Misool Eco Resort is a luxury dive resort and conservation centre built in splendid isolation 165km (4 hours boat ride) southwest of Sorong on the private island of Batbitim. Surrounded by an archipelago of uninhabited islands and some of the richest reefs in the world, it is difficult to imagine a more remote location at the very heart of marine biodiversity.

With a maximum capacity of just 40 guests and a staff-to-guest ratio of 4 to 1, Misool offers exclusive adventure holidays and transformative experiences in pristine nature. Built from reclaimed tropical hardwoods, the air conditioned accommodations featuring Balinese styled open air bathrooms have been meticulously designed for comfort, privacy, and sustainability. Eight Water Cottages are built on stilts over the North Lagoon. In the same area are four slightly larger villas, the restaurant and dive centre. Over the hill are seven South Beach Villas tucked under the trees of an untouched jungle and overlooking a blue water swimming hole.

Misool’s house reef is home to large schools of fish, feeding baby sharks and many species of nudibranchs with hunting octopuses, mating mandarin fish and other species as rare as the ‘walkng epaulette shark’ to be observed. Beginning on a gentle slope, these explorations often turn into drift dives when the tide is right, ending in a steep coral wall patrolled by grey reef sharks and other predators. 3 boat dives a day take divers in small groups to 60 dives sites within a radius of 1-hour boat rides, and at least 25 of these can be reached in under 15 minutes.

Misool Eco Resort is closed July, August, and September each year for maintenance.