Murex Manado Resort

Hotel Services/Facilities: Murex Manado Resort’s landscaped gardens feature lily ponds, koi ponds, spring-fed streams with bamboo bridges and shady palm trees. There are several species of orchids and tropical flowers all bursting with colour. The gardens attract a variety of butterflies and birds, and turtles are known to nest and lay eggs on the black sand beach.

Resort facilities include a designated camera room with personal preparation areas, bright lighting and air conditioning, ‘nature’ spa, infinity pool overlooking the ocean with sun loungers and pool towels, Apnea Murex freediving centre, and stand up paddle boards.  A large flat-screen television is available for viewing marine life presentations and underwater photo/videography.

Food, Beverage & Entertainment Facilities: All stays at Murex Manado are on a Full Board basis. 

The resort offers indoor and outdoor dining.  The restaurant and outdoor dining area are at the heart of the resort, overlooking the ocean.  A la carte and family style dining is available on the beachfront or in the main restaurant. The cuisine is a modern mix of western, Asian and Indonesian flavours created using fresh, local ingredients.

Special dietary requirements can be catered for on request.

Enjoy a cold drink while watching the spectacular sunsets across the water from the oceanfront gazebo.

Murex Manado offers a selection of day trips, cultural tours and land tours.  Popular choices include trips to the Tangkoko Nature Reserve, the Minahasa Highlands (markets, villages, lakes, mountains and historical sites), Mahawu Volcano, and cooking classes in resort.

Transfers: Guests fly into Manado’s airport, the international gateway to North Sulawesi. Murex Manado Resort is located 1 hour by road from the airport.

Murex Manado Resort offers 12 comfortable and spacious Deluxe Cottages and 3 smaller Pool Side Bungalows.

All accommodation has 24 hour electricity, en-suite bathrooms with hot water, air conditioning, either a king size bed or twin beds, veranda, drinking water, complimentary tea, coffee and free Wi-fi.

Two of the Cottages are designated as Premium Luxury Cottages and offer upscaled interior design touches and ceiling fans.

Murex Manado’s House Reef is just a step off the beach directly in front of the resort. Up to a depth of 12m there is a coral slope, and below this point you will find a sandy slope with patches of corals and several artificial reef balls that are nicely overgrown with corals and sponges.

The Bunaken Marine Park is just a 35 minute boat ride away.  Murex Manado offers a two dive trip to Bunaken in the morning with the surface interval spent on board. Return to the resort for lunch followed by a third dive in the afternoon to explore Manado Bay. Or opt for a three dive safari trip with lunch served onboard your boat.

With 7 boats of different sizes in their fleet, the dive centre team is able to offer flexible schedules and can easily cater to larger groups of families and friends. Murex Dive Guides are extremely experienced in the region and they also undergo intensive training programs for marine biology and underwater photography. 

The dive centre offers equipment hire, Nitrox, PADI courses, night dives, day trips to Bangka and Lembeh, free diving and AIDA courses, snorkelling, and tailored schedules to suit all needs.

Bunaken Marine Park’s warm waters and excellent visibility mean diving in Bunaken is suitable for all level of diver. Highlights include dolphins jumping alongside the boat, two species of turtle, schooling fish, tuna, reef sharks, passing eagle rays, vibrant, healthy reefs, breathtaking underwater scenery and walls, and an abundance of smaller critters and macro-life. The rich marine bio- diversity of the dive sites surrounding Bunaken Island will leave even the most seasoned of divers spell bound and ready for more.

The dive sites around Manado Bay offer great muck, reef and wreck diving opportunities. Highlights of diving here include a wealth of some of Indonesia’s rarest and unique critters including various octopus and cuttlefish species, stingrays, frogfish, seahorses and an array of nudibranch and crustaceans. These dive sites, along with the Murex Manado House Reef, are excellent macro-photography sites and also offer incredible night diving.

With such a large number of dive sites to explore, ranging topographies and varied marine life it is no wonder that divers return to Manado time and time again.

With so much to see, we recommend adding on a stay at Murex Bangka and/or Lembeh Resort. Or why not take a Passport to Paradise and visit all three! Please ask us for more details.

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North Sulawesi – Siladen Resort and Spa

North Sulawesi – Tasik Ria Resort

North Sulawesi – White Sands Beach Resort Lembeh by Eco Divers

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Raja Ampat – Kri Eco Resort (Papua Diving)

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