Luxury Diving Holidays in Alor

Best time to visit

April-November
Marine Highlights

Scalloped hammerheads, mola mola, lacy rhinopias, ambon scorpionfish, sea snakes, mandarin fish, mimic octopus, blue ring octopus, pristine wall dives
Difficulty

Advanced

Overview

Diving holidays in Alor offer something extremely special for those who have already explored the more famous regions of this exciting scuba diving destination. Alor’s best dive sites can be summarised as an intoxicating mixture of pristine reefs, jaw-dropping wall dives, marvellous muck diving and some exciting big fish action. Accessed from a luxury liveaboard or based from the region’s best dive resort, divers and snorkellers are in for a treat when scuba diving the best dive sites in the area. Waters run a little cooler, but this means that rare and exciting marine life can be encountered in the area.

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hairy squat lobster

Alor Reefscape

hammerhead sharks

shallow reef in alor

schooling hammerhead sharks

A Three-lobed Ceratsoma nudibranch in Alor

three-lobed ceratosoma nudibranch

wobbegong shark

soft corals

alami alor jetty

Alor reef scene

In Depth

Best for more experienced divers, diving holidays in Alor offer some of the world’s best muck diving which draws in underwater photography enthusiasts in particular. These lesser-frequented reefs are teeming with life, with a proliferation of soft corals contrasting with mucky sloping sites where weedy rhinopias, clown frogfish, Ambon scorpionfish, wunderpus, mimic octopus and the teeny bobtail squid can be seen. Night dives are particularly special on mucky slopes and shallow reefs, where the reef comes to life and a myriad of intriguing species can be spotted.

The best dive sites in Alor have barely been touched by divers, and a local highlight is diving with local fishermen and children who freedive down to check their woven baskets for the day’s catch. Currents here are strong and sites like Current Alley draw in mola mola and scalloped hammerheads around the full and new moon.

Make sure to plan your diving holidays in Alor with the help of a Reefscape Travel diving expert in order to experience the very best diving in the region according to the season and moon phases. The Great Wall of Pantar is not to be missed where an exhilarating wall dive sees divers drift along spotting tiny reef dwellers and large schools of fish. Anemone City is a dive site to behold, with an endless undulating carpet of anemones on a shallow reeftop.

Beyond the Reef

There is no doubt that the main reason to visit Alor is to experience its best dive sites, but visitors will also be taken by the local culture. The locals are warm and friendly and eager to showcase their way of living. Alor is the home of the ikat, a traditional fabric dyed to create intricate patterns and watching these being created is amazing. Visitors may wish to take home some fabric as a souvenir of their stay in Alor. Otherwise, relaxation is the order of the day, whether relaxing on the deck of your luxury liveaboard or listening to the waves lap against the shore from the comfort of a hammock whilst staying at Alami Alor.

Photo credits: Alami Alor Dive Resort

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Places to Stay in Alor

Alami Alor

Alami Alor is a truly boutique resort with only seven bungalows. Catered to the keen diver, life at Alami Alor revolves around diving and snorkelling.

There is a fantastic house reef as well as a plethora of exciting dive sites further afield offering the best of walls, muck, macro and strong current dives.

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