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Besides offering the ultimate liveaboard scuba diving adventure in Indonesia the Voyager is an underwater photographers dream. Over the years an incredible number of photographs have been taken in some of Indonesia's most remote and fascinating dive destinations.

You can access any of these underwater photo galleries directly from this page by clicking on the thumbnail image or just surf through them one by one using the links provided on each gallery page.

Indonesian dive destinations

Galleries of our regular dive safari destinations with a mixture of photos taken by Kararu guests, dive staff and professional underwater photographers.

	Komodo Marine Park Underwater and land photos taken around the island of Komodo Indonesia. Photo credits to professional underwater photographers Burt Jones, Maurine Shimlock, Jim Watt, Sergio Sarta and to Kararu guests.
	Komodo Marine Park - 2003 2003 was a very interesting year in Komodo Marine Park. Some new sea stars were discovered. 2003 was also notable for the outstanding visibility in the waters around Komodo and Rinca islands.
	Irian Jaya Pictures of incredible biodiversity found on the pristine, unexplored Irian Jaya reefs. Photo credits to professional underwater photographers Burt Jones, Maurine Shimlock, Jim Watt, Sergio Sarta and to Kararu guests.
	Alor Island Pictures of incredible biodiversity found on the pristine, unexplored Alor reefs. Photos by professional underwater photographers Burt Jones, Maurine Shimlock, Jim Watt, Sergio Sarta and Kararu guests.

guest photo galleries

These galleries contain photos taken by some of Kararu's valued guests, we invite all our guests past, present and future to place their favourite photos here.

	Christiane Waldrich Christiane lives in Bali and has dived with Kararu many times. She is an expert on Indonesian Nudibranchs.
	Roberto Sozzani Roberto lives in Milan, Italy and has joined at least 7 of our cruises.
	Fred Drury Fred Drury has been on 3 dive voyages with Kararu & hosted seminars at Our World Underwater in Chicago. Together with Marine Biologist, Larry Harris, Fred will assist with Kararu's 2005 nudibranch trip.
	Boo Nilsson Boo Nilsson joined Kararu on a cruise to Komodo for his first time in 2003. To see more of his work visit his website via the link from the gallery.

underwater photo pros

These galleries contain photos taken by professional photographers who have joined Kararu on one of their many live aboard dive adventures.

	Burt & Maurine Shimlock From the USA but now based in Mexico, these incredible underwater photographers discovered and named one of our top dive sites, Cannibal Rock! A special thanks to Burt and Maurine for all their help over the years.
	Steve Fish Steve Fish is a Professional Photographer, Filmmaker and Author with over 35 years of diving experience (yes, his name really is Fish). His photos have appeared in magazines and books around the world.
	Norbert Wu Norbert Wu is an independent photographer & film maker who specializes in marine issues. He joined a trip to Komodo in May 2004.
	Jim Watt Jim's digital photography is truly spectacular. He has been on board with us several times and will lead our first annual Digital Seminar Month in November 2003.
	Mark Strickland A great professional in the underwater photography sector, Mark is fast becoming one of the world's best.
	Sascha Dambach Kararu's very own Sascha bought his first digital camera from Jim Watt and never looked back. We invite you to have a look at his fantastic gallery.
	Tony White Based in the UK, Tony's love of underwater photography has brought him on 3 of our trips.
	Wolfgang Poelzer Kararu's all time favorite Austrian photographer, Wolfang was one of the first underwater photographers to join our cruises. He has since been back 3 times! Please enjoy his wonderful images.
	Linda Johnston Originating from the UK, Linda was previously one of Kararu's cruise directors on board. Beginning her career as a videographer for Bahamas' based Stewart Cove, Linda produced some fantastic videos of our trips.
	Tim Rock Tim Rock is an award winning and internationally published underwater photojournalist whose work has appeared on many major television networks world wide.
	Davide Vezzaro Davide Vezzaro has published a vast amount of articles and won several underwater photography awards. His articles for Kararu are featured in Sub, Aqua, Mondo Sommerso to name a few.
	Larry & Denise Tackett Larry & Denise have led live aboard charters on Kararu's dive vessel. Both are very dedicated photo & videographers with a lot of experience in the Indonesian waters.
	Manfred Wakolbinger Manfred Wakolbinger is a renowned Austrian sculptor. He is also the author of the book "Bottomtime". Many of the underwater photos in the book were taken during several cruises on the Kararu Liveaboard.
	Shaun Tierney Shaun's first career was as a studio photographer. However, in the last decade, the native Londoner has focused on the underwater world and his work is featured in books, travel guides and magazines. He recently joined us in Irian Jaya.
	Aaron Fink Aaron’s photographic zeal began at an early age when he would accompany his cousin Jerry Wachter - a famous sports photographer - to sporting events. Aaron worked closely with his cousin, learning basic photographic and darkroom techniques.

digital photography seminars

Photos taken during the first annual digital underwater photography seminars held in and around Komodo Marine Park [more about the digital seminars]

	2003 - Digital Seminar 01 A gallery of the November 14-25 photo seminar at Komodo Marine Park. Thanks to Kathleen and Delf Hedde, Stephanie and Randal Hancock, Ann Bennet, Ralf Heinz, Antonia Sonn, John Rigsbee, James Stringer
	2003 - Digital Seminar 02 A gallery of the November 27-December 08 dive seminar. These photos were taken by the following paticipants of the seminar: Dave and Freddi Wilkinson, Melika Betley, Cyrinda Hofmann, Jeff and Patricia Kelly.
	2003 Digital Seminar - Jim Watt Jim Watt is one of the organizers of the yearly digital photo seminars in conjunction with Light & Motion and Backscatter. Here are some of his pictures from Nov/Dec 2003.
	2003 Digital Seminar - Sascha Dambach These pictures were taken by Sacha Dambach during Kararu's first Digital Seminars in 2003. Camera used was the Olympus 4040 and Nikon D 100 with a Tetra & Titan housing from Light & Motion.
	2004 - Digital Seminar 01 After the success of the last seminars we decided to lead this years expedition all the way from Bali to the remote islands of Alor. The results even topped last years and the favorite housing was the L&M Titan D100
	2004 - Digital Seminar Fun Pics A range of fun pictures taken during both digital underwater photography seminars around Alor Island in 2004.

the Kararu dive vessel

These galleries contain photos of the Kararu liveaboard dive vessel and the crew.

the live aboard gallery

Photos of the Cheng Ho, the premier live aboard dive vessel in Indonesia. Photo credits to professional underwater photographers, Kararu guests and staff.