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MAY 2023
Tubbataha, Philippines (6 Nights) 1990 Euros
* Reserve your spot with only a 25% deposit and pay in monthly installments until the trip departure date!
DISCOVER THE CORAL TRIANGLE!
5 days of warm water, tropical diving!
In May 2023 we are heading to Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, home to some of the worlds’ most pristine coral reef! Join us for a 5-day trip to experience this natural wonder for yourself.
Tubbataha Reef Natural Park is a stunning marine sanctuary located 150km south of Palawan Island, in the middle of the Sulu Sea. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993 due to being an excellent example of pristine coral reef with an extremely high density of marine species.
The marine park is accessible to divers between March and June and due to its distance, can only be reached by liveaboard, making it easy to control human activity such as fishing, adding to the incredible abundance and variety of marine life found there.
With visibility usually between 20m and 30m and a water temperature of around 30 degrees, Tubbataha provides some of the best warm water diving in the world! Mantas, mobulas, eagle rays, white tips, black tips, hammerheads, whale sharks, green and hawksbill turtles are all commonly seen here, plus huge schools of jacks, moorish idols and fusiliers.
You can be certain there is no such thing as a boring dive!
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WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Not include
Obligatory :
Obligatory :
- Entry Visa
- Local Port Fees and Taxes
- Flights
- Cabin upgrades and sole occupancy
- Rental equipment
- Nitrox
- Dive courses
- Private dive guide
- Alcohol
- Tonic and Soda Water
- On Board Merchandise
6 nights
full board accomodation with 3 meals a day and snacks in between dives. Water, coffee, tea and soft drinks. Bed in a twin cabin.
5 days
of diving with up to 4 dives per day.
Transfers
between local airport/hotel and liveaboard on days of embarkation and disembarkation.
Camera operator
capturing you and the amazing wildlife we come across on every dive.
Memory video
of the trip filmed over
and underwater.
Equipment
12 litre cylinder with
air fills and weights.
Photography tips
As much advice as you can ask for!
Use different cameras, get photo reviews etc.
Want to know more about the experience?
Check out the memory videos from our previous trip to the Galapagos!
ITINERARy - TUBBATAHA - May 2023
May 2023
Depart : Puerto Princesa, Palawan - 25th May 2023
Arrive : Puerto Princesa, Palawan - 31st May 2023
We will board the boat at 2pm on the 25th, before sailing over night to the North Atoll of Tubbataha Reef
We will board the boat at 2pm on the 25th, before sailing over night to the North Atoll of Tubbataha Reef
Our first dives will take place on the famous North Atoll, initially as a test dive in an easier location. Once everyone is properly weigheted, kit is tested and ready to go, we head to the North Atoll’s main attractions for next 3 days of wild diving!
On the 5th day, we will wake up in the stunning surroundings of the South Atoll, where will continue the days diving in the best these atolls have to offer. That night we have a short hop to Jessie Beazley Reef.
Jessie Beazley is n incredible reef north of the Tubbataha Atolls, where mantas and devil rays are commonly found, as well as a host of other pelagics, although the colour and abundance of the coral reefs are also one of the main reasons this is used as a stop off. After our final dive of the day the boat will begin the trip back towards Puerto Princesa.
Around 10am on the 31st, the boat will pull back into Puerto Princesa harbour, where sadly our beautiful trip will have come to an end.
PLEASE NOTE
All dive sites are subject to weather conditions and the final route taken is at the absolute discretion of the captain and dive guides. So, the itinerary is an example of the planned route and dive sites cannot be guaranteed.
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UNDERWATER MEDIA
This trip is designed with underwater media in mind!
Photographers and videographers, make sure you bring your cameras. In addition, those who dont yet have a camera will have the chance to test different set-ups provided by Freeflow Media.
Liane, an underwater photographer and videographer will be on board to not only to film and photograph the trip, but also to provide tips and feedback to anyone who wants to learn more about their camera, improve the shots their already taking, or wants to make the first steps into investing in their set up.
Here are some of the topics she can help with:
BASICS OF
PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY
TOPICS
- Natural light photography
- Flash photography & video lights
- Type of camera
- Type of photography, videography & lens
UNDERWATER
PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY
TOPICS
- Intro to diving with a camera
- Underwater light behavior
- Housing set-ups & maintenance (Pre & Post dive)
- Photo reviews & feedbacks
The Boat : M/Y AZALEA
- Year Built : 2005
- Fully refurbished : 2016
- Capacity : 26
- Lenght : 38m
- Breadth : 8.3m
- Engines : 2 x Cat 764HP
- Generators : 2 x Cat
- Contruction Materials : Wood
- Desalination Units : 6000Ltr/day
- Capacity : 10 + crew
- Lenght : 22m
- Breadth : 5m
- Engines : 2 x Hino Dielsel Engines
- Generators : 2 x Cat
- Contruction Materials : Wood
- Desalination Units : 6000Ltr/day
- Twin Cabins : 5
- En-suite
- Air-conditioning
- Towel Change : Midweek
- Living Room
- Galley
- Sun Deck
- Dive School : ✔
- Equipment rental : ✔
- Charging Station : ✔
- Photography Friendly : ✔
- Compressor : 2x260Ltr Bauer
- Tenders : 2
- Guides : 2
- First Aid : ✔
- First Aiders : ✔
- Emergency Oxygen : ✔
- Oxygen Administrators : ✔
- Life Jackets : ✔
- Life Rafts : ✔
- Tag & Dive System : ✔
- Tender Safety Boxes : ✔
- VHF Ship TO Tender Radios : ✔
- Fire Fighting Equipment : ✔
- Engine Room Fire Control System : CO2
- AED : ✔
- Smoke Detectors : ✔
1,990 EUROS
- 25% deposit to secure your place
- Final balance due 60 days before departure
- Pay the balance in monthly installments if required
