Travel guide · 5 min read Balikpapan → Berau → Maratua. The route, the times. Getting to Derawan adds a full day each way to your trip. Here’s how the transit actually works in 2026. (See Derawan Islands for context.) Plan with us →

Travel guide · 6 min read When the mantas show up, when the jellyfish are dense. Derawan diving runs year-round but conditions vary. Here’s the seasonal calendar that drives our departure schedule. (See Derawan Islands for context.) Plan a voyage → Derawan sits 2° north of the equator. Climatologically, it has wet and dry seasons…

Editorial · 7 min read Three islands. Three different roles. The Derawan archipelago has three named diving islands. They are not interchangeable. Here’s where to dive what, where to sleep, and where to skip. (See Derawan Islands for context.) See the 5-day route → The Derawan name covers an archipelago of about thirty islands, but…