Photo by Rantje Allen
Photo by William Tan
Photo by Rantje Allen
Photo by William Tan
Photo by Rantje Allen
Miguel’s Diving just finished an intensive two-week underwater film shoot. The filmmaker managed to gather some excellent footage that included many of Gorontalo’s unique marine life. There was also some very funny footage of a Blackray goby getting his burrow cleaned out by his shrimp that literally kicked dust all over him. Then there was… Continue Reading
Miguel’s Diving was proud today to bring the first divers to the newly formed Olele Village Marine Reserve. Set aside by village residents themselves, the reserve protects about 300 meters of coral reef that includes its famous multiple towering pinnacles. This represents the culmination of the process begun about five years ago by Miguel’s Diving… Continue Reading
Our book Gorontalo Hidden Paradise was the theme of the annual book fair in Jakarta attended by scores of publishers and book lovers, which concluded today. Gorontalo Province had the stand directly in front of the entrance. The book’s author Rantje Allen from Miguel’s Diving spoke about the book’s development process and the special features of Gorontalo’s… Continue Reading
Ted (USA) spent the final days of Gorontalo’s dive season diving about 15 times, enjoying great visibility, and taking photos. Traveling from Penang, Malaysia to Gorontalo in one day allowed him to make the most of his time here. Highlights included mating sea turtles, jumping dolphins, an endemic lionfish species, and his introduction to muck… Continue Reading
Willy Volk has posted an extensive review of our book Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise on Wetpixel along with about ten of the book’s amazing photos taken by top underwater photojournalists William Tan, Takako Uno, and Stephen Wong. To read the review, click this link. Information about ordering your own copy is found on our main website.
The location crew for Indonesia’s Trans 7 TV’s weekly series Jejak Petualang(Steps of the Adventurer) spent about a week in Gorontalo shooting for upcoming episodes. Among their adventures was a day of scuba diving the biodiversity waters with Miguel’s Diving. Series hostess Medina Kamil enjoyed touring the multiple pinnacles of Sentinels dive site and even spotted one… Continue Reading
The current edition of Asian Diver magazine contains a review of our new book Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise, which details and portrays the beautiful underwater environment here. We at Miguel’s Diving have yet to get our hands on a copy but eagerly listened to excerpts read over the phone. Most newsstands and books shops regionally should carry… Continue Reading
A review of our book Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise appears in the current edition of Australasia Scuba Diver (issue 6 / 2006). In his article entitled “The Power of Three,” Editor David Espinosa says that photographers William Tan, Stephen Wong, and Takako Uno “have accomplished is more than just create a masterpiece that would be one of the crown… Continue Reading
In the midst of repairing Miguel’s Diving web site that was destroyed by a nasty hacker, we have also posted information and pictures for one of Gorontalo’s most distinctive dive sites: Sponge Wall. We have taken guests diving here for a couple of seasons but just found some time to create a new post. As a… Continue Reading
For travelers flying Garuda Indonesia in August, the in-flight magazine has a four-page article on diving in Gorontalo. Singapore-based underwater photographer William Tan contributed the many pictures that appear. The article is in Indonesian.
