There aren't many liveaboards the calibre of The Seven Seas that cover this area, which makes this adventure even more special. More than 1500 islands make up this archipelago off mainland New Guinea, and those islands support the richest tropical coral reef bio-diversity anywhere in the world.
- >1,000 species of fish
- >700 molluscs
- >540 species of scleractinian (hard) corals = 75% of the world total
- 4.6 million hectares of reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves and rocky coastline
- low resident human population and minimal industrial development
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