Meet Sindia

Meet Sindia

For our latest entry of ‘meet the staff’, we will be featuring a member of staff who works entirely behind the scenes and away from the guests. While Sindia Salimu...

Meet Om John

Meet Om John

For our latest entry of ‘Meet the Staff’, we will be focussing on another long term fixture here at Siladen, Om John — our head grounds keeper, who is the...

Back to School

Back to School

Siladen Island has a small yet very tight-knit community of just a few hundred people — and of course, a number of those are children. Even before we started the...

Short Finned Pilot Whales

Short Finned Pilot Whales

Bunaken Marine Park is well known for its incredibly high levels of marine biodiversity. The walls surrounding the islands are completely covered in life, and there is always fierce, often...

Night Snorkelling

Night Snorkelling

Once the sun sets, the reefs and sandy slopes surrounding North Sulawesi and these small islands become completely unrecognisable from their daytime appearance. Most of the colourful day fish head...

Meet Meyti

Meet Meyti

For June, we will be moving back to the dive centre for our monthly “meet the staff” blog, and we will be introducing you to another member of the staff...

Welcome Leandro and Leandra

Welcome Leandro and Leandra

Earlier this year, we said goodbye to our dive centre management team, Galen and Romina, who we would like to thank for their hard work and dedication during their tenure....

Meet Vendy

Meet Vendy

 For May’s entry of ‘Meet the Staff’, we will be introducing Vendy Rinaldy Yusuf, one of our long term restaurant and bar staff. If you have stayed with us before,...