Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Komodo Islands/Alor

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Arenui: "Luxury Diving", Sep, 2023, by Oedipus, MA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 10 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 12631 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	The Arenui is deluxe diving. The very friendly staff does everything, including helping you dress and undress from your wetsuit for every dive. They hang and dry, set up all your equipment and even put on your fins! Food is served (not buffet) with your choice of entrees in the evening. Tasty. Rooms are large and comfortable with hotel amenities, flush toilets, excellent showers with plenty of hot water pressure. Diving is primarily topographical. Gorgeous walls with overhangs and diverse healthy coral structures. Sealife is varied but not teeming, primarily macro with numerous nudibranchs and hidden pigmy seahorses. The occasional shark and a few manta encounters. Lovely diving but a bit samey after 10 days. 4 divers per divemaster. 16 divers max. 3-4 dives per day. Backward rolls from tenders. Easy diving with little drama. A land visit to Komodo National Park was a highlight to witness these dinosaurs up close and personal. The Arenui is expensive but luxurious. I booked this trip almost 3 years in advance. This converted Phinisi is pristine with an accommodating fun crew. Worthy of the price and the distance.
Websites	Arenui
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Thailand, Solomon, Raja Ampat, Cozumel, Caymans, Bonaire, Honduras, Belize, Lembeh Strait, Palau, Philippines, Cuba, Maldives, Galapagos
Closest Airport	DPS	Getting There	Long flight: Boston to Doha to Bali. 24+ hours. Short flights to embarkation.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-50 Ft/ 12-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	1 hour
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	[None]

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Dive Review of Arenui in Indonesia/Komodo Islands/Alor

Arenui: "Luxury Diving", Sep, 2023,

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Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Komodo Islands/Alor