Pulau Mauwang

Üse Wecker het üs hüt am 5:30 für de ersti Tauchusflug is Zentrum vom Komodo Nationalpark gweckt gweckt. Während en Zmorge esse i de Tauchschuel hemmer chönne zueluege, wie s Material verlade worde isch.
S Boot het üs ahschlüssend an erste Tauchplatz (Siaba Besar) brocht. Während üsem guet stündige Tauchgang hemmer unter anderem Schildkrotte, en Tintefisch und Napoleonfisch gseh. Bi üsem Safetystop sind sogar no zwei Mobula Roche vorbi ghuscht.

Den simmer wieter zu üsem zweite Tauchplatz (Mawan), wo mer voller Vorfreud uf Mantas is Wasser gsprunge sind. Leider hemmer wege de starche Strömig nöd chöne bis zu de Mantas tauche und hend für eimol nöd so viel Fisch gseh. Liecht frustriert hend mir ufem Boot Zmittag gesse, wo mer plötzlich grossi, schwarzi Schatte im Wasser gseh hend. Um üses Boot ume sind mehreri Mantas uftaucht. Da isch es meh als Wert gsi zum de Zmittag underbreche, d Flosse und Maske ahlege und ohni Tauchusrüstig zu de Mantas is Wasser z springe. Innerhalb vo kurzer Ziit sind so mehreri schwarzi und wissi Mantas a üs vorbi gschwumme und hend üs debi fast berührt. Da isch e sehr idrücklichs Erlebnis gsi, wo mir beidi so schnell nöd werdet vergesse 😊

De dritti und letschti Tauchgang vo hüt hend mir in Batu Bolong gmacht, lut CNN eine vo de beste Tauchplätz weltwiet.
De Tauchgang het üs nöd enttüscht - mir sind anere mit Koralle gfüllte, farbige Felswand noh ufetaucht und hend riese vielfalt a Pflanze und Tier dörfe erlebe.
Noch de Rückfart mit em Boot hemmer zfriede de Rest vom Tag im Städli usklinge loh und freued üs jetzt scho uf de Usflug vo morn.
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Our Alarm went off today at 5:30 am. For our first day of diving the central kommodo national park. While we were eating breakfast our dive equiment got transportet to the harbour.
A little later on our boat we headed to our first dive site (Siaba Besar). During our 1 hour dive we saw may diffrent animales like turtles, a cuttle fish or a Napoleon fish. Even two mobula ray rushed by at the surface when we were doing our safety stop at the end of the dive.
For our following 2nd dive of the day (at Mawan) we jumped into the water thrilled to see manta rays. Sadly the strong current made it impossible for us to reach the Manta cleaning stations and there were not that many fish to see.
Slightly frustrated we went back onto the boat to eat lunch. All of the sudden we saw huge black shadows in the water. Around our boat multiple mantas showed up. This was the moment to interrupt our lunch, put on fins and masks and getting into the water with them without scuba gear.
It didn't take long for the mantas (black and white) to swimm straight at us almost touching us while passing by. This is definitly an unfogetable memory for both of us which we were gladly able to make. 😊
Todays third and last dive took us to Batu Bolong one of the worlds best dive sites according to CNN. We were definitly not disapointed by that site, where we dove up a rocky wall which was packed in colorful corals which is the home of an astoundly diverse wildlife.
After our trip back we enjoyed the rest of the evening in the city and soon called it a day excited for tomorrows trip.Read more