The entire crew looked after our safety and comfort, making it seem effortless. This type of holiday is the product of a huge amount of “behind the scenes” hard work for which we sincerely thank every member of staff. It would be hard to imagine a more luxurious dive holiday, we were looked after so well and attention to detail was outstanding. Boat: The cabin was beautifully styled and very comfortable. The hot shower was divine! The sky lounge area was lovely and spacious and a beautiful place to nap between dives. Diving: Briefings were excellent, very thorough and detailed. Crew: All the crew were absolutely first class. From the moment we stepped on board to the moment we left, attention to detail was outstanding and they made us feel special, not processed!
Archives: Testimonials
Chard
Great trip, great boat, great crew. We can’t wait for our next cruise, our third! Crew: Outstanding, friendly and so helpful. LOVE your crew! Food: Delicious and plentiful. Love having options.
Vern
Boat: Good clean “fresh” boat, this is hard to do. Keep up the good work. The tropics is difficult place to keep everything “fresh”. Diving: As always fantastic Indonesia. Crew: Good folk, all of them kept their cool the whole trip AND stayed on the job Food: These guys need a pay rise!
Sharon
Terima Kasih Banyak for the pailing baik crew of the planet. See you in Raja Ampat in 2016. Fantastic crew and boat was in top shape. Don’t change a thing!
Mary
Thanks to the team for putting together such a great trip. Very well run operation. I really appreciated the attention to detail (G and Lisa)! Boat: The boat was beautifully appointed. The details for diving were WELL thought out and planned. The areas to relax were REALLY comfortable. Diving: The diversity of the sites was excellent. A variety of critters and wide-angle viewing. Crew: The people on Arenui are EXCEPTIONAL! Professional first and foremost (specially Kadek and Anto), ALL were enthusiastic and fun. I felt very well looked after. Food: very well fed!
John
Congratulations and thanks for making my first trip to Komodo super enjoyable. You guys are the best. Boat: Lovely accommodation. Best ever experience for comfort. The Arenui is in a class of its own. Diving: Thanks to Ronald for our “briefing, briefing” call. Lisa and G did a great job on explaining the dives, it was particularly helpful to show us what we were going to see on each dive. Crew: Lisa and G did a great job of taking care of us. They were very accommodating on dive sites and allowing us to stay as long as we like. Wayan did a super job on the massages. Thanks to the crew behind the scenes to make our stay super enjoyable, i.e. engineers, captains, people filling our tanks. Food: Can’t complain about the food at all. Great choices, plenty of food. Thanks to the kitchen crew for preparing our daily feast. Special thanks to Anto and Kadek on serving. Great job!
Doug
I don’t know what more to say. Keep up the excellent work and I will see you again in 2016 in Raja Ampat! Boat: After a few decades of liveaboard dive travel I can safely say that this is the best-appointed boat and crew ever. Diving: Great variety of sites for all our interests. Thank you for being so flexible and accommodating. Crew: Simply the best care anywhere. I cannot imagine anything I could have wanted that wasn’t done before I could ask. It was amazing to see everyone smiling at all times. Food: Best food you can imagine. Brilliant variety and perfect handling of all our special requests.
Jules
Boat: Overall excellent, well maintained, clean, beautiful, attention to detail. Diving: Was relieved to be offered protected areas to dive in. Well looked after on current dives. Crew: Could not have possibly been better looked after. Friendly, happy, engaging crew. Cannot fault any of them. Food: outstanding.
Mark
Diving: Very flexible itinerary to match our requests. Crew: Everybody was very helpful and friendly.
Mary
Boat: Beautiful boat kept in excellent condition. Diving: Very thorough explanations about the dive sites, so knew what to expect. Great variety. Tenders easy to get in and out of, so felt secure. Crew: All the crew could not have been more helpful and all keen to be willing and eager to please all the time. Particularly grateful to G for helping my BCD operating. Both Cruise Directors always making sure every need is attended and going out of their way to make this particular trip was special for us. Excellent divemasters who love their job and the tender drivers always smiling and extra helpful as all the crew we came across. Food: Excellent food, and amazed Putu and his helpers can produce such a varied menu and continuously all the time. Grateful that Putu made time to give us a “cooking lesson”. Do not feel the food could have been any better.