Dive Review of Gangga Island Resort & Spa in
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Gangga Island Resort & Spa, May, 2010, by Victor A Bary, NJ, US ( Contributor 13 reports). Report 5470.
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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 $$
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Comments	Gangga island resort (about 50 acres) is the sole occupant of its side of the Gannga Island. It features 15 large units on the beach. They are well appointed, air conditioned with a large, limestone tiled bath with double sinks and large shower with view to the sea. The units, like all the buildings at the resort, are decorated with guests' dive photos (with photo subject and photographer's name and country identified). The grounds are beautiful and well-maintined. The eco-friednly main building is of traditional Indonesian architecture, with a large dining area, library (sections for English, French, German, Italian, and Indonesian speakers), bar, lounge area with lots of comfortable seats and pool table, and internet service. The building features an internal open-air garden visible from the dining room and most other areas. Food and service are excellent, and staff was especially appreciative of our attempts to learn some Indonesian. Entertainment on many evenings. (Nearly every one sings and plays guitar. I swapped tunes during a surface interval with the dive staff.) Gangga Divers is simply the best organized, best-run dive operation I've encountered in 15+ years of diving. Each evening at dinner, the dive shop manager discussed our forthcoming dives (and modified them if we asked). The boats are purpose built, with lots of shade, and almost always were run at half seating capacity. Each dive begins with a dive site diagram and full briefing. Dive time and max depth were collected at end of every dive. When we left the resort, we were given a printout of our dives and profiles, as well as a map with each dive site noted. Our dive master, Donal, knew that the four of us love macro, and went out of his way to find interesting critters. This is not the place to see pelagics (we saw schools of dolphin and tuna while on the boat, but underwater - no sharks, no barrcuda, but lots of turtles). Incredible variety of small shrimp and crabs, lots of frog fish, nudis, and cuttlefish). Side trips to Bunaken and Lembeh are a must. (We didn't like the debris on the buttom at Lembeh, and thought it a bit of a disappointment until we reviewed our photos - and realized how special it was for quantity and quality of macro subjects). Gangga Island Resort ranks with the very best we've been at in Fiji in terms of beauty,service and staff attitude. Gangga Divers is simply the best dive operation we've ever encountered.
Websites	Gangga Island Resort & Spa
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Borneo (Mabul), Fiji, Aurba, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cayman Brac, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman Providencials, St. Thomas, Tortola
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-84°F / 26-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Max depth, max time,come up with 50 BAR (recommended, not enforced)
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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	Each boat had separate camera rinse tank. Dive shop had a photo expert and dive masters went out of their way to find macro subjects for photographers

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Dive Review of Gangga Island Resort & Spa in Indonesia/Gangga Island - North Sulawesi

Gangga Island Resort & Spa, May, 2010,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Gangga Island Resort & Spa in
Indonesia/Gangga Island - North Sulawesi