Alor, West Komodo & Raja Ampat Snorkel Safari

Arrive into Jakarta and Rest and relax. There will be a group dinner at the hotel’s restaurant where you’ll get to meet all the other members of the tour as well as your group leader. We will then check out for our early morning flight to Alor via Kupang. Upon arrival, we’ll be met by the Alami Alor staff and escorted via private cars to the resort.

We’ll spend 7 nights at the beautiful Alami Alor Resort. The first evening is dedicated to getting to know each other with resort orientation and safety briefings along the way. Rest and relax in the comfort of the lounge, check the fish books, and watch the sunset over neighboring islands. House reef snorkeling may be an option upon arrival depending on the time.

Our mornings at Alami Alor start with Western and Indonesian-style breakfasts. Fresh Indonesian coffee, fruit juice, and coconut water.

We’ll then head to the boats, a short walk along the jetty for the first snorkel session. Groups are split into 6 per boat with at least one guide per group, often 2. We start with easy sites – as little current as possible to allow for a gentle introduction. The time to reach the sites ranges from 10 – 30 minutes.

Each snorkel session will last between 60 and 90 minutes in the water with boat support if you prefer a shorter session. We will always head back to the resort for lunch with most guests taking a quick siesta following the delicious meal. For those who want to absorb every single moment of this amazing resort, you can relax on the verandah and watch the villagers pass by on their hand-dug canoes. In the afternoon we’ll head to another site for another incredible snorkeling session.

There’s the flexibility to snorkel the house reef at your leisure with a local crew on hand as a lookout. Likewise, we often do a sunset snorkel or night snorkel on the house reef as it’s an excellent spot for critters like nudibranchs and various crustaceans who come out in the evenings. Mandarin fish can also be seen mating in the shallows as the sunsets.

We will depart Alami in the morning and catch our flight to Bali via Kupang. Upon arrival in Bali, we will check in to our hotel. This is an essential overnight stop as there are no same-day connections between Alor and Bima/Kalimaya.

We’ll enjoy a nice lunch together as well as a group dinner in the hotel’s restaurant.

We will depart from Bali in the morning for Bima. Upon arrival, we will be met by the Kalimaya Resort staff who will transport us to the resort about two hours away. We’ll enjoy a delicious lunch upon arrival and then settle into our rooms and the resort and prepare ourselves for the following days snorkeling sessions!

We’ll spend 6 nights at Kalimaya Resort. Days here will look something like this:

Wake up to a delicious a’la carte breakfast with all the trimmings.

We then make our way to their large boat for the morning snorkel session. Each snorkeling session will be guided by local guides and your Snorkel Venture tour leader who will point out interesting things in the water. We will have a site briefing before each session.

Depending on the sites we aim to explore that day, we will return to the resort for a two-course lunch served family-style in the open-air restaurant. We will then have the opportunity to jump back on the boat for the afternoon snorkeling session. Or, if you prefer to take it easy, you can just lounge at the resort, read by the pool,  or explore the coastline on the paddleboards.

There may be a couple of days when we enjoy a picnic lunch either on the boats or on a deserted beach, as we explore sites further away. We’ll then return to the resort after our final snorkel of the day in the afternoon.

One morning, after breakfast we’ll travel by boat to the island of Komodo. This island is one of the few that still has a population of wild Komodo dragons. Here we usually see quite a number of dragons lazing in the sun and walking on the beach. This is a fantastic opportunity to see the dragons in their true natural habitat away from typical areas frequented by tourists.

Afterwards, we’ll have the opportunity to snorkel on the way back to the resort.

Dinners are a three-course affair which, like lunch, are served family style. Sumbawa is a very remote island and resources can be quite scarce, particularly when it comes to special diets. That said, they can accommodate most dietary requirements with proper notice. Please let us know if you have any special dietary needs and we will make sure that information is passed on to Kalimaya.

After checking out of Kalimaya Resort, we will catch our flight to Jakarta where we’ll relax for the day. We’ll have a group lunch and dinner at the hotel’s restaurant before checking out for our late-night/early-morning flight to Sorong.

Upon arrival in Sorong, we’ll be met by the team from Papua Explorers who will transfer us to a very nice hotel for a delicious breakfast buffet. We’ll then jump into the resort’s private speedboat for a two hour journey to the resort. We’ll check into our rooms, enjoy a delicious lunch, and then for those interested we’ll have a nice long snorkeling session on the resort’s house reef.

Our mornings will start with a breakfast buffet, serving a variety of home-baked goods, fruits, hot foods, and juices. We then set off on the speed boats, accompanied by local guides, to snorkel Raja Ampat. We will visit two different snorkel sites during the course of the morning excursion, each session lasting anywhere from 60- 75 mins, before returning to the resort for lunch. We will have boat and surface support on all our snorkels, as well as in-water local guides to assist and point out interesting marine life.

After lunch, we will head out to another site for our third snorkel session of the day. The house reef is always open for us to snorkel at any time you should choose.

The house reef is accessed via the resort’s private pier which has an easy-to-climb ladder and platform on the water’s edge. This makes for a comfortable entry or exit.  The house reef is pretty spectacular and usually ends up being one of the highlights of the trip. The reef just in front of the resort is home to juvenile blacktip reef sharks, schools of fish, vibrant corals, and loads of cool critters. The beauty of the house reef is that you can snorkel it any time you want.

The snorkeling accessible from the resort is highly varied and arguably some of the best in Raja Ampat. In this Dampier Straight region, we’ll find a multitude of beautiful coral reefs, each offering something different. Some may be situated around unique topography with shallow swim-throughs, while others may just extend for hundreds of meters in every direction.  We also have great hances to see manta rays as there are certain bays and islands where they feed and clean at different times of the day. We will also take the opportunity to meander through the famous mangroves where the mangrove tree roots seem to be an extension of the coral reef below.

The marine life is just as diverse as the types of snorkeling sites. The shallow reef tops are a great place to enjoy the rhythmic pulse of the colorful reef fish and admire the determination of the hawkbill sea turtles as they forage for the sponges at the base of corals. In the blue we never know what we might find, but we can count on larger schools of jackfish, batfish, and the odd tornadoes of barracudas. On other sites, we might get lucky with some cleaning or feeding manta rays. This area has the highest species count of anywhere in the world so really, everywhere you look you’re bound to find something truly amazing.

We leave the resort on a morning boat transfer, in time to get our flight from Sorong to Jakarta where we bid farewell to our new friends. The tour ends here.

Alami Alor Resort

Alami Alor is an intimate resort situated on a remote and quiet bay that combines luxury accommodation and delicious locally inspired food.

Your bungalow sits on the waterfront. The bedroom is air-conditioned, and there is an open-air garden bathroom. There is plenty of outdoor seating, with hammocks and loungers.

Kalimaya Resort

Kalimaya Resort is built right on the edge of a beautiful white beach where the sand quickly merges with a stunning coral reef. The location is very strategic as we are able to comfortably access places like Sangeang Volcano, Gili Banta, and West Komodo.

We will be occupying the Beachfront rooms and Seaview rooms – all with en-suite bathrooms equipped with hot water and Air Conditioning. In each room, you’ll find a minibar with cold drinks, a coffee station, a desk, closet space, and lounge chairs on the private verandas that face the sea.

* Please note that Kalimaya does not serve alcohol but you are welcome to bring a liter of your choice

Papua Explorers Resort

The water bungalows blend traditional Papuan style with the comfort of modern design features. They are built using local, natural materials collected from the surrounding villages. All bungalows are equipped with en-suite toilets and showers, hot water, ceiling fans, mosquito nets, working desks, and a comfortable seating area and spacious veranda with direct access to the sea, allowing us to enjoy the sun and sea in privacy.

The Seaview Restaurant serves a variety of European and Indonesian cuisine on an elaborate buffet. Meals are prepared using homegrown veggies, and other locally sourced produce wherever possible.

Resort Guide

Snorkeling Boats

Alami Alor: Spacious fiberglass speedboats with enough room to easily store snorkeling equipment. The boats do not have a toilet on board but do offer a full canopy for sun protection and a ladder to help exit the water. Distances from the resort are short, maximum of thirty minutes.

Kalimaya Snorkel Boats: Depending on the day and location, we will either use the large wooden boat complete with a covered gear-up area and a partially covered sun deck, and bean bags to relax in. Or, we’ll use their fiberglass speedboat with a covered gear-up area and a sun deck. The average travel time from the resort to the sites is twenty minutes to an hour. Exit the water via ladders on the side of the boat.

Papua Explorers: Papua Explorers gives us a large fiberglass speedboat with a full canopy. It has plenty of room to store items that need to stay dry, like cameras. The boat has a large wooden ladder, but no toilet onboard

On this page you will find our Tour Dates & Pricing, a Request to Book Form and Details of Payment schedule including deposit and final balance.

My name is Crystal and I’ll be your personal consultant for this tour, I’ll manage your booking right up until you meet our tour leader in destination. I’ll be on hand to assist with everything from additional nights before and after your tour and making sure you are on time for our Welcome Dinner to guidance on what to bring and the snorkeling conditions you are likely to experience. We share an email inbox at Snorkel Venture, you can fill out the form below or drop me an email at hello@snorkelventure.com. I look forward to assisting you on this tour.

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2026 Dates

23 October – 15 November

Tour Price: 

Beachfront at Kalimaya, Waterfront at Alami & Deluxe at Papua Explorers-  $10,800 USD per person (Twin/Double Share)

Seaview at Kalimaya, Waterfront at Alami & Deluxe at Papua Explorers- $10,650 USD per person (Twin/Double Share)

Single Supplement: $2,750

2027 Dates

19 March – 11 April

Tour Price: 

Beachfront at Kalimaya, Waterfront at Alami & Deluxe at Papua Explorers- $11,100 USD per person (Twin/Double Share)

Seaview at Kalimaya, Waterfront at Alami & Deluxe at Papua Explorers- $10,950 USD per person (Twin/Double Share)

Single Supplement: $3,500

2028 Dates

24 April – 17 May

31 March – 23 April

29 September – 22 October 2028

Tour Price: 

Beachfront at Kalimaya, Waterfront at Alami & Deluxe at Papua Explorers- $12,600 USD per person (Twin/Double Share)

Seaview at Kalimaya, Waterfront at Alami & Deluxe at Papua Explorers- $12,450 USD per person (Twin/Double Share)

Single Supplement: $3,750

How to book your place:

Initial deposit to secure your booking is $800 per person

12 months before departure interim payment of $1,000 per person

6 months before departure interim payment of $1,000 per person

Balance due 3 months before departure

Please note for single supplement bookings we ask for 2x the deposit for each payment.

Includes:

• 1 day stay at a Jakarta hotel
• 7 nights at Alami Alor in a Seafront Bungalow, full board & two guided boat sessions per day & unlimited house reef snorkeling
• 1 night at a Bali hotel with all meals
• 6 nights at Kalimaya Resort in a Beachfront or Seaview Bungalow, full board & two guided snorkeling tours each day
• 1 day stay in a Jakarta hotel
• 7 nights Papua Explorers Deluxe Bungalow, full board & 3 guided boat snorkeling sessions each day with unlimited house reef snorkeling
• All transfers and connections:
  • Jakarta – Alor – Bali – Bima – Jakarta – Sorong – Jakata with 44lbs checked luggage
• Services of Snorkel Venture guide throughout
• Komodo dragon viewing excursion
• Marine park fees for Alor, Sumbawa & Raja Ampat

Excludes:

• International flights & visas
• Snorkeling equipment rental
• Tips
• Travel insurance (recommended)
• Health insurance (compulsory)
• Soft drinks & alcoholic drinks, laundry, and general sundries
• Spa services