Captain and host...
Dive
Komodo is headed by Mark Heighes. An experienced
skipper and international dive travel guide. He
first visited Komodo in 1981 and has dived it
every year since. Born and raised in Sydney, with
PADI AI, commercial diving and Australian Masters
class 3 Skippers qualifications.
After spending 4 years
as assistant camera-man to Australia's Ron and Valerie
Taylor, Mark became involved with the planning and
organisation of Great White Shark expeditions to
South Australia and South Africa. He then went on
to spend 10 years exploring the world's tropical
seas as divemaster and lecturer aboard the world's
first expedition travel vessels. Examples are the
Linblad Explorer, Polaris, and Shikorsky. He has
operated live-aboard dive vessels in Australia,
PNG and now Indonesia.
Dive Komodo have an in office in Labuan Bajo, and representatives in Bali. We have a total of 15 local staff and 2 expatriate staff. Our divemasters have thousands of dives in the komodo national park and are experienced with handling guests of different backgrounds and with different requirements.
