Dive Review of Amira in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Amira: "AMIRA in Raja Ampat: the best", Nov, 2016, by ann mcgrath, VA, US ( Sr. Contributor 25 reports with 19 Helpful votes). Report 9319 has 2 Helpful votes.
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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
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Comments	AMIRA is seriously the best liveaboard I've been on, and I've been on a lot! The boat is very spacious, not only lots of room in the cabin and salon, but on the boat overall. I had the single cabin, smaller than the huge double cabins, but had tons of room, two portholes, lots of hooks for hanging clothes, more storage than I could use, a safe, a fire extinguisher and emergency light. The video on safety features makes sure everything is covered. The bathrooms are lined in a mosaic of stone and tile. There was always plenty of hot water! The briefing area is also roomy. They organize the three tender boats so each group gets ready separately, so there's no crowding on the dive deck or the boats. They issue an ENOS satellite device to every diver, in case you get lost. But the dive guides take good care of every diver, so even though there is a lot of current on some dive sites, the guides will get you safely back. They will try to find whatever you are looking for. The cooking crew is also excellent. Probably the best food I've had on a liveaboard also. There are fresh cooked treats after the afternoon five, fresh ginger tea after the first dive, and a delicious juice or smoothie after other dives. Hot chocolate after night dives. Usually, 4 dives offered daily. The gear is put back at your station after every dive, and cameras rinsed. Nitrox is available, and they will analyze each tank for you. You can carry your gear yourself, or they will put it on the boat and take it off the boar. At the end of the trip, they rinse out all the gear, dry it in the sun, and take it wherever you plan to pack it. A brilliant idea, they stagger each boat of divers so everyone is not gearing up at the same time. The crew are friendly and always helpful. There are about 20 crew on the ship! Dining outside is lovely, and covered with a permanent cover. If it's raining or just too hot, you can eat in the salon, which has several tables, couches and tables. Getting in and out of the boats is easy, there's a platform as wide as the AMIRA from which you just step into or out of the smaller boats. Like most other boats, they ring a bell for dive briefings, meals and excursions. There was a sunset party with sangria the last night, and the crew sang for hours after dinner (a huge sushi spread). Now that I have been totally spoiled, all I can say is: book a cruise on the AMIRA! The divers and snorkelers on my trip all had a great time. Note: I list a few mantas, but it was more than 1 or 2. One day, we had great encounters with mantas on all day dives. Wobbegong sharks were often spotted, as were Pygmy sea horses. Huge schools of fish, and amazing hard and soft corals. Probably one of the last truly healthy reef systems!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Thailand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Galapagos
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Jakarta or makassar
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Restricted only by nitrox limits
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Good sized camera room, but if there are more than 8 cameras, it may get crowded. Crew always put my camera on my boat before I got there, and put it in the rinse tank after. There are 2 rinse tanks each for cameras, wet suits and masks.

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By Gabrielle Villarino in Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH at Nov 21, 2016 00:26 EST

Thanks Ann !! WE TRY our best to be the BEST !! Gabrielle - MSV AMIRA

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Dive Review of Amira in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Amira: "AMIRA in Raja Ampat: the best", Nov, 2016,

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Dive Review of Amira in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat