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GUADALCANAL ISLAND and HONIARA

Capital of the Solomons. This is where the international flights arrive and where a vast amount of the great ship wrecks of WWII rest! Most shipwrecks lie close to shore in an attempt to save as many soldiers lives as possible during the heavy fighting that took place there. This is a WWII buffs dream location

HONIARA: King Solomon Hotel

Location:
Situated in the central business district area of Honiara, ten minutes from the airport. Complimentary hotel shuttle bus operates from hotel for international guests, or those returning from Gizo Hotel. The hotel sits one block back from the waterfront on a coral terraced hill. Ground surface based cable car carries guests to their rooms past tropical landscaped gardens and the swimming pool.

Features:
All rooms have air conditioning, ceiling fans, shower and haf bath, refrigerator, tea/coffee, telephone with international direct dialing facility, television, and free in-house movies.

Food and Beverage:
Traditional Leaf House open sided restaurant catering to all tastes. At lunch or dinner you can choose lobster, crab, or fish from the menu. Realistic prices do not compromise the quality or portions offered. Brasserie is open from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. offering breakfast, snacks, and light meals throughout the day. Room service is also available during those hours. Two bars are positioned in the hotel. There is also live entertainment consisting of cultural dances every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.

Facilities:
Dive and tour shop, Duty free store, rental cars, safety deposit boxes, guests laundry requirements handled by hotel.

HONIARA: Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel

Service shops, evenings cocktails, a BBQ, performances by island dancing and cultural groups all add to the Solomon Kitano Mendana's natural Pacific hospitality.

Location:
Situated just 15 minutes from Henderson Airport and two minutes from the main shopping center.

HONIARA: Let's Go Diving!

Offers shore diving on the wrecks and reefs along the north coast of Guadalcanal. A normal schedule will include 2 dive trips per day, 9:00am and 2:00pm. Each round trip will be around 2 hours. Night dives are available on request.
Let's Go Diving has a nice shop, located on a hill above Honiara and offers Scuba dive tours, snorkel tours, Introductory dive courses and Certification dive courses. They also offer rental equipment, have dive gear for sale and do limited repair.

Diving around Guadalcanal

Bonegi I
"Hirokawa Maru" 6860 tons, length 172m. Attacked by American dive bombers and beached on Nov. 14, 1942. Starts in 3m of water and continues past 50m. Excellent coral growth and fish life on one of the best wreck dives in the Solomons.

Ruiniu
6500 ton Japanese transport laying upright with depths ranging from 5m to 50m. Quite intact near the stern with plentiful fish life.

Bonegi II
"Kinugawa Maru" length 132m, suffering tha same fate from dive bombers this transport was beached in an attempt to off load supplies. Part of the wreck is above water making easy access for snorkellers and good swim throughs for divers.

B-17
Flying Fortress that was ditched close to shore and is intact from the bomb aimer's section forward. Still heavily armed with machine guns and easy access to the cockpit.

Solsea and FishCity
Previously an island trader, this boat was purposefully sunk to form an artifical reef. At an average depth of 30m this wreck has excellent coral growth covering it. As this reef is the only one in the immediate area there is a stunning array of pelagic fish life.

YPT 284
Bow section of a light cruiser. Situated in Tenaru Bay at 30m, this wreck has several pieces of planes and wreckage. Covered in black coral, there is always abundant pelagic fish life.

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