New Airport at Lombok is Open for Business

Since October the 1st 2011 the new airport at Lombok Island is open for service which should greatly improve not only access to the island but give all of our guests a better experience when arriving and leaving Lombok. The travel time from the new airport to Cocotinos Resort is around the same time as from the old airport at around 1 hour 15 minutes but maybe shorter as the new road connection to the resort is located south of the city meaning we do not have to travel through the town to reach Cocotinos.

ODEX 2011 Brisbane Australia! - 5 More Days to go!

Cocotinos Boutique Resorts & Spas will be exhibiting in the coming Oceanic Dive & Ecotourism Expo (ODEX) in Brisbane next month! ODEX is a spring consumer and trade show that is co-hosted with Blue Edge and the 5th annual Underwater Festival from 7 to 9 October 2011 in Fortitude Valley, RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane (More info on ODEX). Our Booth Number is 143, listed as “Cocotinos Boutique Beach Resorts”. Jim and Andrew will be manning our booth and they will be available to provide more information on our destinations, resorts, and packages to all visitors as well as tour operators.

We have a special guest, our good friend and Cocotinos’ avid supporter, Dave Harasti helping us at the booth together with Jim and Andrew. Dave is an internationally known Australian marine scientist and underwater photographer as well as Scuba Diver AustralAsia field editor. Dave will also be giving a talk on diving in South West of Lombok and North Sulawesi, Indonesia (Special Interest Stage @ 1300Hrs, 09 Oct 2011) on our behalf having dived extensively in both our resort locations. Dave was also part of the exploration team when we opened our resort and dive centre in Lombok (read: Dive sites of Sekotong).

For appointments and any other inquiries regarding Cocotinos @ ODEX 2011, please email to info.desk@cocotinos.com

Review us on scubadviser.com!

You heard of tripadviser.com, now our scuba industry has our very own scubadviser.com!


Having been ranked number ONE in Wori, Manado, North Sulawesi and always among the top 10 in Sulawesi on tripadvisor.com, we are calling for more reviews of Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers to be added to our listing on scubadviser.com to help potential visitors to make a better choice in picking their resort, dive centre and most importantly, their hosts (our staff!) in a foreign country. Everyone can read about destination dive sites from published articles on print or the internet but can only rely on a few sources for information from discerning paying guests on resorts, dive centres and their service ethos. So why not share your experience with everyone? 


You can add your review here on scubadviser.com and those who have already put their reviews on tripadvisor, help us reproduce it on scubadviser.com and make your review seen by more than one site! Share a something good with someone today!


PS: You can also add a review to our tripadviser.com page here if you had not done so!

Photo Clinic with Aaron Wong!

Cocotinos & Odyssea Divers Manado :: For those that missed out on his first Photo Clinic back in May 2011, here's your chance again to take part in his photo clinic in Cocotinos Manado! Between 14 to 19 October 2011 at Cocotinos Manado,  Aaron Wong, the Wizard of Light & Shadows, will show you how he creates his amazing images with unique perspectives, how to give your subjects that "WOW" factor and tell a long, beautiful story in just one instance. He will share his progression on how he managed to bring the stylish and sophisticated world of fashion photography into his foray with the underwater realm. He'll also help you hone your craft and present your images in a new, creative way.

This Clinic is organised by Divers Outfitter (Singapore) any interest or questions can be emailed directly to them (info@diversoutfitter.com). For more information and photo clinic package rates, please visit the event page on Facebook.

Latest News & Updates

New Room Category Introduced – Due to popular demand and our commitment to always listen to feedback and suggestions, Cocotinos Manado has introduced a new Room Category (Standard Room - Single Beds only) to cater for groups of 3 or 4 sharing a room! Greater value for the same signature Cocotinos hospitality and service.

The new Standard Room is an upper storey room with the layout similar to our garden rooms, but with two bunk beds, and view of the tree top. The high timber ceiling makes the room an airy and comfortable space beautifully appointed for your enjoyment, even with two bunk beds. Bathrooms are spacious and conveniently designed for quad-sharing guests.

Upgrade in Room Facilities – We have recently completed an upgrade to all of our room categories to have TV sets in all rooms. So now you can enjoy 10 channels of popular entertainment, sports, children and current affairs content at the comfort of your own room! Channels include HBO, Star Movies, AXN, ESPN, Star Sports, Disney, E! Entertainment, NHK, DWTV and Trans 7.

Quad-Sharing Special Dive Packages - With the new introduction of our quad sharing standard rooms, Odyssea Divers and Cocotinos Manado is pleased to announce an update to our Cocotinos Manado Special Dive Package Rates!

Available for immediate bookings, our Quad-Sharing packages for 4 Days 3 Nights is 400USD with every additional Night thereafter 160USD per Diver. For more details of the package, please visit our Dive Packages page here or simply email us!

1st Quarter of the Year Promo Dive Packages – In tandem with the release of our new room category and dive packages, we have also launched our 1st Quarter of the Year Promo Dive Packages! As much as 25% discounts on some packages! Available for immediate bookings for the check-in dates from 5 January 2012 to  04 April 2012 (except for the period on and between 18 January to 28 January). Please visit our Dive Packages page here or simply email us!

Staff News: Since 1st July, we welcomed into our staff team 2 experienced individuals, Agus Krisnayana and Mika Sitorus (better known as Ika). Both are bringing with them years of experience and management in the leisure market, as well as having a great enthusiasm for scuba diving! Ika will be handling sales and marketing, while Agus will be taking care of the front office and front office systems. Some of you may remember them from Cocotinos Lombok where they were first introduced to the Cocotinos Family. So, on your next visit to Cocotinos Manado, you will not just be able to meet up with them again,but maybe go on a dive with them too!

Also, Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers will be at ODEX 2011 in Brisbane Australia (07 Oct to 09 Oct 2011) and our booth number is 143. If you are thinking of attending the show. Please do drop by and see us and have a chat .

Quad Sharing Cocotinos Manado Special Dive Package Rates!

Cocotinos Manado :: With the new introduction of our quad sharing standard rooms, Odyssea Divers and Cocotinos Manado is pleased to announce an update to our Cocotinos Manado Special Dive Package Rates!

Available for immediate booking, our Quad-Sharing packages for 4 Days 3 Nights is 400USD with every additional Night thereafter 160USD per Diver. For more details of the package, please visit our Dive Packages page here or simply email us!

Another reason for you and your friends to come experience the Odyssea and Cocotinos' brand of hospitality which everyone is talking about!

Cocotinos Sekotong Gets Power from PLN!

Cocotinos Sekotong :: After a long wait, on 18 June 2011, Cocotinos Sekotong finally gets connected to the Lombok National power grid! Now, our two on-site generators acts as a backup to provide continuous electricity to our operations for the comfort of our guests.

Cocotinos Manado - New Room Category Introduced!

Due to popular demand and our commitment to always listen to feedback and suggestions, Cocotinos Manado has introduced a new Room Category (Standard Room - Single Beds only) to cater suit groups of 3 or 4 sharing a room! Greater value for the same signature Cocotinos hospitality at greater value from now!

The new Standard Room is an upper storey room with the layout similar to garden rooms, but with two bunk beds, and view of tree top. The high timber ceiling makes the room an airy, comfortable space beautifully appointed for your enjoyment even with two bunk beds. Bathrooms are spacious and conveniently designed for quad-sharing guests.

PLUS! Just released lower Internet Room Rates for all other categories!

Look out next week for the Cocotinos Manado Dive Package rates for Standard Room for triple and quad sharing!

ADEX 2011

Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers, together with the owner, TM would like to thank the organisers especially Jonathan Lin, Aaron Wong, Priscilla Ang, James Ng (ScubAddiction), LivingSeas and all our fantastic supporters for a hugely successful ADEX2011.

Besides the highlight of our Dive Guide, James Mamoto (Odyssea Manado) winning the best individual award, there was an overwhelming response to our ADEX Promotion as well as a tremendous show of support from our previous guests living in Singapore by bringing their friends whom have not experience our hospitality and resorts to recommend them to choose us if they were to go to Manado or Lombok in future. Nothing sells better than having our regular guests be our promoters!

You have till 14 May to take advantage of our ADEX 2011 Promotions if you have not done so. If you cannot decide the dates yet, just put the deposit down to lock in the promotion and leave your dates open. Once you have your dates, let us know and we will follow up with you. It is an offer not to be missed, and perhaps not to be repeated. Email us today!

ADEX 2012 will be in Singapore, but this time it will be held in Marina Bay Sands. Dates have yet to be confirmed.

We have some exciting news to release soon that will give divers who always travel in groups a chance to experience Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers at a better value package! Be the first to know by joining our mailing list. Sign up here

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Cocotinos from ITB Berlin to Italy and France - A promotional road trip to Europe

After 5 days in Germany at ITB, and 4 days in Italy with the Mappamondo road show, TM & Iwan are very happy to have met over 80 agents, who expressed great enthusiasm for our new Cocotinos resort in Lombok. Some agents were also very interested in our first Cocotinos Resort in Manado. We wish to thank all agents who came to see us and gave us the chance to introduce our Cocotinos brand of service. Many agents have already arranged to visit us in the coming months and we welcome them with open arms. We are also encouraged that a few big European agents have already committed to feature Cocotinos in their brochures. 

After the Mappamondo road show, Iwan the General Manager of Cocotinos-Sekotong, Lombok, continued visiting dive agents in Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgard and Bremen and we are thankful to all agents who positively received Iwan with the kind introduction by Ms. "Vita" Debelius. 

So, many thanks to all who gave us their time and helped us make this European sales trip by TM and Iwan a success. We look forward to a fruitful business relationship with all agents whom we met as our "partners" in the future.