B19 - Maquemo Atoll, Tuamotus Archipelago

Maquemo Atoll is one of the larger atolls in the Tuamotus, with two amazing passes to dive and spearfish, and while doing this live the experience of being surrounded by dozens of sharks of different species (most common are black tip, white tip, grey reef - more dangerous) and having some of them snatch and swallow your prey just after you have caught it! Its ¨motus¨ (islands encrusted in the atoll reef) are stunningly beautiful, reminiscent of what might have been Robinson Crusoe´s Island in Daniel Defoe´s book and imagination. This book first published in 1719 as Polynesia was being explored and discovered by Europeans.