Lembeh vs Bunaken: A Complete Guide for Divers Choosing Their Next Destination
If you’re researching a dive trip to Indonesia, you’ll quickly notice that North Sulawesi keeps coming up — and for good reason. Few places in the world offer such dramatically different diving styles within the same region, so allow me to introduce the Bunaken National Park and the Lembeh Strait! They are relatively close in […]
Why Manado Is One of Indonesia’s Safest Cities for Travelers
For many first-time visitors, Indonesia can feel like a big unknown. Headlines tend to focus on busy cities, traffic chaos, or cultural differences, and it’s normal to arrive with a few concerns in the back of your mind.But then there’s Manado — and it quietly surprises almost everyone. Located in North Sulawesi, Manado consistently ranks […]
5 Iconic Reef Species at Bunaken: A World-Class Wide-Angle Diving Destination
If you love big reefs, clear water, and the kind of marine life that makes you forget about your air consumption for a moment, Bunaken is hard to beat. Located just offshore from Manado in North Sulawesi, Bunaken National Marine Park sits right in the heart of the Coral Triangle. What that means underwater is […]
We partner with No Trash Triangle Initiative
The NTTI is an organisation that want to transform North-Sulawesi into a role model region to stop ocean plastic at its source. Of course without any hesitation we are more than happy to have such a great cause on our side. The Initiative is founded by divers who are passionate about ocean conservation, with an […]
Coelacanth spotted!
The legendary “living fossil” was first discovered off the Southern African coast around 100 years ago. Back in 1997 marine biologist Mark Erdmann discovered the coelacanth in Manado, and one year later it was finally discovered that there is an Asian species of this legendary fish as well. Today, a specimen ended up in a […]
Manado City Tour — Explore the Capital of North Sulawesi
Our tour through Manado City takes you past all kinds of intriguing sites in North Sulawesi’s capital.Manado is home to around 450,000 people, and is one of Sulawesi’s bigger cities, second in size to the capital Makassar in the south of the large island. Preparing for the Manado City Tour The tour is a great […]
Save time and paper by pre-registering your trip today!
No-one likes to fill out paperwork, especially when you just arrived at our resort after a long flight. This is why we introduce our new registration site. Here, we kindly ask you to fill out all required information before you depart to North Sulawesi. This will save you time so you can just enjoy your […]
Welcome again to Thalassa Dive Resorts Indonesia!
After more than two years of living through a disastrous time for international tourism (we are still reeling from the shockwave of the pandemic’s impact), we finally arrive at a time where Indonesia is ready to receive you with open arms again! As a matter of fact, you no longer need quarantine if you’re triple-vaccinated, […]
It’s only a matter of time…
With Christmas around the corner, we are reaching the end of an incredibly strange year. I sometimes wonder if the concept of ‘time’ is actually real, because how can something go so slow while at the same time have blazing speed? This is exactly how the past year felt for all of us here in […]
Donate to help us through 2021
Dear Thalassa friends,Who could ever have thought that the Coronavirus situation would unfold the way it has. And that it would last this long? With you not able to travel to us, the year 2020 forced us to find alternative sources of income. We try selling pizzas to Manadonese via delivery or at our resort, […]
Shoot for a great new year!
Did you make that perfect shot during a dive, that one photo that deserves to be seen? Kick off the new year with us in style, by entering our two photo competitions this month!
Keeping busy during downtime
It’s been more than 6 months since we haven’t been able to welcome you to our resorts. Nevertheless, we work hard in the face of economical hardship. In this post I share some of the activities we undertake during this crisis.