Pearl of Papua, Indonesia

Vevey good! Professional and friendly staff, fabulous sites under and over the sea.

Dives Staff Food

Amazing natur and a good people

Blue Magic in Misol, islands, diving in a fishsoup

Seeing the Manta's

Manta's, Manta's , Manta's

Everything about this trip was outstanding, my travel companion and me will be back again.

The food, excellent cook. The diving, very pristine coral. The staff, friendly and caring.

The dives Mayhem & Blue Magic

diving, crew sundeck

Good diving with a knowledgable instructor and good food. The bed was comportable but the room could have had more over head storage.

Diving and wonderful scenery.

Great dive masters, endless reefs incredible biodiversity.islands of paradise beachesOMG, Mantas cuttle fish nudibranchs fish eagles frankly hte whole trip was a highlight

oceanic mantas ,unbelievable coral,giant schools of fish

Wd do it again!

diving crew food

Lovedthedivingand all the Awesome folks

Friendly crew, Outstanding dive guides, Amazong food and plenty of ut

Seeing Manta Rays up close on a number of dives.

The dive sites, the friendly crew, the fellow divers

Diving, spotting dolphins/whales on the boat, BBQ on an island. Really friendly crew, great company.

Crew, diving, food

Great way to dive in Raja for an affordable price. With this in mind, it is a more budget liveaboard but you go to the places the other more expensive liveaboards go. If seeing Raja is your goal, the pearl is just fine.

Diving, staff, guests

Wonderful dives, great choice of diving sites.

Dives, company, staff

diving spots: Melisas Garden, Cape Kri, MAgis Rock hiking on island in Wayag Archipelaguo and marvelous view from the top.

safe diving (all spots were controlled by divemasters before diving of the whole group - guests); staff on board helpful and kind, overall atmosphere

I read a lot of stories about this place. And now my dream has done. I think, you should dive there to see the most beautiful soft and hard corals on our planet.

Safety, interesting, beautiful corals

Flexibiliry in dealing with individuals and special conditions. Made 3 land stops to explore or party! The boat is relaxed with a lounging area on the upper deck.

Everything went smoothly! They really baby you and set up all the equipment.

Pearl of Papua is a very nice and big dive boat. Everywhere was so clean---especially the en-suite bathroom that I shared with my roommate!(There was even an adapter for me with my North American plugs---very considerate!) On hot sticky days and in between dives, we could hide in the salon (dining room) with its AC, reading up on its collection of novels in many languages, learning about what we saw UW in its many marine life catalogs and watching its voluminous collection of current Hollywood DVDs (I did!).There was a camera table with many outlets, There is even a sink to wash our hands and all kind of drinks and all sort of snacks available at all hours! Another thing notable about Pearl of Papua was the fact that they provide 2 tanks of fresh water for us to soak our dive gears in after each dive and…tanks with Dettol (disinfectant) after our last dive on the liveaboard! (Not too many dive boats would do that!) Very nice touch indeed. They even had a permanent huge tank with fresh water just dedicated for the myriad of divers’ cameras to soak in and an air hose for the UW photographers to use (Again, the first time I saw on a dive boat!) Now, the food was divine and every meal was different! Our chef, Cindy (the first woman I saw, working on a liveaboard, anywhere in the world. Bravo!) was a genius who put out 5-star restaurant meals 3X a day for a whole week! I think that all of us had all gained weights, eating non-stop! Cindy was also a very good dancer too at our end of the week BBQ Party on the Bat Island!---That was another memorable feast by itself and the crew had gone over the top making unique sand sculpturing and demonstrating the thrilling Raja Ampat soccer to us! Our mouths were agape <--- definitely THE highlight and a very fitting ending for the trip! This liveaboard had 13 divers who came from all over the world, very diverse and with varied ages and backgrounds. I have been on many liveaboards, but this one is different as we all got along famously---everyone chatted with everyone else, there were no disagreements and we all tried to get along together. By the end of the trip, we seemed to be like a great big multi-cultural family! I‘d like to give our Fearless Bald-headed crew leader (whose name escaped me just now!) credits for doing such a good job to make sure that all our wishes and request were attended to and that the crew, under his tutelage, couldn’t have done more to make sure all the divers happy! You know, the 13 of us are still writing emails to one another, sharing photos and talking about the dive trip! Remarkable trip!

Food, camaraderie, boat

Blue ringed octopus on our check out dive! Soft coral heaven at Black Rock; hard coral heaven at Melissa’s Garden; spectacular variety and abundance of reef fish; 3 excellent night dives; hike up to the stunning lookout at Wayag. Cuttlefish, octopus, tiny bobtail squid, pygmy seahorses, shrimps of all types including mantis shrimp, leaf fish, scorpionfish, pipefish, comet fish, big moray eels, some white tip and black tip sharks and a grey reef shark. Unfortunately no oceanic mantas and only brief encounters with 2 reef mantas. Not as much big pelagic life as we expected, but still spectacular schools of barracuda, trevally and reef fish. Contrary to the website, Manta Suite and Seahorse cabins have NO windows, and there is no masseuse onboard. Sundeck could do with more shade and more comfortable chairs, but it was still fine for our small group. Demands of large tips came as an unpleasant surprise on the last day. But overall a wonderful trip with excellent crew - I wish it had been a few days longer!

Great diversity of bizarre and beautiful critters, only 11 passengers, very friendly helpful crew who set up and lift your dive gear

On top of the diving 3-4x a day, the crew also planned out other activities like treks, beach BBQ’s, village excursions and even jumping at the equator!

Experienced chef, friendly staff and cruise director, great dive sites

Die schönen Tauchplätze und das intakte Unterwasserleben

Gruppgenzusammensetzung, Barbeque auf der Insel, Motivierte Crew

Hubo muchos momentos memorables. Bajo el agua nos encantó ver las almejas eléctricas y los tiburones andarines. En el barco el trato de la tripulación. Uno de los guías es algo inexperto, pero eso se arreglará con el tiempo. Por ahora sería recomendable que los guías se turnaran los clientes. Es decir, que no siempre bucees con el mismo guía. En cuanto al proceso de reserva con Liveaboard tenemos que decir que es la mejor agencia para reservar nuestros viajes de buceo vida a bordo. Son muy profesionales.

Vida marina, tripulación y tranquilidad

It is a very advisable live-aboard. Raja Ampat must be dived this way due the sheer size of the area. I believe the Pearl of Papua is the right balance between price and quality

Good service, friendly staff, good food

Great friendly crew, great dive instructor, well organised, Food allright but not enough variation Not so good: All the pollution, smell of diesel, smoke, fumes, also visible for guests around the vessel, black stuff and oil pumping straight out in the sea, so you can't really swim near to the boat,, the engines and generator needs fixing, filters etc, and when you are in this natural reserve and you see the pollution that you are causing it dosent really make you feel as good as you should in this beautiful setting,

The diving, warm showers, the price

This was the most exotic location dive trip weve done in 15 years diving around the world - it didnt disappoint. The area is stunning both in and out of the water.

Great itinerary, experienced dive trip leader and the best diving