October 2-12, 2018

The MV Bilikiki is back from another great trip with an amazing group led by Ben Jackson from Equator Diving in the UK, thanks for spending your holidays with us!
We did our first dives in the Russell Islands at the always amazing Leru Cut and Mirror Pond. The weather was perfect and after we enjoyed a great day diving the local canoes came out to the boat for a veggie market.
We continued our way to Marovo Lagoon where it was impossible not to enjoy our dives at Kicha (with grey reef sharks, schools of barracudas, bumphead parrotfish and silvertip sharks) or the amazing Wickham Island with all its soft corals and critters (pygmy seahorses, cockatoo waspfish, robust ghost pipefish, demon stingers and many others). We had a fantastic time at Mbulo Island diving its caves, canyons and amazing coral gardens. In between these dives we visited villages to admire and buy all the beautiful carvings the local artists displayed for us. 
On our way back, Mary Island was vibrating with life with its massive schools of big eye jacks and barracudas. Joining the show this week were some blacktip and grey reef sharks, clown triggerfish and a couple of huge dogtooth tuna. In the Florida Islands, the conditions were perfect for us to dive with at least 10 manta rays, all feeding in formation and passing over the divers.
We were very happy to share with our guests the special critters we are lucky to have in the Solomon Islands. For this trip that included: disco clams, ornate ghost pipefish, 9 kinds of anemone fish, hairy squat lobsters, peacock mantis shrimps, ribbon eels, crazy nudibranchs and some really lovely signal gobies. And we couldn't avoid going back to the fascinating WW2 wrecks on the Guadalcanal coast, the wrecks were amazing and we spotted seahorses there too.
Thank you very much to all the guests for being such a great group! We hope we will see you all again soon (Equator Diving are back with us in 2020!). 
And as always thanks to our incredible crew for the wonderful job they do every single day. 
Best Fishes,
Fernando and Pato

Above photo by Ladonna Idell


Above Photo by Ben Jackson

Above photo and manta ray photo by Norman Vexler

Posted by Sam and Kellie on October 12, 2018

What our guests say

"I have just returned from a 10 night stay on board the Bilikiki. It was my first trip on the Bilikiki however friends we were with have been 3 or 4 ti... Read More"

Pearl Corker

"If I could rate them 6 stars I would!!! Amazing boat, crew, food and diving."

Brett Lobwein

"Bilikiki is much more than a great dive boat with a fantastic crew sailing the remote Solomon Islands and discovering new and beautiful dive sites; it... Read More"

Thane Kreiner

"Just really, really, really enjoyed our trip!!! We really fell in love with Pato and Fernando. They did an excellent job guiding us! The crew is as go... Read More"

Darlene Myers

"I have been on many Bilikiki trips over the past eight years, and I will keep going back again and again. I’ve dived in more than 15 countries and h... Read More"

Joanna O'Shea

"I did my 1000th dive on my second trip on the Bilikiki. Last time was in 2005 and then I thought it was the best liveaboard I had been on. It still is... Read More"

Alex Davids

"Just got back from a 10 day trip on Bilikiki with Tina and Oli. The whole Bilikiki team made our trip a memorable one, despite the temperamental weath... Read More"

Jonathan Rose

"Always a great time on the Bilikiki. Spectacular diving, excellent food and an amazing crew. One of the best laid out boats I've been diving on."

Mike Aitken

"I had an amazing 10 nights onboard the Bilikiki! The dive sites were so diverse and so beautiful, we had some amazing encounters with wildlife, the cr... Read More"

Lauren Thomas

"Second time and still finding new sights to see! Wonderful trip well worth the effort....."

Reed Nescher

"My bucket list trip. Outstanding crew and service. Superb diving. Stable and comfortable vessel and accommodations. The chefs do a marvellous job, eve... Read More"

Fred Catella

"I can't think of a better way to spend 12 days than on board Bilikiki. It is absolutely spectacular diving amongst healthy corals, colorful fishes, st... Read More"

Karen Doby