Bay Islands (8 Days / 7 Nights - 27 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, dolphins, great macro life/ marine diversity
Diving environment: beginner divers, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Roatan: Mary’s Place, Taviana’s Wall, Aquila Wreck, Odyssey Wreck; Coco’s Sea Mount; Cayos Cochinos: Toon Town, Pelican Point; Utila: Black Hills, Duppy Waters, CJ’s Drop-off, Raggedy Cay, Old Bank, Cannery Bank, Jack Neil Point, Halliburton Wreck, Hawksbill Bank
Day 1
Boarding the Roatan Aggressor starts at 3:30 pm in French Harbor, but you can arrive any time on the first day since the yacht will only leave port on the following morning. There will be snacks and drinks served. The tour leader will welcome you onboard, assign your cabin to you, give a safety briefing, crew introduction, and explain the liveaboard boat features and the plans for the coming week. You will have time to complete the necessary dive paperwork, familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. Then dinner will be served. After a good night's sleep, the diving will commence the next day.
Days 2-7
Expect up to 5 dives a day (including night dives) at the best dive sites that the Bay Islands of Honduras have to offer. The waters are home to large marine species, such as whale sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, turtles and bottlenose dolphins, and the region of Utila, Roatan and Cayos Cochinos is also world-renowned for its wall diving, spectacular wrecks, offshore mounts, and captivating critter diving. Highlights include arrow crabs, tiger cowries, octopus, squid, frogfish, toadfish, drums, flying gurnards, seahorses, fire worms and yellowhead jawfish. Throughout the week there will be opportunities to go ashore for swimming, snorkeling and beach combing.
The menu onboard is varied and plentiful, with a variety of international cuisine. You will wake up to fresh fruit, hot entrees, cereals and juices. Lunches are buffet-style, featuring hot soups, homemade breads, salads and sandwiches, and/or entrees. Dinners are chef prepared and table served each evening. Examples include: Asparagus Cream Soup, Apple and Celery Salad with Nuts, Chicken and Bell Stew, Beef Tenderloin and King Prawns served with a Creamy Brown Sauce, Mushroom Pie, Pear Strudel, Black and White Chocolate Crème. There will also be plenty of snacks mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Beverages include fruit juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea, coffee, and a limited selection of local beer and wine.
After 2 morning dives on the last full day of the trip, the Roatan Aggressor returns to the harbor for a cocktail party. Then you can go ashore to enjoy a final dinner at Romeo’s Restaurant.
Day 8
After a continental breakfast, you will disembark at 8 am, either to the airport, accommodation, or a day visitor resort.
[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].