Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Alor / Komodo

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Arenui, May, 2014, by Gary & Robin Schiendelman, PA, US ( Top Contributor 31 reports with 46 Helpful votes). Report 7709 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	The Arenui is a beautiful and well appointed boat. Cabins and common areas are large, comfortable and well thought out. The food is top notch. The Indonesian crew is pleasant and hard working. DM's are all very good. The guests are divided into groups of 4 or 5 per DM so there is rarely a feeling of being overcrowded. Diving in Indonesia is some of the best in the world and on this, our third trip, we had high hopes. Unfortunately, we were severely disappointed. No matter how beautiful the boat, the bottom line for us is the diving. Given the area and how the trip was marketed, many choices of dive sites were not up to the the usual standards of liveaboard Indonesia diving. And on a 2 week trip, there were a total of only 37 dives offered with some sites dived multiple times. Bottom line, although we will go back to Indonesia, we would not chose the Arenui again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	PNG, Maldives, So Africa, Red Sea, Solomon Islands, Raja Ampat, Cocos Island, Socorro, Honduras, New Jersey, Florida, Various Caribbean locations
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	[None]

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Dive Review of Arenui in Indonesia/Alor / Komodo

Arenui, May, 2014,

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Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Alor / Komodo