Dive experience: Tubbataha only: Divers must have at least 50 logged dives due to safety reasons. No refund will be given and one will be banned from diving if the operator finds out that the guest has less than the required logged dives.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, water, juice and hot drinks, local airport transfers, dives (as detailed in the cruises above), 4 experienced English-speaking divemasters per full boat, tanks, weights and weightbelts.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 30 per day), dive computer (US$ 8 per day), dive insurance, port/park fees (to be paid in advance) - Tubbataha US$ 105 per week, all other cruises US$ 80 per week. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash or credit card).
Optional extras: Soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (5 days diving - US$ 175, 6 days diving - US$ 200), torch, 15 liter tank ( US$ 6 per dive). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.
How to get there: MY Discovery Adventure uses 2 ports:
Puerto Princesa: This port is used for cruises to Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and some transit trips to Cebu. The local airport is Puerto Princesa Airport (PPS). There are direct flights from Cebu City and Manila, as well as from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.
Cebu City: The Cebu Yacht Club is the port used for Visayas cruises. The local airport is Mactan Cebu International Airport (CEB). There are direct flights from Manila and some other Filipino cities, as well as from Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Dubai, Taiwan and China.
In all cases, you will be collected at the local airport and transferred to the yacht. Boarding will be from 14:00 hrs for a 16:00 departure for Tubbataha cruises, and 11:30 hrs for Visayas cruises which depart around lunch time. The last dive of the trip will be at lunch time on the penultimate day. Disembarkation and local airport/hotel transfers will be at 8 am after returning to port the night before. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
Non-diver rate: 10% off the full published price.
Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 50% of the normal published price.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 8 guests and 1 extra person can join the cruise in the lowest price cabin free of charge (total 9+ guests).
Whole boat charter rate (per night): 30% off the published rate for a full boat, approximately equivalent to: Pay for 21 guests and 9 additional persons can join the cruise in staterooms free of charge (total 30 guests).
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