ICE AND ALTITUDE DIVING IN AUSTRIA
29th January to 2nd February 2009
Try something different!
All safety and special ice diving equipment
supplied by our own instructors. from £599
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DIVE SIPADAN, MALAYSIA.
AT SIPADAN MABUL RESORT
Departing 8th May 2009
Return 17th May 2009/25th with add on trip
Price Includes, All flights and transfers. 8 Nights Hotel, All meals, 7 days diving 3 dives a day,
and as many shore dives as you like. Sipadan Park fee is payable locally approx £40.
This accompanied trip will explore the awesome drop offs of the Island of Sipadan, and the amazing critter diving of Mabul Island and Kapalai.
Sipadan is now a fully protected nature reserve, so staying on Sipadan Island is now forbidden. So we will be staying on the nearby Island of Mabul,
only a 15 minute boat ride to the dive sites around Sipadan.
However Mabul has it's own distinctive dive site qualities. Mabul is rated as one of the best "Muck Diving" sites in the world.
A haven for the Macro photographer, and nudibranch lover. The Islands reefs are infested with frog fish, dragonets, nudibranchs to many to name,
Pygmy sea horses, Leaf fish, Ornate Ghost pipefish, Flambuoyant cuttlefish, octopus and so much more.
But if critters don't float your boat, then the dives around Sipadan surely will. With regular appearances from multitudes of Green and Leatherback
turtles, Black Tip and White Ttip reef sharks, and Hammerheads schooling above you, along with the shools of Barracuda,
Bump Head parrot fish, The occasional Manta ray, Spotted Eagle rays, and many more. I'm sure there will be many a lifetimes wish box ticked off.
  
Accomodation is in standard twin or double chalets, all with en-suite facilities, air conditioning, and plenty of HOT FRESH WATER.
There is a swimming pool in the resort, if you can't get wet enough diving.
For wetting your whistle there is a Jetty Bar, (one for the road any one)
  
Meals included in the price are Breakfast, Lunch, Evening meal and Snacks available throughout the afternoon.
Complimentary hot beverages .
You will have to purchase your own alcohol, fruit juices and soft drinks.
Meals are served buffet style, and will include western and asian style dishes, so something to suit everyone.
  
Diving is arranged as 2 dives in the morning to Sipadan, return to the resort for Lunch. Then boat dive around Mabul or Kapalai in the afternoon.
If you still have energy, and bottom time left, then any amount of diving can be done on the house reefs. Maybe even a night dive after dinner.
There is no extra charge for shore or Jetty dives. Nitrox is available at the Resort, at a very reasonable rate of approx £5.50 per tank. up to 40%.
If you rent 9 nitrox fills you get one free.
The standard dive package includes the use of tanks, air and weights. Twin Sets are available to rent at extra cost.
  
  
  
Now I have wetted your appetite, you want to know how much. Well you get all this for the amazing price of:
£1,782 pp based on 2 sharing standard chalet plus taxes
For single occupancy £2,090 per chalet plus taxes
Above prices are based on 2009 prices but do not include airport taxes and surcharges.
To book this amazing trip contact Shona at the Hove branch
01273 737718,
or e-mail shona@witteringdivers.co.uk
A non refundable deposit of £500 is required to secure your place,
with the balance payable
12 weeks before departure.
This Resort fills quickly, so don't miss out, book early.
For those of you who want a little extra add on,
we are also offering this optional
trip at the end of the diving holiday.
If you have travelled this far,
it seems a shame not to take
advantage of the following.
7 days Discovering Sabah(Northern Borneo).
- Gomantong Caves
Day 1
- These massive, cathedral-like, caverns lie concealed amongst the rainforest and are home to literally millions of swiftlets and bats.
Stay in the Kinabatangan RiversideLodge and take a leisurely late afternoon cruise up the Kinabatangan River, to Menanggul River,
to search for wildlife, including notably Proboscis Monkeys relaxing in waterside trees.
- Kinabatangan River
Day 2
- The floodplain of this waterway is a low-lying wilderness of dense forest and oxbow lakes.
Explore the area by boat and on foot , when you may encounter rare bird-life and even the wild Asian Elephants.
- Sepilok Orang-Utan Sanctuary
Day 3 & 4
- Spend two nights at Sepilok Nature Resort, and experience in full the world famous Sepilok Orang-utan Centre.
Here visitors will witness first hand an exciting conservation programme in action and come into close contact with
the remarkable 'man of the forest': the Orang-utan.
Established in 1964, to help once captive or displaced Orang-utans to learn to fend for themselves in the wild,
the sanctuary is located at the edge of the Kabili Sepilok Forest Reserve, which is 43 square kilometres of old,
beautiful and fascinating rainforest. Sepilok is an excellent opportunity to walk the Borneo rainforest without the
need to organize a major expedition.
Discover the diversity of plants, ferns, climbing plants, insects, wildlife - including 277 different species of birds -
and at least 300 varieties of trees.
- Rungus Longhouse
Day 5
- Fly to Kota Kinabalu before continuing to meet some of the Rungus tribe and spend a night in one of their longhouses
(basic accommodation), allowing you to experience and participate in the local customs.
The longhouse itself is made of trees that bring good luck, the roof from leaves, the walls from tree bark,
the floor from small, split tree trunks tightened and held together by rattan bark strips and the whole construction is on stilts.
- Poring Hot Spring
Day 6
- Here you can experience the remarkable canopy walkway, allowing you the opportunity to see the tree-top fauna
of this lowland rainforest by day or night. The area is also the best region in which to find the rare and
gigantic Rafflesia - the world's largest flower. There will also be time to take a dip or soak in the
open air Japanese hot baths.
- Climbing Mount Kinabalu Day 7
- Kinabalu National Park is one of amazing biodiversity and towering out of the mist above the jungle is the
- mighty Mount Kinabalu, 4,101 metres at it's summit. Ascending the mountain you will experience the magic of
this tropical wilderness; walking between huge trees and under a canopy festooned with creepers, ferns and orchids.,
until you reach the summit surrounded by butterflies,endemic birds and unsurpassed views.
- All meals, transport and activities are included in the cost, with the accomodation being in Lodges and Longhouses.
- You can enjoy all this for a further £595 per person. (five people from the group have already taken up this extra trip)
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