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Check out these last minute Winter dive holiday deals with Scuba Travel
Christmas is over, so it’s time to start planning your diving for 2017 – and UK-based tour operator Scuba Travel have some wonderful options for you if you want to get things started early.
Here are the details:
Maldives / Carpe Novo Liveaboard / 13th January / Only £2275 / Save £550
After landing in Male you will be taken to the boat and the adventure begins. You have 7 nights on board on a full board basis (twin/double share cabin) – cabin upgrades available. Tea, coffee and drinking water are included in your package. Carpe Diem dives the seasonal hot spots with an average of 3 dives a day and all diving is from a dhoni tender. A dive may be exchanged for a chance to snorkel with manta or whalesharks. A 12lt tank, air fills and weights are included. All trips are fully guided with 2 expert guides. Flights are with Sri Lankan although Scuba Travel is able to book a variety of scheduled airlines. Depending on your itinerary you may require a 1 way domestic flight – your ticket will be given to you locally. Excluded are the Hanivaru entry fee (20 USD p/p for 45 minutes of snorkeling), alcohol, fruit juice, soft drinks, nitrox, additional kit hire and any on board souvenirs. All on board payments are subject to a 12%GST locally. Let Scuba Travel know if you would like to prebook any diving courses on board or have any dietary requirements.
Find out more about this trip here.
Red Sea / Cyclone Liveaboard / 21st January / Only £850 / Save £100
Cyclone is a true Red Sea classic liveaboard that easily meets the high standards of Scuba Travel’s modern Red Sea liveaboards.
Beat the winter blues with a trip to the Red Sea this January for some winter sun and stunning diving. Cyclone will be setting sail from Hurghada and traveling north to visit some of the most iconic dive sites in the Red Sea.
Find out more about this trip here.
Indonesia / Bunaken Oasis Resort / 13th January / Save £900
Once you arrive in Manado you will be picked up and taken to the resort. Your standard package includes 7 nights on a full board basis in a traditional villa (2 people sharing) including free laundry service. As standard your package includes 3 boat dives/day, with free nitrox, and unlimited house reef diving (subject to surface supervision). Flights are with Singapore airlines from Heathrow via Singapore but there is also a Manchester departure option with the airline. UK passport holders can obtain a free visa on arrival into Manado. There is a Bunaken National Park entrance fee will be payable locally 150000IDR
Find out more about this trip here.
Philippines / Kasai Village / 2nd February Only £1895 / Save £200
Dive Moalboal and Pescador as well as more than 30 dive sites and an awesome house reef. Once you arrive in Cebu you will be picked up and taken by land and the Kasai Village resort. Your standard package includes 7 nights in a pool view room on an full board basis – optional room grades available. As standard your package includes 18 air dives. Please do ask your travel consultant if you would like to prebook additional diving. Special day trips are organised and subject to a small supplemental charge paid locally. Flights are with Cathay Pacific, Emirates or Singapore airlines, including regional departures. You will need to pay a departure tax when leaving the Philippines (approx 750php).
Find out more about this trip here.
To find out more about Scuba Travel and the dive holidays they offer, call 0800 0728221, email dive@scubatravel.com or visit www.scubatravel.com.
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Dive Worldwide Announces Bite-Back as its Charity of the Year
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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Scubapro Free Octopus Promotion 2024
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
with every purchase of a regulator system!
Get a free S270 OCTOPUS with purchase of these combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with A700
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with S620Ti
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with D420
MK25 EVO Din mit S620Ti-X
Get a free R105 OCTOPUS with purchase of the following combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
MK25 EVO or MK17 EVO with S600
SCUBAPRO offers a 30-year first owner warranty on all regulators, with a revision period of two years or 100 dives. All SCUBAPRO regulators are of course certified according to the new European test standard EN250-2014.
Available at participating SCUBAPRO dealers. Promotion may not be available in all regions. Find an authorized SCUBAPRO Dealer at scubapro.com.
More information available on www.scubapro.com.
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