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Indonesia Dive Resorts | Indonesia Liveaboards

Bali: Mimpi Resort Menjangan | Mimpi Resort Tulamben | Scuba Seraya Resort
Kalimantan: Maratua Paradise Resort | Nabucco Island Maluku: Maluku Divers

North Sulawesi, Bangka: Bangka Bungalows
Bunaken: Gangga Island Resort | Kima Bajo Resort | Minahasa Lagoon | Murex | Santika | Siladen Resort | Tasik Ria
Lembeh Strait: Black Sand Dive Retreat | Kasawari Lembeh Resort | Kungkungan Bay Resort | Lembeh Cottages | Lembeh Resort
Buyat Bay: Lembeh Resort in Combo with Buyat Bay

Raja Ampat: Kri Island Resort | Misool Eco Resort | Raja4Divers | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge | Sorido Bay Resort
Wakatobi: Wakatobi Dive Resort

North Sulawesi

If you have the desire for an exciting and unusual destination for your next dive holiday, then North Sulawesi is perfect. In this tropical paradise you can explore one of the worlds most unspoiled marine wilderness areas, fully protected from spearfishing, coral or fish collecting, the rich coral life and unbelievable sea gardens are a diver's dream come true.

Spectacular marine life yields a kaleidoscopic submarine view of endless varieties of corals and tropical fish. The area consists of several National Parks, the best known diving areas are as follows; The Bunaken National Park and Lembeh Island. What you see will blow your mind, fantastic underwater walls, cut with many crevices and caves. A collection of marine life thrives: red and orange encrusting sponges, christmas tree worms, basket and tube sponges, soft and hard corals of all colors, sea fans, anemones stoked with clown fish, red-blue-pink and brown starfish, bright colored crinoids, giant tunicates, sea-whips, nudibranch (Spanish dancer), transparent and red striped coral shrimps, lobsters, crabs, thousands of ornamental coral fish and the larger pelagics. Often seen are giant Napolean wrasse, angel fish, turtles, blue ribbon eels, stingray and eagleray, snapper, grouper, tuna and sea-snakes. You will bewitched by the unspoiled beauty, nature at her very best. This is a world yet to be discovered

Murex Dive Resort

Murex Dive Resort is an equatorial paradise located on the waterfront facing Bunaken National Park and Manado Tua Island. An ideal vacation venue for Romantic Honeymoons, Diving Adventures, Snorkelling, Family Vacations, Eco-touring or just pure relaxation.

About Murex

Murex was founded in 1987 by Dr. Hanny Batuna and Mrs. Batuna. Dr. Hanny was a keen recreational diver and one of the first conservationists in the area.

We are a small and friendly family-run resort in Manado, North Sulawesi that has been operating since 1987. Because we're situated in one of the world's most spectacular diving areas, we can offer our guests a unique and unforgettable diving experience.

Diving

Dive with Murex, Manado's pioneering dive centre and your diving choice is truly staggering, for not only do these waters - Bunaken, Lembeh, Bangka - have the richest bio-diversity in the world, many or the dive sites been under long-term protection and are in pristine condition.

There are well over 100 dive sites within easy boat ride from our three resorts. Sail on one of our liveaboards and you add literally dozens more in the Sangihe-Talaud archipelago that stretches up 135 nautical miles into the North Sulawesi Sea.

Dive flexibility -- we tailor the diving to your level of experience and personal preferences offering boutique dives with limited numbers to ensure individual attention.

We're the first nitrox producer in North Sulawesi. Most of our dive professionals have been with us for years. Not only are they supremely experienced at guiding guests, they know the sites intimately and go out of their way to show you the interesting creatures that inhabit them.

Dive briefings are mandatory and comprehensive. All our dive crew is fluent in English. All our boats carry oxygen and all our personnel are fully trained in its use. There is a hyperbaric (re-compression) chamber at Manado General Hospital, which Murex's founder and owner, Dr Batuna, set up.

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