Singapore and Raja Ampat Twin Adventure

Once you have passed through customs, you will be met by one of our team for the private transfer to your hotel. Spend this evening relaxing before getting stuck in to this most under-rated city.

Having thrown off its reputation for stuffy efficiency, Singapore has now emerged as one of the most enjoyable cities in Southeast Asia, and arguably the region's culinary capital. Split into gastronomic pockets, eat your way from Little India to Chinatown, from fine dining extravaganzas to street food feasts to picnics in the leafy parks that dot the city. We can arrange for a food blogger guide to show you the street vendors you might otherwise miss, and our Concierge is also on hand to offer recommendations.

Once you're full (insider tip: you may never be, there is too much good food to indulge in), stroll the streets of Orchard Road for fashion galore, dip into times gone by in the antique centres of Chinatown or admire the Hindu Veeramakaliamman temple in Little India. Then watch the city come alive at night as the skyscrapers glitter while sipping on cocktails in a trendy rooftop bar.

The flight to the Indonesian capital takes two hours before the onward and overnight connection a couple of hours later to Sorong, which takes four hours.

On the way, you'll speed past jungle-clad islands dotted across the open ocean. Look out to the water to spot large schools of tuna feeding on the surface. Whale sightings are also not unheard of, so keep your eyes peeled.

Check in to Misool Eco Resort where you will be shown to your overwater cottage, where you will be spending the next seven days.

You can do up to three scheduled boat trips a day from the resort's dive centre, as well as a dusk or night dive. You can also explore the house reef any time of day, either from the dive centre or straight from your water cottage, armed with a mask and snorkel.

Dive from the jetty and drift north through the channel to spot a plethora of marine critters from schools of horse-eyed jacks to groupers and black tip reef sharks. Past the channel you will come to a drop off encrusted in colourful corals, including huge gorgonian sea fans, coral bommies and soft corals brimming with colourful reef fish as well as the more unusual creatures, such as nudibranchs and pygmy seahorse. No dive will ever be the same as new critters come out of the crevices.

One such dive site is Magic Mountain, a submerged pinnacle that attracts huge schools of pelagics, and which happens to also be a manta cleaning station. Keep your eyes peeled for the two species of manta rays that grace the area, as well as white tip reef sharks and Napoleon wrasse. Learn more about the majestic manta ray back at the resort's conservation centre, where the Misool Manta Project identifies and tags the visiting mantas (you can even help out, if you want).

Located just over an hour away by boat, you'll visit a traditional Papuan village. Continue your Indonesian immersion back at the hotel with a traditional cooking class to prepare crowd-pleasing dishes using exotic spices (think slow-cooked Sumatran coconut curries). If you're still feeling active, set out on a paddle boarding expedition to discover secret beaches and unexplored lagoons, paddling back into the sunset.

Head back to the resort in time to watch the sun slip below the horizon then opt to explore the reef in a different light (literally) on a night dive. Or stay in the bar, cocktail in hand, and watch the night sky unfold (with no light pollution whatsoever, this is a very special place).

Once you have cleared customs, you will be met by one of our team on the ground and transferred out of the city and into the rural countryside, to the hotel of your choice where you can spend the rest of the day relaxing.

Spend the next two days immersing yourself in the island's rich heritage, visiting the impressive temples with a personal guide to explain the fascinating history behind these structures. Drink fresh coffee as you tour the Kaliklatak plantation and climb one of the active volcanoes dotting the island. We highly recommend taking a sunrise tour to the colossal Borobodur temple.

On arrival you will have a few hours in Singapore before your onward overnight flight back to the UK. Time to pop into town for one last 'death by dim sum', perhaps? Your flight takes 14 hours, leaving in the late evening.