About Sulawesi Liveaboard

By Sulawesi Liveaboard Editorial Desk

Sulawesi Liveaboard is a specialist maritime brand under Juara Holding Group: an English-language guide to liveaboard diving in Sulawesi and a request desk. The Sulawesi Liveaboard Editorial Desk writes it from named public sources, each dated by the month we checked it. We publish no fleet, schedule or package, and the site itself is not a contracting party.

Who publishes Sulawesi Liveaboard?

Juara Holding Group publishes this site through its maritime brands. Sulawesi Liveaboard has one narrow job: to help someone about to spend real money on a dive trip work out which part of Sulawesi fits, what a trip costs once the extras are counted, and which claims to check before paying.

Pages carry the byline of the Editorial Desk rather than an individual. The desk's name stands behind what is printed, and corrections come to the same place, as described further down this page.

The site has two parts. The guide is the part you are reading: the Sulawesi liveaboard overview, route comparisons, cost explanations, season notes and practical pages. The request desk is a small contact point that answers questions by WhatsApp and email. A question to the desk can stay just that. If you do ask for an offer, that is a separate step, explained below.

What can this guide tell you, and what can it not?

A guide built on public sources is good at some things and useless at others. It helps to know which is which before you rely on it.

It can tell you what an operator has published about a route, a length, a port or a charge, and when we last read it. It can show where two sources disagree. It can suggest the questions worth asking, such as how to read a boat's claims when choosing a trip. It can also separate an operator's marketing line from an encyclopedia's entry or a UNESCO record, so that you know whose claim you are reading.

It cannot tell you any of the following, because we have no sound source for them:

• The safety record, incident count or inspection result of any Sulawesi boat.
• Which boat has the strongest guides, food, cabins, safety or value. We have no comparison data, and we will not rank boats without it.
• Which licences a particular boat holds. That is a question for the operator.
• Private charter rates for Sulawesi.
• Medical advice, including malaria medication or vaccinations. Ask a travel clinic.
• Whether a date on an operator's page will sail as published.

When a page reaches one of these limits, it should say so and stop, rather than filling the gap with a likely-sounding figure. If you find a page doing otherwise, treat that as an error and tell us.

How are sources chosen and dated?

Each claim should be traceable to a page a reader can open. We sort sources by what they can reasonably be trusted to say, and we name them in the sentence or table where they are used.

Dating works by month. Most facts on this site were last read in November 2026, and a fare or fee carries its own checked month where it appears. Where a source gives its own date, such as a ferry timetable reported for August 2025, we keep that date too, because the age of a timetable is part of the fact.

When sources conflict, we print both and say who said what. Three examples show how this works in practice:

• A date. UNESCO says Wakatobi was declared a national park in 1996, and Wikipedia gives 2002. We attribute each and do not choose by averaging.
• An opinion with a commercial interest behind it. Sulawesi.com treats the land-based trip as the norm in Sulawesi and boat trips as the exception. LiveAboard.com, which sells liveaboards, argues that the finest sites are out of day-boat reach. Both views appear, with the seller's interest stated.
• A stale figure. An old Bunaken fee still circulates on some pages. Since the 2024 regulation, Neptune and others give a different amount. We do not present an old figure as the current one.

We do not build a range by joining a low figure from one source to a high figure from another. Such a range looks tidy, but nobody has published it.

Any fare you see elsewhere on this site is a third party's public figure, not an offer from us. Our cost guide explains how those figures should be read, and the disclaimer sets out the limits in full.

Which companies issue contracts?

The site itself is not a contracting party. Three companies in the group issue contracts, depending on the work:

• Construction, repair, refit and vessel-sale contracts are issued by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara.
• Brokerage, central agency, charter marketing and commercial representation contracts are issued by PT Komodo Bahari Nusantara.
• Boat-management contracts are issued by PT Komodo Vessel Management.

Any fee and payment terms are stated in the offer, and the offer is the only binding document. Nothing on a guide page or in a chat message replaces it.

We have an interest, and you should weigh it. A request through the desk can lead to a contract with one of these companies. So test an offer from us as you would test one from a stranger, and keep comparing it with what operators publish directly. The pages on this site are written so that you can do that.

How do you correct something we got wrong?

Operators change terms, parks change fees, and we make mistakes. Corrections from operators, divers and local guides are welcome. The more of the following a message contains, the faster it can be checked:

1. The address of the page, or its title.
2. The sentence or table row that is wrong, quoted exactly.
3. What it should say.
4. A public source we can open, ideally the operator's or authority's own page.
5. The date of that source, if it shows one.

Please do not send passport scans, card details or medical records with a correction. We do not need them.

The desk reads the source you send. If it holds up, the page changes and the checked month moves with it. If two good sources disagree, both may appear, each with its name. A correction request without a source may still prompt a recheck, but we will not change a figure on someone's word alone.

What other questions do readers ask about this guide?

Does this site publish a fleet or schedule of its own?

No. This site publishes no fleet, schedule or package. Boats, dates and fares named in the guide belong to the operators cited beside them.

Is this site a government body or park authority?

No. We are not a government body, a park authority or a law firm. Where a page cites a regulation or a park rule, it names the source, and you should confirm anything that affects a payment with that authority or your operator.

Why is no individual author named?

Because the Editorial Desk answers for the content as a whole. You can judge each claim by the source named beside it, which matters more here than a byline, and corrections go to one contact point.

How recent is the information?

Most of it was last read in November 2026. Fares, fees and schedules move, so treat any figure as a dated record and confirm it with the operator before relying on it for a payment.

Can I ask the desk a question without requesting an offer?

Yes. You can ask about a route, a source or a term on one of these pages and leave it at that. An offer only follows if you ask for one.

Which sources support this page?

• UNESCO: Wakatobi Biosphere Reserve
• Wikipedia: Wakatobi National Park
• JDIH BPK: Government Regulation 36 of 2024
• Sulawesi.com: top dive sites
• LiveAboard.com: Sulawesi
• Bluewater Dive Travel: diving in Indonesia
• Neptune Liveaboards: Indonesia park fees and visa
• Mermaid Liveaboards: Mermaid I schedule and rates
• La Galigo: frequently asked questions
• White Manta: booking information
• Luwuk Banggai guide: Togian or Banggai Islands

How do I reach the desk?

Corrections and questions reach the same desk: WhatsApp +62 811-3941-4563 or email bd@juaraholding.com. The contact page explains how to write a useful request.