Tour module 7 days diving Alor

After picking up your luggage from the carousel you walk out of the little airport hall. Your guide and driver are waiting there for the transfer to your hotel on the beach of Sebanjar. The rest of the day is yours (free). A very nice place for snorkelling!

A day-trip diving on Alor is choosing from an exceptional diversity under water. For beginners there are some relatively simple dives to do. Experienced divers decide beforehand together where they are going to dive. Alor has very beautiful and very tough dive sites. You must factor in strong currents, some much colder dive spots (22 degrees) and special encounters under water. One day-trip is standard 2 boat-dives.

Tapkala is one of the nicest traditional villages on Alor. You'll get a very warm welcome and have a chat with the chief of the Abui tribe. The people show you their culture and rituals with evident pleasure. A wonderful moment to take a selfie in traditional Abui clothes! A little further away are the Tuti hotsprings with three springs, one of them is almost constantly gushing water like a geyser. After lunch you go to Mali beach, immediately next to the airstrip of the airport. From the beach you step onto a local pirogue and go with Pak Oné looking for his friend Mawar, a male sea cow, near small Sika island. Unfortunately you can’t swim anymore with Mawar, but from your pirogue you can see very well how he plays around the boat. Then you go to Sika island, a little mangrove conservation island. From here we get on the water again to snorkel with the manta rays. NB-1: The order of these excursions depends on the tide. NB-2: Sika island is a protected natural park. It is possible that, due to circumstances, the island is closed for public (and consequently snorkelling with the Manta rays is neither possible). In that case we’ll look for an alternative, such as for instance planting of young mangrove near Buiko beach.

After breakfast your driver brings you to the small airport of Alor for your flight to Kupang. If you wish, Merapi can also take care of your flights from and to Alor, from Bali, Flores or Jakarta. It’s a bit of a puzzle, but we’re happy to do that for you.