Had an incredible time. Crew couldn’t do enough for you and everyone was extremely friendly. Highly recommended. Thank you for a great week.
Archives: Testimonials
Hilaire
With an over 30% return rate you are obviously doing most everything right. Congrats! Hergen and Kerri are spectacular at their jobs. And should be seriously commended for calmly dealing with any issue that arose. The diving – great for macro! The crew – awesome crew!
Sibylle
The crew – great. The food – too much food but excellent. Thank you.
Sharyn
This is my first liveboard and I think I am definitely spoilt. The food is better than any high class restaurant. It has many varieties and I never got hungry. The crew members are always so polite and willing to help us. Divemaster Wawan also showed me a million things and taught me so many things. It’s great to see how passionate everyone is. DIVE STORY: “It was the last dive. We decided that we should dive a little longer than usual. Four of us, including our divemaster Wawan went down to about 80 feet. As soon as he showed the Spanish mackerel we heard a ‘boom’ and we looked around and saw that the air from one of our dive members was gushing out at high speed. We all were stunned but Wawan reacted fast and swam to her and gave her his octopus. He quickly turned off her air. The diver did not panic as she was experienced. He then signaled to me and my mom to continue while he and the diver slowly surfaced. We hung around for a while, taking photos, while Wawan went to change the hose. After that we met again and continued our dive. It is very reassuring to know that our divemaster is always alert in case anything happens to us and at the same time entertain us and find many interesting things for us!” It is definitely the best liveaboard ever! Even though it’s my first, if I had a choice I would choose Arenui without a doubt! Wonderful experience. The boat – everything is just perfect!!! The diving – saw too many things for me to take it all in! The crew – simply awesome! Especially my divemaster Wawan, he really took care of me and showed me so many new things. It’s so great that he has so much knowledge and passion for the underwater world and diving. The stewards are super friendly! Wawan never fails to make me laugh!
Faith
The crew – cruise directors were the best ever!
Tom and Tita
The crew – crew was courteous, helpful and professional. They went out of their way to please guests and make them feel welcome.
Nancy
Crew is always smiling and alert. Good boss makes great crew. Will definitely recommend divers to try Arenui or they will never know what a real liveaboard is like. Thank you for a great trip. In one of our dives one of the diver’s high pressure hose burst at about 80ft. Wawan our divemaster turned around and rushed toward her, gave her his octopus and signaled for her to calm down. The diver was a very experienced diver and was very calm. We felt so safe diving with Wawan as he is very alert and caring and he is also very good at spotting small creatures underwater and patient too! Thank you Wawan. The crew – very good team work. Good bunch of people. Cruise directors are kind and caring and willing to give some good advice on taking photos underwater and I got some great pictures as a first timer, thank you Kerri and Hurgen. The food – meat and fish dishes were cooked just right, pantry and cakes and dessert are very good. Better than many restaurant food, getting fat!
Anon
Kerri and Hurgen [cruise directors] were great. We loved them.
Andrea
The boat – best dive boat ever, no doubt. The food and the rooms are eons above any other boat. The diving – will be back to Indonesia, for sure – amazing. The crew – the crew lovely. Kerri and Hurgen were tops! Altogether a wonderful group. The food – delicious, more than I would ever have expected.
Szilvia
There are several dive destinations in the world, but one of the most spectacular adventures is right here on the Arenui, in Indonesia. My ‘normal’ day onboard would start with yoga on the sky lounge. After fresh fruits and coffee, go for an ocean swim on the reefs, then a dive with manta rays just before lunch. In the afternoon headed for kayaking and enjoyed a balancing oil massage before the formal four course dinner. It’s easy to get used to because it feels energizing and relaxing at the same time, on the most beautiful dive boat I’ve ever been on. Thank you! The crew – the crew could not have been more attentive and professional. The dive crew is exceptionally knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. They did a great job pairing the right buddies in groups, based on their skills.