Manta Ray Experience
CuriousOyster
Steve & Trish Brown
Fri 9 Sep 2011 03:55
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We arrived at the island of Lawa Laut (or as
Alan renamed it Lager Lout)
a lovely bay with small hills, numerous little
beaches and a fringe of
reef
We had been told there were Manta Rays in the area
and were really
looking forward to the chance of being able to see
them
On the morning of our second day we had the
priviledge of swimming with
two young Mantas,they were so beautiful, graceful and surprisingly interested
in us.
 Within minutes of getting into the water this big
Manta came towards us and
elegantly swooped right underneath us
 They had no fear of us at all, there have been
quite a few boats here on the
Indonesian Rally but probably not enough for
the Mantas to become as
happy around people as these lovely creatures appeared to
be, they were
probably adolescents, they
were about three meters across, the adults grow
to about five meters
 The Mantas stayed with us for over half an
hour which allowed us all time to
photograph and video as much as we liked, this one
obviously wanted us to
get his best
side  We knew there were
Mantas here in this bay but nothing could
have
prepared
us for this magical
encounter
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