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Book a diving adventure to Grenada and visit the Annual Grenada Chocolate Festival with Dive Worldwide
Experience the vibrant culture and hospitality, warm clear waters and plenty of dive sites on this week-long Visit Grenada trip to the Caribbean spice island. Easily accessible from the UK, and yet a world apart, travel in mid-May to combine diving and chocolate at the annual Grenada Chocolate Festival (13-22 May 2016).
Enjoy exciting dive sites during a stay at True Blue Bay Resort, a small family-run, boutique, diver-dedicated resort situated on the south coast of Grenada and surrounded by tropical gardens. The resort overlooks the spectacular True Blue Bay and accommodation ranges from bright, colourful and cheery rooms to luxurious villas. All are equipped with air-conditioning, en-suite bathroom, cable TV and Wifi. The Dodgy Dock restaurant is popular with locals and tourists, offering a broad range of cuisine in a relaxed and comfortable setting. Other facilities include a swimming pool, day spa, cookery classes, small children’s playground, kayaks, hobie-cat sailing and yacht charters.
The resident dive operators are Aquanauts Grenada, a professional company offering daily boat dives and courses for all, from Bubblemaker (from eight years old) to specialty courses such as Deep Diver and SDI Solo Diver, great for photographers. Aquanauts Tech Diving offer TDI training.
Local dive sites include a wide variety for all experience levels and for every taste – be it shallow coral gardens, unspoiled reefs or interesting wrecks. Grenada is renowned for its large portfolio of wrecks, the most famous being the Bianca C, dubbed the ‘Titanic of the Caribbean’, while San Juan and King Mitch attract plenty of pelagic species including nurse sharks.
Diving highlights within the marine park include Dragon Bay, Happy Hill and the Sculpture Park, all with plenty of marine life to observe (moray eels, lobster, eagle rays and turtles) and sites are suitable for all. Experienced divers can enjoy a day trip to Isle de Rhonde (weather permitting) famous for its steep walls covered in fans and colourful sponges as well as plenty of pelagic marine life encounters.
Price: from £1,675 per person based on 2 sharing including return international flights from London, airport transfers, 7 nights’ B&B accommodation, 5 days diving (10 dives), tanks and weights.
For more information, visit www.diveworldwide.com or call +44 (0)1962 302 087.
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Stay Longer for Less at Temple Point, Kenya with Dive Worldwide
Dive Worldwide has recently introduced Kenya to its portfolio of dive destinations, making it a new must-visit for divers. The company has chosen Temple Point Resort, located in Watamu, a small town on Kenya’s Indian Ocean Coast. The resort embodies the spirit of Kenya, with thatched roof buildings and bright white interiors, complemented with local art. The Creek Deluxe rooms enjoy a creek view and sunset vistas, whilst Boutique Garden rooms offer peace nestled in lush greenery.
An abundance of activities such as golf, stand up paddleboarding and kite surfing await those looking for action; while those in search of rejuvenation may partake in a range of yoga classes, or indulge in the spa. Spend evenings dining poolside dining or lazing in hammocks suspended over the creek; there is no detail missed at Temple Point.
The waters surrounding Temple Point Resort are bustling with life, however, there is also an opportunity to explore on dry land. Tsavo National Park is close enough for a day safari, allowing guests to double up on the wildlife experiences Kenya has to offer, from elephants to whale sharks.
Suggested Dive Itinerary: Dive and Discover Kenya
Embark on an adventure to one of Africa’s finest marine parks, Watamu, the first of its kind in the continent. Created in 1968, Watamu offers excellent diving and snorkelling for those of all experience levels. Lively coral reefs and the surrounding waters are home to over 1,000 species of fish, devil rays, mantas, whale sharks, dolphins and turtles.
DEAL: Stay 12 nights for the price of 10 at Temple Point Resort
Price: Dive and Discover Kenya now costs £2295pp, saving £150 per person. Including international flights from the UK, 12 nights’ B&B (for the price of 10), transfers, 5 days, 10 dive pack, tanks and weights. Based on travel in September ONLY. https://www.diveworldwide.com/trip-ideas/dive-discover-kenya#details
For more information visit: diveworldwide.com or call 01962 302 087
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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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