Dive Into Lembeh Resort offers an intimate, boutique diving experience in Indonesia’s world-famous muck-diving capital. Built by divers for divers, it’s the perfect escape for underwater photographers and naturalists in search of rare marine encounters.

The Lembeh Strait is celebrated as the “Muck Diving Capital of the World”, where volcanic black-sand slopes are home to some of the ocean’s most unusual creatures. Every dive offers the chance to spot flamboyant cuttlefish, hairy frogfish, pygmy seahorses, and mimic octopus.

Everything about Dive Into Lembeh’s dive centre has been created to make your diving effortless and enjoyable.

• Custom-built dive boats with shaded decks and easy water entry

• Three guided boat dives daily, plus optional night dives

• Full-service camera room with individual workstations and rinse tanks

• Personal gear lockers and drying areas

• Dive groups limited to a maximum of four divers per guide
  

Cancellation: Anyone wishing to cancel is responsible for securing a replacement, and getting the replacement to take over their payments, past and present. The Club and Diveplanit will assist in advertising any spot that may become available.

However, the bottom line is: all payments are non-refundable, and we strongly recommend that participants have appropriate travel insurance to protect them in the event of cancellation for unforeseen reasons.

Changes: all changes, including transferring trip to a replacement, incur a AUD 150 per person per change fee.

Whatever flight you'll be on, you will be met at the arrivals hall and transferred to the resort in an air-conditioned minibus.

On arrival you can check into your bungalow or long house room before visiting the dive centre and relax in your own private plunge pool or at the bar.

For the next 6 days - enjoy 3 boat dives per day, with a choice of more than 60 dive spots in the Lembeh Strait. After every dive, the boats return to the resort so you can enjoy your surface interval by the pool or make any adjustments to your camera before your next dive.

The resort has a large camera room with dedicated well-lit work stations for each guest, as well as separate rinse tanks for cameras.

The Lembeh Strait is celebrated as the “Muck Diving Capital of the World”, where volcanic black-sand slopes are home to some of the ocean’s most unusual creatures. Every dive offers the chance to spot flamboyant cuttlefish, hairy frogfish, pygmy seahorses, and mimic octopus.

The resort offers a range of day trips for non-diving days.

Visit Tangkoko National park, home to the world’s smallest nocturnal primate – the Tarsius Spectrum, endemic to Sulawesi. This tiny little creature measures around 15 cm from head to tail. This is an afternoon trip (after a double morning dive) and you will be back at the resort around 7pm in time for dinner. (USD 75 pp payable locally)

For the more adventurous, there is a whole day Minahasa Highland Tour where you leave the resort after breakfast at around 8am and you will be back in the resort in time for dinner. (USD 90 pp payable locally, it is greatly appreciated to leave a small donation for the local communities included in the visit.)

If you are not staying for the extension, your transfer will have you back at Manado Airport in good time for your flight.

Those joining the extension will be picked up by Bastianos dive boats and will enjoy a double morning dive as they make their way along the North Sulawesi Coastline to the Bangka resort perched along the picturesque Busa Bora Beach on the southwestern coast of Bangka Island.

Located on a pristine island north of Manado, Bangka offers a completely different diving experience - colourful coral reefs, crystal-clear water, and spectacular biodiversity.

There are more than 40 dive sites around Bangka Archipelago. The house reef is popular as one of the best dive sites in the area with a long reef, good for drift dives.

Drift over vibrant soft corals, reef pinnacles, and gentle sloping walls bursting with life. Expect schools of fish, turtles, reef sharks, and the occasional passing eagle ray.

Snorkel the house reef, relax by the infinity pool and bar, or enjoy a traditional massage to round off your North Sulawesi dive trip of a lifetime.

Your transfer will have you back at Manado Airport in good time for your onward flight.

These are some of the current flight options from Cairns. We can advise the best flights for anyone travelling from other centres, or members wishing to have a stopover vin Bali or Singapore.

For the main trip to Dive into Lembeh only:

Singapore Airlines - requires one night in Singapore at each end

FRI 17 JUL 18:15 22:40 SQ 204 Cairns - Singapore

SAT 18 JUL 09:20 13:00 SQ8468 Singapore - Manado

SAT 25 JUL 13:55 17:30 SQ8469 Manado - Singapore

SUN 26 JUL 08:40 17:00 SQ 203 Singapore - Cairns

From AUD 1650 pp (30Kg Checked baggage)

Jetstar & Lion Air - requires one night in DPS on the way out

FRI 17 JUL 19:15 22:00 JQ 90 Cairns - Denpasar

SAT 18 JUL 07:00 10:55 JT 746 Denpasar - Manado

SAT 25 JUL 11:40 15:45 JT 743 Manado - Denpasar

SA/SU 25 JUL 21:20 09:45 JQ 34 Denpasar - Cairns

From AUD 1250 pp (20Kg Checked baggage)

For the main trip and Bastianos Bangka Extension:

Jetstar & Lion Air - requires one night in DPS on the way out

FRI 17 JUL 19:15 22:00 JQ 90 Cairns - Denpasar

SAT 18 JUL 07:00 10:55 JT 746 Denpasar - Manado

SAT 30 JUL 11:40 15:45 JT 743 Manado - Denpasar

TH/FR 30 JUL 21:20 09:45 JQ 34 Denpasar - Cairns

From AUD 1250 pp (20Kg Checked baggage)

As of 9 October 2025 Singapore Airlines - would require at least two nights in Singapore on the return. However, Scoot have just announced an increase in frequency of flight - we are looking into that.