Dive Review of Eco-Divers/Kungkungan Bay Resort in
Indonesia/Lembeh Straits

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Eco-Divers/Kungkungan Bay Resort, May, 2008, by Steven Levin, Virginia, United States ( Reviewer 5 reports). Report 4334.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Lembeh Straits continues to be my favorite place in the world for small and unusual creatures. I visit the area two to three times a year. In the last year I believe the very large number of resorts and liveaboards are beginning to impact the ecosystem. Lembeh is an area that has gone from one resort ten years ago to 20+ and no liveaboards to 5-10 operating in the area - many all year long. The Lembeh diving areas are few and small and the areas are showing the impacts of having as many as six boats diving a single small site repeatedly every day. The liveaboards with up to 20 divers are having an even greater impact. Kungkungan Bay Resort (KBR) has changed very little due to the almost non-existent investment by the owners and Eco-Divers management. Some rooms have seen some upgrades. The resort has three dive boats and it is not unusual for one of them to be non-operational. Even when there are three boats divers are often crowded into two boats. Food remains very average with virtually no changes in five years. The guides and staff at the resort are very good. The same can't be said for the resident managers.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	World-Wide
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	35-65 Ft/ 11-20 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Camera room for charging. Rinse tanks. Tanks would get crowded with many photographers with cameras piled on each other. Rinse tanks are not shaded.

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Dive Review of Eco-Divers/Kungkungan Bay Resort in
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