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Sportif Dive Holidays add Gan Island to their Maldives Programme
Sportif Dive Holidays have added Gan Island to their extensive Maldives diving holiday programme. Located in the southern-most part of the Maldives, you can fly directly into Gan Island.
“Gan offers a different kind of Maldives with fantastic diving, great value the opportunity to explore other islands via costal roads including Feydhoo, Maradhoo and Hithadhoo,” says Sportif.
Their recommended hotel is the Equator Village with 78 bungalows set in courtyard gardens. The hotel has a private beach, swimming pool, restaurant and bar serving international and local cuisine. When not diving there is a spa providing a team of PADI dive instructors that offer a range of courses for all levels, boat dives and a house reef which is accessible from the hotel’s beach.
Dive on pristine reefs, with a variety of exotic species of fish such as the resident leaf fish and year round Mantas at nearby Addu, one of the very few places in the Maldives where Manta rays with over 5m wingspans are known to exist. Accessible from the centre is the British Loyalty; this is the largest wreck in the Maldives, spanning 140 meters with depths of 17-33 meters making it accessible for all levels of qualified diver. The channels and outer reefs of this atoll are also home to a number of shark species, hawksbill, green turtles and schools of large fish.
INTRODUCTORY OFFER
Sportif are offering 7 nights Full Board from £1,299pp including return flights and transfers, with a 6 days non-limit dive pack tank/weights for £399 per person. Extension stays and cultural tours in Sri Lanka are available from £299 for 3 nights half board.
To book please call Sportif Dive Holiday on +44(0)1273 844919 or for more information or click here.
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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