Good quality diving, stylish accommodation and quality service shouldn’t cost the earth – to our partner resorts these attributes come naturally. So here’s a quick breakdown of some of our choice picks for around £2K per person, each includes 12 night’s accommodation & board, flights and a standard dive package. North Sulawesi – Indonesia Quirky, adventurous and [...]
From the plunging walls of Bunaken Island and the bizarre sand slopes of the Lembeh Strait to the richest reefs of Raja Ampat, our ‘Best of Indonesia’ safari encompasses a tantalising range and wealth of dive sites. Expect marine life in abundance at the world’s biodiversity hotspot, pristine reefs, giant manta rays, rare and exquisite [...]
We made a recent trip to the Philippines and Malapascua Island to dive with Thresher Sharks and can thoroughly recommend it. Otherwise elusive and shy this mystical shark regularly shows up at Monad Shoal – a 30 minute boat ride from Malapascua. The dive starts by descending down a line to the shoals’ plateau at [...]
Here’s a collection of our choice destinations for getting up close and personal with rare and exquisite marine life – otherwise known as ‘Muck Diving’. If you’re new to this style of diving then this is also a good place to start. As a quick introduction is generally performed by gliding slowly over large plains [...]
Whether you’ve only just picked up your compact camera and are looking for some initial direction or consider yourself an accomplished photographer we have a range of workshop options available across Indonesia and the Philippines. When it comes to photography location is all important and with the wealth and range of both dive sites and [...]
Encounters with Manta are always special, so we thought we’d put together our 5 choice destinations where you’re more likely to stumble across one than not. Bali is surely a good place to start, from here you can comfortably reach the island of Nusa Penida. The cleaning station found close by often plays hosts to [...]
Venture with us through remote Indonesia, our Sumatra tour will surely quench your thirst for adventure. Leave behind the swimming pools, souvenir bizarre’s and tourist trappings – Sumatra is altogether different. Once we’ve met in Kuala Lumpur we transfer to Pulau Weh, a volcanic island on the north western tip of Sumatra. Located at the [...]
The Ocean Hunter III has been finely tuned to accommodate divers throughout the Palau region and beyond. She comes equipped with all the extra gadgets you could wish for in such a remote part of the world including Trimix and Rebreather support, underwater scooter and an air conditioned lab for scientific research and film productions. [...]
Here at Dive Safari Asia we like to keep things personal and that goes for the type of operations we look for when it comes to diving. We also like to dive away from the crowds so Ocean Hunter I seemed like an obvious choice when considering our partner operations for Palau. What’s more this [...]