About The Amaya Explorer
Roaming the Indonesia Archipelago for 11 months of the year, The Amaya Explorer is a 2019 built, impressive, 115 foot (35 meters), traditionally built Phinisi. Crew Leader and her crew typically numbering 18, share a common mission: to showcase the best of what the Indonesian Islands and oceans have to offer, combined with world famous Indonesian hospitality.
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The Amaya Explorer was built at Kampung of Bulukumba, Sulawesi and has been carefully designed to withstand the waters of the Archipelago. The expert boat builders there have passed their craft on from generation to generation, to allow them to create entirely wooden boats using traditional design and craftsmanship techniques which involve all hand tooling – no power tools. The Amaya Explorer was commissioned by our team; she took 2 years to build, then sailed to Bali to design and fit out the interior, providing a comfortable and relaxing experience incorporating all modern conveniencs for her guests and crew.
The Crew Leader of the Amaya Explorer, hailing originally from Jakarta but with a deep love for the waters of the Indonesian Islands. She has been coordinating the activities of the boat since launch. Our established and passionate crew come from all over Indonesia. We pride ourselves on our boatmanship and guest experience standards, both on the boat, on land and in the water.
Whilst Scuba diving is the core activity of our tours, there are a multitude of other energising activities including; snorkelling, paddle boarding, kayaking, free-diving, trekking and much more can be arranged for many of our journeys. For those looking to indulge in relaxing pursuits; village tours (for example the wonderful Banda Neira).
We are truly blessed with the sea life that we can introduce our guests to, and we visit some of the greatest dive sites in the world. We visit reef systems full of coral and all of the associated aquatic delights. We have also encountered Whale Sharks, Hammerhead Sharks (schools of hundreds of them), Reef Sharks, Nurse Sharks, Manta Rays, Dolphins, Whales, Tuna, Marlin, Sailfish, Mola Mola, Giant Trevally, schooling Sea Snakes, Eagle Rays… the list could go on!
We spend each year exploring the best of the Eastern Indonesian Islands aka the ‘Coral Triangle’; Komodo, Raja Ampat, Banda Sea and Alor and are constantly striving to provide the best diving and overall experiences for our wonderful guests, who come from all over the world. We offer single person bookings as well as group bookings including whole boat bookings of up to 16 people.
Testimonial
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Elaine S 🇨🇦 Canada
Like I said, just a wonderful week. The diving, the people, and the food.
Just a really wonderful 8 days and 7 nights. The diving in Raja is obviously some of the best in the world, but the dive staff on Amaya makes it easy, setting up all the equipment on the dinghies and cleaning everything after each dive. The level of service is very high
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Amazing diving. Wonderful and attentive crew. Fantastic food.
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Myeongsin K 🇰🇷 South Korea
Amazing experience with Amaya Explorer
I was extremely satisfied with the entire experience, from the comfortable dive preparation to the dives themselves. The food was delicious, and both the boat staff and dive masters were incredibly friendly and helpful. I also really loved that we went to the beach on the last day based on guests’ feedback — it was such a great touch. The boat was in excellent condition and very clean. One small suggestion would be to skip asking everyone to give a final speech on the last evening, as it might make some guests feel a bit uncomfortable.
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- Great diving. Friendly crew and divemaster. Boat comfort.
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Austin V 🇺🇸 United States
Safe, Fun and Personable
The highlights of my trip was definitely all the amazing dives and seeing such a beautiful healthy underwater environment. I also loved visiting a couple hiking locations like Pianemo and the Jellyfish lake! Nice to mix up the diving a bit. All of the boat crew was amazing and friendly and most importantly, I never felt unsafe. Highly recommend!!
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- The Crew, the diving, the location!
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Marie B 🇫🇷 France
Beyond what we can hope for
We loved everything, the landscapes are breathtaking, the most beautiful dives of our long life as divers: mantas, sharks, turtles, napoleon wrasse, but also pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs, shrimps... and even a marlin for some. A very caring crew, very helpful, a great service on board, a very beautiful and comfortable boat and promoting conviviality. Beautiful encounters on board and in the water. A huge thank you to Amaya!
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- General organization of life on board, wonderful dives but also small trecks and a layout promoting exchanges between all. The quality of the boat and the crew. The proposed circuit allows you to discover sumptuous landscapes and extraordinary dives.
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Aylin H 🇩🇪 Germany
Unforgettable liveaboard
First and foremost, of course, the dives, which showed us the immense biodiversity! The guides and crew made life so easy that the heavy "noise" was almost not noticeable. Showering on deck after diving and then being wrapped in a warm towel is just great! Add a warm drink and the pictures of the dives in your head - great! The food was excellent and I didn't lose weight on this trip!
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- Diving - Eating - Relaxing
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Huici Z 🇨🇳 China
Amazing
The service is exceptional, and the crew is very efficient. The corals of the Four Kings are very healthy, with large schools of fish. Will come back when there is a chance.
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- Serve. Equip. Itinerary.
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Michelle B 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Incredible and wonderful
What an incredible trip, having not done a liveaboard before and with only 15 dives under my belt, I was a little apprehensive but the staff were amazing and couldn’t have done more for us. The diving was unforgettable in a good way and we had a great bunch of guest too. Will treasure the experience forever.
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- Staff. Diving. Guests.
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Alexandra B 🇷🇴 Romania
Amazing experience!
The dive guides were very professional, the staff was friendly and alwayy taking care of us and the activities between dives were a nice touch! We did 16 amazing dives and 3 trekking trips that we loved.
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- The staff, the diving and the food
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Sin Lih T 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Thank you for hosting us
We really enjoyed our time on the boat—it was the best experience we had in Indonesia. The hospitality was excellent, from picking us up at the airport and transferring us to the boat, to the warm welcome onboard. The daily schedule was very clear and well organized. The staff made a genuine effort to accommodate our needs, including our food preferences, and the overall operation was very well managed. However, four dives a day felt a bit too much for us, and we would have preferred more opportunities to explore some of the Raja Ampat islands. Overall, the staff did their best to ensure our safety during dives, our comfort throughout the liveaboard experience, and smooth transfers between dive sites. Thank you all.
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- The member of staff. The food. The operation and communication.
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Diving Raja Ampat was a lifelong dream and Amaya Explorer made it come true.
Much enjoyed my first paid live aboard, fantastic diving, great crew and dive masters.
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Superlative dive staff and crew, safe, confident; warm towels, hot tea at dive end. Compatible group. Great meals.
Yvonne T
United States
Like I said, just a wonderful week. The diving, the people, and the food.
Just a really wonderful 8 days and 7 nights. The diving in Raja is obviously some of the best in the world, but the dive staff on Amaya makes it easy, setting up all the equipment on the dinghies and cleaning everything after each dive. The level of service is very high
Recommended for
Amazing diving. Wonderful and attentive crew. Fantastic food.
Elaine S
Canada
Incredible and wonderful
What an incredible trip, having not done a liveaboard before and with only 15 dives under my belt, I was a little apprehensive but the staff were amazing and couldn’t have done more for us. The diving was unforgettable in a good way and we had a great bunch of guest too. Will treasure the experience forever.
Recommended for
Staff. Diving. Guests.
Bianca S
Germany
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