Aurora Liveaboard, Indonesia

Can't really pick "highlights"

Food, guides

A 10 minute dive with a huge oceanic manta, on another dive 4 black mantas playing with our dive group for ages. Shoals and shoals of huge variety of fish and beautiful coral everywhere. lots of macro stuff too. All with the wrap around of a good boat, a great crew and beautiful scenery. Worth the LONG trip to get there (but don't bother to stay in Sorong unless to sleep)

Hospitality of the crew, the diving and the boat

Many highlights. The great variety of sea life, corals and plants that are Raja Ampat. Interesting side excursions. Enjoying comfortable shipboard life with an international mix of people.

Professional crew, great food, wonderful dive site selections

Most colorful and pristine dive sites, a friendly and helpful crew and a well designed boat, what more could you want? Dievb sites like "Four Kings" or "Blue Magic" are the icing of the cake.

divesites, crew, boat

From Maumere to Ambon, everyday was an adventure. From the muck in Flores to the reefs of Alor, islands of birds and snakes to the untouched gigantic corals of the Banda Sea, the only bad thing was not having enough air to stay hours with the biggest school of hammerheads it is possible to see. Awesome trip, thanks for the ride!

Quality of service, the space in the boat, guides professionalism

The fauna of the Komodo region - both above water (the Dragons) and below (the Manta and abundance of tropical reef fish, invertebrates and corals). This was enhanced with a very comfortable cruising vessel and very knowledgeable and helpful dive crew.

1. Beautiful reef dive - with Manta Rays a two sites. 2. Terrific boat with sizeable bedroom and bathrom ensuites. 3. tasty food with wonderful variety and good serving sizes.

Diving with mantas Kayaking around a bay of Komodo Seeing Komodo dragons up close Relaxing and having the crew look after you

Crew, food and dives/expeditions

The Aurora liveaboard was good (food, accommodation), the diving was well managed and Haniefan was an excellent dive guide. The only disappointment was that instead diving at Banda Neira and Nusa Laut as per the itinerary on the Liveaboard.com website we spent 3 days in the Dampier strait which was ok but not the reason we chose this specific trip. I'd suggest anyone booking on the website should confirm directly whether the itinerary shown is accurate.

Pretty good diving in Misool, Banda sea and Ambon

Really exceeded expectations. Aurora is a fantastic liveaboard

Sealife, great food, luxury treatment

An amazing experience. We were looking for a world class dive experience, we got that and much more - an opportunity to see a spectacular scenery above water and top class service from a very friendly and attentive crew. It was absolute escapism from our hectic city life.

crew friendliness and attitude, remote idilic locations, rich and diverse dive sites

It's my memory that will never be forgotten!

Beach Party, dive briefing map，stern diner

Very good, thanks to Aurora Team, thanks to liveaboard.com to Debbie and Nicole

Food, friendly People, Professional handling

It was a fantastic trip to dive at real remote places but still had every comfort you need.

Great dives with big diversity, cosy cabins and staff which reads every desire

It was a great experience, especially that it was my first liveaboard experience.

access to remote dive spot

This is definitely a 5 star liveaboard experience and I will be recommending it to all liveaboard enthusiasts. Each and every day of the trip had a new element of surprise both above and below water and the great staff plus the cool dive masters only made the experience even more fulfilling. Food was plentiful and varied and the large cabins with good size bathrooms had just the right amount of harmonic interior design. The Aurora is truly a charming wooden vessel and the Ambon-Sorong trip is as close as you can get to a magical experience. The reason for my two 4 stars given is due to the fact that alcohol is not included in the price (we also nearly emptied the bar for strong alcohol) and that only cash payments were accepted onboard even though briefing material stated creditcards accepted. P.S. I will never mock a muck dive again!

The diving, the small extra surprises and the overall standard of the boat

The journey is really long especially if you are coming from Europe or the US. Boat itself is 8/10 but the service and the crew are 11/10. Never seen before such excellent service. Diving will disappoint those who are looking for big fish and huge sharks. But will be ideal for those who seek virgin locations and being the only boat around with huge biodiversity.

Service on boat is unmatchable. Most virign and untrodden paths. Biodiversity and virgin diving locations.