This was my third time on the Arenui. It is by far one of the best liveaboard experiences in the best part of the diving world – Indonesia. I’ve been to Bali/Komodo twice and thought diving couldn’t be better until I dived Raja Ampat! Diving: the best I’ve seen!! Crew: crew couldn’t do enough for us! They were fantastic!
Archives: Testimonials
Sue
Diving: briefings excellent! Crew: stewards excellent!
Michelle & Mike
While everything on the boat and everyone make for the prefect trip, I have to say Debbie and Jerry bring an amazing energy to the picture! It is infectious and spreads outward to the crew and guests. It was all extraordinary. Very grateful. Diving: I love diving again! Thank you! Crew: very special crew. Unbelievable service and FUN! Food: extraordinary.
Janet & Ramsay
Ramsay and I enjoyed our first Arenui experience in June 2013 so much, we came back! We were not disappointed! The Cruise Directors – Debbie & Jerry – are the best we’ve ever had. Professional, fun and totally engaging. If we come back I would hope to have them as directors. Our last dive – Wednesday March 8 – Pulau Wai. We were waiting for mantas – I turned around to look behind us, in case they were coming from that direction and Ronald our divemaster, had taken off his fins – put them on his hands and was pretending to swim like a manta – he actually DID look like one and made us all laugh under water! What a great guy!! Boat: our second time on the Arenui!! Hopefully our last. As before – the boat was the epitome of luxury liveaboard travels. Clean, roomy, safe and fun. Diving: wonderful diving!! Debbie & Jerry did a great job of getting us to our dive sites, giving great briefings – and making our dive experience memorable and one we would like to do again. Crew: our divemaster – Ronald was wonderful – attentive, always aware of where we were, what was going on around us and looking out for our safety and comfort as well as making the dive experience as exciting and interesting as possible. We will never forget – “masks on!” “position, position!!” “1 – 2 – 3 – go!”. Great fun! Food: excellent and plentiful food.
Cynthia
A great boat and crew. Fabulous diving. Only good things to say. Absolutely NO negatives. Great dive directors/crew. Debbie is the BEST 🙂 Boat: A++ for everything.
Jenny & Billy
I can’t say enough about Billy’s and my time aboard the Arenui! We are SO happy we took this trip with you all. You should be quite proud of the service and quality you provided us. Boat: the boat is so well-appointed and amazingly hand-crafted that I found new and beautiful parts to look at each day. The dive area for prep made it so convenient to get ready and gather all necessary gear, while allowing plenty of room for everyone. Diving: each dive site was unique and full of so many interesting animals and coral. I thought after every dive that it could not be topped, but they kept getting better! Crew: Debbie is a joy, a wonderful manta advocate and a diligent biology conservationist. I have grown to respect, admire and really enjoy her talks, advice and commentary! She was so very helpful throughout the trip! Idy was the best divemaster I’ve ever had. The crew OUTSTANDING. Food: I am a picky eater and thought everything was amazing!
Elias
Thank you thank you thank you. For the sambals. For the long dives. For the MMF support. For the friendship. For the memories. For next time. Crew: your staff is uniformly excellent.
Natasha
OMG, no question, the BEST diving, service and boat I have ever been on. Spoiled me for all other liveboards. You all are doing everything right! Thank you.
Pete & Diane
We had an exquisite trip. Exemplary crew/staff. Diving was wonderful. Crew/staff so much attention to detail and comfort for the guests. We would definitely rate our trip 5 stars plus. I could go on and on about how terrific our experience has been. My advise is – come aboard, you’ll love the experience.
Michelle
Simpy put – the best liveaboard experience in our near 20 years of diving! Loved the crew and the way Jerry and Debbie made all of us feel like family! Can’t wait to be back onboard for Komodo in 2019! Boat: by far the best dive boat we have ever been aboard! Spacious rooms, clean beyond words and an overall great layout.