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I am still feeling the high of my trip and have been telling everyone what a great time I had. From the moment we arrived at the Kimo Bajo Resort we felt relaxed and pampered.  Your dive center is located in such a beautiful, private location on the beach facing the majestic volcano, it is almost surreal. 

The resort is awesome and immaculate.  Meeting Luca and the staff at your dive center was so reassuring for me because I knew immediately I was in good hands.  As an inexperienced diver I was initially nervous about being with a group of hard core divers and thought I might get "neglected".  I told Luca about my reservations and he made sure the crew was aware of me and my inexperience.  Your guides made a special effort to keep an eye on me and to constantly check in with me to make sure I was feeling comfortable. 

As the week progressed I grew more and more confident about my diving and I credit that to being able to move at my own pace.  It was almost like having my own private, personal guide/dive master.  To call your staff professional is a huge understatement...they truly went ABOVE and BEYOND to make our entire group's experience exceptional. Aside from my interactions with your staff I have to say that I was so excited about seeing some of most incredible animals I ever imagined I could see!  The areas we dived in are really magical and I will never forget that experience.  I was also pleasantly surprised at how clean and comfortable your boats are.  We had shade and cozy places to rest and eat, (more about the food next), I never felt crowded because you kept our group small.

The food....wow, what can I say.  I was so completely impressed with each and every meal...(especially our dinner at Lembeh!)   Kudos to the chefs at both locations.  Our buffets at Kimo Bajo were so beautiful and everything was so good I just couldn't resist tasting everything and then going back for seconds.  I did not expect to have that kind of quality or selection in a buffet. 

I want to thank you again for all of your warmth and hospitality. You have done a magnificent job with your entire staff.  EACH and EVERY ONE of them is so wonderful, friendly, warm, knowlegeable, efficient and yes, very, very professional! I hope to dive with you again

Monica King
Owner/Broker
San Luis Obispo Realty
CA 93401
www.monicaking.com

Dear Cary and Eco Divers team

We had a wonderful time diving and staying with you. Diving in the Lembeh Stait is always good but you made it so much better with the great service, staff and food.

Your new Cottages are very cosy, beautifully decorated and made us feel at home the moment we arrived. Org was very impressed with the photography facilities. We will definitely come again.

Johan Greyling, South Africa

I forgot just how much I love diving.

Yet another day's diving: I was really looking forward to this, as I knew we were going to dive Jahir 2. We dived there a few days ago and had a good dive but, boy, was it a great dive today! Eagle-eyed Detmon was raring to go. Well, it was amazing from start to finish. Really, where to look? From Ambon Scorpion fish to Frog fish, seahorses, snake eels, nutty little clown fish and the most amazing baby Flamboyant cuttlefish. He was about 3 cm long. They are so beautiful when they're babies; the colours are that much more vibrant.

I can't wait for the next dive....Blue Ring octopus hunting!

After a great breakfast, fresh fruit and yogurt, freshly made croissants at the cottages.  We were all set for a fab days diving.

Did we get it? I think so. 1st dive at Makawide II, soooo many seahorses and most of them bright red.  I was so excited I went to take a photo and wondered why my camera would not focus properly.  Umm, could be something to do with half of my dog Scrappy's coat in the port. Still, I did manage to get this photo.

On October 10, Barb Jones from California completed her 2,000 logged dive while diving with Eco Divers's dive guide Adi at dive site Fukui in Bunaken Marine Park.  Barb together with her husband Dr. Alan  are our very good friends helping us with dive shows, PR and visiting us every year.

"All team is always very happy to meet you, and once again Jim, Cary, Kim, Miho and I would like to thank you both for the fantastic job and help you are giving us". 

Barb is a PADI Divemaster with dive experience in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean's.

Manado Tua non active volcano is an Island  at about 35 min. boat ride from Kima Bajo Resort.

There are several diving sites around it. My favorite one is Pangulingan as we can often see some school of jacks, bat fish, napoleon wrasse, reef sharks and lots of fusilier.

The sloping reef reaches until 35m after that the drop off starts and goes down more than 70m deep. The visibility is all year around between 20-30m. As this diving site is right in the corner of the island often we can have currents coming from different directions, therefore we can go there just when conditions are favorable. However, during your week of diving we should be able to find the right conditions to go there.

 

   

I went all the way down south to explore the coast of Manado, just at about an hour from Kima Bajo.

I was lucky to be with some of the friendliest and funniest guys, Matt & Jason, both professionals photographer. The weather couldn't have been better and sea, like most of the days, was nice and flat. Lovely Sulawesi :-) .

The Giant Frogfish above has been taken during the second dive. It's very nice the way they stay on the sponges. "Look at the nice contrast of colors".

By the way tomorrow we are organizing a day trip to Bangka island (Soft Corals Eden). I am really looking for it! 

"Bunaken Timur" is a dive site in the Bunaken Marine Park. "Timur" means east.