10% off Mermaid I’s 12-day Lembeh to Togian Islands liveaboard, February 2027

10% off Mermaid I’s Lembeh to the Togian Islands and back to Lembeh, 4 to 15 February 2027. 12 days, 11 nights, a minimum of 35 dives, Bitung return, with 15 guests at most on board.

Available cabins and price

• Deluxe cabin: USD 5,400 / EUR 4,625 per person, instead of USD 6,000 / EUR 5,140
• Lower deck cabin: only 4 spots left – USD 4,950 / EUR 4,240 per person, instead of USD 5,500 / EUR 4,715

The diving

Muck diving in the Lembeh Strait at both ends of the trip, the reefs and atolls of the Togian Islands in the middle, and a stop for the whale sharks that gather around the fishing platforms in Gorontalo.

Conditions

Water 27 to 29C. Lembeh is black sand and slow, the Togians are reef and wall.

Day by day

• Day 1. Check-in on board Mermaid I. Once all guests are on board a safety briefing will be given. If all the guests are on board by 12,00 hours, you have the chance to do 1 or 2 extra dives at Lembeh Strait in some fabulous muck dives with critters galore. Cruise overnight to Tanjung Flesko, 70 n.
• Day 2. Today we will spend the day at Tanjung Flesko, which is the northeastern cape of the Tomimi Bay. Drifting with some strong currents next to walls and steep slopes covered in an amazing variety of soft corals. Just let yourself go with the current and enjoy the reef scenery. From Tanjung Fl. 3 dives.
• Day 3. Today Mermaid will spend the morning and afternoon diving at the small village of Olele. The dives sites in Olele consist mainly of walls and steep slopes with ridges, covered mainly in sponges and soft corals and beautiful hard coral gardens in the shallows. This area is famous due to the. 4 dives.
• Day 4. Gorontalo is one of several places in Indonesia where there are regular encounters with whale sharks. The whale shark center at Gorontalo does research and keeps track of the whale sharks that frequent the area. They are also the ones that organize the diving and snorkeling with these magi. 3 dives.
• Day 5. The 5th day of the trip will be spent at the Volcano of Una Una. Unlike the rest of the Togian Islands, Una Una does not have any white sandy beaches, all the sand around the island is either black or gray. The volcano is short, rising 500 meters above sea level with a 2 km wide caldera, a. 4 dives.
• Day 6-7. The next 2 days will be spent in the north of the islands Batudaka, Togian and Malingi and Kadidiri where there is a reef system that is about 165 km long with plenty of dive sites such as Nursery Rock, Kota Wall, Gap, Crack, Shark Rock, Dominic Rock, Labyrinth, Taipi, Batu Gila, Lost Reef. 8 dives.
• Day 8-9. The next several days we will be diving on the south and west cost of Togian, where there are deep pinnacles surrounded by schooling fish, and also where we can find a WWII wreck, a B-24 bomber. The “Consolidated B-24 Bomber Liberator” lies between 16 and 22 meters over a sandy bottom. The. 6 dives.
• Day 10. Mermaid is now back in the beautiful area of Tanjung Flesko, where there are plenty of options for diving besides the reefs. There are also pinnacles and rocks that break the surface that can have tricky currents and surge, but where pelagics and schooling fish can be seen passing by. Afte. 3 dives.
• Day 11. The last day of diving will be in Lembeh, muck diving capital of the world. Lembeh Strait – some of the best muck diving in Indonesia! There is no better place in the world to do muck diving than in Lembeh. Black sand, white sand, gray sand environments full of the strangers critters you c. 2 dives.
• Day 12. Disembark at 8 am after breakfast, Mermaid I staff will transfer you to the airport or yor hotel in Lembeh. 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 wea.

Mermaid’s own sample itinerary. Sites, the order they are dived in and the number of dives all change with weather, current and what the group wants, and the cruise director decides on the day. The dive counts below are the sample; Mermaid publishes 35 for this route.

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