Bastianos Dive ResortsWill pick up from Manado hotels. Bastianos Bunaken is a PADI Dive Resort which located on the west part of Bunaken Island (PADI PIRA member R-34063). Accommodation at Bastianos in traditional wooden bungalows, we have 10 Hillside and 10 Beachfront Rooms. The ones on the hillside are under lush tropical vegetation and most have ocean views. Our Beachfront rooms are only a few meters from the ocean and on the longest and finest light sand beach on Bunaken Island.
Bunaken Cha Cha Nature ResortPhone. +62 813 56930370 (Skype: bunakenchacha). On the eastern side of Bunaken; 10 cottages all with en-suite bathrooms (hot water showers), large balconies, all Superior Cottages are equipped with A/C. Private white sand beach, "House Reef" with floating pontoon for snorkelers, Massage treatments available. Restaurant above the beach, Wifi throughout the Resort, PADI Dive Center. Packages start from US$60 per person/per night ; Accommodation & Dive Packages from US$145 per person/per night.
Bunaken Village ResortLocated along the Pangalisang beach on the east coast of Bunaken. 8 cottages, restaurant, dive shop, beach bar, and swimming pool around a nicely landscaped small garden. Rooms 20-25€, 2 boat dives 40€. Next door just south of Two Fish Divers. The Bunaken Village Resort is located along the Pangalisang beach on the eastcoast of Bunaken. The more then 7000 square metres hotel grounds includes 8 cottages, the restaurant building, diveshop, beachbar and the swimmingpool.
Froggies DiversA high quality dive operator with comfortable bungalows and excellent food. Dive, eat, sleep: that's what you will do at FROGGIES; dive and dive and dive! Want to spend 4 1/2 hours a day in the water, watching the scenery and the ever moving "fish-film"? Easy, do two 1 hour 30' dives during the day and an unforgettable nightdive, you will not regret a single minute. Did I hear you say "It's impossible"? Try it, sit in the gentle current, do not move your arms or your fins, just follow your slow-going diveguide. Manado diving at Froggies is lazy, taste the real sense of the saying: "AWAY FROM IT ALL"
Living ColoursPhone +62-812-4306063. Diver-oriented resort run by the shop of the same name, the bungalows are spacious and clean. Rooms 35€/person, including three excellent meals. Lately chosen as " Best resort all around Bunaken" by Lonely Planet Indonesia. Living Colours Dive Resort on Bunaken Island, Manado, North Sulawesi, is a small idyllic resort with a professional dive centre. We are based on Bunaken Island, in the heart of the world famous Bunaken National Marine Park. Our beach front dive centre with high quality dive equipment is run by European PADI Instructors and experienced local Divemasters. The nine wooden bungalows are situated on a small hill, only 50 steps from the beach, and have great sea views.
Lorenso's Bungalows5 min down the coast from Living Colours, offering cheaper but more basic bungalows at 125,000- 250,000 Rp. per person, per night. Situated right to the village of Bunaken , you are close to all kinds of activities. Resort offers Dolphin, Fishing, and Hiking tours but as well you can dive or snorkel with close-by operators in the world famous waters of Bunaken National Park . There are altogether seven standard bungalows to choose from, each with a mosquito net and a fan.
Two Fish DiversPhone. +62-811-432805. Small and friendly PADI Gold Palm IDC Resort based on Bunaken Island. Cottages are basic but comfortable, and are right in front of the mangroves. The food is reliable, if monotonous. Vegetarians are usually offered fresh grilled fish in place of meat dishes. Offers fun dives for experienced and inexperienced divers, with small groups of 2-4 divers per dive guide. Also offers a full range of PADI dive courses from Open Water Course through to Instructor. Rooms start at €12 per person to €25 per person.
The park is famed for the clarity of its water (35m visibility is common in the summer dry season), the abundance of coral and fish, and for the precipitous "walls" at some sites. Bunaken Timur, right off the east coast of the island and featuring all of the above, is according to some the best dive site in all Indonesia.
As of September 2008, entry to the park costs either Rp 50,000/day or Rp 150,000/Calendar year, children below 10 years are exempt. Even though the fee does not seem to be automatically levied upon entrance to the island, it is the responsibility of all visitors to the Park to have one, and most reputable dive shops & Resorts will supply them. As proof of payment, you will receive a plastic tag that must be carried at all times; it's waterproof and must be carried at all times as "spot" checks are not uncommon by the patrol boats. The Park is Managed by a multi stakeholder board comprising of Government and non government members to include representatives of the 30,000 locals that live within the boundaries of the park. Though deemed by some as not being transparent and lacking in effectiveness, the management board together with the Water Police have, over the years, been able to stop cyanide fishing, dynamite fishing and more recently participated in the release of 700 Napoleon Wrasse that had been caught in and around the Marine Park and destined for the culinary delights of certain mindless individuals, thus, though not perfect and having room for lots of improvement the Management Board does have an important role in the conservation of the area and this could not happen without the support of all visitors in adhering to the purchase of the entrance tag.
