Master cabin Rama would be the only choice for us! Excellent! Diving; south Raja Ampat is great, good visibility, warm water, colorful corals and good action. DM; Wawan is the best! Professional good knowledge about the dive sites and animals. Sweet guy! Food and Beverage; the best is the Arenui meat plate wonderful!
Archives: Testimonials
Bob
“We shall return” to paraphrase MacArthur. Lovely boat, spacious, comfortable and classic style. The diving; extraordinary, loved the mantas and the nudis. We wish we could have had a few more days! The crew; absolutely first class on all levels. Edu and Nic are a great team – personable, knowledgeable and infinitely patient. Our dive master was top notch and always on top of the situation. The food; very enjoyable and tasty.
Michelle
Already booked for Komodo, July 2016. Will definitely book additional trips – anywhere! – in the future. Looking forward to more adventures with the Arenui. Will miss Anto, Ungke, Tony, Budi, Wayan, Jun – everyone! And of course will never forget “briefing, briefing!!!” The diving; the excellent ratings say it all – couldn’t ask for better. Crew; have never experienced such warmth and kindness on a liveaboard. Felt like coming home as soon as my husband and I boarded the Arenui – magic Food and beverage; far and away exceeded expectations
Anon
The crew; everyone helpful and nice. Room boys rock! My room, bed and especially bathroom always felt looked after. I really like the turn down with choc! Nice touch.
Jenifer
The boat design/decor, attention to even minor details are noted and appreciated. From Ship Shop selection to the travel pouch gift at the end, it’s clear this boat is a labor of love and passion. The ‘green’ aspect is noted too, minimal plastic water bottles, great bathroom products and dispensers. Everything just lived up to the highest expectation from the website. Laura and Siska were great. And again Nic and Edu were funny, helpful, warm, welcoming, could and did help with anything! So glad my first liveaboard was the Arenui. Diving; big variety from South to North! The crew; I feel so spoiled on this boat. The crew took care of everything with a smile, seemed to anticipate everyone’s preferences, gear, etc. Can’t believe they knew all of our names within 24 hours (or sooner!) of our arrival. I was worried that the new cruise directors wouldn’t be as good as Debbie and Jerry (from reviews) but Edu and Nic were amazing. Food and beverage; great variety. All very good and so plentiful, so much for losing weight! And well timed too. They knew when to serve me breakfast after the am dive.
Anon
Thanks everybody. The crew; service was really great.
Chris
Arenui lives up to its reputation as a luxury boutique live aboard. Edu and Nic treat the crew with respect and they perform accordingly. It results in all crew driving very hard to anticipate their every need and delivering. Great boat, great leadership, great communicative front office (Siska) plus a beautiful place to dive. The boat; exceeded my expectations, comfortable and highly organized. Very well managed. Cabin was gorgeous. Dive prep was outstanding. The diving; south was fantastic, gorgeous coral, water and reef fish. Highly organized and systematic diving. The crew; the team effort to overwhelm us was evident and consistent. Most effortless dive trip ever. Loved how crew anticipated every need from diving to eating, to relaxing, best service orientation I have ever experienced – doubt I will find a boat that can top it. Edu and Nic bent over backwards for us all. Food and beverage; variety was enormous. Quantity enormous.
Jeanne
All staff, at all times was willing to help with any issues / needs. Dive guide went above and beyond locating critters and taking care of us. Highly recommended. Great time! Thank you! Boat; things are well organized. The crew; don’t change a thing!
Patricia
Amazing.
Susan
I am so impressed with Edu!! He helped us with every part of our vacation – diving, camera issues, ear problems, technical help, fixing wetsuits, watches etc. He watched us closely and made sure we saw everything. What a fine person. Arenui should hold on to him. He is a valuable member of your team!!! The environment on the boat was cordial and pleasant. I think this is because the crew genuinely likes each other. Every member is respected. It is a well-functioning team with each team member performing their job expertly. Arenui has defined luxury diving for me! I will be back. Boat; amazing boat for diving. Boat layout is great. Ladder to skiff is very safe. The diving; Edu was a very skilled and careful divemaster. I always felt safe but challenged. The crew; service on the Arenui is excellent. After reading the website my expectation was very high and yet it still exceeded my expectation. I needed some extra help with my dive entry and had help with every dive. Thank you!! Food and beverage; having fruit at every meal and snacks was terrific. Always had non-meat meal for me. Breakfast – great!