A roundup on dive travel and marine related stories
Posted in - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel, Trip Report on Sep 24th, 2013
Garry and Sue recently stayed at Beqa Lagoon Resort in Fiji and posted this report on Tripadvisor: Reviewed 5 September 2013 I recently returned from an 8 night diving trip to Beqa Lagoon Resort and had a great time. I found a package through Diversion Dive Travel which was extremely good value and very well […]
Posted in - Dive Resorts, - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel, Trip Report on Oct 24th, 2012
Arrive as a guest, leave as a friend Just a short 30 minute drive from Dumaguete airport (a 1 hour flight from Manila), on the island of Negros Oriental, lies the beautiful Atlantis Dumaguete Dive Resort. The resort is surrounded by lush tropical gardens and is just a short boat ride away from some of […]
Posted in - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel, Trip Report on Apr 17th, 2012
Here is a very nice review of Matava Island resort by Barbara Winters, a client of us who recently spend a week there: I wanted to surprise my partner for his 40th holiday and decided onFiji. We met when we learnt scuba diving inHonduras 11 years ago, and he became an instructor and I a […]
Posted in - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel, Trip Report on Apr 7th, 2011
We just checked into our room. It’s 4 pm (2nd April ’11) and we rush back out again to the beach. Finally we have arrived. We dip our feet in the balmy turquoise waters surrounding Heron Island. Before we can get our bearings, 5 tiny little creatures hobble through the sand towards me. Their […]
Posted in Trip Report on Oct 14th, 2009
Mermaid I, one of two vessels of the Thailand based “Mermaid Liveaboards”, spends June to October in Indonesia, offering 9 night liveaboard excursions to Komodo National Park. Mermaid I is one of the most comfortable vessels out there. Cabins, lounge, sun and dive decks are all very spacious accommodating a total of 15 guests only. […]
Posted in - Dive Resorts, Trip Report on Mar 13th, 2009
by Nina Joost, March 09 Ange and Dietmar, the owners of Lissenung Island, have come a long way since they first set up their little Robinson island in the mid 1990s. The rough edges have been ‘filed away’, and without changing the lovely and unpretentious setting of this quiet and remote island, they have made […]
Posted in Trip Report, U/W Photography on Aug 27th, 2007
Take a look at this months Diving Adventure Magazine. Among other great articles and images, is a very interesting article on the Dwarf Minke Whales found on Australia’s Barrier reef May-July each year.http://www.rhkuw.com/pdf/daminke.pdf
Posted in - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Trip Report on May 8th, 2007
Mermaid I is one of the very well known Thai boats, which spends June to October in Indonesia, offering 7 night live-aboard trips to the Komodo National Park. Mermaid I is probably one of the most comfortable boats I have been on. The cabins are spacious, with ensuite facilities, a small fridge, and TV/DVD. A […]
Posted in - Dive Resorts, Trip Report on May 8th, 2007
For the last two years I had spent my holidays in Sulawesi, diving at Bunaken and Lembeh Strait. To break the growing addiction to muck diving, I decided to check out the dive scene in Bali, and to join Mermaid I on a seven night live-aboard to Komodo. Bali To get away from the Kuta/Legian […]
Posted in Trip Report on May 8th, 2007
To explain this amazing event, have a read of what happened last year: 12 very excited divers and snorkellers boarded Undersea Explorer on our 6 night minke whale expedition to the Great Barrier Reef on 24-30 June 2006. For Dirk and myself it had been two years since we last came face to face with […]
