Dive Review of Bunaken Oasis Dive Resort and Spa in
Indonesia/Bunaken North Sulawesi

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Bunaken Oasis Dive Resort and Spa: "THE HANGING GARDENS OF BUNAKEN", Jul, 2025, by Douglas , IL, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 13456.
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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	The “Hanging Gardens of Bunaken,” I thought to myself as I dove the beautiful and colorful, coral-covered walls. (No, I wasn’t “narced” when my mind made the historical Babylon connection.) I learned at the resort’s educational presentation that cold upwellings on the deep walls are holding off global warming, and that there are 390 species of coral and over 2,000 species of fish in the Marine Reserve, making it a candidate for assignment as a UNESCO World Heritage site. After a week at Lembeh Resort (fantastic place, see my reader report), we took a 1 hour car ride to Bunaken Oasis’s dock in Manado, where we were greeted with a smile and a wood-paneled beauty of a spacious dive boat. (When diving, they provide onboard cof ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Bunaken Oasis Dive Resort and Spa
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Raja, Bunaken, Solomons, Truk, Yap, Palau, Coral Sea, GBR, PNG, Roatan, Maui, Jamaica, Guanaja, Florida Jupiter and Keys, L'il Cayman and Grand Cayman East, Belize Ambergris and Isla Marisol, Grand Turk, Cabo Pulmo, Cozumel, Dominica, Bonaire, Fiji, Komodo and Lembeh, Bonne Terre mine, Saba and Statia
Closest Airport	Manado	Getting There	Scoot Air Singapore to Manado
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	85-°F / 29-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No restrictions, Guide kept a close eye for safety
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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
UW Photo Comments	The resort has a HUGE and PRISTINE camera room, with individual table areas available for each diver, along with an onsite pro. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Bunaken Oasis Dive Resort and Spa in Indonesia/Bunaken North Sulawesi

Bunaken Oasis Dive Resort and Spa: "THE HANGING GARDENS OF BUNAKEN", Jul, 2025,

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Dive Review of Bunaken Oasis Dive Resort and Spa in
Indonesia/Bunaken North Sulawesi