D'Lagoon Dive Resort

D'Lagoon Dive Resort (Daniels Lagoon) is a laid back dive resort located within a short boat ride away to Lembeh's top dive spots. Its small size, with only 5 rooms, makes the atmosphere more intimate and friendlier. They offer comfortable rooms with windows facing the beautiful lagoon. Air-conditioned rooms are available.

How To Get There

Sam Ratulangi Airport is a 2-hour drive from D'Lagoon Dive Resort. Airport shuttle service can be arranged on request.

Dive Overview

Lembeh Strait is believed by many to be the worlds place best muck diving and macro photography. Lembeh has an impressive density and diversity of weird, wonderful and rare critters.

D'Lagoon is superbly situated within proximity to almost all of the Lembeh's dive sites are nearby. They offer up to 4 boat dives a day with a maximum of 4 divers per dive guide.

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Accommodation Overview

D'Lagoon Dive Resort Lembeh offers two comfortable accommodation options. The Seaview Deluxe Cottages provide a spacious room with stunning views of the emerald-green lagoon, either from the bed or the private terrace. Each cottage features air conditioning, a hot and cold water dispenser, a large bathroom with a freshwater hot shower, a Western-standard toilet, and a stylish stone sink with a large mirror. The Garden View Superior Rooms offer a serene garden-facing terrace, air conditioning, and a well-appointed bathroom with a hot shower, Western-standard toilet, and a stylish stone sink with a large mirror.

Food & Drinks

The restaurant is on the side of the beach with a small pond in the middle to make you feel comfortable and enjoy the breeze while having your meals. Let their local chefs surprised you with the local recipes dishes and if you have special dietary requirements, it can be discussed to ensure your meals are exactly as you require.

Dive Information

The Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi is world famous for its wonderful, photogenic underwater critters. In fact the Strait is only a long and narrow strip that separates the mainland from the Lembeh island. But look closer and dive into its blue waters and discover a completely different world filled with fascinating and most colorful tropical underwater life that is loved for its wide range of small critters.

Administratively part of the municipality of Bitung, the harbor town of Manado, capital of the province of North Sulawesi, the Lembeh Strait stretches 16 km long and is only 1.2 kilometers wide, yet in these narrow waters no less than 88 diving spots have been discovered.

Dive sites here go to a depth of between 15 to 25 meters. There are hardly any currents, and throughout the year the waters remain a warm 24 to 30 degrees Centigrades only. Its visibility is not too clear reaching between 4 meters to 20 meters only when one happens to be lucky, since its floor is sandy, and there are few corals.

Strangely enough, this area is habitat to giant fish that are found almost nowhere else on earth. But among professional divers, the Lembeh Strait is better known as the Best muck-diving site in the world.

Its unique eco-system has made this the home of nudibranch, flamboyant squid, mimic octopus to furry frogfish. Their exceptional beauty has made these creatures rare subjects for underwater photographers. For this reason marine photographers the Lembeh Strait is also known as the Mecca of Macro Photography.

Aside from this natural wonder, from its surface, the Lembeh Strait remains used as a harbor for local transport, fishery, marine industry, tourism and as a natural laboratory.

Dive Center Information

D'Lagoon runs a well-equipped on-site dive center with experienced, helpful and friendly dive staff. Safety is a top priority for them, and they will make sure that your diving holiday is a wonderful one. For optimal comfort and safety, there won't be more than 4 divers per dive guide.