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A lot of people come to the Togeans for the water, and you don't need to be a diver to spend most of your days in it. Several places to stay have a reef within swimming distance of the beach, and boat trips go further out for anyone who wants more [TODO: verify which bases run dive trips].
Ruben's post on diving Una-Una covers the longest and best dive day he has done here. For snorkelling without a long boat ride, start with Tasya's afternoon in the water near Pulau Papan.
Una-Una is the island with the volcano, and the dive trip out there was the longest boat day of my January 2026 visit. This is what the diving was like, how the day ran, and who I think it suits.
Continue Reading: Diving Una-Una: walls, a volcano and a long boat ride
Pulau Papan is a Bajau stilt village joined to Malenge by a long wooden footbridge. I walked it on a hot morning in June 2025 and snorkelled nearby in the afternoon, and these are my notes from that day.
Continue Reading: Walking the bridge to Pulau Papan, a Bajau village