The Last Coral Kingdom

The SeaLegacy team arrives in Timor-Leste, where they will be guided by its people to tell the story of this young country, from national heroes to some of the most amazing coral reefs in the world.

Meet the Wawata Topu, or the mermaids of Atauro Island, who have rekindled the practice of Tara Bandu, teaching each other to free-dive and engaging in collective resource management.

Timor-Leste’s former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta goes scuba diving with the team, stepping into the biodiverse seas that encircle his home country for the first time.