Pulisan Resort Indonesia

How To Get There

Pulisan Resort is located approximately one hour and fifteen minutes by car from Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado. Guests can arrange for transportation during the booking process, and the resort can provide pickup and drop-off services to and from the airport.

Dive Overview

Scuba diving in Indonesia is simply a must for any avid diver. Hosting over 25% of the worlds fish species, as well as over 72% of the worldwide coral species, Indonesia is often cited as the world's epicenter of biodiversity with the greatest marine life variety ever recorded on earth, alongside the Philippines and a small number of other Coral Triangle destinations.

Accommodation Overview

Pulisan Resort offers two types of bungalows - the Deluxe Series Bungalows and the Budget Series Bungalows.Both types of bungalows provide comfortable accommodations for guests to relax and enjoy the beautiful setting of Pulisan Resort.

The Deluxe Series Bungalows are designed in a Minahasa-style and are located beachfront with beautiful sea views. They offer a larger veranda, a western-style shower, a sitting toilet, and a double bed. There are four bungalows in this category.

On the other hand, the Budget Series Bungalows are more affordable and are designed for budget-conscious travelers. They are located behind the beachfront bungalows and consist of four units. Two units are paired under one roof and are divided by a wall. Each unit has its own private entry, private veranda, Indonesian mandi (bucket & basin), sitting toilet, and a double bed.

Food & Drinks

Pulisan Resort offers guests a daily breakfast that includes a range of la carte, continental, and Asian options. Guests can choose from a variety of breakfast dishes and customize their meal according to their preferences

Dive Information

Lembeh Diving Highlights

Known as theworld's capital for muck diving, Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi offers second-to-none macro biodiversity. The number species that you can cross off yourcritter listwithin a week of diving Lembeh is staggering, to say the least.

Hairy frogfish yawning. Shot by Matt Sullivan while leading a Bluewater macro photography workshop in Lembeh.

On a typical Lembeh dive trip, you can seehairy frogfish, flamboyant cuttlefish, juvenile barramundi, cods, juvenile pinnate batfish, rhinopias, harlequin shrimps, mandarin fish, snakeblennies in the open, large beautiful stinging anemones...it's almost impossible to list them down on one page.

Check out the ultimate critter list with over 130 macro species found across Anilao, Bali, and Lembeh on our sister website uwphotographyguide.com.

Lembeh also offers excellent diving infrastructure along with its reputation as an underwater macro photography hotspot. Most dive resorts are photographer-friendly and have exceptionally skilled local dive guides to help you find the tiniest, rarest critters that are almost impossible to see with the naked eye.

Located only a 2-hour drive away from Manado Airport (MDC), Lembeh is easy to combine with other diving hotspots in Sulawesi, such as Bunaken, and can even be considered as an extension option after/before a trip to Raja Ampat. Direct flights to Bali are also available.

View all dive resorts in Lembeh or learn more on diving Lembeh.

• Diving Season:Year-round, the best dive conditions in March to October (North & Central) and November to February (South).
• Difficulty:Beginner to Advanced.
• Nearest Airport: Labuan Bajo (LBJ), accessible from Bali (DPS) and other major airports in Indonesia.
• Topside Activities:Land-based tour to see the Komodo dragons is a must. There is also a good number of nature-based and cultural tours to choose from.

Manado & Bunaken Diving Highlights

Manado is more than just a stop for those intending to visit Lembeh. Manado Bay, which is only 30-minutes away from the airport, offers a mix of great muck and reef sites, treating divers to unique critters like mimic octopus and flamboyant cuttlefish, as well as various seahorses, squids, nudibranchs, and frogfish.

Barracuda tornado in Bunaken. Shot by Bluewater owner Scott Gietler.

Nearby Bangka Island boasts beautiful soft corals and an overload of untouched reefs, with bigger marine life like reef sharks, rays, tunas and barracudas and smaller critters such as pygmy seahorses and various shrimps.

Then, let's not leave out Bunaken National Park, a marine sanctuary, home to some of the world's best wall dive sites, with staggeringly beautiful coral walls and large and small marine life including reef sharks, schooling fish, sea snakes, a plethora of critters, and the occasional eagle rays and stingrays. Resident pods of dolphins and pilot whales can often be seen from the boat.

Diving in the area is predominantly land-based, with a number of great operations located in town and near Bangka island.

View all dive resorts in Manado & Bunaken or learn more on diving Manado & Bunaken.

• Diving Season:Year-round, with the best dive conditions in March to October.
• Difficulty:Beginner to Advanced.
• Nearest Airport:Manado (MDC). It serves as a domestic and international airport with direct flights out of Jakarta (CGK), Bali (DPS) and various Asian cities, including Singapore (SIN) and Kuala Lumpur (KUL).
• Topside Activities:Bunaken is snorkeler-friendly, and most resorts offer land-based tours to the area's local villages, lakes, volcanos, and various nature and animal reserves. Paragliding and white water rafting tours can also be arranged.

Dive Center Information

Pulisan Resort Indonesia Dive Center Overview

North Sulawesi is a renowned diving destination due to its location in the coral triangle, which is known for its biodiversity of coral and marine life. Pulisan Resort offers a small and cozy dive center called Pulisan Diving, which provides easy access to pristine dive areas in the region.

Pulisan Diving operates year-round and offers a range of dive experiences. The high season for diving in North Sulawesi is from April to September, while the rainy season lasts from October to March. Water temperatures typically range from 27 to 29, with occasional thermoclines that can drop the temperature to 23 to 26.

At Pulisan Diving, safety is a top priority, and certified dive guides are available to ensure that guests have a safe and enjoyable diving experience. The dive center offers in-depth dive training services with SSI & PADI, including dive introductions, dive courses, refreshers, and specialties.