Dive Review of Kingkungan Bay Resort/same in
Indonesia/Sulawesi, Manado

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Kingkungan Bay Resort/same, Oct, 2008, by Bob Ayers, CA, USA ( Reviewer 6 reports). Report 4776.
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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 $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	I stayed/dove at three places in Sulawesi: Santika, Gangga Island, KBR -- my trip was arranged by Island Dreams. Kungkungan Bay Resort is on the famous Lembeh Straits, the "muck-diving capital of the world". The resort itself is very nice; my room in a duplex cottage had a separate sitting room and huge bath. The restaurant and the upstairs bar are attractive and well-run. All diving is in the strait close to KBR. The dove boats are small and crowded, but the rides are very short and the boat returns to KBR after every dive. I would have been impressed with the exotic critters at KBR if I had not been diving at Bangka Island immediately before. (See my Gangga Island report.) I did see some "exotics" like an electric clam and one weird brittle star that I cannot find in books. And a lot of bottom dwellers like Pegasus Seamoths and Gunnards and Waspfish and Crocodilefish. And the standard Frogfish and Lionfish and Leaffish. But I didn't see any famous Lembeh rarities and no one on my boat did either. Although the DMs are effective, their English is poor -- they aren't any help with "What was that we saw?" When I return to Indonesia I'll probably decide that pure "muck diving" is not my thing and take the mixed diving at the Santika or at Bangka Island -- which includes some muck diving and many exotics -- instead.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Fiji, Philippines
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-65 Ft/ 8-20 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	I dove with the DM. Just the obvious OW "rules". Most dive are fairly shallow.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Kingkungan Bay Resort/same in Indonesia/Sulawesi, Manado

Kingkungan Bay Resort/same, Oct, 2008,

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Dive Review of Kingkungan Bay Resort/same in
Indonesia/Sulawesi, Manado