I was visiting a friend in Sanur Bali and decided to do some diving in the Amed area, known for its muck diving. I contacted Puri Wirata Dive Resort and Spa and started the 2 hour drive from Sanur to the resort. Breakfast is included in the price of the 1 bedroom condo for 42.00 a night. The room is huge with a king size bed and a nice balcony. They serve lunch and dinner at the resort but I explored the surround area for different dinner options. Italian, local food and French was available, wonderful, all in walking distance.

I stayed at this resort in Nov 2013 for a week of diving. I would give it a 4 star and was very happy with my stay. Their on site dive team are wonderful and very knowledgeable about finding critters that you are looking for. All shore diving, but the guide will help you with your camera. I was interested in muck diving and was not disappointed with what the area had to offer. Big shout out to (Gede) Libra Pogot my dive guide. On one dive site I found 5 ornate pipe fish, had to change the lens to accommodate the group for my return dive. All dive sites are between 10 minutes to 1 hour from the resort, and I opted to stay away from the resort for the 2 morning dives. The third dive was after lunch and I asked for dwarf seahorse areas each day, I was never disappointed. We used a new truck for transport and I rode in the front with the driver.

Underwater Critters: numerous nudibranches and flatworms, pipe fish, frog fish, eels, dwarf seahorses, seahorses, cuttlefish, harlequin shrimp, boxer crab, white manta shrimp, gold and peacock manta shrimp are just a few of my highlights from the week.

Nitrox was free, and each dive was based on a package price. It was very affordable. The packages include all the gear if you want to use theirs instead of packing yours. I used their BCD.

I suggest you bring hard sole bootees for your fins because you will have to walk on slippery rocks and it will be a lot easier.

Did I mention they have 2 swimming pools? You cannot go wrong staying here and diving with their professional team, Bali Reef Divers.

November of 2013 my husband and I headed to Wakatobi for a 11 night stay in a ocean front bungalow, food included in our stay. The journey to the resort from Bali is on their private jet at $675.00 each roundtrip. A light lunch was provided and a short 2 hour flight, a short car ride and a short boat ride, we arrived at Wakatobi. My husbands first impressions was, wow. First timer to Indonesia he has decided he needs to see more of this wonderful Country.

After check in, you unload all your land items to your room then dive equipment to your area by the reception area. Camera room is amazing and has everything you need to charge your batteries. It is air conditioned so be careful not to open your housing when you get outside because your camera will be fogged up for 1/2 a day, seen a few unlucky people have this happen to them.

Check out time in the ocean, wakatobi requires you to flood your mask, exchange air supply as they observe you doing this. I found this to be unnecessary since you have a divers certificate, but you have no choice if you want to dive. The check out dive is on the house reef, and that does give you an introduction to the reef so you can go on your own. We did this several times during our stay and I even found dwarf seahorses on the house reef.

Boat Dives are 3 a day, 70 minute limit and a 4 to 1 ratio is now being used. The guides do a great job finding critters you are looking for, I was interested in pipe fish and we found all kinds. This area is very good for wide angle and some macro. I came home with some very beautiful wide angle pictures and many had turtles in them, the house reef has at least 3 I found. All the diving I did was wall diving, and the boat most times locates you at the end for pick up, your dive guide will release a dive buoy for the boat to find you. Works well! The captains of the boats are very safety minded and have spotters on the boat to help keep an eye on divers and snorkelers.

Underwater life: Turtles, cuttlefish, Crocodilfish, Blennies, Anemonefish just to name a few. Dwarf seahorses, Nudibranches and Eels. I didn't see any frog fish or large fish but I might have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Rooms: Ocean view room has an outdoor shower, fridge and coffee maker. We were abit far from the ocean to have a view but we just walked to the shore and enjoyed it. A garden view room would be a better money saving alternative, and you can still spend time on the beach to enjoy the ocean.
The food was outstanding and many different choices at each meal.

Costs:

flight to the resort 675.00 each

soft drinks, wine, beer and everything but ice tea, some juices and coffee is extra.

If you are offered a soft drink on the dive boat you are charged for it.