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Scuba Travel now offering dive holidays to Lanzarote and other great deals
Here are the latest offers from UK-based dive tour operator Scuba Travel:
Dive Lanzarote from £570 inc flights
Scuba Travel has announced it is now working with North Diving in Lanzarote.
North Diving Lanzarote is the only dive centre in the north of the island, which means guaranteed unspoilt and uncrowded dive sites. Diving the northern dive sites is an adventurous experience with a huge amount to discover underwater. The lava formations, arches, caverns, drop offs and swim throughs are simply amazing. There are wrecks, schooling fish and even angel sharks.
So if you are looking for somewhere new to escape for a long weekend’s diving or fancy making a week out of it close to home, it’s time to take the plunge in Lanzarote.
Arrieta is far away from the mass tourism sometimes associated with Lanzarote and so there are no hotels. However there are a large range of fully equipped apartments, all around a 5 minute walk from the dive centre. Scuba Travel have picked just a few of the best in the region to offer you complete choice. So if you a single diver, buddy pair or group, talk to Scuba Travel and they can help you select your ideal base. If you prefer, the closest hotels are 20mins away which Scuba Travel can also arrange with transfers
Find out more here.
Hurricane / Southern Red Sea / Save £300 / Only £845 / 25th May
Come face to face with big fish at famous Brothers Islands, Daedalus and Elphinstone.
Fly direct to Marsa Alam and avoid long transfers.
7 nights full board. All fees, 12L tanks and weights and Free Nitrox Included.
Dive the fabled Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone with the most experienced team on board the stable steel hulled Hurricane.Look into the blue for sharks, manta and dolphins as you drift along pristine drop offs. Spend more time diving and less time travelling with Scuba Travel’sMarsa Alam departures. Aida & Numidia wrecks at the Brothers.
Find out more about this trip here.
Solitude One Liveaboard / Phillipines
Solitude 1 is a true ocean going liveaboard, which makes her the ideal boat for cruising the the Philippines on the search for pelagics. There are 10 cabins across Solitude 1, sleeping up to 22 divers, in bright, airy cabins. All are beautifully finished.
This is a scuba diving holiday of pure escapism and breathtaking moments underwater and only dived when at its seasonal best. Home to literally hundreds of fish, shark, dolphins and coral species, the Tubbataha itinerary will deliver inspirational diving, all from the comfort and luxury of your liveaboard home. Caroline from Scuba Travel has just returned from Solitude One and is raving about it – give her a call to find out why.
Find out more about this trip here.
Virgo / Maldives / Save £350 / Only £1545 / 7th May
7 nights on board on a full board basis (twin/double share cabin) . Virgo dives the seasonal hot spots with an average of 3 fully guided dives a day and all diving is from a dhoni tender. All marine park fees, 12lt tank and weights inc and Nitrox FOC.
The Best of the Maldives Itinerary does just what it says on the tin – you dive the best and most famous dive sites of the Maldives in a single week of sublime liveaboard diving across Male and Ari atolls. Virgo is an outstanding vessel. She sleeps only 15 divers over a generous 32m length. All of the cabins have the creature comfort you would want – en suite bathrooms , TV and DVD player, safe and mini bar. The cabins are light and airy and the upper deck cabins have large windows to let all that Maldivian sunshine in.
On the main deck there is a large saloon with welcoming sofas. The bar on board is fully licensed so you can enjoy your favourite tipple as the sun sinks over the horizon. The upper deck has loungers for sun worshippers.
Find out more about this trip here.
To find out more about Scuba Travel, 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
Gear News
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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