Dive Review of Amira Indonesia in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Amira Indonesia: "Spacious Liveaboard, good service, marginal food", Apr, 2017, by William Deertz, FL, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 9577.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Good size boat with plenty of space. Cabins were big and well appointed, only complaint was the ceiling patches for the leaking deck above. These leaks needs to be addressed when in dry dock. Dive operations were well run. Dive deck is a little tight but the groups were spaced out to prevent over crowding while suiting up. Groups were also split up among two different dive sights to ensure no over crowding. Dive guides were friendly but seemed a little bored so could have been more attentive in pointing out the small critters. Biggest complaint was the food quality and variety. The food wasn't terrible but lacked much flair or variety. No breakfast meats or fresh croissants were available. Lunches and dinners included too often a seafood and chicken dish in some nondescript sauce. Of about 10 Liveaboard over the past 15+ years I can safely say the Amira food was the worst. Overall it was an enjoyable trip with friendly/helpful crew, spacious boat, good dive operations, overall good dive spots and despite the poor food the upside is I lost a few kilos during the trip (g).
Websites	Amira Indonesia
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	throughout Indonesia (Bali, Komodo, Flores, Raja Ampat, Manado, Lembeh Straits, etc), Florida Keys, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, Saipan, Hawaii,
Closest Airport	Sorong, Papua	Getting There	Jakarta, Makassar
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	28-30°C / 82-86°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-35 M / 82-115 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Normal nitrox limits
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Good size camera room with plenty of electrical outlets

Subscriber's Comments

By Gabrielle Villarino in Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH at May 17, 2017 06:01 EST

Sorry to read this - as I get to so many comments on how good and various our food is and that people GAIN weight. Please read some of our other undercurrent reviews- where divers loved our food! Our of respect to the Indonesia's main religion being Islam and some of our crew being Muslim - we do not serve PORK products on board as bacon, sausages etc. - but we have plenty of other items our guests can chose for breakfast and snacks. Gabrielle MSV AMIRA So 'pork' out before you come to AMIRA !:) Nevertheless ... - we will serve you various and amazing food onboard!! Asian and International favorites

By report author: William Deertz in FL, US at May 17, 2017 10:02 EST

Turkey bacon, chicken sausages or beef sausages would suffice as a breakfast meat while maintaining your "no pork" policy. (No beef bacon as that is just terrible). If I am not mistaken the regular chef was on leave during my trip so maybe this contributed to the less than stellar food offerings. I spoke to several others on my trip and they agreed with my assessment of the food quality and variety.

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Dive Review of Amira Indonesia in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Amira Indonesia: "Spacious Liveaboard, good service, marginal food", Apr, 2017,

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Dive Review of Amira Indonesia in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat