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Book by 31 December for these great value post-Christmas getaways

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Book yourself a post-Christmas getaway from these fantastic diving holiday special offers from our friends at UK-based Tour Operator Diverse Travel. Book by 31 December 2017!

Red Sea: Marsa Alam 5* Resort + Diving

Marsa Alam is perfect for learning to dive and for the more experienced diver. Explore the shallow wreck near shore, enjoy the house reef, snorkel with dolphins, dive with turtles or even an occasional dugong. Combine this with a stay at the 5* Sunrise Marina Resort and you have the recipe for a perfect diving holiday!

From just £695 per person based on sharing a twin/double room including:

  • Return flights from London Gatwick to Marsa Alam
  • 15kgs baggage allowance
  • 7 nights’ accommodation at Sunrise Marina Resort
  • All Inclusive meal plan
  • 5 days’ boat diving, up to 2 guided day dives a day
  • All transfers
  • Full ATOL protection

Valid for travel on certain dates between January and March 2018

Booking deadline: 31 December 2017

Call Diverse Travel on 01473 852002 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk.


Red Sea: Emperor Asmaa January Offer

Designed with divers in mind, Emperor Asmaa offers genuine value for money for divers looking to explore some of the best sites the Red Sea has to offer in a more intimate atmosphere.

Price from just £875 per person based on sharing a twin cabin including:

  • Return economy class flights from London to Marsa Alam
  • 20kgs baggage
  • 7 nights in shared cabin
  • 3 meals a day, soft drinks, red wine with dinner
  • 6 days’ diving, guide, 12ltr tank & weights, Marine Park fees and port departure fees
  • Free Nitrox
  • Return airport transfers
  • Full ATOL protection

Valid for travel on certain dates in January 2018

Booking deadline: 31 December 2017

Call Diverse Travel on 01473 852002 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk.


Red Sea: Emperor Echo February Offer

Jump on board the latest addition to the Emperor fleet and enjoy diving the famous sites of the Red Sea with this fantastic special offer.  Great value for money and perfect for small groups of buddies with a ‘Book 5 and 1 dives for FREE’ offer all year round.

Price from just £885 per person based on sharing a twin cabin including:

  • Return economy class flights from London to Hurghada
  • 20kgs baggage
  • 7 nights in shared cabin
  • 3 meals a day, soft drinks, red wine with dinner
  • 6 days’ diving, guide, 12ltr tank & weights, Marine Park fees and port departure fees
  • Free Nitrox
  • Return airport transfers
  • Full ATOL protection

Valid for travel on certain dates in February 2018

Booking deadline: 31 December 2017

Call Diverse Travel on 01473 852002 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk.


Red Sea: Emperor Elite March Offer

Emperor Elite takes you to the most iconic of dive sites in the Red Sea in comfort.  Dive the famous wrecks in the northern Red Sea, Fury Shoals and the remote St Johns, Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone.

From just £1095 per person based on sharing a twin cabin including:

  • Return economy class flights from London to Hurghada
  • 20kgs baggage
  • 7 nights in shared cabin
  • 3 meals a day, soft drinks, red wine with dinner
  • 6 days’ diving, guide, 12ltr tank & weights, Marine Park fees and port departure fees
  • Free Nitrox
  • Return airport transfers
  • Full ATOL protection

Valid for travel on certain dates in March 2018

Booking deadline: 31 December 2017

Call Diverse Travel on 01473 852002 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk.


Maldives: Emperor Atoll January 2018 offer

This traditional liveaboard is perfect for small groups of friends and families.  Dive the famous sites and experience the majestic mantas, night dive with sharks and, if you’re lucky, a whale shark or two! Personal service with just 12 divers.

From just £1870 per person based on sharing a twin cabin including:

  • Return economy class flights from London to Male
  • 23kgs baggage
  • 7 nights in shared cabin
  • 3 meals a day, afternoon snacks, unlimited drinking water, tea & coffee
  • 6 days’ diving – total of 17 dives (incl. 1 night dive), guide, cylinders & weights
  • Free Nitrox
  • 1 BBQ dinner on uninhabited island (weather allowing)
  • Malé city tour (on request)
  • Return airport transfers
  • Full ATOL protection

Valid for travel on certain dates in January 2018

Booking deadline: 31 December 2017

Call Diverse Travel on 01473 852002 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk.


Maldives: Emperor Serenity – 2018 Offer

A luxury contemporary liveaboard built to hotel standards, Emperor Serenity takes you to the most iconic dive sites of the Maldives.  Spend your days diving these wonderful atolls and your evenings relaxing with a cocktail watching the sun go down.

From just £2025 per person based on sharing a twin cabin including:

  • Return economy class flights from London to Male
  • 30kgs baggage
  • 7 nights in shared cabin
  • 3 meals a day, afternoon snacks, unlimited drinking water, tea & coffee
  • 6 days’ diving – total of 17 dives (incl. 1 night dive), guide, cylinders & weights
  • Free Nitrox
  • 1 BBQ dinner on uninhabited island (weather allowing)
  • Malé city tour (on request)
  • Return airport transfers
  • Full ATOL protection

Valid for travel on certain dates between January and May 2018

Booking deadline: 31 December 2017

Call Diverse Travel on 01473 852002 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk.


Maldives: Emperor Orion – 2018 Offer

Always a firm favourite with guests, she looks even more the part now with a ‘facelift’ both inside and out and is brighter, lighter, fresh and ready to sail those magical Maldives dive sites.  Book your place now!

Price from just £1895 per person based on sharing a twin cabin including:

  • Return economy class flights from London to Male
  • 30kgs baggage
  • 7 nights in shared cabin
  • 3 meals a day, afternoon snacks, unlimited drinking water, tea & coffee
  • 6 days’ diving – total of 17 dives (incl. 1 night dive), guide, cylinders & weights
  • Free Nitrox
  • 1 BBQ dinner on uninhabited island (weather allowing)
  • Malé city tour (on request)
  • Return airport transfers
  • Full ATOL protection

Valid for travel on certain dates between January and May 2018

Booking deadline: 31 December 2017

Call Diverse Travel on 01473 852002 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk.


Fiji: Volivoli Offer | Book 7 nights, pay for only 5

Volivoli Beach Resort | Fiji | 2 nights FREE

PLUS 2 FREE dives

PLUS FREE Nitrox*

Fiji has so very much to offer from the diving to nature, beautiful beaches and welcoming local people. Here lies a perfect blend of white sandy beaches, coral reef, a sunny year-round climate and that friendly Fijian hospitality and culture.

A pearl of Fiji, Volivoli Beach Resort is tucked away on the northernmost tip of Viti Levu and promises guests a welcoming relaxed indulgence. Being just a short boat ride from the enticing dive sites of Bligh Waters the Resort is family-run by the Darling family who have over 20 years’ experience of diving in these waters. Probably one of the best locations in Fiji for a diving holiday, Volivoli Beach is home to Ra Divers, a fully certified PADI and SSI Dive Resort with over 18 years’ experience.

Travel dates: Until 31st March 2018

Call Diverse Travel on Freephone 0800 915 4436 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk


For more information or to book, call Diverse Travel on 01473 852002, email info@diversetravel.co.uk or visit www.diversetravel.co.uk.

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The Ocean Cleanup Breaks 10,000,000 KG Barrier

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The Ocean Cleanup, the global non-profit project, has removed a verified all-time total of ten million kilograms (22 million lbs.) of trash from oceans and rivers around the world – approximately the same weight as the Eiffel Tower.

To complete its mission of ridding the oceans of plastic, The Ocean Cleanup uses a dual strategy: cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) to remove the plastic already afloat in the oceans, while stopping the flow of plastic from the world’s most polluting rivers.

Through cleaning operations in the GPGP and in rivers in eight countries, the cumulative total of trash removed has now surpassed ten million kilograms. This milestone demonstrates the acceleration of The Ocean Cleanup’s impact, while underlining the astonishing scale of the plastic pollution problem and the need for continued support and action.

While encouraging for the mission, this milestone is only a staging point: millions more tons of plastic still pollute our oceans and The Ocean Cleanup intends to continue learning, improving and innovating to solve this global catastrophe.

This announcement comes as governments from around the world meet to continue negotiations to develop a new legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution at INC4 in Ottawa, Canada. Representatives of The Ocean Cleanup will be in attendance and the organization will be urging decision-makers to collaborate towards a comprehensive and ambitious global treaty which addresses plastic at all stages of its life cycle and in all marine environments worldwide, including in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

It is encouraging to see that the need for remediation is reflected in the various options for potential treaty provisions. It is essential that the final treaty contains clear targets for the remediation of legacy plastic pollution, and reduction of riverine plastic emissions.

Tackling plastic pollution requires innovative and impactful solutions. The treaty should therefore incentivize the innovation ecosystem by fostering innovations that make maximal use of data, technology and scientific knowledge – such as those designed and deployed by The Ocean Cleanup.

‘After many tough years of trial and error, it’s amazing to see our work is starting to pay off – and I am proud of the team who has brought us to this point.’ said Boyan Slat, Founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup. ‘While we still have a long way to go, our recent successes fill us with renewed confidence that the oceans can be cleaned.’

The Ocean Cleanup was founded in 2013 and captured its first plastic in 2019, with the first confirmed catch in the GPGP coming soon after the deployment of Interceptor 001 in Jakarta, Indonesia. After surpassing one million kilograms of trash removed in early 2022, the non-profit project has since progressed to the third iteration of its GPGP cleaning solution, known as System 03, and a network of Interceptors currently covering rivers in eight countries, with more deployments set for 2024.

About The Ocean Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup is an international non-profit organization that develops and scales technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. They aim to achieve this goal through a dual strategy: stemming the inflow via rivers and cleaning up the legacy plastic that has already accumulated in the ocean. For the latter, The Ocean Cleanup develops large-scale systems to efficiently concentrate the plastic for periodic removal. This plastic is tracked and traced through DNV’s chain of custody model to certify claims of origin when recycling it into new products. To curb the tide via rivers, The Ocean Cleanup has developed Interceptor™ solutions to halt and extract riverine plastic before it reaches the ocean. Founded in 2013 by Boyan Slat, The Ocean Cleanup now employs a broadly multi-disciplined team of approximately 140. The foundation is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

For more information, visit: theoceancleanup.com and follow @theoceancleanup on social media.

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Steve Backshall to headline Shark Trust’s flagship event: For the Love of Sharks

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Join a host of amazing, shark loving, speakers including Steve Backshall and the Shark Trust team for an evening celebrating shark conservation at the Royal Geographical Society in London this November.

Date: 29th November 2024

Time: 6-10pm

Location: Royal Geographical Society, London

Tickets: https://www.sharktrust.org/Event/flos24

The event will be a celebration of all things shark. Those lucky enough to get hold of tickets will hear from engaging guest speakers with a passion for sharks.

The line-up includes (*subject to change if unforeseen circumstances arise)

Steve Backshall: One of television’s busiest presenters, BAFTA award-winning wildlife expert Steve has been passionate about the wild world ever since he was young. 

Steve’s impressive TV career has taken him all around the world, investigating a wide array of species and environments. Steve has filmed over 100 hours of children’s wildlife programmes with the BAFTA award winning Deadly 60 franchise and recently, with Sky Nature, for his new series ‘Whale with Steve Backshall’. He has been a patron for the Shark Trust for 10 years.

Simon Rogerson: is a photojournalist specialising in natural history, diving and the sea.

He is editor of SCUBA magazine, the official journal of the British Sub-Aqua Club. Simon started his career as a crime reporter but gravitated towards his ‘less depressing’ interest in underwater exploration, joining the staff of DIVE magazine in 1999. In 2005 he was named ‘Editor of the Year’ in the PPA’s Independent Publishing Awards. Simon also works as a freelance writer, contributing frequently to the Sunday Times and Telegraph, in addition to BBC Wildlife, Esquire, and a host of international diving magazines. He is the author of a book, Dive Red Sea, published by Ultimate Sports. Now based in Berkshire, Simon has been a Patron of the Shark Trust for 20 years.

More speakers to be announced soon. Head to the Shark Trust website to learn more.

The evening will also allow guests the final chance to see the Oceanic 31, shark art exhibition. Some of the artwork will be auctioned/raffled at the event, while the rest will be auctioned online to raise money for the Shark Trust Oceanic Programme.

For the Love of Sharks is an evening with something for everyone who is interested and fascinated by sharks. Join the Shark Trust, their Patrons, Trustees and Staff, along with a host of supporters for this celebration of shark conservation.

For more information or to buy a ticket: https://www.sharktrust.org/Event/flos24

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