Dive Review of Ilike Liveaboard in
Indonesia/Banda Sea and Raja Ampat

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Ilike Liveaboard: "We Covered a lot of geography on this tour", Oct, 2021, by Kathleen Poole, CA, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 12257.
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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
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Comments	The dive operator sent all hands on deck to get us into the water. The crew was happy and helpful. The tender drivers picked us up promptly. Drift diving consisted of trying not to pile onto each other as the guide hovered motionless over the reef. I don't know how he did it. We saw two woebegone sharks and some bumphead wrasse. Unfortunately, the visibility averaging 30' was a huge disappointment after traveling such a long way. The land excursions were interesting, with the crew invited to leave the boat with us, a thing other boats did not practice. It made me like them more for it. The food was okay and plentiful. If you like beer, this is your boat. All white wine had been consumed on a previous tour, and the red wine had gone off, tasting downright vile. The cabins had air conditioning. Talking to travelers from other boats AC is not always the case. My Husband had counted on buying some t-shirts to wear but the only swag was one style of black t-shirt. Nothing for women.
Websites	Ilike Liveaboard
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	California Coast, Florida, Cozumel, Palau, Yap, Bonnaire, Curacao, Raja Ampat, Belize, various Caribbean Islands
Closest Airport	Ambon to Sorong	Getting There	It depends on where you are coming from. Batik charged $700 over weight fees to get there, Garuda charged nothing to leave with our dive bags.
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy, dry	Seas	surge
Water Temp	84-84°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No gloves, don't mess with the coral or wildlife.
Liveaboard?	yes	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	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Battery charging stations were plentiful in the main salon but not the same amount or kind of space for camera maintenance we enjoy on western boats. The crew did not film us and then create a memory CD at the end of the trip, a memento we always purchase.

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Dive Review of Ilike Liveaboard in Indonesia/Banda Sea and Raja Ampat

Ilike Liveaboard: "We Covered a lot of geography on this tour", Oct, 2021,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Ilike Liveaboard in
Indonesia/Banda Sea and Raja Ampat