MV Giamani - Unique Northern Cruise - 16 Jan 2008

MV Giamani has a unique 3 day trip in January, perfect for divers who have dived the Similans many times before but not the sites further north. Details are as followed:

Trip departs: 16 January 2008 (Wednesday), Thap Lamu port, 8PM

Trip returns: 19 January 2008 (Saturday), Thap Lamu port, 4PM

Duration: 4 days and 3 nights

Destination: Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Richelieu Rock and Boonsoong Wreck

Dives: 11

Book Now and enjoy special prices!

Standard cabin: US$ 546

Deluxe triple share cabin: US$ 576

Deluxe twin share cabin: US$ 654


Full Information: MV Giamani

For bookings, please contact Blog@Dive-The-World.com or call our PADI 5 Star Dive Centre in Phuket - 083 505 7794.

Bunaken National Park Fee sees no increase

The Bunaken National Park Entrance Fee for 2007 has not been increased and is fixed as follows: Rp 50,000 per daily ticket (approximately US$6) or Rp 150,000 (approximately US$18) for an annual entrance Park Tag. Tags (or tickets) must be carried at all times within park boundaries. The tags can easily be affixed to your diving or snorkelling gear or on backpacks.

 

The entrance fee system has been adapted from the well-known Bonaire Marine Park system, and the proceeds from the sales of the entrance tags are managed by the Bunaken National Park Management Advisory Board (BNPMAB), a multi-stakeholder board that NSWA is a member of. The system has been very successful in raising over $250,000 for conservation programs in the Bunaken Marine Park since its inception in 2001.

Further Information on Diving Bunaken: Bunaken Marine Park Dive Sites

Aggressor Fleet Celebrates 23 Years of Live-Aboard Diving

On November 17, 1984, a 100-ft., 16 passenger live-aboard dive yacht cruised into Georgetown Harbor, Grand Cayman.

The Cayman Aggressor, which offered divers a revolutionary way of diving and innovation amenities such as private staterooms and on-board E-6 processing, raised eyebrows in the local and international diving communities. Now, twenty three (23) years, eleven (11) destinations, twelve (12) live-aboards later, Aggressor Fleet continues to turn heads by meeting the diving world’s needs with its original revolutionary style.

 

Today’s divers have greater expectations, and Aggressor gladly accepts their challenges with the latest conveniences. The newest Aggressors offer personal comforts such as hot tubs, staterooms with private baths, individual climate controls and DVD players, on-board computer stations for e-mailing and digital scanning, satellite phones, defibrillators, digital cameras/housings for underwater photography and the list goes on.

Through Dive The World you can dive on Fiji Aggressor I , Fiji Aggressor II , and North Sulawesi Aggressor

Check out some of the dive sites visited by these fantastic liveaboard boats:
Sulawesi Dive Sites
Fiji's Bligh Water and Koro Sea Dive Sites

Soon we will be launching a Dive The World Liveaboards website where you will be able to book all the other great destinations that the Aggressor fleet visits: The Maldives, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Fiji, Galapagos, Hawaii, Palau, Turks and Caicos and Utila.

Whale Shark Visits Lankayan Island

The newly refurbished resort in the island paradise of Lakayan entertained a most welcome visitor yesterday when a beautiful whale shark swung by to say hello.

Whale sharks are common at this time of year and this one was enjoying its time at South Rock which is about 3 minutes boat ride from Lankayan Jetty.

As the island resident marine biologist predicted upon sighting it yesterday, they anticipate that the whale shark will most likely pass the same site today. True enough; a second sighting of whale shark was recorded today (3rd May 2007) at approximately 12.15 noon at the same site (South Rock); again witnessed by guest divers and snorkellers who wasted not time rushing to the site upon being alerted.

 

More Information on Lankayan:
Lankayan Island Resort
Lankayan Dive Sites

MV Odyssea I - 10% off - ADEX Special

Book now and take advantage of a special 10% off the published rate on the MV Odyssea I. This special Asia Dive Expo deal is valid for bookings made prior to 13 May 2007!

This spacious motor vessel features 8 Air-con cabins, plenty of lounging and sun-bathing space and ample areas dedicated to the photography enthusiast.

 

MV Odyssea I is one of the few liveaboards in Indonesia which is not a schooner but it has other factors which sets it apart e.g large beds, high ceilings and short, affordable trips to Raja Ampat.

The Odyssea I spends from mid-December until the end of March each year in the remote waters of Raja Ampat. The boat can take up to 16 divers as a maximum limit but seldom does, so there is plenty of room for you to relax and unwind in between breathtaking dives, and also plenty of room for photographers to tune up their equipment.

So if you are marvelling in the rich and remote waters of Raja Ampat there are few more comfortable ways to do it than on board the MV Odyssea I.

Raja Ampat 7D/6N
Stateroom was US$2,130 NOW US$1,917. Save US$426 per cabin

Sangihe and Lembeh 8D/7N
Stateroom was US$2,485 NOW US$ 2,236. Save US$ 497 per cabin

More Information here: MV Odyssea I

For Bookings, please call Dive The World - 083 505 7794, or email:
Indonesia@Dive-The-World.com