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Metita Beach and Dive Resort
Metita Beach and Dive Resort
Metita Beach and Dive Resort
Metita Beach and Dive Resort
per person/per night
Maluku Utara, Indonesia
Metita Dive Resort is uniquely situated on the idyllic island of Metita, at the southernmost tip of Morotai Island. This eco-conscious resort upholds high standards of environmental conservation, both above and beneath the water. There are multiple ways to reach Metita Dive Resort, depending on your starting point and preferred travel route. Whether arriving via Ternate or Morotai, guests can combine flights, car transfers, and boat rides to make their journey. The resort is more than happy to assist with coordinating your transportation, ensuring a smooth and stress-free experience.
Diving around Metita Island offers a spectacular experience, with pristine coral reefs and abundant marine biodiversity. Located near Morotai, this region boasts a mix of vibrant reef systems, steep walls, and muck diving opportunities, catering to a wide range of diving preferences.
The area is home to colorful hard and soft corals, thriving fish populations, and fascinating macro critters like nudibranchs and crustaceans. Larger marine life, including reef sharks, rays, and occasional pelagics, adds excitement to the underwater encounters. The clear waters and minimal crowds make it an ideal destination for divers seeking untouched underwater landscapes.
Metita Dive Resort offers eco-friendly cottages crafted from local wood, blending comfort with natural charm. Each cottage is air-conditioned and features a spacious open-air bathroom with hot and cold rain showers. Guests can choose between Double and Twin Beach Cottages or the Garden Family Cottage, ideal for couples, families, or small groups. The cottages come equipped with air conditioning, ceiling fans, complimentary natural toiletries, a hair dryer, a mini bar, a desk with a seating area, and a wardrobe. Each veranda boasts a hammock and lounge seating, perfect for relaxation, while mosquito nets and repellents ensure a peaceful night’s sleep. Extra beds are available upon request for an additional charge.
Metita Dive Resort’s restaurant and lounge offer a delightful selection of healthy dishes and refreshing drinks to fuel your adventures. The menu emphasizes fresh, locally sourced ingredients, with fruits, vegetables, and herbs procured from nearby suppliers. Fish and meat are provided by local fishermen and farmers, ensuring meals of exceptional quality while supporting the surrounding community.
Guests can enjoy nourishing, flavorful meals that reflect the region's vibrant culinary heritage, all while relaxing in the inviting ambiance of the resort’s dining spaces. The focus on sustainability and community engagement enhances the overall dining experience, making it as enriching as the resort’s natural surroundings.
Diving around Metita Island, at the southern tip of Morotai, offers a unique mix of vibrant marine ecosystems and historical intrigue. This relatively undiscovered diving destination is celebrated for its pristine reefs, thriving biodiversity, and uncrowded dive sites, making it a paradise for underwater explorers.
The reefs in the area are teeming with life, featuring colorful hard and soft corals, schools of reef fish, and a variety of macro critters such as nudibranchs, shrimps, and pygmy seahorses. The clear waters often provide excellent visibility, perfect for photographers and marine life enthusiasts alike. Steep walls and slopes covered in sponges and sea fans create dramatic underwater landscapes, while sandy bottoms offer opportunities for muck diving, where rare and unusual marine creatures can be found.
The waters around Metita Island also hold a connection to history, with several World War II wrecks lying beneath the surface. These wrecks provide fascinating dive sites, where divers can explore remnants of the past now encrusted with corals and surrounded by marine life.
For advanced divers, the area’s occasional strong currents bring opportunities to spot larger pelagic species, including reef sharks, rays, and barracudas. Night dives reveal a whole new perspective, as nocturnal species like squid, octopuses, and bioluminescent organisms make their appearances.
The variety of dive sites near Metita Island, coupled with its remote and untouched nature, makes it a must-visit destination for both recreational and technical divers seeking an authentic and enriching underwater experience.
Gangga Divers is a full-service diving facility operating according to PADI's best standards. The personalized service and attention to safety reflect the excellence already widely associated with the image of Lotus Hotels & Resorts. All certified divers are guided by PADI Divemasters or Instructors with the ratio of no more than 4 divers to 1 guide.
Electricity: 220-240 V
Time zone: UTC+8
Languages: Indonesian, English, German & Danish
Accept Credit Cards?: Yes, Visa & Master Card. 3% bank surcharge will be added to the original spend.
Spacious 103 sqm family cottage with two bedrooms, shared bathroom, walk-in closet, and a large porch with hammocks, lounge seating, and floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Beach cottages feature a king or twin bed, walk-in closet, bathroom, desk, and seating. Enjoy ocean views, a veranda, and a hammock.
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