Field notes
Field notes from Alor and the Pantar Strait.
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Alor liveaboards usually cost more per dive than Komodo ones for structural reasons: long crossings, heavy fuel burn and thin departure schedules. Komodo National Park, by contrast, sits about 30 minutes from Labuan Bajo harbour, so…
The nearest recompression chamber to the Alor–Pantar Strait sits in Bali, hundreds of kilometres and a multi-leg journey west, so…
An Alor-to-Komodo frontier liveaboard expedition strings together two of Indonesia's wildest dive regions in one crossing — current-swept Pantar Strait…
Community-based marine conservation in Alor centers on the Alor marine protected area (MPA) around Kalabahi Bay and the Pantar Strait,…
A combination itinerary pairs Alor and Pantar's current-swept walls with the remote Forgotten Islands arc toward Banda — usually a…
Kupang — the East Nusa Tenggara provincial capital on Timor — is the practical mainland gateway for dive groups bound…
A licensed Alor dive operator should hold valid Indonesian tourism business registration, employ guides with special Alor MPA certification on…
Advanced drift diving courses in East Nusa Tenggara train experienced divers to master the Alor-Pantar Strait's strong currents — rapid…
An Alor dive concierge arranges a bespoke small-private-group expedition end to end — permits, the mandatory MPA briefing, marine park…
Sustainable dive-tourism economics in East Nusa Tenggara now hinge on scarcity by design: Alor's marine protected area caps divers per…
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