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Snorkellers need not join the dive boat
With the recent launch of a dedicated snorkel travel company, snorkelers no longer need to join the dive boat to reach top destinations around the world. Bristol based Snorkel Venture was recently launched to cater exclusively for the snorkelling market with a range of group tours guide led by a member of their team.
Often a bug bear of snorkelers is that they are all too often paired with divers on the dive boat and taken to sites which just aren’t suitable, only to be called back after just over an hour when the dive finishes.
Snorkel Venture are seeking to satisfy the unique requirements of snorkelers with a range of small group tours that feature 14-night land-based safaris across Indonesia and the Philippines with topside attractions like orangutans and cultural experiences. In the range are exclusive liveaboard charters to destinations like Palau, Cuba and Belize as well as resort ‘snorkel weeks’ in Wakatobi and Komodo.
Co- Founder Ben Stokes, also owner of travel company Dive Safari Asia, spent many years speaking to snorkellers in dive resorts and listening to their grievances.
‘Most of the snorkellers I meet just don’t feel like they are being well looked after in dive resorts, they feel like they are treated 2nd class to divers. With Snorkel Venture we wanted to offer them a place to go – both in terms of where they stay and how they enjoy their passion, but also with the support of a travel company’.
As snorkelling grows in popularity, fuelled by the development of equipment including the full-face mask, a dedicated travel company that specialises in catering exclusively for snorkelers is surely a welcome addition to the sport.
To join Snorkel Venture you can see the full list of tours for 2019 and 2020 here www.snorkelventure.com/availability.
Contact
Ben Stokes (Director)
+44 (0)117 369 0443
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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