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Island Tour of the Philippines Features the Regions Finest Dive Sites
UK dive travel specialists Dive Safari Asia have created an island tour of the Philippines which features a collection of the regions finest marine environments. Intended to highlight the scope of the Philippines rich and diverse marine life, the tour offers the chance to dive over pristine coral reefs, enjoy encounters with elusive thresher sharks, discover black sand ‘muck dives’ and night dive with abundant critters.
En route tour members will dive 7 different islands spread throughout different regions of the country including Apo Island’s colourful coral gardens, Malapascua and Gato Island for thresher and white tips sharks and dive the shores around southern Negros which are home to a rich abundance of invertebrates and critters rarely seen outside the Indo Pacific region.
Tour leaders Ben Stokes and Sarah Kemsley carefully selected a number of specific dive sites to feature in the expedition following over 10 years and thousands of dives throughout the region.
Dive Safari Asia is a UK based company founded in 2008 by Ben Stokes and Sarah Kemsley. The couple spent 8 years working in various locations around the world as instructors and dive guides before returning to the UK to create their own brand of dive holidays which includes a number of exclusive tours through remote areas of Asia.
The Philippines Island Safari takes place between the 23rd February – 7th March 2014 and includes 12 nights full board accommodation, 27 dives, all internal transfers and connections and is fully escorted by an experienced trip leader. Price £1775.00 per person based on a twin/double share. Atol protected international flights can be arranged by the company from £550.00 per person.
For more information contact the Dive Safari Asia team:
Telephone: 0800 955 0180
Email: ben@divesafariasia.com
Website: www.divesafariasia.com
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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