One base, eight days. Pemuteran's BioRock reefs and Menjangan walls, and a crossing to Java for Kawah Ijen's blue flames.
Eight days · one base
Stay put in Pemuteran.
A different kind of Bali safari. Skip the east-coast circuit and base in Pemuteran — Bali's quiet north-west: BioRock restoration reefs, Menjangan Island walls, Secret Bay muck. Sleep in a beach villa, BBQ on the sand at night. Halfway through, cross the strait to Java for Kawah Ijen — the volcano with blue sulfur flames at dawn and a turquoise crater lake. Local wine tasting, jungle thermal baths, Pulaki temple monkeys, waterfall on the way home. The "slow + unusual" pick.
9Guided dives
1Dive region
7Villa nights
1Java volcano trip
7Cultural stops
≤8Max aquanauts
Day 1
Arrival · transfer straight to Pemuteran
DPS pickup with a sign and a cold drink. 3.5 h north-coast transfer via Lovina coffee stop. Check-in to the Pemuteran beach villa. Welcome dinner at the villa. No diving — long travel day.
Day 2
Pemuteran · 2 dives + sunset viewpoint
Morning 2 dives: BioRock restoration reef (Bali's flagship coral-restoration site, 30+ years of artificial reef regrowth) + Pulaki Wall. Late afternoon: short hike up to the cliff sunset viewpoint over the Bali Sea.
Day 3
Menjangan Island day-trip · 3 dives
Boat into West Bali National Park. 3 dives — Anchor Wreck (1800s Dutch ship) + Pos II gorgonian wall + Eel Garden (classic shallow site with the resident garden-eel colony swaying in the current). Picnic lunch on the park beach between dives.
Culture + thermal day, no diving. Morning: Pulaki Temple with its colony of sacred monkeys, then Brahma Vihara monastery (Bali's only Buddhist monastery, mountain meditation hall). Afternoon: Banyu Wedang jungle thermal baths — hot spring pools in the rainforest. Late-afternoon local wine tasting at the north-coast vineyard, then back to the beach for the BBQ dinner on the sand — fresh-caught fish, satay, rice, cold Bintangs, bonfire. If you chose Option B for tomorrow (Java volcano), the team has your dry kit packed and sulfur masks ready — you head out from the BBQ at 22:00.
Day 5
Choose your path · Pemuteran dives or Java volcano
Day 5 is the only optional day of the trip. Pick one — your guide locks it in when you book.
Option A · included
Pemuteran · 2 dives
Mid-morning Secret Bay muck dive — black-sand bottom hunting for frogfish, ghost pipefish, ribbon eels, harlequin shrimp. Afternoon house-reef dive at Pemuteran Bay — easy, shallow, second-look on the BioRock corals at a slower pace.
In the price · $0 extra
OR
Option B · adventure
Java · Kawah Ijen volcano
22:00 Day 4 depart Pemuteran. 30-min Gilimanuk ferry to Java. 2 h drive to Ijen base. 02:00 hike start with headlamps + sulfur masks. 03:30 blue sulfur flames at the crater vent — electric-blue fire, naturally occurring at only 2 places on earth. 05:30 sunrise from the rim over the turquoise crater lake. Descend 09:00. Ferry back. Arrive Pemuteran ~16:00. No diving — altitude + exhaustion.
Surcharge · +$50 / aquanaut
Day 6
Pemuteran · 2 dives · optional night dive (weather permitting)
Morning: BioRock + Napoleon Reef — the artificial restoration reef and the wreck-like coral mound that draws the big schools. Afternoon: Pulaki Wall second pass — same wall as Day 2 but different current direction = different fish life. Optional bonus dive after sunset — if the seas are flat and visibility holds, the lead guide adds a night dive on the Pemuteran house reef. Bioluminescent plankton, hunting octopus, sleeping parrotfish wrapped in mucus cocoons. Weather-dependent, no surcharge if it happens.
Day 7
Final dive day · 2 dives + souvenir runs + Pemuteran temple
Morning 2 dives — Menjangan revisit (Pos I + the Cathedral) OR BioRock + Napoleon Reef. Last dive ends by 16:00 — start of your pre-flight surface interval. Afternoon: souvenir runs through the Pemuteran village wood-carving + silver workshops (the north coast is famous for masks + temple carvings). Quick stop at Pemuteran temple for sunset. Last evening in town.
Day 8
Surface day · mountain route to DPS · flight (no dive)
Surface-interval day by design — 18 h between last dive and flight is non-negotiable (DCS risk). Slow breakfast. 4.5 h scenic mountain transfer via Munduk waterfalls + Bedugul lake temple (Pura Ulun Danu Beratan) + strawberry-farm lunch with volcano view. Free hours in Canggu, evening flight from DPS. ~30 h since the last dive — safe to fly.
Mission sequence
Five steps from maybe to boarding.
01
Fill the form
5 minutes. When you want to go, which safari, how many aquanauts, any special requests. Start here →
02
We get on a call
WhatsApp, Zoom or a regular call — your pick. We refine dates, villas, group composition, language preference. No sales pressure.
03
30 % deposit
Books the dates, locks the villas, gets the dive ops onto your calendar.
04
6 weeks before
Final balance, full briefing pack — what to bring, what to expect, group WhatsApp introductions.
05
Land in Bali
Your personal driver's at DPS with a sign and a cold drink. We take it from there.
Ready when you are
Five days or fourteen. You decide.
Pricing depends on season and villa tier — we'll quote you when we talk. No package shows up as a number on the website because we want to actually understand what you want before pricing it.