Cruises from Penyu Islands

The Penyu (“Turtle”) Islands lie in the middle of the Banda Sea in Indonesia. They are part of the Molucca Islands, south of the larger islands of Buru and Maluku, and 180 km south of the smaller island Ambon. The Maluku province is mainly Christian. All these islands were at the centre of the spice trade dominated by the Dutch East India Company in the 17th C. There are 1027 islands in the province, comprising some of the most geologically complex and active regions in the world.