Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort/5 days resort, 5 Palagian liveabord in
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Wakatobi Dive Resort/5 days resort, 5 Palagian liveabord: "Wakatobi Resort and Palagian Liveaboard", Nov, 2014, by Chuck Edson , OR, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 8030.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	[Note: This review includes both the resort and the Palagian liveabord.] We visited Wakatobi in 2000. What a difference 14 years has made! In 2000 transit there involved flights from Bali to Makassar (where we spent a night), then a flight to Kendari on the other side of Sulawesi and an 18 hour overnight boat ride on the Ciska, which might best be called a freighter. All passengers slept on the deck to avoid diesel fumes. Those were the old days. Now a direct flight from Bali to an airport (built by Wakatobi) on Tomia, about 1/2 hour boat ride from the resort. Lorez Mader has developed the resort from a longhouse which could accommodate about 14 divers to a compound which now can serve 50 or more divers in very nice villas and bungalows. Though the food is perhaps not 5 star gourmet is it excellent with a wide and varied assortment. We found our bungalow spacious and comfortable. Service throughout was superior and friendly - as we've found throughout Indonesia. We spent 5 days at the resort and 5 days on the Palagian liveabord. In both cases the reefs and diving experiences were as excellent as in 2000. While at the resort we dove from Wakatobi boat #VI which we shared with 6 other divers. There was room to spare. On the Palagian our "SuperLux" cabin #3 was all the title implies - larger by far than any liveaboard room we've had - even when we once shared a cabin with two friends. I say Lorenz is to be commended for his environmental and cultural sensitivities and the economic contribution to the area. He is especially proud of the ice-cream maker at the resort :-).
Websites	Wakatobi Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean about 7 times, Micronesia, Solomons, Palau, Great Barrier Reef, Raja Ampat, Lembeh Straights.
Closest Airport	Within 5 miles of resort	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-°F / 27-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-120 Ft/ 12-37 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive guides defined pretty conservative profiles but divers were allowed individual freedom.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Brought no camera equipment but many divers did and accommodations appeared very good.

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort/5 days resort, 5 Palagian liveabord in Indonesia/Wakatobi Sulawesi Indonesia

Wakatobi Dive Resort/5 days resort, 5 Palagian liveabord: "Wakatobi Resort and Palagian Liveaboard", Nov, 2014,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort/5 days resort, 5 Palagian liveabord in
Indonesia/Wakatobi Sulawesi Indonesia