Atlantis Azores - Dumaguete, Philippines
Visayas Itinerary!
7 Nights’ accommodations, All Meals and Snacks, Local Soft Drinks Along with Social Servings of Local Rum, Beer and Wine with Dinner, Up To 5 Dives per Day Including Night Diving, Tanks and Weights, Air Fills (Not Included Transfers, Marine Park Fees or Emergency Fuel Surcharges)
Travel Period: Jul. 02, 2024 - Jan. 04, 2025
Price and Room Selections:
$3495 Deluxe (Doub...
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Tubbataha Itinerary!
7 Nights’ accommodations, All Meals and Snacks, Local Soft Drinks Along with Social Servings of Local Rum, Beer and Wine with Dinner, Up To 5 Dives per Day Including Night Diving, Tanks and Weights, Air Fills (Not Included Transfers, Marine Park Fees or Emergency Fuel Surcharges)
Travel Period: Feb. 24 - Jun. 22, 2024
Price and Room Selections:
$4595 Deluxe (Double O...
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Philippines
Climate: The Philippines is a tropical country and the weather is fairly even all year round. The year is roughly divided into two seasons; ‘rainy’ (June – Nov.) and ‘dry’(Dec. – May). Although the Visayas typically remain relatively unaffected. Year round coastal and inland temperatures range from 25 – 28°C / 77 – 82°F. Evenings are marginally cooler.
Water Temperature: 27 – 30°C / 80 – 85°F
Time: UTC +8:00 (PHT)
Language: Filipino (Tagalog) and English are the official languages. There are also some widely spoken indigenous languages and some Spanish that are spoken as well.
Currency: PHP – Philippine Peso
Electricity: 220-volt, 50 cycle AC. U.S. appliances need adaptors and converters.
Marriage Requirements: Please contact the local tourism board for instructions and requirements.
Airport(s):
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)
Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD)
Clark International Airport (CRK)
Puerto Princesa International Airport (PPS)
Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB)
Subic Bay International Airport (SFS)
Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO)
General Santos International Airport (GES)
Iloilo International Airport (ILO)
Bicol International Airport (LGP)
Kalibo International Airport (KLO)
Laoag International Airport (LAO)
Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM)
Hyperbaric Chamber:
Batangas Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Healing Center
Manila Hyperbaric Center
SUBIC
Wrecks, wrecks and more wrecks. The Philippines reefs have claimed the ships of many a sailor over the last century and the coast is littered with them. The sailors’ losses are divers’ gains, however. Over 7000 islands make up the archipelago of The Philippines with about 300,000 square kilometers (nearly 187,000 miles) of land, and each island offers visitors a different flavor.
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Destination Spotlight: Philippines
By now your passport must be loaded with stamps from the Caribbean and Central America, but our next stop is a little more far east.
This time though, we’ve got two stops on our trip! Betcha didn’t see that one coming. Our trip to the Philippines includes a visit to the scuba diving favorites Dumaguete and Puerto Galera.
Both destinations are known for their incredibly friendly local...
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110,000 Reasons to Go Liveaboard!
There are more than 110,000 islands in the world and many pinnacles that rest just below the surface and each and every one of them may be filled with multitudes of critters and creatures that seldom come in contact with humans. Sure, some of these islands may be inhabited, but most require transportation via some sort of marine vessel to get there and it ma...
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Cebu and the Visayas Islands
The Heartland of The Philippines.
Magellan had no idea how good the scuba diving in this part of the world was, but in 1521 when Spain was big time in to colonizing the world, you couldn’t find a decent set of fins or a mask and snorkel to save one’s own life, so instead Magellan attacked the locals of Mactan Island and you probably guessed by now t...
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Whale Sharks, Rhyncodon typus, are the largest cartilaginous fish in the world today. The largest ever recorded was just over 41ft long, but rumors by fishermen say that they may grow over 46ft in length which makes whale sharks the second largest cartilaginous fish ever to exist and places them only second in length next to the Megalodon shark that existed some 20 m...
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It's certainly not the most glamorous type of scuba diving. There isn't the visual appeal of reef diving or the sense of adventure in wreck diving, but for a growing number of scuba divers, "MUCK" diving is all the rage.
Photo by Jerry Cummins
What is "muck" diving? Believe it or not, it is exactly what it sounds like - diving in sand, broken corals and sometimes even trash. In short, MUCK....
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