What is the new best diving site in the world

Some dots in the Indian Ocean reserve some of the world’s best diving destination, a hidden underwater paradise of colourful coral reefs, lush sea life and great fish action... This was one of the best kept secret of Indonesia underwater, until now...

Our diving exploration of the largest archipelago in the world has allowed us to offer our customers and friends, diving trips to places hitherto unknown: Raja Ampat, Triton Bay, Halmahera and the incredible dive site of whale sharks in Cendrawsasih Bay.

Again driven by the thirst of consciousness, we started to explore the remote islands of the Moluccas group, a chain of small islands, which starts from the north-east of Timor and joins the group of Tanimbar west of Papua. Anthropologists call these islands: "Forgotten Islands", because historically had little contact with the rest of Indonesia.

Forgotten Islands is not well know yet, only few explorative liveaboard trips have been carried out in these waters. On October 2014 Cruising Indonesia was exploring the region on Ondina Liveaboard. On Novemeber 2015 Cruising Indonesia passed the baton to Gianluca Afflitti who accompanied by his group of 12 divers has uncovered Forgotten Islands for us. 

The images we present here were taken by Gianluca Afflitti* on the last dive cruise organised by Cruising Indonesia on our brand new liveaboard Samambaia. ~ These are the photos of Forgotten Islands before it became famous...

A duet of lion fish showing up in the reefs

it would be very easy lost this sexy shrimp, champion of camouflage, even if you look closely enough, or you do not know his ability to stay hidden among the stinging tentacles of a sea anemona

but for sure the championship of camouflage would go to this porcelain crab,  is not at all easy find blend itself in the soft coral

deadly blue-ringed octopus

nudibranchs are also common in forgotten islands

another bizarre creature "macro" for your log book. photo: leafy pipefish

in the seabed are all sorts of bizarre creatures ideal for macro as Wonderpus and the mimic octopus, picture: mimic octopus

in forgotten islands, indonesia, you will find many species of hard and soft coral, in fact as raja ampat and triton bay, the  forgotten islands are located in the heart of the coral triangle

the healthy corals of forgotten islands

sea ​​turtles, known to live in clear water, are another attraction of the forgotten islands, where they find nourishment among the numerous corals and sponges that abound here

in forgotten islands diving is all on the wall, the platform of the islands always falls for hundreds of meters just off the coast, the visibility is excellent

in forgotten islands the corals are beautiful and healthy, many different species and large density

thera are so plenty coral in forgotten islands that for lack of space, often a species grows on top of another in a constant struggle for a few centimeters of rock to cling

after diving in forgotten islands a diver express his happiness

kids of the nearest village come to visit us on their canoas

Crusing Indonesia organises liveaboard diving cruises in Forgotten Islands from October to November and from April to May. The minimum duration of the liveaboard diving trip is 10 nights, due to the remoteness of the region from the nearest ports. Booking & Enquiries: info@cruisingindonesia.com

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To read:
1. Trip report about diving in Forgotten Islands      | Italian Version |      Spanish Version |
2. Next departures to Forgotten Islands       | Italian Version |        Spanish Version |

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* Gianluca Afflitti is a diver instructor and passionate photographer of both, underwater and above, award-winning in photo contests as Divers for Africa and National Geographic Italy.