Solomon Islands (8 Days / 7 Nights - 32 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Russell Islands: Leru Cut, White Beach, Mirror Pond, Karumolun Point; Mary Island, Florida Islands: Twin Tunnels, Devil’s Highway, Maravagi Bay, Japanese Mavis Seaplane. Village visit to see custom singing and dancing and to see traditional life.
Day 1
The Bilikiki staff will meet you at Honiara Airport or your local hotel and transport you to the boat for boarding, and you can arrive any time on the first day since the yacht will only leave port on the following morning. The cruise managers will welcome you onboard with a fruit platter, assign your cabin to you, give a safety briefing, crew introduction, and explain the boat features and the plans for the coming days. You will have time to complete the necessary dive paperwork, familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. There will be snacks at 6 pm (cheese, biscuits, dips, olives, cold meats, etc.), then dinner will be served at 7 pm. After a good night\'s sleep in your comfortable cabin, the diving will commence the next day.
Days 2-7
Off the beaten track, the Solomon Islands have an amazing diversity of marine life, and dive site environments - wrecks, pristine reefs, lagoons, caverns and walls. There are pilot whales, various kinds of sharks, manta rays and huge schools of fish, not forgetting its macro wonders such as pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs and ghost pipefish. Wreck dives include The Ann, the Japanese Mavis Seaplane, and the famous World War II dump site called White Beach.
The dive schedule is flexible to accommodate the desires of all divers, with unlimited diving even though each day is based around 5 dive slots, beginning at 7:30 am, after breakfast. A briefing will precede each dive and the managers will outline the type of dive, what you can expect to see, and recommendations regarding current, depth, and activities. Dives are made from 2 aluminium skiffs. Once in the water, divers are tracked by their bubbles and can be picked up and shuttled back to the boat almost the moment they reach the surface. This eliminates long swims, current fighting, and sitting in the hot sun while waiting for other divers to surface. An evening briefing usually outlines the plans for the next day’s diving.
Meals are always important when you are diving and the galley staff will not disappoint you, producing quality, tasty meals and snacks. 3 hearty meals are served buffet style each day, and snacks are available between dives. Breakfast includes cereals, fruits, milk, juice, toast and spreads, and oatmeal, plus hot options such as scramble eggs, bacon, omellete, sausages, or pancakes and muffins. Lunches are usually fairly simple, such as pizza, burger, soups and salads. Dinners might include Devil Chicken, Beef fillet in tarragon wine sauce, apricot chicken, roast lamb, baked fish in coconut milk, chicken teriyaki, beef and vegetable satay sticks, roast pork, cashew nut chicken, beef stir fry etc. The menu also includes lots of fresh fruit and vegetables (delivered to the boat daily). There are desserts every day for those with a sweet tooth. The chefs can assist with dietary requirements, with advanced notice. The ship has a bar with basic service including spirits, beer and wine. Soft drinks are also available.
You will visit at least one village to see traditional life, singing and dancing. The crew regularly purchase fruit and vegetables from the villagers in their canoes that come to the boat. There are also 2 kayaks for guests to use and, if you are keen, you can try in a local dug-out canoe. If you like fishing, the crew will gladly take you out for some early morning or evening hand-lining for tuna - plan on having your catch for sashimi that evening!
After a morning of diving on the last full day of the trip, the liveaboard begins its journey back to port.
Day 8
After a breakfast, you will depart for the airport. Transportation is provided to the Honiara Airport and hotels.
Solomon Islands (11 Days / 10 Nights - 47 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Russell Islands: Leru Cut, White Beach, Mirror Pond, Karumolun Point; Mary Island, Florida Islands: Twin Tunnels, Devil’s Highway, Maravagi Bay, Japanese Mavis Seaplane; Marovo Lagoon: Kicha, Mbulo Caves, Wickham Island, Japanese Maru #2. Village visits to see custom singing and dancing, traditional life, and wood carvings.
Day 1
The Bilikiki staff will meet you at Honiara Airport or your local hotel and transport you to the boat for boarding, and you can arrive any time on the first day since the yacht will only leave port on the following morning. The cruise managers will welcome you onboard with a fruit platter, assign your cabin to you, give a safety briefing, crew introduction, and explain the boat features and the plans for the coming days. You will have time to complete the necessary dive paperwork, familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. There will be snacks at 6 pm (cheese, biscuits, dips, olives, cold meats, etc.), then dinner will be served at 7 pm. After a good night\'s sleep in your comfortable cabin, the diving will commence the next day.
Days 2-10
Off the beaten track, the Solomon Islands have an amazing diversity of marine life, and dive site environments - wrecks, pristine reefs, lagoons, caverns and walls. There are pilot whales, various kinds of sharks, manta rays and huge schools of fish, not forgetting its macro wonders such as pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs and ghost pipefish. Wreck dives include The Ann, the Japanese Mavis Seaplane, Japanese transports in Marovo Lagoon, and the famous World War II dump site called White Beach.
The dive schedule is flexible to accommodate the desires of all divers, with unlimited diving even though each day is based around 5 dive slots, beginning at 7:30 am, after breakfast. A briefing will precede each dive and the managers will outline the type of dive, what you can expect to see, and recommendations regarding current, depth, and activities. Dives are made from 2 aluminium skiffs. Once in the water, divers are tracked by their bubbles and can be picked up and shuttled back to the boat almost the moment they reach the surface. This eliminates long swims, current fighting, and sitting in the hot sun while waiting for other divers to surface. An evening briefing usually outlines the plans for the next day’s diving.
Meals are always important when you are diving and the galley staff will not disappoint you, producing quality, tasty meals and snacks. 3 hearty meals are served buffet style each day, and snacks are available between dives. Breakfast includes cereals, fruits, milk, juice, toast and spreads, and oatmeal, plus hot options such as scramble eggs, bacon, omellete, sausages, or pancakes and muffins. Lunches are usually fairly simple, such as pizza, burger, soups and salads. Dinners might include Devil Chicken, Beef fillet in tarragon wine sauce, apricot chicken, roast lamb, baked fish in coconut milk, chicken teriyaki, beef and vegetable satay sticks, roast pork, cashew nut chicken, beef stir fry etc. The menu also includes lots of fresh fruit and vegetables (delivered to the boat daily). There are desserts every day for those with a sweet tooth. The chefs can assist with dietary requirements, with advanced notice. The ship has a bar with basic service including spirits, beer and wine. Soft drinks are also available.
You will visit at least one village to see traditional life, singing and dancing. In the Marovo Lagoon area you will visit other villages to check out and potentially buy handmade carvings and other art. The crew regularly purchase fruit and vegetables from the villagers in their canoes that come to the boat. There are also 2 kayaks for guests to use and, if you are keen, you can try in a local dug-out canoe. If you like fishing, the crew will gladly take you out for some early morning or evening hand-lining for tuna - plan on having your catch for sashimi that evening!
After a morning of diving on the last full day of the trip, the liveaboard begins its journey back to port.
Day 11
After a breakfast, you will depart for the airport. Transportation is provided to the Honiara Airport and hotels.
Solomon Islands (15 Days / 14 Nights - 67 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Russell Islands: Leru Cut, White Beach, Mirror Pond, Karumolun Point; Mary Island, Florida Islands: Twin Tunnels, Devil’s Highway, Maravagi Bay, Japanese Mavis Seaplane; Marovo Lagoon: Kicha, Mbulo Caves, Wickham Island, Japanese Maru #2. Village visits to see custom singing and dancing, traditional life, and wood carvings.
Day 1
The Bilikiki staff will meet you at Honiara Airport or your local hotel and transport you to the boat for boarding, and you can arrive any time on the first day since the yacht will only leave port on the following morning. The cruise managers will welcome you onboard with a fruit platter, assign your cabin to you, give a safety briefing, crew introduction, and explain the boat features and the plans for the coming days. You will have time to complete the necessary dive paperwork, familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. There will be snacks at 6 pm (cheese, biscuits, dips, olives, cold meats, etc.), then dinner will be served at 7 pm. After a good night\'s sleep in your comfortable cabin, the diving will commence the next day.
Days 2-14
Off the beaten track, the Solomon Islands have an amazing diversity of marine life, and dive site environments - wrecks, pristine reefs, lagoons, caverns and walls. There are pilot whales, various kinds of sharks, manta rays and huge schools of fish, not forgetting its macro wonders such as pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs and ghost pipefish. Wreck dives include The Ann, the Japanese Mavis Seaplane, Japanese transports in Marovo Lagoon, and the famous World War II dump site called White Beach.
The dive schedule is flexible to accommodate the desires of all divers, with unlimited diving even though each day is based around 5 dive slots, beginning at 7:30 am, after breakfast. A briefing will precede each dive and the managers will outline the type of dive, what you can expect to see, and recommendations regarding current, depth, and activities. Dives are made from 2 aluminium skiffs. Once in the water, divers are tracked by their bubbles and can be picked up and shuttled back to the boat almost the moment they reach the surface. This eliminates long swims, current fighting, and sitting in the hot sun while waiting for other divers to surface. An evening briefing usually outlines the plans for the next day’s diving.
Meals are always important when you are diving and the galley staff will not disappoint you, producing quality, tasty meals and snacks. 3 hearty meals are served buffet style each day, and snacks are available between dives. Breakfast includes cereals, fruits, milk, juice, toast and spreads, and oatmeal, plus hot options such as scramble eggs, bacon, omellete, sausages, or pancakes and muffins. Lunches are usually fairly simple, such as pizza, burger, soups and salads. Dinners might include Devil Chicken, Beef fillet in tarragon wine sauce, apricot chicken, roast lamb, baked fish in coconut milk, chicken teriyaki, beef and vegetable satay sticks, roast pork, cashew nut chicken, beef stir fry etc. The menu also includes lots of fresh fruit and vegetables (delivered to the boat daily). There are desserts every day for those with a sweet tooth. The chefs can assist with dietary requirements, with advanced notice. The ship has a bar with basic service including spirits, beer and wine. Soft drinks are also available.
You will visit at least one village to see traditional life, singing and dancing. In the Marovo Lagoon area you will visit other villages to check out and potentially buy handmade carvings and other art. The crew regularly purchase fruit and vegetables from the villagers in their canoes that come to the boat. There are also 2 kayaks for guests to use and, if you are keen, you can try in a local dug-out canoe. If you like fishing, the crew will gladly take you out for some early morning or evening hand-lining for tuna - plan on having your catch for sashimi that evening!
After a morning of diving on the last full day of the trip, the liveaboard begins its journey back to port.
Day 15
After a breakfast, you will depart for the airport. Transportation is provided to the Honiara Airport and hotels.
Solomon Islands (10 Days / 9 Nights - 42 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Russell Islands: Leru Cut, White Beach, Mirror Pond, Karumolun Point; Mary Island, Florida Islands: Twin Tunnels, Devil’s Highway, Maravagi Bay, Japanese Mavis Seaplane; Marovo Lagoon: Kicha, Mbulo Caves, Wickham Island, Japanese Maru #2. Village visits to see custom singing and dancing, traditional life, and wood carvings.
Day 1
The Bilikiki staff will meet you at Honiara Airport or your local hotel and transport you to the boat for boarding, and you can arrive any time on the first day since the yacht will only leave port on the following morning. The cruise managers will welcome you onboard with a fruit platter, assign your cabin to you, give a safety briefing, crew introduction, and explain the boat features and the plans for the coming days. You will have time to complete the necessary dive paperwork, familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. There will be snacks at 6 pm (cheese, biscuits, dips, olives, cold meats, etc.), then dinner will be served at 7 pm. After a good night\'s sleep in your comfortable cabin, the diving will commence the next day.
Days 2-9
Off the beaten track, the Solomon Islands have an amazing diversity of marine life, and dive site environments - wrecks, pristine reefs, lagoons, caverns and walls. There are pilot whales, various kinds of sharks, manta rays and huge schools of fish, not forgetting its macro wonders such as pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs and ghost pipefish. Wreck dives include The Ann, the Japanese Mavis Seaplane, Japanese transports in Marovo Lagoon, and the famous World War II dump site called White Beach.
The dive schedule is flexible to accommodate the desires of all divers, with unlimited diving even though each day is based around 5 dive slots, beginning at 7:30 am, after breakfast. A briefing will precede each dive and the managers will outline the type of dive, what you can expect to see, and recommendations regarding current, depth, and activities. Dives are made from 2 aluminium skiffs. Once in the water, divers are tracked by their bubbles and can be picked up and shuttled back to the boat almost the moment they reach the surface. This eliminates long swims, current fighting, and sitting in the hot sun while waiting for other divers to surface. An evening briefing usually outlines the plans for the next day’s diving.
Meals are always important when you are diving and the galley staff will not disappoint you, producing quality, tasty meals and snacks. 3 hearty meals are served buffet style each day, and snacks are available between dives. Breakfast includes cereals, fruits, milk, juice, toast and spreads, and oatmeal, plus hot options such as scramble eggs, bacon, omellete, sausages, or pancakes and muffins. Lunches are usually fairly simple, such as pizza, burger, soups and salads. Dinners might include Devil Chicken, Beef fillet in tarragon wine sauce, apricot chicken, roast lamb, baked fish in coconut milk, chicken teriyaki, beef and vegetable satay sticks, roast pork, cashew nut chicken, beef stir fry etc. The menu also includes lots of fresh fruit and vegetables (delivered to the boat daily). There are desserts every day for those with a sweet tooth. The chefs can assist with dietary requirements, with advanced notice. The ship has a bar with basic service including spirits, beer and wine. Soft drinks are also available.
You will visit at least one village to see traditional life, singing and dancing. In the Marovo Lagoon area you will visit other villages to check out and potentially buy handmade carvings and other art. The crew regularly purchase fruit and vegetables from the villagers in their canoes that come to the boat. There are also 2 kayaks for guests to use and, if you are keen, you can try in a local dug-out canoe. If you like fishing, the crew will gladly take you out for some early morning or evening hand-lining for tuna - plan on having your catch for sashimi that evening!
After a morning of diving on the last full day of the trip, the liveaboard begins its journey back to port.
Day 10
After a breakfast, you will depart for the airport. Transportation is provided to the Honiara Airport and hotels.
Solomon Islands (13 Days / 12 Nights - 57 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Russell Islands: Leru Cut, White Beach, Mirror Pond, Karumolun Point; Mary Island, Florida Islands: Twin Tunnels, Devil’s Highway, Maravagi Bay, Japanese Mavis Seaplane; Marovo Lagoon: Kicha, Mbulo Caves, Wickham Island, Japanese Maru #2. Village visits to see custom singing and dancing, traditional life, and wood carvings.
Day 1
The Bilikiki staff will meet you at Honiara Airport or your local hotel and transport you to the boat for boarding, and you can arrive any time on the first day since the yacht will only leave port on the following morning. The cruise managers will welcome you onboard with a fruit platter, assign your cabin to you, give a safety briefing, crew introduction, and explain the boat features and the plans for the coming days. You will have time to complete the necessary dive paperwork, familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. There will be snacks at 6 pm (cheese, biscuits, dips, olives, cold meats, etc.), then dinner will be served at 7 pm. After a good night\'s sleep in your comfortable cabin, the diving will commence the next day.
Days 2-12
Off the beaten track, the Solomon Islands have an amazing diversity of marine life, and dive site environments - wrecks, pristine reefs, lagoons, caverns and walls. There are pilot whales, various kinds of sharks, manta rays and huge schools of fish, not forgetting its macro wonders such as pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs and ghost pipefish. Wreck dives include The Ann, the Japanese Mavis Seaplane, Japanese transports in Marovo Lagoon, and the famous World War II dump site called White Beach.
The dive schedule is flexible to accommodate the desires of all divers, with unlimited diving even though each day is based around 5 dive slots, beginning at 7:30 am, after breakfast. A briefing will precede each dive and the managers will outline the type of dive, what you can expect to see, and recommendations regarding current, depth, and activities. Dives are made from 2 aluminium skiffs. Once in the water, divers are tracked by their bubbles and can be picked up and shuttled back to the boat almost the moment they reach the surface. This eliminates long swims, current fighting, and sitting in the hot sun while waiting for other divers to surface. An evening briefing usually outlines the plans for the next day’s diving.
Meals are always important when you are diving and the galley staff will not disappoint you, producing quality, tasty meals and snacks. 3 hearty meals are served buffet style each day, and snacks are available between dives. Breakfast includes cereals, fruits, milk, juice, toast and spreads, and oatmeal, plus hot options such as scramble eggs, bacon, omellete, sausages, or pancakes and muffins. Lunches are usually fairly simple, such as pizza, burger, soups and salads. Dinners might include Devil Chicken, Beef fillet in tarragon wine sauce, apricot chicken, roast lamb, baked fish in coconut milk, chicken teriyaki, beef and vegetable satay sticks, roast pork, cashew nut chicken, beef stir fry etc. The menu also includes lots of fresh fruit and vegetables (delivered to the boat daily). There are desserts every day for those with a sweet tooth. The chefs can assist with dietary requirements, with advanced notice. The ship has a bar with basic service including spirits, beer and wine. Soft drinks are also available.
You will visit at least one village to see traditional life, singing and dancing. In the Marovo Lagoon area you will visit other villages to check out and potentially buy handmade carvings and other art. The crew regularly purchase fruit and vegetables from the villagers in their canoes that come to the boat. There are also 2 kayaks for guests to use and, if you are keen, you can try in a local dug-out canoe. If you like fishing, the crew will gladly take you out for some early morning or evening hand-lining for tuna - plan on having your catch for sashimi that evening!
After a morning of diving on the last full day of the trip, the liveaboard begins its journey back to port.
Day 13
After a breakfast, you will depart for the airport. Transportation is provided to the Honiara Airport and hotels.
[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].
