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Campaign table calendar 2019

Due to the enormous response last year, we have decided to add your underwater pictures again to the Werner Lau desk calendar for 2019. For this reason there will be a competition again this year and we are already looking forward to your pictures. If [...]

Bird’s eye view of Alam Anda

Blog Alam Anda - 24.05.2018   We had the pleasure of hosting our multi-repeaters Matthias and Nicol this April for another enjoyable and relaxing holiday. Thanks to Matthias’ new “toy” we were able to cut together a nice video ;) Thanks again for providing the video [...]

Camplung

Blog Alam Anda - 15.05.2018   Camplung is one of the dive sites we just discovered last year for us. Here sandy bottom slopes gently down with smaller and bigger reef blocks in every depth. It is suitable for experienced and freshly certified divers. On [...]

Our “reef gardener” results

Blog Pondok Sari / Matahari - 09.05.2018 We regularly clean our coral projects, planted last year by our guests during the "reef gardener" action, with the wire brush and free them of sponges, which could damage the hard corals. As you can see, it’s successful: [...]

Fullmoon Meditation and Yoga tonight

Blog Siddhartha - 07.05.2018 Fullmoon Meditation and Yoga tonight - what a beautiful ambience and special atmosphere.

Farewell to our trainees

Blog Alam Anda - 07.05.2018 Today we said goodbye to the students of the tourism school in Singaraja after successfully completing their six months training. The trainees could gain experience in the departments front office, house keeping and food and beverage. As a nice memory [...]

Siddhartha Ceremonie

Blog Siddhartha - 30.04.2018 Today we celebrated the annual Siddhartha Odalan ceremony - with a beautiful dance performed by our staff.

rare spectacle at our house reef

Siddhartha, Bali - 30.04.2018 We were lucky to observe a rare spectacle at our house reef - mating turtles! What a show...:-) Thanks to our repeater guests Jens & Andrea Schaedlich for the pics.

Drinking for a good cause

Blog Alam Anda - 30.04.2018   Since last year in our diving centre you can buy re-usable bottles to reduce the plastic waste here on Bali. The profit we invest in coral projects for our house reef. For that reason last week we invited our [...]

Yoga & Diving at Siddhartha in Bali

New dates for 2019 and 2020 Since our group trip "Yoga and Diving in Bali" in March 2019 was so well received by all participants, we have decided to offer two more 10-day group trips for 2019 and 2020: 1st date: 09 - 19 December [...]

10 year wedding anniversary

Blog Alam Anda - 22.04.2018 10 Years ago Peter and Krisztina exchanged their vows as a part of a Balinese wedding ceremony. When we received the request to host a small ceremony to celebrate their 10 year wedding anniversary, we were all fired up! Evidence [...]

Diving before getting up …

Blog Siddhartha - 20.04.2018 It's worth to get up early for one of the big hits: early morning dive at the Liberty wreck in Tulamben. 5 minutes by boat, magnificent atmosphere, great dive with great people :-)

Safety first!

Blog Pondok Sari / Matahari - 20.04.2018 Following this motto, we regularly repeat all rescue measures and exercises with our dive guides. Both the instructors Daniel and Jonas, as well as our dive guides are always full of verve and seriousness in the matter: our guests [...]

Yoga Group “Yoga & Poetry”

Blog Siddhartha - 14.04.2018 Thanks for a wonderful time to the Yoga group with Christiane Wolff. We were happy to host the group with their extraordinary retreat "Yoga & Poetry" Everything matched wonderfully: the weather, the atmosphere, the yoga and poetry. All well flavored with [...]

Bye Bye Christof!

Blog Alam Anda - 08.04.2018 After one year we said heavy hearted farewells to our dive instructor Christof. All of us here in Alam Anda would like to say thanks for a wonderful time and loads of fun together. That Chris was not only valued [...]

Return of our Ba-Ba

Blog Siddhartha - 04.04.2018 Our Ba-Ba boat is on the way back to Siddhartha. It was in the dockyards for a general overhaul and will be back for daily dive trips from tomorrow onward.

Easter in Alam Anda

Blog Alam Anda - 31.03.2018   In the last few days we did some serious handicrafting and flower arranging for the table decoration for easter sunday and the annual easter egg hunt in and under water. Today in the morning Ketut and Yvonne were playing [...]

Alam Anda house reef

Blog Alam Anda - 15.03.2018 Here again a few underwater pictures to make the house reef and the closer environment tasty for you. Whether camouflage experts like the cuttlefish or the colourful, cheeky mantis, there is always something to discover.

Shore diving in Pemuteran

Blog Pondok Sari - Matahari - 23.03.2018 All you have to do is dive down directly on the beach and let your eyes wander over the sea grass - and you'll find the little sea creatures who feel at home there: Ghost pipefish, tiny cuttlefish [...]

Ogoh Ogoh and Nyepi Day

Blog Alam Anda -  19.03.2018 Also this year our guests could experience again the colourful and deafening parade of our village, which ends the year according to the Balinese calendar and heralds the Balinese New Year. Large papier-mâché figures are carried around the town and [...]

Group “Yoga and Diving”

Blog Siddhartha - 16.03.2018 The group "Yoga and diving" still will stay with us until March 21. Breathing techniques used in meditation or yoga executions are similar to the ones used in diving. To emphasize this fact and focus on this breathing technique whilst diving [...]

Our boat, the Lumba Lumba is back!

Blog Alam Anda - 15.03.2018 Just in time for the beginning of the high season we got our boat back in the resort. After 2 months in the dry dock everything is fixed, painted, glued and cleaned. Our Lumba Lumba shines in new splendour and [...]

Siddhartha is open again!

Blog Siddhartha - 11.03.2018 We are open again. The first guests already arrived. Enthusiasm, dedication and confidence amongst all our staff is huge - we all hope for at least 10 more great and beautiful years to come. Welcome and welcome back to everybody!

2 days to go – final countdown

Blog Siddhartha - 09.03.2018 We are in the final countdown and we are ready to welcome our guests again.  

First aid and emergency care

Blog Pondok Sari / Matahari - 08.03.2018 Our diving instructors Daniel and Jonas have used the quieter time to once again refresh the staff's emergency and first aid training. All of our staff, including the receptionists, received theoretical and practical training. As you can see, everyone [...]