Nusantara Liveaboard, Indonesia

Great value for money

“Great dives with awesome food and friendly crew”

Jason K, United States United States
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Highlights

  • Diving the famous Komodo National Park
  • Sleep on deck under the stars

Nusantara liveaboard is a 20 m-long (65-feet-long) traditional Indonesian vessel offering divers and guests a unique experience to Komodo while keeping things simple and easy. Taking up to 12 passengers, Nusantara accommodates guests in a dorm cabin sleeping 8 with all beds having privacy curtains, fans, and power sockets available. A further 4 mattresses allow guests to sleep on deck under the stars, enjoying cool night breezes. There are also 2 shared bathrooms onboard. Nusantara has a spacious dive deck area to gear up and enter the water for diving. On the top deck is a large sun deck with bean bags, perfect for relaxing between dives or simply enjoying the surroundings.

Offering different trips between 2-4 nights throughout Komodo, Nusantara offers simple, quick, and easy dive trips to get divers to famous dive spots in Komodo, where they can get between 9-15 dives per trip. Visiting well-known dive sites such as Manta Point, Batu Bolong, or muck diving at Wainilu.

Book online today to join a trip onboard the Nusantara liveaboard in Indonesia.


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Included: VAT, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Night Dives, Rental Gear, Land Excursions, Stand Up Paddleboard, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries.

Required Extras: Dive Insurance, Travel Insurance, National Park Fees.

Optional Extras: Gratuities, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Private Dive Guide, Scuba Diving Courses.

Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.

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Boat features

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Sun Deck
  • Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly
  • Warm Water Showers
  • Outdoor Dining
  • Custom built for diving
  • Charging stations
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • Outside Showers
  • Separate Rinse for u/w Camera
  • Naturalist Itineraries
  • Dedicated Local & International Crew
  • Leisure Deck
  • Observation Deck
  • Available for Charter
  • Stand Up Paddleboard

Food & Drinks

  • Western Food
  • Local Food
  • Vegetarian Options
  • Buffet style
  • Beer available
  • Snacks All Day
  • Vegan Options
  • Wine Available
  • Set Menu Dinner
  • Al Fresco Dining

If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.


Diving

  • DIN Adaptors
  • Rinse Hoses
  • Dive deck
  • Shaded Diving Area

The crew speaks English and Indonesian.


Gear Rental

There is diving gear available on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. See below for further details on inclusions and pricing. Show prices.


Drawings & Vessel Layouts

#deckplan floorplan

Boat Specifications

  • Year built 2017
  • Year renovated 2021
  • Length 21 meters
  • Deck area 21 meters
  • Beam 3 meters
  • Top speed 10 knots
  • Cruising speed 7 knots
  • Engines Mitsubishi 6d16 cylinder engine
  • Max guests 12
  • Number of cabins 1
  • Number of bathrooms 2
  • Tenders 1
  • Water capacity 1 tonne
  • Fuel capacity 1 tonne
  • Freshwater maker No

Boat Navigation and Safety

  • Depth Sounder
  • GPS
  • Radio VHF/DSC/SSB
  • E.P.I.R.B. Distress System
  • Emergency Rafts
  • Life Vests
  • Fire Alarm & Fire Extinguishers
  • Oxygen
  • First Aid Kits
  • Fishfinder
  • Satellite & mobile phones
  • Crew trained in first aid
  • Emergency flares

Nusantara Reviews

  • 9.4 Superb
  1. Vessel
    8.8
  2. Crew
    9.3
  3. Food
    9.7
  4. Diving
    9.6
  5. Value
    9.8
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Jason K
  • United States United States
Great Experience

Great dives with awesome food and friendly crew

Recommended for
Food, crew, dive sites
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Anthony M
  • United States United States
This is the one!

Highlights were the incredible diving experiences in the dive sites. From seeing so much life underwater to chillin and sharing stories on the boat makes every second very memorable. Thank you very much Mikumba Diving!

Recommended for
The food was amazing. Thank you Chef. The attention to detail with the crew of setting up gear and making sure everything is in proper working order was very assuring. The dive guides are experts in everything Komodo. Amazing experience overall!
  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Ocea J
  • United States United States
Couldn't recommend more!

The crew set a really friendly and warm tone on the boat and were so helpful in every way. The food was excellent and plentiful. We adapted to the weather and currents to ensure we had the best dives possible. I have done 4 liveaboards, and this was my favorite experience yet! I would go back to Mikuma Diving for sure. Special thanks to Salla and Hans!

Recommended for
The boat, the dive quality, and especially the lovely crew and dive guides
  • 9.2 Superb
  • Beatriz C
  • Brazil Brazil
Three days with magical dives onboard a comfortable and beautiful boat with a very supportive and friendly crew and delicious food!

Diving with an incredible biodiversity with nice different topographies and fun currents, being supported by a very careful and friendly crew, eating delicious meals and sleeping at a clean and comfortable room.

Recommended for
Dives, food and crew
  • 8.4 Very good
  • Claudia S
  • Austria Austria
Budget but with big advantages

The Boatvand crew make it easy to fall in love with Liveaboards. The food was good and plentiful and you will never go hungry. Good that you have 3 dives in-between. The dive conditions were not ideal (off season) but we made the best out of it. I wished my divemaster pointed out a little bit more, as well as little interaction other then diving. But the people on board make up for it und little secret: book the sleeping deck above under the stars. It's great at night, more space and cooler.

Recommended for
Sleeping on deck, food, people
  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Jacqueline Dolores K
  • Switzerland Switzerland
Go join Nusantara for an incredible experience

Sunset hike on Padar, beautiful scenery at every time of the day, the vegetarian food was fantastic

Recommended for
Komodo National Park is beautiful, the diving sites were the best, the crew was so professional and helpful
  • 9.2 Superb
  • Jason J
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom
Incredible diving experience!

Seeing giant mantas at the cleaning stations and diving in strong drift currents.

Recommended for
Quality and variety of dive sites. Top notch equipment, great dive team and delicious food.
  • 8.0 Very good
  • Johanne B
  • Canada Canada
Une expérience inoubliable avec un excellent rapport qualité prix

Nous étions un groupe de quatre personnes sur Live aboard. Une équipage attentionné toujours prête a nous aider. La nourriture est excellente, surtout les beignets aux bananes :-) Notre guide Sardyn était au top, les briefings avant les plongées étaient juste et précise et Salla instructeurs de plongée responsable et coordonatriste avait une rigueur sur la sécurité en plongée tout en étant cool et relax. J’ai eu coup de coeur a dormir sur le pont supérieur.

Recommended for
Petit groupe de 10 plongeurs. Dormir a l’extérieur sur le pont supérieur.
  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Ian L
  • Switzerland Switzerland
unforgettable 3 days with a great crew, delicious food and fantastic animal encounters

we did the 3D/2N trip and it was so amazing from beginning to the end!!! the crew and all the guides were very nice, they helped you everytime you needed it and tried to make the best trip for everyone on the boat. they also cared to put the diving groups as good as possible together so that the ones with better air consumption could stay longer underwater:)) the food was very delicious and they also offer very good vegetarian options:) the breefings were really good with informative facts about the diving places and the currents and they really cared about everyones safety and fun! we were so lucky we saw mantas on two dives, many sharks, nice schools of fish of all kind and even dolphins on our last dive!🥳 the visit on rinca island was so amazing too, we went there early morning right when the park opened and when the komodo dragons were the most active. we were lucky there too and saw three dragons eating the meat off a buffalos skull! would definetly recommend this trip and hope to dive sometime again in the waters of the komodo national park🦈🐬🦎

Recommended for
crew & guides / food / animal encounters
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Greg S
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom
Unbelievable diving experience

I spent 4 days and 3 nights on board the Nusantara with Mikumbu Diving and the whole experience was perfect from start to finish. The boat and crew were all excellent, and my dive guide Hans, was brilliant. All the dives were really well briefed, I loved the little dive site drawings on the white board, and felt safe on all the dives. The land based trips for the Komodo dragons and a sunset walk were also really great additions. The food was class, really above my expectations of what was possible to prepare on a little boat, and various dietary requirements for people on board were all catered for well. The sleeping cabin is on the cosy side, but after a day of diving its perfectly possible to sleep well, there are portholes to let fresh, cooler air in. There's a nice spot on top with bean bags to chill out on, or an area below for some shade. The equipment was all pretty new and in very good condition. And the dive sites are world class!

Recommended for
The crew, the dive sites, the food