Damai 2 Liveaboard Diving – Komodo!
August 19-30 2013 Trip Report

By Cindi LaRaia

http://www.divediscovery.com/trip-reports/2013/indonesia.php

5 Nights Bali Seafari – 14 Dives

From a macro festival (pigmy sea horses, pegasus fish, frog fish, ghost pipe fish etc.) to a wide angle festival at Tulumben on the USS Liberty, American cargo torpedoed in 1942 and the most celebrated dive site in Bali, the variety in Bali is superb. Then there is still more at Crystal Bay, where the visibility is almost always awesome, to meet the famous Mola Mola, the largest boned fish in the world with a span as large as 4m. Don’t forget to meet the Manta Rays at Nusa Penida, WAOW!!!

Our exclusive and original formula offers you all the best dive sites in Bali.

2014 Departure Dates

April 13-18, May 11-16, June 15-20, July 13-18, August 10-15, September 14-19, October 12-17, November 16-21

Price per person: USD $1,600

For more details, please visit our website:

http://www.divediscovery.com/indonesia/liveaboards/waow-seafari.php

An 8-Day Package incorporating Scuba Diving & the Nature of Nosy Be

Nosy-Be is the most popular island of Madagascar. On its north there is the Archipelago of the Mitsio and to its south the Archipelago of the Radama. In its immediate surroundings: Nosy Sakatia, Nosy Tanikely, Nosy Iranja and Nosy Fanihi, offer excellent diving.

Also known as “The perfume” Island, Nosy Be offers a large variety of local marine life: soft and hard corals, turtles, mantas, whale sharks, barracuda, etc.

For more details, please visit our website:
http://www.divediscovery.com/madagascar/

2014 Humpback Whale Watching Programs
Silver Bank, Dominican Republic

by Conscious Breath Adventures, Winner of the 2012 Planet Whale Responsible Whale Operator Award!

A couple sentences from Capt. Gene Flipse of Conscious Breath Adventures

~> About the whales & the experience:

“I have spent most of my life on and under the water and have been fortunate to meet many of the oceans’ inhabitants but nothing compares to the experience of swimming with humpback whales. Having a wild and free whale that is as big as a school bus approach out of curiosity and interact with you on a one-to-one basis is a breathtaking and humbling experience. There is no place on land or in the sea where animals this large interact at such close range and it is impossible to come away unaffected.”

For more details, please visit our website:
2014 Humpback Whale Watching Programs in Silver Bank, Dominican Republic

The well-known PADI 5* Instructor Development Dive Center Thalassa, based in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia was founded in 1996 and has been run since by Simone Gerritsen, a Dutch PADI Course Director and diver for 35 years.

Since January 2013, Thalassa has expanded her service with accommodation as well, offering a 5* service for both divers as non-divers, right on the border of Bunaken National Park.

For more details about Thalassa Dive Resort, please visit our website:
http://www.divediscovery.com/indonesia/dive-resorts/thalassa-dive-resort.php

Visit Cuba’s Pristine Gardens of the Queen

Due to the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba, it has been virtually impossible for Americans to legally visit Cuba and the Gardens of the Queen for more than 50 years. Now, however, you have an opportunity to see this pristine ecosystem for yourself and to do so legally. Under a license from the U.S. Treasury Department, the Washington, DC-based nonprofit conservation organization, Ocean Doctor, is now running the first-ever educational trips to Cuba’s Gardens of the Queen.

This unique educational journey examines the relationship of Cuban citizens with their natural environment, including burgeoning socioeconomic and cultural issues brought about by Cuba’s growing ecotourism industry. The exchange also represents an opportunity to explore with our Cuban colleagues important environmental issues that impact the marine waters that both nations share. Visitors will meet with Cuban scientists, resource managers, ecotourism professionals and community members.

Six days of this 11-day/10-night trip will be spent aboard a floating hotel or liveaboard dive vessel in the heart of Cuba’s Gardens of the Queen National Park, where much of the story lies underwater. U.S. visitors will accompany Cuban specialists and be able to scuba dive in one of the healthiest marine ecosystems remaining in the Caribbean. Visitors will spend four nights at a 5-star hotel in Havana, visiting a variety of Cuba institutions and meeting with a range of Cuban professionals and community members.

For more details, please visit our website:

http://www.divediscovery.com/cuba/divetours/gardens-of-the-queen-diving.php

‘Adventure fans, I want to escort an expedition to Antarctica for the 2015 season! This is for divers & adventurers interested in what Antarctica has to offer and or active folks who love photography, hiking, snowshoeing, camping, kayaking, mountaineering & shore excursions & zodiac cruises! (this is what I will be doing!) This will be onboard M/V Plancius, this amazing vessel will act as a “basecamp” where we start our various activities.

All activities will be conducted by trained expert guides.  All adventure activities are free of charge on “Basecamp Plancius” voyages and are included in the package.

*diving has an additional charge.
See the link for “Basecamp Plancius Manual” brochure for further details.

Anybody interested???  Let me know!’

Cindi LaRaia

Basecamp Plancius Manual [pdf file]

http://www.divediscovery.com/group-trips/2015/antarctica.php

For more information, contact Dive Discovery at:
1 800 886-7321, (415) 444-5100
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