Sea Safari Cruises

Buginese schooner "Sea Safari" was custom designed for Western travellers and built in 1996/1997 by traditional craftsmen in Kalimantan. The formula of Sea Safari (see Sea Safari Cruises) is as simple as it is attractive. Your home-away-from-home is a spacious sailing vessel and you have a comfortable cabin with your own en-suite bathroom. An attentive but discrete crew takes care of everything.

Facilities and Services onboard:
º Deck State cabin located on the middle and upper deck with a sea-view
º Deluxe cabin located on the lower deck
º Air-conditioned cabins with private bathroom (hot and cold showers)
º A tray of toiletries in each cabin
º Dining room and Bar
º 24 hours tea and coffee making facilities
º Vegetarian food available on request
º Easy access swim/boarding platform
º Fresh water on deck shower
º Complete scuba diving equipment (advance booking with minimum of 2 divers)
º Snorkel, Canoe and Fishing equipment
º TV, Karaoke and DVD entertainment units
º Computer with Adobe Photoshop application
º Laundry service
º On Board telecommunication

Cruise Itinerary:

Day 1 : Benoa – Labuan Amuk
Embarkation on to the Sea Safari in Benoa Harbor. Departure at 09.00AM. Welcome drinks will be offered. Cabin allocation will take place before depart to Labuhan Amuk for free water activities such as snorkeling or diving. In the late afternoon we depart to Teluk Nara ( Nara Bay ), Lombok

Day 2 : Nara Bay, Lombok
In the early morning as the sun rises over Mount Rinjani, we anchor in Nara Bay on the North West Side of Lombok. After breakfast we go ashore and our first visit is the tropical forest at Pusuk where we can feed monkeys and in a clear weather, enjoy the amazing view of surrounding forest and of the Gili Islands. We then continue to the local market Gunung Sari and to the center of Bamboo handicrafts around there to witness the process and technique to get export quality bamboo product. We go on to visit Lingsar Temple, a unique site that dates back to 1714 and that sacred to both Hindus and Moslems and proceed to Banyumulek to see how the local make a famous pottery product. Passing through the most famous tourist resort of Lombok, Senggigi Beach on the way back to the boat, we stop at Malibu the most fantastic view point to see the Gili Islands and in a clear weather, Bali Island. Over lunch the boat will raised the anchor and we set sail to Satonda

Day 3 : Satonda Island, Sumbawa
In the early morning we arrive in Satonda, the un-habitat island, which is separated by a narrow strait from the Tambora Volcano on the Sumbawa mainland, the site of largest eruption in recorded history. Going ashore we discover that Satonda its self is a small volcano as well and that as well and that salty lake field its crater. On this peaceful island, there will be free time for swimming and snorkeling or diving. In the afternoon we set sail to Komodo.

Day 4 : Komodo National Park – Pink Beach
Our morning we begin with go ashore where a park ranger will escort us across the island (about 4,5 km there and back) to get a better located spot where you can enjoy and take the picture of the amazing view of Komodo Island and its surrounding wonderful islands. After walking around to find the species from the Jurassic Age, we will spend the remainder of the day beachcombing and snorkeling on the beautiful “Red Beach “ of Komodo with its amazing marine gardens. In the late afternoon we hoist the anchor and go underway to Bima.

Day 5 : Bima, Sumbawa
Welcome to another place in the heart of eastern Sumbawa, Bima the busy traditional harbor. Our representative will be picked up and we spend in the morning exploring the town and the Donggo highland west of Bima Bay. Around lunchtime, we leave the quay and after sailing out of Bima Bay we go on a westerly heading again for our overnight passage to Moyo

Day 6 : Moyo Island, Sumbawa
Early arrival at Moyo, a wild-life and marine reserve. We make a landfall visit on Moyo, a small island off the north of Sumbawa. We stop at one of several fine snorkeling sites along its west coast and go ashore at the village of Labuan Haji. In the late afternoon we hoist the anchor and sailing back to Benoa, Bali

Day 7 : Benoa – Turtle Island
Early morning the ship leaves Gili Islands for Benoa harbor in Bali. Before we reach the mouth of Benoa, near Sanur (Bali) we will see Pulau Serangan – also known as Turtle Island.  At low tide we will take you to this island for Turtle Conservation tour. Previously, turtles are captured and fattened up here in pens before being sold for village feasts. However, turtles are now being protected on the west coast of Bali due to dwindling numbers and tourists are advised to refrain from eating any turtle meat or buying products made from turtles.

Upon arrival in Benoa Harbor at 12.00 noon (after lunch) you will be transferred to your hotel. We wish you a very nice trip.

Contact us immediately at (62-361) 729538 or info@baliintaran.com