UD Rating - 4 Stars

Year Round

23 Hours

All levels

From £3495

Gangga Island Resort & Spa

Gangga Island Resort offers a range of inclusive packages designed to provide a seamless and relaxing island experience. Most packages include full-board meals, return airport and boat transfers, daily housekeeping and selected added touches such as afternoon tea or a spa treatment. Diving, alcoholic beverages and certain excursions are typically available at an additional cost unless specifically included within a dedicated dive package.

Gangga Island Resort is a secluded island sanctuary located off the northern tip of Sulawesi, reached by a one-hour drive from Manado International Airport followed by a 30-minute boat transfer. Set amidst lush tropical landscapes and crystal-clear waters, the resort enjoys a privileged position near the meeting point of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, creating an environment rich in natural beauty both above and below the surface.

The resort offers 30 charming wooden bungalows built in traditional Minahasa style, thoughtfully designed to blend with the island’s surroundings. Each bungalow features high ceilings, spacious interiors and a private veranda with views of the beach or ocean. A private Bali bed on the sand adds an extra touch of comfort, allowing guests to relax in complete tranquillity. Dining is served in two open-air restaurants offering Mediterranean and Indonesian specialities, including regular seafood barbecues accompanied by live music, while the Coconut Bar provides refreshing drinks throughout the day.

Beyond its idyllic beachfront and large saltwater swimming pool, guests can enjoy a traditional spa, light water sports and guided excursions to nearby nature reserves and volcanic landscapes. With its attentive service and peaceful atmosphere, Gangga Island Resort offers an authentic and restorative island escape.

Board Basis

Half Board Daily breakfast and dinner
Full Board Basis Daily breakfast, lunch and dinner
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Deluxe Room

The wooden designed rooms are airy, elegant, and spacious. Each has a four posted bed, an en-suite bathroom with a hot and cold water shower and a large veranda overlooking the soft white sandy beach and magnificent views of the blue sea.

  • Mini Bar
  • Fan
  • Hairdryer
  • Air conditioning
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • Telephone
  • Veranda
  • Desk
  • Safe
Superior Room

Superior Room

The Superior Minahasa Bungalows feature elegant wooden design, offering a spacious ambiance. Each bungalow has a large veranda with stunning views of the white sandy beach and blue sea.

  • Mini Bar
  • Fan
  • Hairdryer
  • Air conditioning
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • Telephone
  • Veranda
  • Desk
  • Safe

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Kennedy, M. – 13 Nights at the Malapascua Exotic Dive Resort

Diving Holidays at Malapascua staying at Exotic Dive Resort for 13 nights.

Kennedy, M. – 13 Nights at the Malapascua Exotic Dive Resort

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Gangga Divers

Gangga Island Resort, Gangga Island

Gangga Island Resort is home to Gangga Divers, a well-established dive operation with various centres running within Indonesia. Situated on the beach at Gangga Island, this PADI 5* star certified dive centre operates the highest international standards of diving safety along with excellent customer service.

Gangga Divers is run by International instructors, fully qualified dive masters and guides who pride themselves in offering a personalised diving and service to suit divers of all levels and experience. This award winning centre proposes everything from complete beginner courses, through to a full range of PADI scuba diving courses and free nitrox fills. Here you will find an astonishingly rich variety of flora and fauna which will excite divers, especially underwater photographers. Even scientists of marine biology from all over the world come here to study and photograph the waters

Being a member of the North Sulawesi Watersports Association (NSWA), Gangga Island Resort is committed to protecting the local reefs and is involved in conservation and development projects aimed at helping the local communities in the creation of sustainable tourism activities.

The dive centre offers a full range of good, reliable and fully serviced equipment. If you have your own dive gear, the centre has space, with a separate drying area for wetsuits and for you to store your equipment during your stay. There are five fully equipped wooden dive boats to take you out on the daily diving trips, if needed they offer lunch and beverages aboard. The dive crew are experienced and will ensure you are well looked after, tanks and weights are provided upon arrival.

Diving Courses:

All courses include equipment, certification, manuals, English speaking instructor and lunch when diving in Bunaken and Lembeh.



PADI Open Water Referral

This is the most popular dive program in the world! And can be your chance to have a lifetime of intense adventures.

From the beginning to end of the course, you will learn the fundamentals of scuba diving, including areas such as dive equipment and techniques that will give you the confidence and skill to become a responsible diver.

You attain this rating by completing five pool dives and a number of knowledge development sessions with a final exam (which is not rocket science its just diving) and by completing four open water dives.

PADI Open Water Diver (Inc Equipment)

This is the most popular dive program in the world! And can be your chance to have a lifetime of intense adventures.

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development ( online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

The Advanced Open Water Diver program gives you the opportunity to take your diving skill to the next level through three new areas of diving.
You complete your Deep Dive, Underwater Navigation Dive, Night Dive and two other dives for a total of five to attain your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

This certification includes five dives, including the Deep Diver, the Underwater Navigation Diver and three of the following: You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives – Deep and Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three, for a total of five dives. During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.

The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.

PADI Rescue Diver

Become a Rescue Diver. A great level to be. You will have the skills to aid your fellow divers in an emergency.

The PADI Rescue Diver course prepares you to deal with dive emergencies, minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development and rescue exercises, you learn what to look for and how to respond. During rescue scenarios, you put into practice your knowledge and skills. Topics include: