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Arenui LiveAboard Komodo   "Excellent Diving and Crew"
The diving in Komodo is wonderful. Healthy and dense coral as far as the eye can see. Turtles, cuttlefish, eels, spotted eagle ray... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
7/2024   Stephanie Voris
500+ Dives
 
Arenui LiveAboard Raja Ampat   "Raja Ampat worth the trip. Arenui staff superb."
Raja Ampat had been on our diving bucket list for some time. We anticipated that doing it aboard the Arenui would make the entire... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2024   Timothy C Barden
250+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui LiveAboard Komodo Islands/Alor   "Luxury Diving"
The Arenui is deluxe diving. The very friendly staff does everything, including helping you dress and undress from your wetsuit fo... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
9/2023   Oedipus
250+ Dives
Photos available
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui LiveAboard LABUANBAJO/Komodo   "Great Trip even with a non-diver"
This is my second trip aboard the Arenui. I was worried things had changed after covid. They did, it was better! My first ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2023   Anthony Bracco
250+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui LiveAboard Alor   "The queen of liveaboards "
After 30 years of diving and a dozen liveaboards we finally got to experience Arenui. Truly the best of any boat. Just book space ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2023   Eric Schindler
500+ Dives
 
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Arenui LiveAboard Triton Bay, Raja Ampat   "Enjoyable dive trip on a comfortable boat with superb crew"
This trip is put together last minute (under 3 months instead of a year ago) as the group trip we had hoped to join was full. Our ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
2/2023   Judy Orange
1000+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Indonesia   "The Dragon and More"
The stars are difficult as we had problems with the cruise directors after the very first dive. Thankfully, I'd written the owner, ... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
9/2022   Rose Mueller
1000+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Forgotten Islands   "Arenui Fourth Cruise"
This report covers my most recent, and fourth, cruise with the Arenui team, in October 2018. My brother and I have been repeat cl... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
10/2018   François Cadieux
250+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Forgotten Islands   "Diving in Paradise"
This was our third time on the Arenui, a truly luxurious experience. Arenui means small waves in Polynesian. The boat is buil... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
10/2018   Pierre Hurter
1000+ Dives
2Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raj Ampat   "A Huge favorite !"
Alcohol is VERY expensive in Indonesia, buy duty free to take on board. Or, they have very reasonable prices on beer and alcohol i... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
2/2018   Trina
500+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo   "Half acceptable, half disappointing "
I heard for years about Arenui and what a wonderful boat it was. I spoke extensively with the owners and office prior to my trip, ... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
10/2018   Laura Wais
500+ Dives
3Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard ]Komodo   "Incredible Boat, Very Good Diving"
This is surely one of the very best liveaboards anywhere. The cabins were spacious and comfortable. There were reading lights ove... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
8/2018   Tom Baker
1000+ Dives
2Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   "Raja Ampat on the Arenui"
The amount of time you spent in airplanes and airports is daunting, but it's worth it. The diving in Raja Ampat is stunning. The ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2017   Pierre Hurter
1000+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Forgotten Islands   "Forgotten Islands on Arenui"
I cannot speak highly enough about this experience. The diving was all that I expected, but the Arenui made the trip for me. This ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
10/2016   Kathleen Coyle
1000+ Dives
2Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo   "Fantastic Service, Accomodations, and Diving"
The Arenui sets the bar for liveaboard diving in the areas of service, accommodations, diving, food, and crew- client interaction. ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2016   Robert DeFeo
1000+ Dives
3Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo   "Fantastic Komodo Graduation Present"
Another fantastic experience with the Arenui, the benchmark for livaboards in our experience. Great crew, fantastic dive masters ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2016   Tim wright
500+ Dives
2Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   "Raja Ampat aboard the Arenui"
The Arenui is a wonderful boat which I have been on before in Komodo. This was my first trip to Raja Ampat. The boat is the mo... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
1/2016   Mark Rosenstein
500+ Dives
3Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat & Misool area   "The Arenui - Makes Diving Easy for Customers - They do all the work!"
We did an 11 night trip Sorong to Sorong January 23 to Feb 3, 2016. The initial destination was the Misool area, then the boat wen... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2016   linda rutherford
500+ Dives
3Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Forgotten Islands   "Diving in Indonesia on Luxury liveaboard Arenui "
When the chance came for us to join the Forgotten Islands trip on the Arenui in October, we jumped at it. It was a 14- night trip (... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
10/2015   Patricia Benton
100+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   "Raja Ampat with the Arenui"
With all of the Arenui bashing that seems to have happened on Undercurrent in the last year, I wanted to throw in my two cents and... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
1/2015   Alice Ribbens
500+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo   "Komodo aboard the Arenui"
This was my third trip to Komodo, and my first aboard the Arenui. The boat largely lived up to its "boutique liveaboard" hype. T... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2015   Mark Rosenstein
500+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo   "Nice but not quite "luxury""
This trip was actually in August 2013, but that date wasn't available in the drop- down box. The Arenui is nice, but not really "l... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
10/2014   MARC PINTO
500+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat N/A]   "Diving Raja Ampat from the MV Arenui"
The crew was MARVELOUS. Love them all. The diving was DIVINE. Many of everything. The cabins good. The lounge- dining area- photogr... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
1/2015   Roberta Finke
1000+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard [Komodo   "Best Liveaboard Trip Yet"
This had to be the best liveaboard I have done in the past three years. The crew was great and very attentive. Gee did a great jo... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2015   Greg Luken
250+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo Island   "Great Diving in Komodo"
In September a group of us decided we’d head for Indonesia for some diving, specifically aboard the liveaboard Arenui The gro... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2015   Pierre Hurter
1000+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Adonara, Kawula, Sangeang, Ko   "Arenui: Maurmere-Labuan Bajo (Adonara, Kawula, Sangeang, Komodo)"
This was my second trip to the Komodo ares. (The first was in July 2011 on Komodo Dancer. ) The cruise was organized and accompan... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2015   Richard Ebright
250+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo   "More great diving in Komodo"
I first dove Komodo in 2009 and had been anxious to get back ever since. When Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock (Secret Sea Visions... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
5/2015   David E Reubush
1000+ Dives
2Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report   Maumere to Maumere   "Arenui still great staff, boat needs a few updates"
This was my second trip on the Arenui, I was so impressed with the experience that I got on a waitlist for it. And I got on the b... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2015   Deborah Berglund
1000+ Dives
2Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   "Arenui - Raja Ampat"
Overall, this was an excellent trip on a great boat. Rooms were large, clean, comfortable, and well laid out. The boat is laid o... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
12/2014   David Marchese
1000+ Dives
Photos available
4Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Alor / Komodo   The Arenui is a beautiful and well appointed boat. Cabins and common areas are large, comfortable and well thought out. The food i... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
5/2014   Gary & Robin Schiendelman
1000+ Dives
1Helpful vote(s) received
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Alor-Komodo   Alor- Komodo Megafauna 5- 18 May 2014 with Dr Andrea Marshall I have already submitted one review, mainly about the Arenui and th... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
5/2014   Patricia Benton
100+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Alor-Komodo   We recently returned from our third trip on board the Arenui. We had previously been on the Raja Ampat and the Sorong to Ambon tri... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
5/2014   Patricia Benton
100+ Dives
 
ARENUI Full report LiveAboard KOMODO Island chain   After several hours of flying, we left from JFK, we overnighted in Hong Kong to break it up, we then went to Bali and got in a few ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2013   Ernie Plourde
1000+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Labuanbajo, RT   Very comfortable boat, good food, nice people, well organized by Amazing Adventure Travels; everything taken care of. Staff a... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2013   Deborah Berglund
1000+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo   I've been on at least eight other liveaboards and had wonderful trips on nearly all of them. The Arenui, though, is the best. ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2013   Dana Muir
500+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Alore-Komodo   The Arenui was our first liveaboard experience. We were spoiled. The other, more experienced, liveaboard divers all said the Are... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2013   John Strang
1000+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   I really don't know if i can add to anything you have read so far about this boat. It is the best liveaboard I have been on anywhe... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2012   Marc Massari
1000+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   My wife and I dreamed of this trip for years and finally did it for our 20th wedding anniversary. Everything about the Arenui and... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2012   Tim wright
250+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   This was our second trip on Arenui and, if anything, it was even better than the previous time. The crew were just as welcoming an... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2012   GlobeTrotter
100+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   This is our second trip on the Arenui in the last year. Both trips were so perfectly run that we can say that we have absolutely n... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2012   daniel a kurz
1000+ Dives
 
arenui Full report LiveAboard banda sea   This was my fourth trip aboard the arenui. Why do I keep coming back? It's simply a great boat. Debbie and Jerry, the cruise... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2011   jean miller
1000+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report   Komodo   It’s a stunning looking vessel, no doubt. It sounds like a cliché, but I love the fact that it looks like a pirate ship! When the ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2010   Laura Goddard
250+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   Where to start? My husband and I have been on several liveaboards in Thailand and Indonesia, but none as luxurious as this one. Ou... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2011   GlobeTrotter
100+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Komodo   The Arenui (pronounced Ar- ren- nooey) is beautiful, a 43 meter/ 140 foot Indonesian Pinisi (Phinisi) sailing boat touted as a luxury... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2011   Gina Sanfilippo
250+ Dives
 
Arenui Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat, Banda, Ambon   We went in February with Arenui to Raja Amput and were very happy. The very best boat we have ever been on. We booked straight awa... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
4/2010   Ralph Arbeid
500+ Dives
 
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