Apo Reef & Coron (8 Days / 7 Nights - 24 Dives)

Trip highlights: shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Apo Reef, Tara Islands, Coron wrecks: Okikawa Maru, Olympia Maru, Japanese Freighter, East Tangat Gunboat, Nanshin Maru, Akitsusima, Irako, Kyokuzan, Dimipac Island. Optional land visit to Coron's hot springs.

Day 1
Board the Atlantis Adventurer liveaboard and meet the crew who will brief you on the schedule and safety procedures. Once settled into your cabin, take time to unpack and prepare your dive equipment. Dinner is served on board, offering a warm introduction to the week ahead. Diving begins the following morning.

Core Days
Enjoy some of the Philippines’ best scuba diving as the Atlantis Adventurer explores a variety of world-class sites. At Apo Reef, the country’s largest contiguous coral reef system, divers experience a stunning mix of vibrant coral gardens, steep drop-offs, and pelagic encounters. The main reef stretches over 34 square kilometers and surrounds a shallow lagoon, offering a range of dives suited to all experience levels.
Descend along colorful walls covered with hard and soft corals, where whitetip and grey reef sharks patrol the blue, and schools of snapper, barracuda, and trevally move in shimmering formations. The outer walls often attract manta rays, eagle rays, and occasional sharks, while the reef flats host turtles, bumphead parrotfish, and giant sweetlips. In calm conditions, divers can also explore Apo Menor, with its caverns and swim-throughs, or the North Wall, known for strong currents and thrilling drift dives.
Surface intervals with the liveaboard reveal more of Apo Reef’s beauty. The turquoise lagoon and small sandy island are home to seabirds and mangroves, making it a perfect backdrop for relaxation or snorkeling between dives.
Further north, Coron is famous for its historic World War 2 shipwrecks. The Okikawa Maru, Olympia Maru, and Irako are covered in coral and teeming with marine life. The East Tangat Gunboat sits in shallow water, ideal for relaxed exploration and photography. The Akitsushima, a former seaplane tender, offers a deeper and more technical dive for experienced wreck divers.
Each site reveals a different side of the Philippines’ underwater beauty, from macro life and soft corals to pelagic species cruising through open water. Evenings can be spent unwinding on deck or, when available, visiting Coron’s natural hot springs.

Day 8
After breakfast, it’s time to disembark the Atlantis Adventurer and say farewell to the liveaboard crew. Reflect on a rewarding week of liveaboard diving, filled with unforgettable wrecks, reefs, and marine encounters.

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (8 Days / 7 Nights - 24 Dives)

Trip highlights: shark action, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving

Dive sites and activities: Tubbataha: Seafan Alley, Washing Machine, Shark Airport, South Park, Gorgonian Channel, Amos Rock. Malayan Wreck, T Wreck, Black Rock, Lighthouse, South West Wall, Wall Street, Eigar Wall, Delsan Wreck, Jessie Beazley Reef

Day 1
Step aboard the Atlantis Adventurer liveaboard in Puerto Princesa, your base for exploring one of the world’s most extraordinary marine parks - Tubbataha. Once on board, you’ll meet the professional crew, receive a welcome briefing, and settle into your comfortable cabin. Take time to organize your dive equipment and unwind before enjoying your first dinner at sea. Diving begins the following morning.

Core Days
The Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, represents the pinnacle of Philippine diving. These remote atolls are home to over 600 species of fish and 350 species of coral, offering pristine reefs, towering walls, and exceptional visibility. You’ll explore both North and South Atolls, each with its own signature sites.
At Seafan Alley, massive gorgonian fans stretch out along the walls, sheltering pygmy seahorses, crinoids, and longnose hawkfish. Washing Machine offers an exhilarating drift dive through swirling currents filled with surgeonfish, fusiliers, and trevally. Nearby, Shark Airport lives up to its name with whitetip reef sharks resting on sandy ledges alongside green and hawksbill turtles, and grey reef sharks buzzing the area.
The Gorgonian Channel features a vibrant coral slope covered with whip corals and barrel sponges, while South Park is known for schooling barracuda, bigeye trevally, and the occasional manta or eagle ray gliding overhead. At Amos Rock, expect a spectacular wall covered with red soft corals, sea whips, and anthias clouds, plus the chance to see Napoleon wrasse and tuna cruising in the blue.
Several wrecks and reef points add further variety. The Malayan Wreck and T Wreck attract large schools of batfish and sweetlips, while Delsan Wreck is a favorite for photographers with its mix of reef sharks, turtles, and dense coral gardens. Black Rock and Wall Street are vertical drop-offs rich in hard corals and sea fans, often patrolled by grey reef sharks. Lighthouse and South West Wall offer gentler drifts with abundant reef fish and stunning coral plateaus, while Eiger Wall impresses with dramatic overhangs and pelagic visitors.
No visit to Tubbataha with the Atlantis Adventurer liveaboard would be complete without diving Jessie Beazley Reef, an isolated coral pinnacle northwest of the main atolls. Its crystal-clear waters host schools of barracuda, surgeonfish, bumphead parrotfish, and giant trevally, providing a breathtaking finale to your expedition.

Final Day
After a final breakfast on board, bid farewell to the Atlantis Azores and disembark in Puerto Princesa, marking the end of an unforgettable week of liveaboard diving in the Philippines’ most iconic marine sanctuary.

Malapascua, Cebu, Romblon & Batangas (8 Days / 7 Nights - 24 Dives)

Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving

Dive sites and activities: Tubbataha-Dumaguete Cruises: Seafan Alley, Washing Machine, Shark Airport, South Park, Gorgonian Channel, Amos Rock. Malayan Wreck, T Wreck, Black Rock, Lighthouse, South West Wall, Wall Street, Eigar Wall, Delsan Wreck, Jessie Beazley Reef; Bohol: Balicasag, Siquijor and Sumilon Island
Dumaguete-Puerto Galera Cruises: Cebu: Oslob, Sumilon, Pescador Island, Moalboal; Malapascua: Monad Shoal; Romblon, Verde Island and Puerto Galera

Day 1
When you arrive in Manila, the PY Atlantis Azores staff will meet you at the international airport terminal and help you transfer to the domestic terminal to catch a flight to Dumaguete. They will collect you and transfer to the fantastic 32m aluminium mono-hulled motor yacht. Meet the crew and listen to a welcome briefing before being assigned to your cabin. You can unpack your dive gear while you wait for dinner to be served. Diving will start on the next day.

Core Days
For Tubbataha-Dumaguete cruises - Tubbataha is made up of 2 atolls and has kilometers of pristine reefs protected by UNESCO World Heritage. Some of their iconic dive sites will remain in your memory for ever, like Washing Machine with its unpredictable currents, but also known for having some of the best visibility in the marine park and a place visited by grey reef sharks and a great variety of tropical reef fish. Shark Airport is a wide plateau where hawksbill and green sea turtles can often be found in search of corals to munch on, while whitetip reef sharks are looking for their next prey.
Pristine coral gardens and drop-offs will be your playground during several dives in the Visayas. Balicasag is where schools of trevallies, mackerels and barracudas are often seen hunting; turtles and also whitetip and blacktip reef sharks appear for the amusement of underwater photographers. Manta rays are also seen cruising around the island. Ghost pipefish, pygmy and thorny seahorses, and several different species of nudibranch try their best to hide from curious eyes. Visit Siquijor Island for a half day of diving before returning to Dumaguete and Dauin, home to nudibranchs, clownfish, parrotfish and razorfish.
For Dumaguete-Puerto Galera cruises - In Cebu, the wall near Moalboal is a great place for macro life: watch out for frogfish and stonefish, but also barracudas and turtles are common here. A thresher shark might also pass by. During the 3rd day there is also the chance of snorkeling with whale sharks at Oslob, while diving will be focused in the crystal clear waters around Sumilon Island.
This charter includes another favourite, Monad Shoal at Malapascua, known for frequent sightings of thresher sharks as well as manta rays. In addition to these pelagic species, the Malapascua area offers a wide variety of critter diving, not to mention abundant reefs and wall diving. Next location is Romblon, famed for its macro dives, and hosts such rarities as tiger and skeleton shrimps, mandarinfish, spindle cowries and mimic and blue-ringed octopus. And to finish off, more dives at Verde Island, close to Puerto Galera, to enjoy its big schools of fish.
Diving will keep you busy for most of the day, with 3 morning dives followed by an afternoon dive and a possible 5th night dive when conditions and location allow. The day starts with a small breakfast to energize you for the 1st dive, then a bigger breakfast of fresh fruit, hot entrees, cereals and juices should keep you satisfied for the duration of the next 2 dives. The main meals are served buffet-style in the air-conditioned saloon or in the open air seating area, and they are a mix of Filipino and international cuisine.

Day 8
Your amazing trip unfortunately has come to an end. Disembark in Puerto Galera or Puerto Princesa after a last breakfast on the boat. You will be transferred back to Manila by boat and minibus
Note: these trips can run in reverse so please check the ports of departure and return.

Malapascua, Cebu & Bohol

Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers

Dive sites and activities: Cabilao, Malapascua: Monad Shoal, Kimud Shoal, Capitancillo, Gato Island; Bohol: Balicasag, Panglao; Cebu: Oslob, Sumilon. Bohol land excursion (tarsiers with Chocolate Hills or Loboc River). Extended trips may also visit Kalanggaman and Anda.

Day 1
Welcome aboard the Atlantis Adventurer liveaboard, your home for the week as you explore the best diving of the Visayas. Upon arrival, you’ll meet the friendly crew, receive a safety and orientation briefing, and settle into your cabin. Take some time to unpack your gear and get comfortable before enjoying your first dinner on board. Diving begins the next morning.

Core Days
The Atlantis Adventurer Visayas liveaboard route offers an impressive mix of reef, wall, and pelagic diving, showcasing the Philippines’ incredible biodiversity.
Cabilao Island is often the first stop, known for its colorful reefs, pygmy seahorses, and steep walls covered in hard and soft corals. Gentle currents bring in schools of fusiliers and jacks, while macro enthusiasts will find frogfish, nudibranchs, and ornate ghost pipefish among the corals. Cabilao’s calm conditions make it ideal for relaxed diving and underwater photography.
Next, the journey heads north to Malapascua, world-famous for thresher shark sightings, where these graceful sharks rise from the deep for early-morning cleaning sessions. Malapascua also offers the chance to spot manta rays and devil rays. Around Gato Island, scuba divers can swim through tunnel systems lined with soft corals, surrounded by bamboo sharks, cuttlefish, and sea kraits. At Capitancillo Islet, vibrant reefs and schooling fish add another highlight, blending macro and wide-angle opportunities in one dive area.
Further south, Bohol delivers classic wall diving at Balicasag and Panglao. Here, schools of barracuda and jacks, green turtles, and passing eagle rays are common sights. The walls drop dramatically into the blue, covered with sponges and gorgonians. Between dives, guests can enjoy an optional land excursion to visit Bohol’s iconic tarsiers and the Chocolate Hills, or take a peaceful river cruise on the Loboc River, offering a glimpse of local life and scenery.
The final diving days on the Atlantis Adventurer take you to Cebu’s southern highlights. At Oslob, snorkel with gentle whale sharks in clear, shallow waters, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Nearby Sumilon Island features pristine coral gardens, abundant reef fish, and the occasional blacktip reef shark, making it a relaxing and picturesque finale to your week of liveaboard diving.

Final Day
After a last breakfast on board, it’s time to bid farewell to the Atlantis Adventurer and its dedicated crew. Take with you memories of pristine reefs, rare marine encounters, and a week of exceptional liveaboard diving in the Visayas.