lembeh and this great shot was captured by our guests, Victor and Lynn. Nembrotha Cristata are from…
Ornate ghostpipefish is just one of the several types of ghostpipefish that are found around Bunaken. Our dive guides have eagle eyes and are great at spotting the robust ghostpipefish, thin ghostpipefish and velvet ghostpipefish as well. This week we had a great time with our guests, some of them are doing fun diving and…