Murex at Bangka has a healthy, rich house reef with good visibility. The Bay, where Murex resort spreads its cottages along its white beach is protected the majority of the year from the wind. However, it can be subjected to

Murex Manado House Reef spreads over quite a large area. It offers shallow water coral reef patches and black volcanic sandy slope. There are dozens of reef balls placed on the house reef in small groups in depth from 10-

Recently, guests of Murex Bangka had a wonderful sighting of a Dugong and were able to video it foraging for food. Since many Facebook followers seemed to be interested in the video, we decided to post a little information on

Being new to Murex I was curious about the role the Batuna's and Murex Resorts had in the evolution of diving in North Sulawesi. While speaking with Mrs. Batuna recently, she showed me a photo album a past guest had

Reserve your Oceanfront duplex Bungalow now! Murex Bangka has always been a family friendly resort and we’ve just completed 2 new duplex Bungalows. Our Oceanfront Bungalows are the perfect combination of privacy and convenience. With adjoining rooms you can put the

Close to Bangka Island there are several dive sites that have these underwater hot springs. Water is heated up by geothermal activity within the earth's crust and this water is pushed out through a hydrothermal vent. The vent is a

Nationals of 62 countries may apply for a Visa on Arrival (VoA) for a length of stay of 30 days on arrival in Indonesia. A new regulation regarding this VoA has been introduced and is effective since the beginning of

Yesterday we laid to rest a fine gentlemen, a pioneer, a man who helped thousands during his life, a wonderful father and exemplary husband, our patriarch, Dr. Hansie Batuna. Hanny’s colorful life was cut short unexpectedly Monday due to a

Murex is now solely managed by Dr. Batuna’s daughter, Angelique and her American husband, Danny. Angelique & Danny also own Critters@Lembeh, the partner dive center at Lembeh Resort. Together they have begun to reinvigorate Murex through developing existing staff, training new