{"id":18808,"date":"2019-06-25T07:45:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T05:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=18808"},"modified":"2024-10-12T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T08:19:11","slug":"sumbawa-komodo-sangean-gili-banta-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/sumbawa-komodo-sangean-gili-banta-indonesie-20190625\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving at The Foot of Volcanoes in Sumbawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Near Bali, in Indonesia, the island of Sumbawa and its volcanoes offer a fantastic diversity of dives. From manta rays to nudibranches, the underwater world is full of wonders...<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Where is this, Sumbawa?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sumbawa<\/strong> is the last stop on my Indonesian journey of July 2018<\/a>. Another island a little away from the traditional tourist routes for now. Located in the region known as the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara)<\/em>, Sumbawa is very close to the well-known Bali<\/strong> and Lombok<\/strong> (in the West) and to the famous Komodo<\/strong> National Park (in the East).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, it was the prospect of exploring the reputedly splendid underwater world that drew me there... \ud83d\ude09 And I wasn't disappointed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Buffalo Rock Reef, off Sumbawa, between Komodo and Gili Banta, is sumptuous. (Indonesia, July 2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had spotted for a while the Kalimaya Dive Resort<\/a>a new diving hotel opened in 2016 (and for the moment the only one in the area), which seemed to have everything to please me, judging by the first reviews found on the internet... So I decided to go and see it myself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes around two hours to drive from the airport in Bima to Kalimaya. The resort is right next to a fishing village called Poja, north of the port of Sape, the \"big\" town in the area... It's here..:<\/p>\n\n\n\n