Just in time for the Beneath the Sea Dive Show, we have a fantastic special that includes a combo deal at both the Atlantis Dumaguete and Atlantis Puerto Galera. You may also choose either resort and a combo with the Atlantis Azores liveaboard, or better yet, you can book the "7 + 7 + 7" package with a week on the Azores and a week at both Atlantis Resorts. This is diving the Philippines at its best. We current have package special rates for groups and for individuals.
Atlantis Dumaguete
Just a thirty minute drive from the local airport (only a sixty minute flight from Manila), on a long peaceful stretch of beach, lies the lush and luxurious Atlantis Dive Resort. Surrounded by an amazing tropical garden with some of the rarest plants to be found in the Philippines it is just a short trip to some of the most renowned dive sites in Asia - Apo Island, Siquijor and of course the local Dauin Marine Sanctuaries.
The forty (40) guest rooms offer comfort, privacy, and relaxation. There are five (5) categories to satisfy every dive traveler's need. All rooms feature air conditioning, a mini-bar, inroom safe, Wi-Fi, cable TV and flat screen TV's. Enjoy the Spa, Toko's Restaurant, the fresh-water pool, a boutique for casual purchases, classroom facilities for dive instruction, and a great photo and camera room for underwater photographers.
Groups Resort Combo 7 Nights at Both Resorts:
June 1 to August 31, 2013 - $2,544 ppdo September 1 to December 21, 2013 - $2,944 ppdo
Contact us for Group Free of Charge spaces and other discounts.
From manta rays to mantis shrimp, dolphins to dartfish, or voracious sharks to vibrant soft corals, NAI'A has found Fiji's ultimate dive sites. Experience the diversity and drama of pristine coral reefs at their most colorful and lavish.
We are excited to offer the Nai'a liveaboard with dive charters to Central Fiji. Central Fiji has the best diving, no doubt about it. This "NAI'A Triangle" of Lomaiviti, Bligh Water and Namena is the focus of the regular itineraries, covering about 500 nautical miles. NAI'A has journeyed throughout Fiji, in all directions and to every corner of the country's boundaries -- and beyond. Beautiful sites and dramatic attractions are found in every region and new places yet to be explored. But the central region has proved the most consistent in the quality and health of terrains, animals and conditions. Lomaiviti's coral reefs and islands are Fiji's most dynamic and varied: voracious sharks to vibrant soft corals.
Fiji's coral reef system is a complex web of barrier reefs surrounding large lagoons and islands. Coral growth and fish action are most robust on those outer barrier reefs. Marine life is especially concentrated within the reef passages and channels that link the lagoons with the deep ocean. But the barrier reefs are remote and vast - a long way from shore bases - so only the best-equipped live-aboard diving vessels can access these locations. Much of the area remains uncharted and the dive sites untouched. All this makes NAI'A dive sites in the NAI'A Triangle of Lomaiviti, Namena and Bligh Water largely exclusive. You are extremely unlikely to encounter another dive boat during a NAI'A trip -- it will feel like your own private pristine Fiji.
The normal itinerary for both seven and ten-day charters starts and ends in Lautoka, just north of Nadi, where the international airport is located. After an initial "checkout" dive on the afternoon of boarding, NAI'A heads north and east around the flank of the main island of Viti Levu to reach Bligh Water. Several different divesites in Bligh Water are available including Vatu-i-ra, E6, Mt. Mutiny, and Cat's Meow, depending on localized weather conditions. From there we choose our sites according to weather, tides, and our passengers' inclinations. But generally we visit the islands and barrier reefs of Namena, Wakaya, and Gau. On ten-day charters there is more time available to dive the various reefs in the Koro Sea, some of them near Namena and others near nowhere!
We have limited availability for 2013 charters, better space availability in 2014, and many open charters in 2015. Pricing for the 2013 and 2014 7 day cruises start at $3440 pp inc tax and 10 day cruises start at $4914 inc tax. Contact us for charter details today...!
We are showcasing this resort for the Beneath The Sea Dive Show March 22-24, 2013. We are pleased to be offering another fantastic dive resort in the "Muck Diving Captial of the World."
The Maluku Divers Resort in Laha is one of the must visit locations in any diver’s Indonesian dive list. The only dedicated dive resort in Ambon, the facility was built specifically with divers in mind and boasts the most unique and comfortable accommodations in the whole of Maluku. Each individual bungalow is over 60 square meters, with private bathroom, hot water, air conditioning and a large covered private wooden terrace. Each bungalow also has the unique feature of individual editing desks for each diver. The ten bungalows look out over Ambon Bay and the incredible muck diving and critter sites to be found there, the ultimate location for diving Ambon.
Ambon is undoubtedly famous for the world class muck diving, with a huge array of critters that can be observed and photographed during long dives at the shallow sites close to the resort. Diving in Ambon includes regular sightings of resident marine life such as rhinopias, many assorted frogfish, mandarin fish, ghost pipefish, harlequin shrimp, flamboyant cuttlefish, blue ring and hairy octopus, thorny and pygmy seahorse, stonefish, inimicus, to name but a few, along with literally hundreds of different species of nudibranch. As the Maluku Divers Resort is the only dedicated dive resort within Ambon Bay, it is “Critters Without Crowds” when diving in Ambon.
We have amazing packages to Maluku Dive Resort offering 7 nights accommodations, meals, and 3 boat dives per day plus unlimited house reef dives starting at $1550 per person with discounts for added days if you extend your vacation. Email us for details and let's blow bubbles in Ambon!
Just in time for the Beneath the Sea 2013 Dive Show, we are please to now offer this superb resort in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
Crystal Blue Resort, located in front of the Authur's Rock Marine Sanctuary, invites you to experience warm Filipino hospitality to the stunning backdrop of the bay area of Anilao, Philippines. Crystal Blue is the ideal getaway for your next dive adventure. Nothing has been spared to bring you the finest in accommodations and dive services including the recently completed 18-station camera room. Video also available.
Valet style diving has never been easier. The dive crew will carry your gear from the office to the dive deck. Once your gear is set our crew will handle the rest, Including loading and unloading the boats, tanks, cameras and anything else needed to make the dives complete.
Anilao has been dubbed the best critter and macro site in the Philippines, and there are also some spectacular reef systems here too. That's right, sites like Kirby's rock and Beatrice are second to none for marine life and reef fish. Twin rocks is also supercharged with jacks, turtles, snappers, sweet lips and more.
Crystal Blue is an underwater photographer paradise with pro Mike Bartick of SaltwaterPhoto.com on site to assist your needs. Mike also offers U/W photo seminars and can provide personal service.
We are offering 7 night packages including accommodations, meals and diving for $1435 per person, add $100 for a week of nitrox. Once you dive this destination, you will want to extend your stay!
Our latest offering in the Philippines is the Atlantis Azores liveaboard. The Azores has set new standards in liveaboard diving in the Philippines and in Asia. Azores is the perfect place from which to explore some of the best diving in the world, offering four distinct itineraries showcasing parts of the Philippines, on schedules only possible by liveaboard.
January through to mid March is Whaleshark season in Southern Leyte; enjoy unrivaled snorkeling action with these gentle giants and dive some unspoiled walls and slopes during the charter.
Tubbataha Reef is on our "bucket list" of dive destinations. The most popular season runs from mid March through to early June – explore kilometers pristine drop offs and see just about anything.
Dumaguete is base for the summer months of June through to September and the Visayas Safari is a unique opportunity to take in several beautiful islands in one week – something that would take several weeks, or several vacations to do any other way.
October through to December the Azores is based out of Puerto Galera exploring the birth place of diving in the Philippines – Anilao, and heading down to Apo Reef on the West coast of Mindoro – a hidden gem only a few get to see.
We have limited availability to Tubbataha Reef in early 2013 with 7 night packages at $3,495. Ask about our agent's discount on these charters. Contact us today!
Start the New Year off with a trip of a lifetime....book a liveaboard to the Galapagos Islands and save $1000 per person with thsi 25th Anniversary Special from Explorer Ventures. Available charter dates for this special are February 11-18, 2013 and February 25-March 4, 2013.
Your underwater adventures in the Galapagos will encompass everything from sharks to nudibranchs, and more. The islands are best known for amazing shark diving around Wolf and Darwin Islands. These small and remote islands are best reached by liveaboard vessels and this is the trip to book. Your diving experience here will generally include Galapagos sharks, silky sharks and lots of schooling hammerheads being cleaned by king angelfish. Seeing marine turtles, schools of tuna, eagle rays, and sea lions is very common and seeing a whale shark is very possible from June through November.
Book this liveaboard package with us and we will buy your nitrox...!!!
A new dive resort we are offering is NAD-Lembeh in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Famous the world over for its peerless macro and muck diving, the Lembeh Strait region offers more than just face to face encounters with weird and wonderful critters. The resort is nestled between two hills inside a tranquil bay on Lembeh Island, a short boat ride from Bitung Harbour and minutes away from all the top dive sites of the region. Despite the proximity to Bitung there is a clean beach with some nice corals and lots of wildlife at the waters' edge. A sunset Kayak trip can lead to close encounters with Kingfishers, Egrets, Sea Kytes to name a few.
With ten rooms and four bungalows on site, the resort blends seamlessly into a beautiful green backdrop of native flora fronting a small beach and wonderful house reef dive. Our “Eco Friendly” design allows us to keep our rates reasonably low and our standards high while enabling us to show a high level of personalized service in all departments. If you are planning your first trip to Lembeh Island or have been here many times over the years, please join us at NAD for an experience you won’t soon forget, both below the water and in the comfort of your new home away from home. Our food constantly gets fantastic reviews, prepared fresh from ingredients you are sure to find every meal a delightful surprise. Packages for 7 nights beachfront room are $876 USD per person, sea view bungalow are $999 per person.
A new dive resort company we are offering is Two Fish Divers with three Indonesia locations: Bunaken Island, Lembeh Strait, and Bali / Nusa Lembongan.
Two Fish Divers on Bunaken Island is a tropical-island resort right by the beach, based in beautiful garden surroundings, with cottages that surround a fantastic swimming pool. Right in the heart of the award-winning Bunaken Marine Park, the scuba diving offers beautiful corals, lots of fish, amazing small critters, and some larger exciting creatures including reef sharks, turtles and barracudas. Packages for 7 nights are $830 USD per person.
Two Fish Divers on Lembeh Island is situated on a private beach with its own bay, with most of the dive sites only 10 minutes away. We only cater for 20-24 divers, so you get very personal attention. Hunting for amazing critters in Lembeh Straits, the muck diving capital of the world. From Lembeh we can also offer great day-trips to nearby Bangka Island or Gangga Island (about an hour away) which have some great scuba diving with stunning soft-coral dives. Packages for 7 nights are $830 USD per person.
Two Fish Divers Resort on Lembongan Island, Bali can be found near the traditional village of Jungutbatu, only a two minute walk from the sandy beach where the dive boats depart. Fast becoming one of Bali's most popular attractions, Lembongan Island is a paradise that is a world away from the pollution, hassles and hectic pace of Bali. There are no hawkers, no traffic, and magnificent scenery and is the perfect place to put your feet up and relax. Popular with families weary of travel warnings, this island is a safe little spot to enjoy a perfect Bali diving holiday. Packages for 7 nights are $550 USD per person.
Yes, its hard to believe the holidays are already upon us, and here on Juliet that means it's time to head south for the winter. On Nov 24th John, Chris, Trevor, Jessica, Will, Hilary, and 12 adventurous passengers all left Miami for the Turks and Caicos. They will pull into Sapodilla Bay to start the Turks and Caicos trips on Dec 8 - there's still room in December if you can get away!
Here's your opportunity for an unbeatable dive holiday deal on the Juliet. This liveaboard is very well reviewed and repeat customers are the norm. Spend this Christmas on dive adventure, not decorating a tree that you will toss away at the end of the month. And save 10% booking these charters!
The Turks and Caicos is well known for its dramatic wall dives, most starting at 40-60′ (12-18m) and dropping into the abyss. We start our week of diving at West Caicos where you can expect to see Caribbean Reef Sharks on most dives, as well as squadrons of Spotted Eagle Rays cruising just off the wall, and a couple of pretty friendly grouper. The back reef has beautiful towers of pillar coral and stingrays hiding in the sand and night dives are chock full of diversity – keep your eyes peeled for strange looking viper moray eels and other crazy critters in the dark.
Dates available for these charters: December 8-14 and December 22-28, 2012. Email us for availability to take advantage of this 10% holiday special discount.
Our week-long dive charters in Turks and Caicos will leave from and return to Providenciales – plan to fly into Provo airport (code PLS) to meet the boat. We board at noon on Saturday and return to the anchorage on Friday morning for disembarkation at 9am. Flights after noon on Friday are usually ok. If you find flight schedules are requiring an overnight stay in Turks and Caicos we recommend the Turtle Cove Inn or Comfort Suites.
You have always wanted to join a live aboard charter to the amazing Galapagos Islands. Now you can join a charter in January 2013 to this fin-tastic dive destination and save $1,000 per person.
Your 8 day / 7 night underwater adventures in the Galapagos will encompass everything from sharks to nudibranchs, and more. The islands are best known for amazing shark diving around Wolf and Darwin Islands. Your diving experience here will generally include Galapagos sharks, silky sharks and lots of schooling hammerheads being cleaned by king angelfish. Seeing marine turtles, schools of tuna, eagle rays, and sea lions are very common. All the islands are amazing sites for underwater photography.
Besides the diving adventure on the Humboldt Explorer, you will have the opportunity to experience land tours that may be booked in addition to the cruise. Tour options include Otavalo Market and Cotacahi village, Cotopaxi National Park, and Mindo-Nambillo Ecological Reserve.
The dive charter includes 7 nights/8 days aboard the vessel, 3 meals daily, plus between-dive snacks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, 2-3 dives a day (days vary), tanks, weights and belts.
The charter does NOT include airport transfers (except same-day Galapagos arrivals), hotel accommodations, international flights to/from Galapagos, last evening meal, rental gear, instruction, nitrox and retail charges, crew gratuities, dive accident insurance (required), trip cancellation insurance, premium alcoholic beverages, National Marine Park fees - $100 pp, cash only. Paid on arrival in Galapagos, TCT Tourist card - ($10 pp, cash only) Paid at Ecuador airport of departure for Galapagos. Cash only, hyperbaric chamber fee ($35 pp, payable on board), and fuel surcharge.
