Sulawesi, an Indonesian island east of Borneo, comprises 4 peninsulas radiating from a mountainous center. It’s known for its coral reefs and famed dive sites, such as Bunaken Marine Park, the Togian Islands and Wakatobi Marine Park. Lembeh Strait is popular for muck diving. The island’s largest city is Makassar, home to Fort Rotterdam, a former Dutch fortification now housing 2 museums.
Saint Lucia is known for its gorgeous beaches and reef-diving sites, as well as its interior rainforests which are abundant with waterfalls such as at Toraille.
Komodo island, part of the Lesser Sunda chain of Indonesian islands, is the rugged habitat of the 3m-long Komodo dragon monitor lizard whose surrounding waters of seagrass beds, mangrove shrublands and coral reefs are famous for diving.
Located in the Indian Ocean, Maldives contains over 1,100 islands spread over 60,000 square miles whose atolls offer some of the most scenic seascapes on Earth.
The Bahamas are well known for the wide variety of diving experiences from big animal encounters including diving with sharks and wild dolphins to all manner of reef, wall and wreck diving.
