There is alot to do in Northern Sulawesi both above and below the waves. Activities include a visit to see the world's smallest primate or perhaps a mandarin fish dive at dusk. Here are some examples of what you can do both on land and sea:
Activities in Northern Sulawesi
Where to go in Northern Sulawesi
Siladen Island
Siladen Island is nestled within Bunaken National Park, a few short miles off the north coast of Sulawesi. Boasting golden, sandy beaches and...
Bunaken Marine Park
Bunaken Marine Park in North Sulawesi spans an impressive 220,160 acres. As one of the oldest marine protected areas in Indonesia, it’s heralded...
Bangka Island
This hard-to-reach island lies off the northern tip of North Sulawesi, in the heart of the coral triangle. Thanks to its far-flung location,...
Lembeh Strait
It’s no secret that the Lembeh Strait, between Pulau Lembeh and North Sulawesi, is one of the best places for diving in Indonesia. Touted as...
Hairball Dive Site - Lembeh
Hairball has a firm reputation as one of the best critter sites found along the Lembeh Strait. Located just off the coast of northern Sulawesi,...
Aw Shucks Dive Site
With a diverse mix of patch reef, rubble and sandy slope, Aw Shucks, which borders a pearl farm in the Lembeh Strait, harbours a wide variety...
Angel’s Window Dive Site
Angel’s Window is a stunning dive site found in north Lembeh. It’s part of the Lembeh Strait, an area renowned in the diving community for...
California Dreaming Dive Site
Just off the coast of Lembeh Island in the Lembeh Strait, California Dreaming is a stunning dive site with interesting underwater topography...
Lekuan Dive Sites
Located just off Lekuan Beach, on the southern side of Bunaken Island, Lekuan 1, 2 and 3 are a series of spectacular dive sites. While each dive...
Mike's Point Dive Site
Mike’s Point is a stunning wall dive on the north coast of Bunaken Island, nestled within Bunaken Marine Park. Often dived as a drift due to...
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Si Datu Bua
Si Datu Bua, Silolona’s sister boat, allows guests to experience some of the best diving spots on the planet, while experiencing fabulous hospitality...
Siladen
Occupying a 24 hectare island the Siladen Dive Resort sits on a very good white sand beach, a real rarity in this part of Indonesia where the...
Lembeh Resort
Lembeh Resort provides the perfect place from which to explore the incredibly diverse marine life found in the Lembeh Strait of North-Eastern...
Bunaken Oasis
Combining island luxury with some seriously impressive eco-credentials, Bunaken Oasis is paradise for anyone looking for a serene Indonesian...
Dive into Lembeh
Boasting two of the most famous dive sites in the region on its house reef – Hairball and Aw Shucks – Dive into Lembeh is a muck diver’s...
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Top Ten Weird and Wonderful Frogfish Facts
From hairy to warty, psychedelic to shaggy, few fish are stranger in appearance than the frogfish. But make no mistake, these camouflaged critters are dressed to kill. From masquerading as coral to boasting the fastest strike in the ocean, frogfish are the masters of aggressive mimicry. So…
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Best Diving in Indonesia
There are very few divers in the world who have not at least considered a trip to Indonesia. The country sits at the heart of the world's marine biodiversity, and among its 17,000 islands, Indonesia boasts some of the finest diving on the planet. But where is the best diving in Indonesia?…
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How To Spend Your Dry Days in Sulawesi
Having visited Northern Sulawesi last year, our resident marine biologist and dive expert, Emily, knows the appeal of the dreamy wall dives filled with turtles in Bunaken and the critter hub of Lembeh, and knows that a diver can happily be occupied for hours on end underwater here. But what…
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Where We've Been in 2019
21st December 2012 was supposed to mark the end of the world, according to Mayan prophecies anyway. Thankfully, we've lived to see the decade end - and boy has it been a corker. The last decade has seen the creation of iPads, Fitbits and 4G, and the first image of a black hole was unveiled.…
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Top Five Dive Sites for Blackwater Diving
Ever been night diving? Blackwater diving is night diving on steroids. But rather than exploring reefs, divers are suspended in the pitch black of the open ocean. Why? Because that's when the diurnal migration (aka the world's largest migration) occurs, with countless platonic animals of the…
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