Tag: Seven Seas Liveaboard Boat Trips
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Best of Komodo with Valerie Taylor on the Seven Seas
Valerie and Ron Taylor first visited Komodo National Park in the 1970’s. They discovered a paradise seen by only a few adventurous divers. One of the highlights was the discovery of ‘Valerie’s Rock’, a tiny outcrop of an island that is home to some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world. In 2018,…
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Raja Ampat Dive Trip: Best Photos & Video from Seven Seas
Raja Ampat has been on my list of dream dive destinations ever since I began learning about the Coral Triangle when I was in the Peace Corps in the Philippines. So when the chance came up to join friends Jos and Lida on their boat the Seven Seas in January 2018, I cleared the schedule…
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The Best of Raja Ampat – Seven Seas Liveaboard Dive Trip [Video]
Twelve days of diving on the Seven Seas were like a dream – the world’s best diving on one of the most incredible liveaboard boats anywhere on earth. Highlights included diving with bottlenose dolphins, mantas, wobbegong sharks, reef sharks, sea turtles, and exploring some of the most beautiful islands in the entire Coral Triangle. This…
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Raja Ampat from the Air: Aerial Photos of Indonesia’s Amazing Islands
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Raja Ampat is world-reknowned as one of the best scuba diving destinations on the planet, but the islands of the Bird’s Head Peninsula are also some of the most beautiful in the entire Indonesian archipelago. In between diving the amazing reefs, I was able to get out with my DJI Mavic and shoot some of…
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Sharks of Raja Ampat: Underwater Photo Gallery
Shark species in Raja Ampat range from the ultra-rare tasselled wobbegong to lightning-quick schools of baby black tip reef sharks crusing the reefs in search of an easy meal. The presence of these apex predators is an indication that the conservation efforts across the Bird’s Head Seascape – an enormous marine reserve that includes Raja…
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Clown Fish in Raja Ampat: Underwater Photo Gallery
Raja Ampat is full of clown fish. Technically, it’s full of all sorts of fish, but I think we saw at least one anemone fish on every dive during twelve days of exploring Raja Ampat with the Seven Seas. Some underwater photographers might have grown bored of photographing clown fish, but even after shooting them…
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Diving with Dolphins in Raja Ampat: The Best Dive of My Life
I never expected to see a dolphin underwater while scuba diving. I have seen them many times at the surface, playing in the wake of boats in the Philippines and Indonesia, but as soon as you might try to get into the water with them, they disappear into the blue. We were diving a seamount…
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Sea Turtles in Raja Ampat: Underwater Photo Gallery
The white sand beaches of Raja Ampat’s islands are an important nesting habitat for several species of sea turtles. Adult green, hawksbill, and leatherback turtles appear on the beaches during the full moon to lay their eggs. Conservation programs to protect these species have created protected nesting beaches, and on one afternoon during our Seven…
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Raja Ampat Coral Reefs Wide Angle: Panoramic Views of Indonesia’s Underwater Paradise
Raja Ampat’s coral reefs are the most biodiverse on the planet. Hard corals, soft corals, schools of fish shimmering in the clear water. The variety of colors and photo subjects is unbelieveable. I love to shoot underwater with natural light whenever possible, and many dives in Raja Ampat offered the opportunity to break out the…
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Corals in Raja Ampat: Underwater Photo Gallery
Raja Ampat is home to more than 500 species of coral (75% of all varieties known worldwide), and the greater Bird’s Head Seascape is the most biodiverse place in the world. Diving here is mind-blowing, even after seeing so many other amazing dive sites across the Coral Triangle. On our Seven Seas expedition to Raja…