The boat: All excellent but photo facilities good. Diving: all excellent & dive sites were great. Every crew member made special efforts to be helpful and anticipate guests needs and personal references- Awesome job! Also appreciate the nice balance between dive safety and personal freedom. Thanks to All for another great trip! Arenui’s high standards make it easy to recommend – great to have confidence that guests will not be disappointed.
Archives: Testimonials
Julie
I love the hard woods! This is a beautiful boat and the crew clearly take care of it. Handrails for master cabin walkway would add to safety in stormy weather. Very excited that we got to spend time in misool. Fery was great at finding Macro and wide shots. And he found great stuff for the non photographers.
This has been by far the greatest liveaboard we have done. The crew take care of everything , and I really appreciate the checking and follow up. G has been a very friendly and attentive cruise director. We are planning our next trip here already. Food and drinks aplenty. I really appreciate the great wine list- a very nice touch. This has been wonderful! Every crew member has been amazing. I especially want to thank Ferry and G for their attention to our group. We had a blast.
Deanna
Outstanding crew, and puts this dive boat experience above all others we have done!
Please don’t change a thing
Food and Beverage:
all excellent!
Special thanks to the chef for always making sure I had a gluten free option for every meal. The food was excellent. Overall unbelievable experience. We will be back in 2021! Thank you for an amazing experience.
Extra thanks to Feri’s unbelievable eye sight.
Randy
Excellent boat.
First class operation and staffing. Tenders were perfect for sea entry. Sleeping quarters allowed excellent conditions- great bed!
The Diving wa excellent.
Spectacular sites and daily briefings of each dive, 3 nite dives ! … exciting and packed with creatures.
Can’t be other than “10” in every category and all staff
Food and beverage: all evcellent.
Each meal was 5 star! When asked for a little extra or special topping- next meal included. Having not dived in 25 years I was more than concerned of my age (68) about safety and adequate training in advance of the dives. Staff and Ron / G made each dive better than the last and except for 2 night dives I made each and every dive.
Sue
The Arenui looked fantastic on the website but nothing could compare with seeing it for the first time and a highlight was to see it with the sails up.
As a relatively inexperienced diver it was everything I could have wished for. This was billed as a dive trip of a life time and it totally blew my mind. The
Thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Guillem and Kai; special mentions to Kadek and Mario who are first class . The tender drivers could not have been more helpful.
Famy completely made my diving experience the best ever, great sense of humor, professional, enthusiastic and amazing young man.
I am going home with a food baby and will be unable to squeeze into my clothes. Simply delicious at every meal and of course the snacks and coffee.
From the moment we arrived at Sorong airport to the moment we left the Arenui every possible wish has been anticipated together with a friendly smile. Our trip has exceeded all expectations and I would book to come again in a heart beat.
Our fellow guests were tremendous fun and great to share this fabulous experience with.
I shall shed quite a few tears on leaving and am highly jealous of the next set of guests.
Thank to all the Arenui!
Judy and Jon
The Boat was very clean.
Excellent cruise! Most amazing diving we have ever done. Safety always a priority and tenders comfortable and fast.
THe staff was amazingly attentive. Our dive master Steve was a lovely guy but needs to be a bit more attentive. After speaking with G and Kai he improved but could still be a bit better. Guillem and Kai are amazing, super friendly and along with Mario and Kadek, we were made and feel like family.
Wasn’t quite sure to what to expect as this was our first liveaboard experience. The trip far exceeded our expectations. From service (amazing) to food quality, dive sites and overall friendliness of ALL the staff. Kai and Guillem were super helpful and nice. Tender drivers and dive masters and everyone else made us all feel at home and part of the Arenui family.
Thank you for an amazing trip!
Elisabeth and Steve
We loved Famy.
Guillem and Kai were great directors. Mario in particular was charming and we have never felt so attended to, great crew!
Food and Beverage: all excellent but quantity great because too much food
So fantastic . We can’t wait to come back!
Mark & Marlies
The Diving: best ever! Briefings well done. The Crew: great humor. Like the talks by Jose. Food was fantastic! Service was incredible, nothing was too much. Second time in the boat, nice to see the quality of everything and everyone is still there. The boat is well maintained and it was nice to see a few familiar faces.
Margaret
The Boat: All excellent. Everything is well looked after/maintained. Needs in any of the above areas are met! Exceeded by the staff. The Diving: All excellent. Destination was great and dive sites amazing. Briefings very informative so you know what to expect. The Crew: All excellent. Tender Drivers were very attentive to divers. Stewards learned names and likes so quickly. You had things before asking. 2nd to none! Always on the look out for critters and small things. Made the dives most interesting.
Food and Beverages: All excellent. Great Food and choices. Quality and quantity was just right. The whole trip was beyond my wildest expectations. This truly was concierge diving- everything was done for you. Loved having DM’ s come up to Fish-ID and help with log books.
As this was our first time in Indonesia, we did not know what to expect. We have been diving in other areas of the world but must say the Raja Ampat tour topped them all. The staff on the Arenui caters to your every want. You are always greeted with a smile! They obviously love their jobs. Look for us again , we will be back.!!
Brian & Linda
The Boat: All excellent. I do not have anything to compare to but I can’t imagine that anything could be better. Linda found the single bed in our room very hard. { The Queen bed was a little crowded for both of us}. The Diving: All excellent. Although some sites better than others, each one was amazing. Anything we do in the future will probably come up short. The Crew: All excellent. Everyone was over the top courteous and helpful. G and Jose were entertaining at Dinner every night. Briefings were all informative . Timing and schedule were always right on. Jose’s education lessons were excellent. Mario and Kadek were non-stop helpful. Captain Syam was great to participate in the wedding ceremony. G was always extremely helpful and informative.
Food and Beverage: All excellent. Top quality in all respects. Good choices, nothing ever disappointed. Everything was crisp and fresh- healthy and decadent in each dinner. All of the crews participation in the wedding made the vent even that much better. G’s choice of the site could not have been much better., the village tour , the view point climb and the cave visit were all great and a nice change. We all had a great time with the swim at the view point. Thanks to everyone.
As a group we took a short tender ride through a pearl farm to a view point. After climbing the top { reasonable climb} we were treated to spectacular 360 views. Back on the jetty we all had a great swim in a crystal clear shallow lagoon.