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Snorkelling, Diving and Swimming with Blue Whales in Timor-Leste.
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Jonty (00:06):
Bondi.
Welcome to exploring Tim Este,the podcast that talks about
Southeast Asia's best kepttravel secret.
I'm your host Jte, and I'llshare firsthand insights, expert
interviews and practical traveltips.
Whether you're a traveler, acultural lover, or just curious
about places rarely covered inthe mainstream.
You're in the right place.
Let's explore two more.
Less day.
(00:31):
welcome to the Exploring TimorLess Day podcast.
In this episode, I'm gonna talkto you about snorkeling, diving
and swimming with blue whales inTimor less day.
Timor Estee has some of the bestsnorkeling and diving in the
world, and this is a majorattraction for visitors to this
country.
One of the reasons for this isit sits in the coral Triangle,
(00:52):
and it's renowned for thediversity of the fish life and
the health of the coral.
I'm gonna explain to you alittle bit about where the best
places are to go snorkeling anddiving.
And swim with blue whales, oneof the great things about
snorkeling and diving into Moteis much of it's easily
accessible from either walkingin from a beach or taking a
short boat ride.
(01:13):
This is not the Great BarrierReef where you might spend an
hour going out on a boat to goto a dive site here.
If you are spending more thanfive or 10 minutes on a boat,
that would be quite unusual andsay a lot of the sites, you can
literally just go in off thebeach and the reefs are meters
away from the shore.
The temperatures in the waterare very warm.
So somewhere between 27 to 29degrees, which is between 81 and
(01:38):
84 Fahrenheit throughout theyear.
So it's very constant seatemperature, and it's warm
enough when I've beensnorkeling, even diving down to
15 or 20 meters, I haven'tneeded a wetsuit the reefs are
some of the most biodiverse inthe world around Etter River
Island.
They've surveyed hundreds ofdifferent species of fish living
above the reef.
Dolphins also quite commonlyseen.
(01:59):
And in Tassie.
Tolu in Dili, you can also seedo gum.
Visibility is best during thedry season.
So that runs from around May toNovember.
You can dive all year round.
But the dry season's the besttime for visibility and
generally sea conditions as wellare gonna be more favorable then
the best known dive companies inTimor Less day are Dive Timor.
(02:23):
Aquatica Dreamers Dive CompassDiving and Aru Dive Resort.
The first three of those arebased in dili.
The last two are based on AruIsland.
They all offer paddy trainingcourses.
You'd expect to pay about 400 USdollars for the open water
course and qualification, andaround 50 to 60 US dollars.
For a standard dive, which wouldinclude gear hire and a dive
(02:46):
master or instructor.
All prices are in.
American dollars because that isthe currency of Tim Leste.
You can also hire snorkelinggear for the dive companies and
some accommodation providerslike Barry's Place on at Rural
Island will also have gear thatyou can hire.
But I would recommend that youactually bring your own from
home.
'cause a lot of the places,particularly for snorkeling,
(03:08):
there are no facilities oraccess to higher gear.
So it's best to bring your ownsnorkel and mask and fins if you
can from home.
The most popular place in Timor,less state to snorkel and dive
is at island.
This lies just the north of thecapital city Dili.
You can reach it by ferry, whichtakes about one and a half hours
for the fast ferry, or closer tothree hours for the slower
(03:30):
ferry.
Or there are 15 minute flightsfrom Dili into at Uru.
The most popular places tosnorkel and dive are at Beloit.
This is where the Ferry wharf isand close to where the airstrip
is.
And that's where theaccommodation is.
So that's pretty much where mostpeople are gonna be spending
most of their time on AruIsland.
There are a number ofaccommodation providers like
(03:51):
Barry's Place, ARU Dive Resort,and Compass who offer
accommodation and theopportunity to organize
snorkeling and diving.
Be boy has a reef literally bythe ferry wolf, which you can
access via the beach.
But the best snorkeling is theinner reef, which is about a
five minute boat journey away.
There you can expect to see ahuge variety of fish life and
(04:12):
coral life.
There are some giant clamsthere, which are as good as the
ones I've seen in Samoa, whichare much better known.
The reefs are very healthy.
There is a lot of live active,colorful coral.
I've done a bit of snorkelingaround the world, but I've met
people who've done a lot ofsnorkeling, diving globally, and
they really rate the snorkelingdiving at river some of the best
(04:32):
that they have done.
They're also excellent reefs onthe west coast of Aru Island at
a Dara and at.
A number of marine reserves havebeen established around the
island, which aren't entirelypopular with the locals, given
that they depend on fishing fortheir livelihood, but they are
areas with reefs and they'reprotected from fishing.
(04:53):
So that really encourages goodfish life in those areas.
And they also generate someincome for the local
communities.
There's normally a two US dollarper person fee to enter those
areas.
So say Belo, the most popularand the easiest place to snorkel
and dive.
If you want to go to Atta crewor a Dara on the West Coast,
you'll even need to get a boataround the island, which takes
(05:16):
about an hour.
Or if you are keen on hiking,you can hike across the island
in two to three hours and justsnorkel from the shore.
You can stay obviouslyovernight, stay for as long as
you want in Roo Island, butusing the fast ferry, you can go
there for day trips on aSaturday.
There is gear at Barry's placeif you want hire and go for a
(05:36):
snorkel or take your own gear.
So you can do it as a day tripfrom Dili.
Ery island's a nice place tostay, and so I'd recommend that
you spend a few days to reallyexplore the place and keep an
eye out for the tides as well.
'cause I reckon low to mid tideis my favorite time to go
snorkeling.
You're very close to the thereef to see everything that's
there.
And also snorkeling first thingin the morning or later in the
(05:58):
afternoon is quite kind ofatmospheric compared to the
middle of the day.
There are two dive companiesbased on the island.
There's Compass Diving and AruDive Resort.
Dive Timor are based in Dili,but they also run trips over to
Aru Island.
Similar prices to before expectto pay about 60 US dollars for a
dive, including dive equipmentand a dive master or instructor.
(06:20):
And it's generally just a shortboat trip out to reach the
sites.
Note that between May andSeptember there are quite strong
trade winds, which can make thewaters a bit choppy on the East
coast.
So the dry season is a good timeto visit, but maybe later in the
dry season if your focus isgonna be diving and snorkeling.
The winds do take the edge offthe temperature, so it makes it
(06:41):
quite pleasant when you're onshore.
But it means the waters can be alittle bit choppier, but the
inner reef in particular inBeloit is very well sheltered.
So even if the conditions arequite rough, further route, the
s snowing there is usuallypossible.
There's also excellentsnorkeling in dhi, the capital
city.
The three most popular places tosnorkel are the Crito Ray Beach.
(07:03):
So that is just in front ofChristo Ray, large statue of
Jesus to the east of the citycenter.
There is back beach, which isbehind the Cristo ray statue,
and that is a beautiful sandybeach and probably the best
place for snorkeling in Dhi.
And there's also Tassie Tolu,which is out to the west of the
(07:24):
city, close to the airport.
That is a little bit morevariable depending on the
conditions, the visibility canbe a bit hit and miss, but there
is a reef just offshore there,so there are quite a few
opportunities to go snorkelingin Dilly and those sites all
free.
There are very limitedfacilities though, so Christo
Ray Beach does have sometoilets.
(07:46):
The other two do not have anypublic toilets or changing
areas.
But if you head into the waterfor any of those three sites,
within a few minutes, you'll beabove the reef.
And there are beautiful fish,coral, starfish as I say, tassie
tolu.
If you're lucky, you may see adugong, which is quite an
unusual creature to to see.
There is also a number of divesites in Dili.
(08:09):
So all three of those areas canbe dive.
The, probably Tacito is the mostpopular one because it's got
quite a steep drop off to go tothe deeper depths.
As mentioned earlier, there arethree dive companies based in
Dili.
There's DIVE Team, or Aquaticaand Dreamers Dive Academy, and
they all have a regular scheduleof trips that they run,
including in Dili and also alittle bit further afield.
(08:30):
As well as at Uru and Dili.
You can also go diving a numberof other sites.
Around Timor less day.
Now one thing to note is thereare quite a lot of crocodiles in
Timor less day.
So that means the south coast inparticular is off limits'cause
there are salt water crocodiles,which you don't want to to see
either on, on land andparticularly in the water.
But there are no crocodilesaround Atar Island.
(08:53):
And there have been very fewsightings in Dili.
Or to the east and west kind ofan houry.
The side is pretty safe.
So if you head to the west, youcan go to Mora.
There are some dive sites alongthe way between D and Mora and
there is snorkeling there in UBAand also at Issa.
And then heading to the east,number of dive sites on the way
(09:16):
out to Manitou to places like$1Beach.
An K 41.
There's a number of differentsites along there, which access
from the shore.
So there's a shore dive.
And those dilly based divecompanies will offer trips out
there, which would includetransport and then the diving,
and then transport back to dili.
There is also snorkeling at JaoIsland, which is at the very
(09:37):
eastern most point of TimorLester.
This is one of the two islandsof Timor Lester.
You've got Jaco Island atIsland.
Jao Island is uninhabited.
It's got a very beautiful beach.
There's basically nothing on theisland.
It's a sacred place where peopleare not allowed to camp and
there is some snorkeling anddiving opportunities around
there.
(09:57):
I personally.
I think it's a bit risky justbecause there are crocodiles
known to live in the area, and Ihave heard firsthand from people
who have had some situationswith crocodiles.
So it is a reasonably popularplace to snorkel.
Again, you'll need to bring allyour own equipment with you, but
personally I would stick withthe snorkeling and diving around
at and dili as safer places toenter the water.
(10:20):
Este is one of only 10 countriesin the world where you can swim
with whales, and I believe it'sprobably the only country in
which you can swim with.
Blue whales, which are thelargest species of whale.
So this is quite an unusualthing that you can do in
something that's really onlypossible in Timor less day.
And it is quite a draw card forpeople visiting around
(10:43):
mid-October to the end ofNovember.
So there's about of a six weekwindow in which the blue whales
migrate through the wetterStrait, which runs between.
Dili and at, so it is quite easyto access and have this
experience, this is quite a drawcard for visitors to Tim more
less day.
So things can book out months inadvance, which is very unlike
(11:05):
anything else in Tim.
More less day.
But if you are interested in wayof watching, this is something
you do need to plan ahead for.
Obviously you are not guaranteedto see any whales, like you have
a.
Pretty good chance.
But there's no guarantees whenit comes to wildlife.
If you don't see whales, youprobably will see dolphins and
some other things of interest,but you might get lucky and they
(11:26):
might see a number of whales ina day or you may not see any.
So just to manage expectations.
The species of blue whale thatgo through are pygmy blue
whales, which are the mostcommon species of blue whale.
And although pygmy may suggestthey're small, they can grow up
to 24 meters long, which is onlysix meters shorter than the
longest blue whale species.
(11:47):
So these are massive andimpressive animals to see.
The most common area to spot thewhales is off the coast of Hira,
just to the east of Dili.
Between Dili and Aru Island nowthe pattern of migration has
changed with climate change.
So typically they are cominglater in the years.
(12:08):
So I would suggest that if youare looking to do this, probably
November is better than October.
And actually even towards theend of November is the more
likely time to see them.
In terms of costs, this isprobably one of the more
expensive things you can do intwo more less day.
Expect to pay around 250 USdollars for a half day
sightseeing trip, or$400 for afull day whale of watching, and
(12:32):
you have the opportunity ofswimming with them again.
That is.
Not that common.
A number of countries they havedifferent rules and regulations
around engaging with animals.
In Timor, you are able to getinto the water and snorkel.
You can't dive because they aremigrating, so they're going at a
reasonable pace.
Basically the boats will look toswap the whales when they come
up to breathe, and then theywill try and basically get into
(12:55):
the path of the whale when it'slooking to come up to breathe
next so the people can get outof the boat.
The snorkel gear and hopefullyget a good view of the whale as
it goes by.
If you have a drone and therearen't really no drone rules in
Timor Este, so it is a goodplace to bring your drone.
Then you can get some amazingfootage from above by a drone.
Those prices include the abilityto snorkel.
(13:17):
You expect to pay maybe ahundred dollars left if you just
want to watch from the boat.
Pretty much all the divecompanies in Dian, ARU Island
will offer well.
watching and swimming tripsduring the season.
It's actually probably easier orit's certainly a shorter
distance to travel.
If you go from Dili, not fromRoo Island, you're probably
gonna say 15 to 30 minutes eachway if you start from Dili
(13:41):
rather than from at, becausethey tend to migrate closer to
the shore of the mainland ratherthan to the island.
There are also operators in Bal,which is about two and a half
hours east of Dilly who alsooffer whale watching trips.
So the whales go all the wayalong to moles.
Dave.
Now in a Kui to the west you canalso see whales from the shore,
but the most popular just givenwhere the infrastructure is for
(14:01):
snorkeling and diving is arounddili and at.
So that's given you hopefully abit of an idea of some of the
things you can do under thewater in Timor.
Lesser, as I say, is one of thebest places certainly that I've
been, and I have spoken topeople who have been to many
places around the world and theyreally rate Timor Lesser as a
top destination for diving,snorkeling, and swimming with
Wales.
Thank you so much for listeningto exploring Timor Less Day.
(14:24):
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It really helps more peoplediscover the show.
If you have any questions orfeedback, I'd love to hear from
you.
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Until next time, or Bodo ADEs.
Bondi.
Welcome to exploring Tim Este,the podcast that talks about
Southeast Asia's best kepttravel secret.
I'm your host Jte, and I'llshare firsthand insights, expert
interviews and practical traveltips.
Whether you're a traveler, acultural lover, or just curious
about places rarely covered inthe mainstream.
You're in the right place.
Let's explore two more.
Less day.
(00:31):
welcome to the Exploring TimorLess Day podcast.
In this episode, I'm gonna talkto you about snorkeling, diving
and swimming with blue whales inTimor less day.
Timor Estee has some of the bestsnorkeling and diving in the
world, and this is a majorattraction for visitors to this
country.
One of the reasons for this isit sits in the coral Triangle,
(00:52):
and it's renowned for thediversity of the fish life and
the health of the coral.
I'm gonna explain to you alittle bit about where the best
places are to go snorkeling anddiving.
And swim with blue whales, oneof the great things about
snorkeling and diving into Moteis much of it's easily
accessible from either walkingin from a beach or taking a
short boat ride.
(01:13):
This is not the Great BarrierReef where you might spend an
hour going out on a boat to goto a dive site here.
If you are spending more thanfive or 10 minutes on a boat,
that would be quite unusual andsay a lot of the sites, you can
literally just go in off thebeach and the reefs are meters
away from the shore.
The temperatures in the waterare very warm.
So somewhere between 27 to 29degrees, which is between 81 and
(01:38):
84 Fahrenheit throughout theyear.
So it's very constant seatemperature, and it's warm
enough when I've beensnorkeling, even diving down to
15 or 20 meters, I haven'tneeded a wetsuit the reefs are
some of the most biodiverse inthe world around Etter River
Island.
They've surveyed hundreds ofdifferent species of fish living
above the reef.
Dolphins also quite commonlyseen.
(01:59):
And in Tassie.
Tolu in Dili, you can also seedo gum.
Visibility is best during thedry season.
So that runs from around May toNovember.
You can dive all year round.
But the dry season's the besttime for visibility and
generally sea conditions as wellare gonna be more favorable then
the best known dive companies inTimor Less day are Dive Timor.
(02:23):
Aquatica Dreamers Dive CompassDiving and Aru Dive Resort.
The first three of those arebased in dili.
The last two are based on AruIsland.
They all offer paddy trainingcourses.
You'd expect to pay about 400 USdollars for the open water
course and qualification, andaround 50 to 60 US dollars.
For a standard dive, which wouldinclude gear hire and a dive
(02:46):
master or instructor.
All prices are in.
American dollars because that isthe currency of Tim Leste.
You can also hire snorkelinggear for the dive companies and
some accommodation providerslike Barry's Place on at Rural
Island will also have gear thatyou can hire.
But I would recommend that youactually bring your own from
home.
'cause a lot of the places,particularly for snorkeling,
(03:08):
there are no facilities oraccess to higher gear.
So it's best to bring your ownsnorkel and mask and fins if you
can from home.
The most popular place in Timor,less state to snorkel and dive
is at island.
This lies just the north of thecapital city Dili.
You can reach it by ferry, whichtakes about one and a half hours
for the fast ferry, or closer tothree hours for the slower
(03:30):
ferry.
Or there are 15 minute flightsfrom Dili into at Uru.
The most popular places tosnorkel and dive are at Beloit.
This is where the Ferry wharf isand close to where the airstrip
is.
And that's where theaccommodation is.
So that's pretty much where mostpeople are gonna be spending
most of their time on AruIsland.
There are a number ofaccommodation providers like
(03:51):
Barry's Place, ARU Dive Resort,and Compass who offer
accommodation and theopportunity to organize
snorkeling and diving.
Be boy has a reef literally bythe ferry wolf, which you can
access via the beach.
But the best snorkeling is theinner reef, which is about a
five minute boat journey away.
There you can expect to see ahuge variety of fish life and
(04:12):
coral life.
There are some giant clamsthere, which are as good as the
ones I've seen in Samoa, whichare much better known.
The reefs are very healthy.
There is a lot of live active,colorful coral.
I've done a bit of snorkelingaround the world, but I've met
people who've done a lot ofsnorkeling, diving globally, and
they really rate the snorkelingdiving at river some of the best
(04:32):
that they have done.
They're also excellent reefs onthe west coast of Aru Island at
a Dara and at.
A number of marine reserves havebeen established around the
island, which aren't entirelypopular with the locals, given
that they depend on fishing fortheir livelihood, but they are
areas with reefs and they'reprotected from fishing.
(04:53):
So that really encourages goodfish life in those areas.
And they also generate someincome for the local
communities.
There's normally a two US dollarper person fee to enter those
areas.
So say Belo, the most popularand the easiest place to snorkel
and dive.
If you want to go to Atta crewor a Dara on the West Coast,
you'll even need to get a boataround the island, which takes
(05:16):
about an hour.
Or if you are keen on hiking,you can hike across the island
in two to three hours and justsnorkel from the shore.
You can stay obviouslyovernight, stay for as long as
you want in Roo Island, butusing the fast ferry, you can go
there for day trips on aSaturday.
There is gear at Barry's placeif you want hire and go for a
(05:36):
snorkel or take your own gear.
So you can do it as a day tripfrom Dili.
Ery island's a nice place tostay, and so I'd recommend that
you spend a few days to reallyexplore the place and keep an
eye out for the tides as well.
'cause I reckon low to mid tideis my favorite time to go
snorkeling.
You're very close to the thereef to see everything that's
there.
And also snorkeling first thingin the morning or later in the
(05:58):
afternoon is quite kind ofatmospheric compared to the
middle of the day.
There are two dive companiesbased on the island.
There's Compass Diving and AruDive Resort.
Dive Timor are based in Dili,but they also run trips over to
Aru Island.
Similar prices to before expectto pay about 60 US dollars for a
dive, including dive equipmentand a dive master or instructor.
(06:20):
And it's generally just a shortboat trip out to reach the
sites.
Note that between May andSeptember there are quite strong
trade winds, which can make thewaters a bit choppy on the East
coast.
So the dry season is a good timeto visit, but maybe later in the
dry season if your focus isgonna be diving and snorkeling.
The winds do take the edge offthe temperature, so it makes it
(06:41):
quite pleasant when you're onshore.
But it means the waters can be alittle bit choppier, but the
inner reef in particular inBeloit is very well sheltered.
So even if the conditions arequite rough, further route, the
s snowing there is usuallypossible.
There's also excellentsnorkeling in dhi, the capital
city.
The three most popular places tosnorkel are the Crito Ray Beach.
(07:03):
So that is just in front ofChristo Ray, large statue of
Jesus to the east of the citycenter.
There is back beach, which isbehind the Cristo ray statue,
and that is a beautiful sandybeach and probably the best
place for snorkeling in Dhi.
And there's also Tassie Tolu,which is out to the west of the
(07:24):
city, close to the airport.
That is a little bit morevariable depending on the
conditions, the visibility canbe a bit hit and miss, but there
is a reef just offshore there,so there are quite a few
opportunities to go snorkelingin Dilly and those sites all
free.
There are very limitedfacilities though, so Christo
Ray Beach does have sometoilets.
(07:46):
The other two do not have anypublic toilets or changing
areas.
But if you head into the waterfor any of those three sites,
within a few minutes, you'll beabove the reef.
And there are beautiful fish,coral, starfish as I say, tassie
tolu.
If you're lucky, you may see adugong, which is quite an
unusual creature to to see.
There is also a number of divesites in Dili.
(08:09):
So all three of those areas canbe dive.
The, probably Tacito is the mostpopular one because it's got
quite a steep drop off to go tothe deeper depths.
As mentioned earlier, there arethree dive companies based in
Dili.
There's DIVE Team, or Aquaticaand Dreamers Dive Academy, and
they all have a regular scheduleof trips that they run,
including in Dili and also alittle bit further afield.
(08:30):
As well as at Uru and Dili.
You can also go diving a numberof other sites.
Around Timor less day.
Now one thing to note is thereare quite a lot of crocodiles in
Timor less day.
So that means the south coast inparticular is off limits'cause
there are salt water crocodiles,which you don't want to to see
either on, on land andparticularly in the water.
But there are no crocodilesaround Atar Island.
(08:53):
And there have been very fewsightings in Dili.
Or to the east and west kind ofan houry.
The side is pretty safe.
So if you head to the west, youcan go to Mora.
There are some dive sites alongthe way between D and Mora and
there is snorkeling there in UBAand also at Issa.
And then heading to the east,number of dive sites on the way
(09:16):
out to Manitou to places like$1Beach.
An K 41.
There's a number of differentsites along there, which access
from the shore.
So there's a shore dive.
And those dilly based divecompanies will offer trips out
there, which would includetransport and then the diving,
and then transport back to dili.
There is also snorkeling at JaoIsland, which is at the very
(09:37):
eastern most point of TimorLester.
This is one of the two islandsof Timor Lester.
You've got Jaco Island atIsland.
Jao Island is uninhabited.
It's got a very beautiful beach.
There's basically nothing on theisland.
It's a sacred place where peopleare not allowed to camp and
there is some snorkeling anddiving opportunities around
there.
(09:57):
I personally.
I think it's a bit risky justbecause there are crocodiles
known to live in the area, and Ihave heard firsthand from people
who have had some situationswith crocodiles.
So it is a reasonably popularplace to snorkel.
Again, you'll need to bring allyour own equipment with you, but
personally I would stick withthe snorkeling and diving around
at and dili as safer places toenter the water.
(10:20):
Este is one of only 10 countriesin the world where you can swim
with whales, and I believe it'sprobably the only country in
which you can swim with.
Blue whales, which are thelargest species of whale.
So this is quite an unusualthing that you can do in
something that's really onlypossible in Timor less day.
And it is quite a draw card forpeople visiting around
(10:43):
mid-October to the end ofNovember.
So there's about of a six weekwindow in which the blue whales
migrate through the wetterStrait, which runs between.
Dili and at, so it is quite easyto access and have this
experience, this is quite a drawcard for visitors to Tim more
less day.
So things can book out months inadvance, which is very unlike
(11:05):
anything else in Tim.
More less day.
But if you are interested in wayof watching, this is something
you do need to plan ahead for.
Obviously you are not guaranteedto see any whales, like you have
a.
Pretty good chance.
But there's no guarantees whenit comes to wildlife.
If you don't see whales, youprobably will see dolphins and
some other things of interest,but you might get lucky and they
(11:26):
might see a number of whales ina day or you may not see any.
So just to manage expectations.
The species of blue whale thatgo through are pygmy blue
whales, which are the mostcommon species of blue whale.
And although pygmy may suggestthey're small, they can grow up
to 24 meters long, which is onlysix meters shorter than the
longest blue whale species.
(11:47):
So these are massive andimpressive animals to see.
The most common area to spot thewhales is off the coast of Hira,
just to the east of Dili.
Between Dili and Aru Island nowthe pattern of migration has
changed with climate change.
So typically they are cominglater in the years.
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So I would suggest that if youare looking to do this, probably
November is better than October.
And actually even towards theend of November is the more
likely time to see them.
In terms of costs, this isprobably one of the more
expensive things you can do intwo more less day.
Expect to pay around 250 USdollars for a half day
sightseeing trip, or$400 for afull day whale of watching, and
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you have the opportunity ofswimming with them again.
That is.
Not that common.
A number of countries they havedifferent rules and regulations
around engaging with animals.
In Timor, you are able to getinto the water and snorkel.
You can't dive because they aremigrating, so they're going at a
reasonable pace.
Basically the boats will look toswap the whales when they come
up to breathe, and then theywill try and basically get into
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the path of the whale when it'slooking to come up to breathe
next so the people can get outof the boat.
The snorkel gear and hopefullyget a good view of the whale as
it goes by.
If you have a drone and therearen't really no drone rules in
Timor Este, so it is a goodplace to bring your drone.
Then you can get some amazingfootage from above by a drone.
Those prices include the abilityto snorkel.
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You expect to pay maybe ahundred dollars left if you just
want to watch from the boat.
Pretty much all the divecompanies in Dian, ARU Island
will offer well.
watching and swimming tripsduring the season.
It's actually probably easier orit's certainly a shorter
distance to travel.
If you go from Dili, not fromRoo Island, you're probably
gonna say 15 to 30 minutes eachway if you start from Dili
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rather than from at, becausethey tend to migrate closer to
the shore of the mainland ratherthan to the island.
There are also operators in Bal,which is about two and a half
hours east of Dilly who alsooffer whale watching trips.
So the whales go all the wayalong to moles.
Dave.
Now in a Kui to the west you canalso see whales from the shore,
but the most popular just givenwhere the infrastructure is for
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snorkeling and diving is arounddili and at.
So that's given you hopefully abit of an idea of some of the
things you can do under thewater in Timor.
Lesser, as I say, is one of thebest places certainly that I've
been, and I have spoken topeople who have been to many
places around the world and theyreally rate Timor Lesser as a
top destination for diving,snorkeling, and swimming with
Wales.
Thank you so much for listeningto exploring Timor Less Day.
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Drop me an email at exploringTimor lessDay@gmail.com.
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