Galapagos

(Dive Travel Business News - January 21, 2013) -- Maduro Dive Fanta-Seas, an innovative leader in dive travel,  is extending dive package deals to 7 different dive destinations. Maduro Dive Fanta-Seas is offering excellent value with these packages to the following destinations and well-known suppliers:

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS – Humboldt Explorer Liveaboard ~ Save $1,200 per person to every diver’s “must do” destination

• $2,950 with Free Nitrox for any of these dates in 2013:
  April 8 – April 15, 2013
  April 29 – May 6, 2013
  May 27 – June 3, 2013

Packages include 8 days / 7 nights aboard the vessel, 3 meals daily, plus between meals snacks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, up to 3 dives per day, free Nitrox for Nitrox certified divers, transfers and government taxes. Fuel surcharges, National Park and chamber, tourist fees, any hotel stay, non-Galapagos transfers, crew gratuities, last evening meal are additional. read more »

(Dive Travel Business - January 28, 2012) -- Kids Sea Camp has announced its Family Dive Adventure destinations for 2012: The list includes eight family-friendly dive holidays in Yap, Palau, Costa Rica, Grand Cayman, Galapagos, Bonaire, Utila and St. Vincent.

Kids Sea Camp gets kids excited about the ocean when they are young. Established by Dive Travel Pro Margo Peyton in 2001, the objective of Kids Sea Camp is to promote an awareness of marine related issues, with a strong focus on conservation. During Kids Sea Camp, students enjoy multiple activities and the enthusiasm of a staff dedicated to teaching new and fun things about the oceans with both education in a classroom environment as well as hands-on programs that teach age appropriate curriculum.

The Kids Sea Camp Line-Up for 2012 is: read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 30, 2011) -- The seventeen guests who joined Explorer Ventures in February 2011 for the maiden voyage of the Carpe Vita Explorer were thrilled with the diving, the state-of-the-art accommodations aboard, and the service and cuisine that the Carpe Vita Explorer crew offered. Guests snorkeled with whale sharks and had many dives with mantas, Napoleon wrasse, parrotfish, snappers, barracudas, jacks and sweetlips and more. Due to the currents during this time of year, guests also enjoyed 120 foot+ visibility.  read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - November 5, 2010) -- Celebrating 24 years of live-aboard diving, Explorer Ventures is using DEMA Show 2010 to say thanks to the industry. During the show, Explorer Ventures will partner with Scuba Radio to give away over $11,000 in Explorer Ventures’ live-aboard trips.

Each morning between 9:30 - 10am DEMA attendees will have a chance to win one of 5 live-aboard trips to one of Explorer Ventures destinations to the Southern Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Saba-St Kitts, Galapagos or Maldives. Each evening during the show Explorer Ventures will give away a $2000 dive travel certificate that the winner can apply to their Explorer Ventures destination of choice.

Learn about the unique diving found at each Explorer Ventures destination on Thursday November 18 when Explorer Ventures presents "The Destinations, the Diving, the Distinction" (Room S202). On Friday attendees will learn about the Maldives with its seminar "The Maldives newest yacht, the Carpe Vita Explorer" (Room S203). Seminars will be held at the DEMA Show in Las Vegas. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - October 22, 2010) -- The Galapagos islands feature some of the rarest wildlife and youngest land masses on Earth, drawing visitors from around the world to see its treasures both topside and underwater. In the last two decades,  the Galapagos Islands experienced a tourism boom that more than tripled to some 150,000 visitors annually, while at the same time the number of people living on the islands — mostly from mainland Ecuador — has climbed to 30,000. Visitors staying on the islands make up 39 percent of tourism, up from nothing 10 years ago. This boom prompted the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to add the Galapagos to the World Heritage Sites in Danger list in 2007.  The decision was a stern call to action, as well as a blow to a country’s pride and prestige. read more »

(DiveTravelBusinessNews - Nov 27, 2009) -- Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Dancer Fleet's Sky Dancer in Galapagos, Peter Hughes Diving is offering $1000 off the published rate on two anniversary departures: Jan 17, 2010 and May 16, 2010.

The luxury live-aboard Sky Dancer is a 100-foot custom-built yacht accommodatine 16 passengers. Full-air-conditioned, its interior features teak paneling and furnishings, a dining area, fully stocked bar and a main salon with an audio/video entertainment center. All the staterooms have ensuite facilities, hairdrers, individual air-conditioning controls and picture window or portlight views.  Like all Dancer Fleet® vessels, Sky Dancer features all the standard perks found in luxury resort properties and making diving easy. read more »

(DiveTravelBusinessNews - Nov 27, 2009) -- As part of Aggressor Fleet's 25-Year Anniversary Celebration and Dive the World Club , Aggressor clients will receive 25% off the regular rates during select weeks now until Dec 2010 on Aggressor yachts in Galapagos, Belize, Fiji, Maldives, Kona, Utila, Turks & Caicos, Palau and Cayman.

On November 17, 1984, a 100-ft., 16 passenger live-aboard dive yacht cruised into George Town Harbor, Grand Cayman. The Cayman Aggressor, which offered divers a revolutionary way of diving and innovation amenities such as private staterooms and on-board E-6 processing, raised eyebrows in the local and international diving communities. Now, twenty four (24) years, eleven (11) destinations, thirteen (13) live-aboards later, Aggressor Fleet continues to garner attention by meeting the diving world’s needs with its original revolutionary style.

For more specials rates see details here or call Aggressor Fleet's Reservation Center at 800-348-2628.

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