
About us
Travelers, divers, phinisi boat builders and much more
Cruising Indonesia
The liveaboard and dive specialists
We are specialists in diving trips and cruises for divers, a service that we have provided for more than 2 decades with 95% of repeat customers.
Living in Indonesia has always allowed us to verify in the field the quality of service of the operators with whom we regularly work. In Cruising Indonesia we offer you only diving boats, liveaboards, resorts and hotels that we know personally and that have excellent value for money. And this does not mean that the liveaboard or resorts you choose must necessarily be expensive or luxurious, but with Cruising Indonesia you will get the best value you can get for the money you pay.
Being expert tour operators in Indonesia we can organize for our clients custom expeditions and trips according to their own individual or group requirements. And create diving or pleasure trips, for each budget. Contact us to create a customized travel budget.

Scuba paradise
In our travel proposals you find the affirmed dive sites, the most desired dive goals among the best dive destinations in the world; as well as new dive sites, “the ultimate diving hotspot”, the recently discovered scuba paradises. Our pages will surprise you with the infinite exploration opportunities that the Indonesian archipelago offers to diving.
Contact us and you will have a personalized diving vacation based on the requirements of your group.
Cruising Indonesia since 1987
Our travels through Indonesia began in 1987. We were among the first Westerners to explore Bunaken and Bangka in North Sulawesi, at that time islands with no tourist infrastructure whatsoever and a place where even a snorkel and mask were strange items to the local people. The few travelers making it this far had to sleep in fishermen’s huts and eat plain rice, fish in chili sauce, and fried bananas to clean the mouth from chili effect.

But this inspirational image of pristine natural beauty pushed us to explore more and more of this amazing country, even if traveling on crowded and overloaded old wooden boats, trucks and pony carts. We reached places like The Togians, Banda Islands, Komodo, Halmahera, Alor and Papua all places now becoming famous as diving paradises.
In 1997 we decided to set up in Indonesia. We have spent our time here working in the dive business and traditional boat building industry. Our experience and deep knowledge of the country allow us to offer our customers the same emotions and sensations we experienced in our travels across the country, with all safety and comfort of the modern life. We can arrange tailor-made cruises in the most world famous diving destinations of Indonesia or in the most remote Archipelago’s areas, where diving and traveling are still pioneering ones…
And because the best way and sometime the only to cross Indonesia is by boat, we build liveaboards or transform phinisis -the traditional wooden sailboat of Indonesia- in functional and luxurious motor yachts for private use or dive cruises. The liveaboard cruises are in great demand among European, American, and Asean diving and travel operators and could be a great alternative of business in Indonesia.
CRUISING INDONESIA TERMS & CONDITIONS
Cruising Indonesia has a few but clear and concise terms and conditions. Please take your time to read them:
Reservations made through Cruising Indonesia are subject to operators’ payment and cancellation policies, in any case those that be will indicated in your booking/proforma/invoice, in any case:
– Your reservation is not confirmed until your deposit for booking confirmation is received
– You will pay all bank charges and fees
– Your deposit for booking confirmation is non-refundable
– Your interim payments and balance payment are non-refundable
– All offers published by Cruising Indonesia apply exclusively to new bookings. No offer is retroactive.
You must have a diving insurance.
You should have an accident/medical insurance to prevent financial disappointment in case of trip cancellation/interruption, otherwise you accept cover all trip cancellation/interruption expenses on your own.
Cruising Indonesia will act as the agent on behalf of the operators. Cruising Indonesia acts as an intermediary and therefore cannot be held responsible for possible shortcomings in the operators’ performance.
Cruising Indonesia can be only responsible for mistakes in the services provided; the maximum liability shall not exceed the amount charged by Cruising Indonesia to the operator.
In any case, Cruising Indonesia cannot be held liable for and will not be responsible for personal injuries, property damage, or wrongful death that may occur during activities, as a result of the inherent risks associated with scuba diving, or any activity offered by the operator or as a result of acts or omissions of other third parties.
An administration fee of one hundred euros will be charged as an agency fee in case of trip cancellation, whatever the reason for the cancellation and regardless of the charges and costs charged by the operator.
The official version of these Terms and Conditions is the one in English.
You accept all these terms and conditions with the sending of your first payment/deposit.