Special Dive Offer – 2010
Unforgettable diving at unbeatable prices.
Our dive offer has been a very popular one, and we’re extending it into the first half of 2010. It’s a special package that will allow you to come to Fiji and dive our fabulous coral reef at a fraction of the usual cost.
Known as the soft coral capital of the world, the reef around the Fijian Island of Vanua Levu provide a once in a lifetime experience. Diving in the South Pacific is a wondrous experience, as you swim at some of the world’s most abundant coral reefs teeming with multi-coloured fish and other forms of sea life. There’s easy access to a wide variety of sites: shallow reefs with spectacular plate corals, coral pinnacles topped with clouds of purple anthias and damsel fish, deeper reefs with steep walls dropping away to 800 feet and more where you may see some of the larger species. The joy of Fiji lies in its clear, warm waters and the easy access to the sites; most of them are 15 – 25 minutes in a boat. It’s no small wonder that the world famous Jean-Michel Cousteau has a dive base here, and have helped establish the Savusavu Marine Protection Park.
It’s a week of diving you could not usually get at this price, and covers:
- Five days of diving
- Seven nights accommodation
- all for only F$1680 (approx US$890/ A$1380/ NZ$ 1680) twinshare.
- A single supplement of F$400 applies.
- Airport transfers included. Price does not include air fares or meals.
Every morning at 8.15 you’ll be taken by taxi (included in the price) down to The Jean Michel Cousteau Resort. It’s just 15 minutes down the road. The boat will go out at 8.30 for two dives on our world famous reef. All the sites are within 30 minutes of the resort and you’ll be back at the resort in time for a late lunch.
Afternoons can be spent lazing by the pool or going on a number of cultural or sporting excursions.
Testimonial
What rainbow colours there are in the fish world and the coral gardens! Don’s favourite fish was a gorgeous purple one called Anthis. Mine was the tiny cobalt blue fishes that live in the coral ‘bushes’ – they hide when they see you coming but if you stay still enough they will come out and play again before long. Another of my favourites was a stripy Nemo mother with six or seven tiny little Nemo babies around their coral nest. I also enjoyed floating amongst a fluttering cloud of “butterfly” fishes who hang out over the edge of the big drops. They don’t seem to notice the oversized blue fish with white pants and yellow flippers that has suddenly joined them from above. Then there was the pulsating coral – looks like a cauliflower but has a soft furry surface which waves in electrical pulses across the surface. Don found a Magic coral which fakes dead coral, going white as soon as it is touched and then comes back to life again after the threat has gone. Dan, our divemaster, told us about a segmented nudibranch like a little train with carriages which breaks apart into separate pieces when threatened – once the danger is passed it reconstitutes itself again! He also told us about a certain fish family that is all males except one. If the female dies or goes away, another male turns into a female and then they are complete again. Perfect population control. Ain’t Nature grand? What a lovely holiday it was. We felt cleaned and refreshed by all that wonderful ocean and the warmth and dignity of our hosts the Fijians.
Thanks Daku
Bridget McKern, November 2008
L'Aventure Dive Boat
How to make a booking:
To book, let us have your details as follows:
Name
Telephone and email
Twin / single
Dates of arrival and departure in Savusavu
Credit card details for payment of F$1680 (+ F$400 single supplement)
And if you need to know more please let us know by email at paradisecourses@iinet.net.au or call us on: AUSTRALIA 02-9969-4753
FIJI (679)8850 046
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