Malenge sits at the eastern end of the Togean archipelago, far from the crowds and the day-trip boats. That distance is the whole point: Tomini Bay is one of the largest and calmest gulfs in the world, its reefs sit far from any city or river mouth, and you notice it the moment you drop in.
There are more than thirty dive sites within reach of the resort, and on most of them you will not see another boat.
Walls, drop-offs and the blue
Coral walls fall away into the blue, hung with giant sea fans, barrel sponges and black coral. Drift gently along the edge and watch reef sharks and schools of barracuda patrol the deeper water.
Currents here are mostly gentle, so these are relaxed dives rather than demanding ones, and visibility is generally 20 to 30 metres — at its best on the outer reefs.
The sunken bomber
A World War II bomber rests on the bottom, wings and fuselage long since taken over by coral and patrolled by batfish. It is quiet, atmospheric and unlike any other dive in the archipelago — the kind of site people plan a trip around and then talk about for years afterwards.
Una-Una and the volcano
The volcanic island of Una-Una rises straight out of deep water. Its slopes are famous across Sulawesi for dense soft-coral gardens, black volcanic sand and clouds of anthias hanging over the reef.
If you have one bucket-list day in the Togeans, this is usually the one people pick.
Coral gardens and the small stuff
Shallow, sunlit hard-coral gardens and seagrass flats, where cuttlefish, nudibranchs, pipefish and juvenile reef fish go about their day. Long, easy dives and a playground for photographers — macro diving here reveals a miniature world most divers swim straight past.
We match the sites to your level: walls and deeper reefs in the morning, shallow coral gardens in the afternoon, and the sun going down over Tomini Bay to finish the day. Whether it is your first breath underwater on a Discover Dive or your five-hundredth dive, the plan is built around you.
Diving conditions, in short
- Water temperature
- 28–30 °C all year — a shorty or a 3 mm suit is plenty.
- Visibility
- Generally 20–30 m, at its best on the outer reefs.
- Season
- Diving all year round, with the calmest seas from March to November.
- Levels
- From a first Discover Dive to experienced divers on the walls.
- Fun dives
- From 550,000 IDR.
- Diver discount
- 50,000 IDR off your room rate per night.
Tell us how many dives you want and we will build the week around them. And if you are travelling with someone who does not dive, mask, snorkel and fins are free for every guest, for the whole of the stay.
