10% off Mermaid II’s 8-day Bali to Komodo liveaboard, July 2027

10% off Mermaid II’s Benoa return, 17 to 24 July 2027. 8 days, 7 nights, a minimum of 20 dives, Benoa, Bali return, with 18 guests at most on board.

Available cabins and price

• Deluxe cabin: USD 3,420 / EUR 2,930 per person, instead of USD 3,800 / EUR 3,255
• Budget cabin: only 2 spots left – USD 2,700 / EUR 2,315 per person, instead of USD 3,000 / EUR 2,570

The diving

Twenty dives, most of them inside Komodo National Park. Manta rays at Karang Makassar, the current sites around Gili Lawa, and the macro reefs off Sangeang volcano on the way through.

Conditions

July is peak season in Komodo. Cold upwellings drop the water to 20 to 24C on the southern sites, which is when visibility and pelagic activity are at their best.

Day by day

• Day 1. Check-in on board Mermaid II between 13:00-15:00 hours at Benoa Harbour in Bali. You’ll set up equipment and you can settle into your cabin, and after we will do a boat and safety briefing, Dinner will be served at 19:00 hours as Mermaid II cruises into the sunset on her overnight journey.
• Day 2. Start your adventure with a great dive in the calm, clear waters of Angel Reef at Moyo Island. Massive elephant ear and barrel sponges, schools of longfin bannerfish and red tooth triggerfish, frogfish, nudibranchs, eels, surgeonfish, snappers and dogtooth tuna. Afterwards, Mermaid II will. 3 dives.
• Day 3. Mermaid II will enter Komodo National Park. We will spend the day in the northern islands of Komodo NP, Gili Lawa Laut and Gili Lawa Darat. We will cruise to central Komodo for a night dive at Soro Lia or Wainilu in order to do a muck night dive – a great place to spend the night. 4 dives.
• Day 4. We will cruise south of Komodo Island to Manta Alley and Horseshoe Bay in Rinca Island. Spectacular diving await at the world famous site Cannibal Rock – rare nudibranchs, frogfish, spectacular corals, sponges, ascidians, huge black coral bushes, turtles, cuttlefish, loads of reef fish too. 4 dives.
• Day 5. Start your day with an exciting visit to Komodo National Park to walk with the dragons! Then we will do 3 dives in the Lintah Strait looking for some big fish dives at Tatawa Besar, Siaba Kecil or the infamous “Current City” Batu Bolong. Come face to face with reef sharks, turtles, Napoleo. 3 dives.
• Day 6. Mermaid II will make her way to Gili Banta for a morning dive and the we will start cruising to Sangeang Volcano to spend the rest of the day, black sand, bubbles, colourful reefs and tones of critters will be waiting for you. Overnight we cruise to Sumbawa Island 4 dives.
• Day 7. You will enjoy two fantastic dives at Sumbawa and Moyo Islands for more chances for ghost pipe fish, ribbon eels, turtle, cuttlefish and more before cruising overnight to Benoa in the south of Bali. 2 dives.
• Day 8. Disembark at Benoa Harbour after breakfast at 8 am. This is a sample itinerary and is subject to changes beyond the operator’s control. The exact itinerary, route and amount of dives for your cruise may be adapted to best suit the weather conditions, tides and currents, season and other pr.

Mermaid’s own sample itinerary. Sites and the order they are dived in change with weather, current and what the group wants, and the cruise director decides on the day.

What is included

• All meals, snacks and fruit
• Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, soft drinks and drinking water
• Tanks, weights and weight belts
• Professional dive guides
• Dive torch, surface marker buoy and 15L tank, subject to availability

Not included

• Park and port fees, payable on board
• Nitrox, USD 5 per fill or USD 155 for a trip package
• Equipment rental, USD 35 per day for a full set
• Dive computer rental, USD 10 per day, mandatory
• Dive insurance, mandatory
• Alcoholic drinks
• On-board diving courses
• 11% VAT on all on-board purchases