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New Thalassa Dive Resort now open in Lembeh, Indonesia
Since opening in May 2013, Thalassa Dive Resort in Manado has received the Certificate of Excellence four times from TripAdvisor. From this October, guests can experience the same award-winning service and diving from a second location: Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi.
Thalassa Lembeh is located in a quiet cove on Lembeh Island. Most of the diving will take place in the Lembeh Strait, a narrow sea channel separating Lembeh island from the Sulawesi mainland.
This is a muck diver’s paradise. At the muck sites you can find numerous alien-like creatures such as different types of octopi, including the mimic, blue ringed and hairy octopus, but also the bobtail squid and wunderpus. Contrary to popular belief, there’s not only muck in Lembeh, but also nice coral gardens and a couple of interesting wrecks which are all within limits for recreational diving. The great thing is that many of these dive sites are still off the beaten track! And if you’re lucky, you might see manta rays, sharks, or both.
The new Thalassa Lembeh Resort offers:
- comfortable resort with an exclusive vibe that will make you feel right at home
- volcanic black sand beach
- 12 comfortable sea view bungalows, twin or double, and 3 single deluxe rooms
- two restaurants, bars and a wood fired oven for pizzas — everything you need to refuel after your diving adventure
- a dive center, fully equipped for PADI courses and with a separate camera room
- swimming pool with a sweeping view of the cove
- optional excursions including jungle hikes!
To find out more please visit: www.thalassamanado.com.
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
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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