Festival Teluk Maumere – September, Maumere
A wonderful annual festival that highlights Maumere’s breathtaking underwater life and beautiful nature to the eyes of the world. It is a great opportunity for nature lovers, travellers and photographers to come together to support the local government’s initiative while exploring the beauty of the Bay of Maumere and its surroundings. In the past, attendees were recorded to be from Indonesia and the world including UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Brazil, Malaysia and Spain. A major attraction of the festival is an underwater photography contest in the categories of compact macro and compact wide-angle, and DSLR macro and DSLR wide-angle, with three generous prizes in each category of up to IDR 30,000,000. Over the course of three days, all competitors will be given the opportunity to dive six different sites and submit their best five overall shots.
