10% off MV Ambai’s 13-day Raja Ampat liveaboard over New Year 2026

Raja Ampat13 DAYS

10% off MV Ambai’s Raja Ampat Ultimate over Christmas and New Year, 22 December 2026 to 3 January 2027. Thirteen days, twelve nights, a minimum of 36 dives including five night dives, Sorong return.

Available cabins and price

Cabin 1, lower deck, double or twin: 1 space, female only. EUR 5,886 / USD 6,795 per person, instead of EUR 6,540 / USD 7,545
Cabin 4, lower deck, double or twin: 2 spaces. EUR 5,886 / USD 6,795 per person, instead of EUR 6,540 / USD 7,545
Cabin 5, lower deck twin: 2 spaces. EUR 5,886 / USD 6,795 per person, instead of EUR 6,540 / USD 7,545
Cabin 6, lower deck twin: 1 space, female only. EUR 5,886 / USD 6,795 per person, instead of EUR 6,540 / USD 7,545

Per person, twin share. Single occupancy is available at a 50% supplement, subject to availability.

MV Ambai from the air, at anchor over reef

The diving

Pygmy seahorses at one end and oceanic mantas at the other, walls, pinnacles, ridges, caves and lagoons, and the schooling fish the region is known for: fusiliers thick enough to bring in tuna and trevally, barracuda, batfish, sweetlips, bumphead parrotfish. Reef sharks on most sites and wobbegongs lying under the coral. Walking sharks come out on night dives. Mantas are seen on three of the sites on this route, most of the year, though nobody can promise a wild animal on a given week.

Misool in the south is rock, ridges and soft coral, huge gorgonians and the wide-angle diving the region is famous for, with macro on the same sites. Fam and Penemu in the middle for Melissa’s Garden and My Reef, known for its barracuda and wobbegongs. Wayag in the north, the limestone islets from the photographs, explored by dinghy and kayak. Kawe for the fish and regular manta encounters, then the Dampier Strait around Kri.

Ashore: the ranger station at Misool with its shark nursery in a metre of clear water, the walk to the heart-shaped lagoon, dinghy trips into hidden lagoons and a cave at Farondi, village visits in the Dampier Strait, and an early walk into the forest to a bird of paradise display tree.

Conditions

Water 28 to 30 C all year. Visibility is the one thing Raja Ampat is not famous for: the water is thick with life, so 10 to 20 metres is normal and it changes dive to dive. Currents are consistent and they are the reason the fish are there; the guides check them before every dive. Showers happen even in the dry season. Two overnight crossings, otherwise the boat moves between dives.

Day by day

Day 1, Sorong. Check in from 6am to noon, briefing, then away.
Day 2, Misool Daram. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 3, Misool Boo. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 4, Misool Wayil. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 5, Misool Fiabacet. 3 dives.
Day 6, Piaynemo. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 7, Wayag. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 8, Kawe and Wofoh. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 9, Yanggefo and Arborek. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 10, Dampier Strait. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 11, Dampier Strait. 3 to 4 dives.
Day 12, Dampier Strait. 1 dive.
Day 13, Sorong. Check out from 6am to noon after breakfast.

Christmas Day falls on day four in Misool and New Year’s Eve on day ten in the north.

The operator’s sample itinerary. Dive sites and the number of dives can change with weather, current and tides.

Dive map

What is included

Airport to boat transfers at both ends
The cabin, on the basis below
All meals and snacks, drinking water, soft drinks, tea and coffee
Every guided dive, at one guide per four divers maximum
12 litre aluminium tanks, weights and belts
Nitrox
Unlimited Starlink internet

Not included

International and domestic flights
Alcohol, though you are welcome to bring your own
Diving equipment rental
15 litre (100 cf) tanks
Park and port fees, EUR 300 per person on this route. Paid in cash on board or prepaid before you travel, and not commissionable. Treat it as an estimate rather than a fixed figure: the operator can change it up to three months before departure, so check with us when you book
Crew gratuities
Massage
Additional Starlink data beyond the included allowance

The boat

MV Ambai is a 32-metre wooden boat built for diving in 2012, eight cabins and sixteen guests, with thirteen crew plus four divemasters and a cruise director. Six cabins on the lower deck, two sea view doubles upstairs.

Getting there

In and out through Sorong (SOQ), which connects through Jakarta, Makassar or Manado. Transfers at both ends are included. This one runs across both holidays, so book the flights first and the cabin second.

Other departures on our liveaboard pages, and the rest of the current offers on the deals page.

About MV Ambai

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MV Ambai is a scuba diving liveaboard covering Raja Ampat, the Banda Sea, Triton Bay and Halmahera all year round.

The Boat

MV Ambai is a beautiful 32-meter-long wooden boat that has custom-built for diving in 2012. This boutique liveaboard has 8 cabins and can accommodate up to 16 guests. Four cabins with double bed plus a single bunk bed (double/twin bed) on the lower deck, two cabins with twin bunk beds on the lower deck, and two sea view cabins with double bed on the upper deck.

Each cabin is equipped with individually controlled air-conditioning, a private bathroom with hot shower, and a storage for personal belongings. Each bathroom has a separate toilet and shower.

Towels and toiletries are provided, including soap, shampoo and toothpaste.

The crew of 18 is always ready to assist and ensure guest comfort at any time.

Dining

The restaurant & bar located on the main deck, equipped with air-conditioning and a flat screen TV. This place also serves as the place to brief divers before each dive. MV Ambai offer delicious Indonesian-Western meals served family style.