Cebu, Bohol & Dumaguete (7 Days / 6 Nights - 25 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity
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: Pescador/Moalboal, Apo Island, Dauin, Siquijor, Bohol: Panglao, Cabilao
Day 1
You will be met at Mactan airport and transferred to Cebu Yacht Club, the departure point of your liveaboard cruise. Guests normally board this amazing liveaboard in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the afternoon departure from port to the dive sites that you will explore the next day.
Days 2-6
On this cruise you will dive some of the best sites of the southern Visayas region around Cebu Island, Bohol and Dumaguete. You will have the opportunity to encounter hammerhead sharks at Cabilao, turtles at Balicasag, huge schools of sardines at Moalboal, huge schools of trevally at Apo Island, and muck diving at Dauin. And at all locations, there will be an overwhelming amount macro life - ghostpipefish, seahorses, frogfish, ribbon eels, innumerable species of shrimp, nudibranch, cuttlefish and octopus. It’s an incredible tour in the heart of the wonderland that is the Coral Triangle. There will be 4-5 dives per day and a total of 20-25 dives during the trip.
The menu onboard is varied and the food plentiful. Breakfast will be buffet cum 'a la carte ' (eggs, waffles, pancakes to order), lunch will be buffet, and dinner will be a 4 course plated meal. Dishes are a mix of international, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Western, Asian. Nirvana varies the cuisine depending on the nationalities on board, so if you have a favourite, please speak up! There will also be plenty of snacks, and drinks include fruit juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea, coffee, and a selection of local beer and wine.
After a morning of diving on the final full day of the tour, Nirvana returns to port in Cebu.
Day 7
After a final breakfast you will say your goodbyes and disembark at 8 am. The crew will then transfer you to the airport or nearby hotel.
Malapascua, Cebu, Bohol & Dumaguete (7 Days / 6 Nights - 25 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity
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: Capitancillo/Kalangaman, Malapascua, Pescador/Moalboal, Apo Island, Dauin, Cabilao/Bohol
Day 1
You will be met at Mactan airport and transferred to Cebu Yacht Club, the departure point of your liveaboard cruise. Guests normally board this amazing liveaboard in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the afternoon departure from port to the dive sites that you will explore the next day.
Days 2-6
On this cruise you will dive some of the best sites of the central Visayas region. You will have the opportunity to encounter thresher sharks and mantas at Malapascua, hammerhead sharks at Cabilao, turtles at Balicasag, huge schools of sardines at Moalboal, huge schools of trevally at Apo Island, and muck diving at Dauin. And at all locations there will be an overwhelming amount macro life – ghostpipefish, seahorses, frogfish, ribbon eels, innumerable species of shrimp, nudibranch, cuttlefish and octopus. It’s an incredible tour in the heart of the wonderland that is the Coral Triangle. There will be 4-5 dives per day and a total of 20-25 dives during the trip.
The menu onboard is varied and the food plentiful. Breakfast will be buffet cum 'a la carte ' (eggs, waffles, pancakes to order), lunch will be buffet, and dinner will be a 4 course plated meal. Dishes are a mix of international, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Western, Asian. Nirvana varies the cuisine depending on the nationalities on board, so if you have a favourite, please speak up! There will also be plenty of snacks, and drinks include fruit juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea, coffee, and a selection of local beer and wine.
After a morning of diving on the final full day of the tour, Nirvana returns to port in Cebu.
Day 7
After a final breakfast you will say your goodbyes and disembark at 8 am. The crew will then transfer you to the airport or nearby hotel.
Southern Leyte, Malapascua, Cebu & Bohol (10 Days / 9 Nights - 35 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity
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: Capitancillo/Kalangaman, Malapascua, Camotes, Southern Leyte: Limasawa, Padre Burgos, Napantao; Bohol: Panglao, Cabilao
Day 1
You will be met at Mactan airport and transferred to Cebu Yacht Club, the departure point of your liveaboard cruise. Guests normally board this amazing liveaboard in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the afternoon departure from port to the dive sites that you will explore the next day.
Days 2-9
On this cruise you will dive some of the best sites of the eastern Visayas region. The little visited region of Southern Leyte offers some of the best diving in the Philippines. Whale sharks visit the area to feed on blooms of zooplankton, and there are some spectacular muck and macro sites where you can explore to find such wonders as hairy frogfish, xeno crabs, stargazers, and mimic and blue-ringed octopus. Elsewhere in you will have the opportunity to encounter thresher sharks and mantas at Malapascua, hammerhead sharks at Cabilao, and huge schools of trevally and turtles at Bohol. And at all locations, there will be an overwhelming amount macro life - ghostpipefish, seahorses, frogfish, ribbon eels, innumerable species of shrimp, nudibranch, cuttlefish and octopus. It’s an incredible tour in the heart of the wonderland that is the Coral Triangle. There will be 4-5 dives per day and a total of 30-35 dives during the trip.
The menu onboard is varied and the food plentiful. Breakfast will be buffet cum 'a la carte ' (eggs, waffles, pancakes to order), lunch will be buffet, and dinner will be a 4 course plated meal. Dishes are a mix of international, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Western, Asian. Nirvana varies the cuisine depending on the nationalities on board, so if you have a favourite, please speak up! There will also be plenty of snacks, and drinks include fruit juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea, coffee, and a selection of local beer and wine.
After a morning of diving on the final full day of the tour, Nirvana returns to port in Cebu.
Day 10
After a final breakfast you will say your goodbyes and disembark at 8 am. The crew will then transfer you to the airport or nearby hotel.
Southern Leyte & Malapascua (7 Days / 6 Nights - 25 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity
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: Malapascua, Camotes, Southern Leyte: Limasawa, Padre Burgos, Napantao
Day 1
You will be met at Mactan airport and transferred to Cebu Yacht Club, the departure point of your liveaboard cruise. Guests normally board this amazing liveaboard in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the afternoon departure from port to the dive sites that you will explore the next day.
Days 2-6
On this cruise you will dive some of the best sites of the eastern Visayas region. The little visited region of Southern Leyte offers some of the best diving in the Philippines. Whale sharks visit the area to feed on blooms of zooplankton, and there are some spectacular muck and macro sites where you can explore to find such wonders as hairy frogfish, xeno crabs, stargazers, and mimic and blue-ringed octopus. At Malapascua you will have the opportunity to encounter thresher sharks and mantas. And at all locations, there will be an overwhelming amount macro life - ghostpipefish, seahorses, frogfish, ribbon eels, innumerable species of shrimp, nudibranch, cuttlefish and octopus. It’s an incredible tour in the heart of the wonderland that is the Coral Triangle. There will be 4-5 dives per day and a total of 20-25 dives during the trip.
The menu onboard is varied and the food plentiful. Breakfast will be buffet cum 'a la carte ' (eggs, waffles, pancakes to order), lunch will be buffet, and dinner will be a 4 course plated meal. Dishes are a mix of international, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Western, Asian. Nirvana varies the cuisine depending on the nationalities on board, so if you have a favourite, please speak up! There will also be plenty of snacks, and drinks include fruit juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea, coffee, and a selection of local beer and wine.
After a morning of diving on the final full day of the tour, Nirvana returns to port in Cebu.
Day 7
After a final breakfast you will say your goodbyes and disembark at 8 am. The crew will then transfer you to the airport or nearby hotel.
Tubbataha, Malapascua, Cebu, Dumaguete & Cagayan (10 Days / 9 Nights - 35 Dives)
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, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Tubbataha, Cagayancillo Islands, Malapascua, Moalboal, Apo Island
Day 1
This cruise either runs from Cebu to Palawan or in reverse. If departing from Cebu, you will be met at Mactan airport and transferred to Cebu Yacht Club. If departing from Palawan, you will be met at Puerto Princesa airport and transferred to the port. Guests normally board this amazing liveaboard in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the afternoon (from Cebu) or evening (from Palawan) departure from port to the dive sites that you will explore the next day.
Days 2-9
On this cruise you will explore the best of the Sulu Sea and the Visayas region. The Tubbataha Reefs National Park is an UNESCO World Heritage site in the Sulu Sea in the middle of the Coral Triangle. There are 370 types of coral, 600 species of fish, 12 species of cetacean. The atolls are a great area for shark action with species such as guitar, blacktips, white tips, grey reef sharks, silkies, hammerheads and whale sharks. Other large marine life includes dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, barracuda, turtles and manta rays. The walls are adorned with beautiful soft corals and lots of cleaning stations. The shallows are made up of hard coral gardens.
In the Visayas you will have the opportunity to encounter thresher sharks and mantas at Malapascua, and huge schools of sardines at Moalboal and trevally at Apo Island. And at all locations, there will be an overwhelming amount macro life - ghostpipefish, seahorses, frogfish, ribbon eels, innumerable species of shrimp, nudibranch, cuttlefish and octopus. It’s an incredible tour in the heart of the Coral Triangle.
There will be 4-5 dives per day and a total of 30-35 dives during the trip.
The menu onboard is varied and the food plentiful. Breakfast will be buffet cum 'a la carte ' (eggs, waffles, pancakes to order), lunch will be buffet, and dinner will be a 4 course plated meal. Dishes are a mix of international, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Western, Asian. Nirvana varies the cuisine depending on the nationalities on board, so if you have a favourite, please speak up! There will also be plenty of snacks, and drinks include fruit juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea, coffee, and a selection of local beer and wine.
After a morning of diving on the final full day of the tour, Nirvana returns to port.
Day 10
After a final breakfast you will say your goodbyes and disembark at 8 am. The crew will then transfer you to the airport or nearby hotel. Please ensure you are familiar with the exact ports of departure and return.
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (7 Days / 6 Nights - 25 Dives)
Trip highlights: shark action, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics
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: Tubbataha: North Atoll, South Atoll, Jessie Beazley Reef
Day 1
You will be met at the local airport and transferred to the port in Puerto Princesa, the departure point of your liveaboard cruise. Guests normally board this amazing liveaboard in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the evening departure from port to the dive sites that you will explore the next day.
Days 2-6
The Tubbataha Reefs National Park is an UNESCO World Heritage site and lies in the Sulu Sea in the middle of the Coral Triangle. There are 370 types of coral, 600 species of fish, 12 species of cetacean. Due to their isolation, the atolls are a great area for shark action with species such as guitar, blacktips, white tips, grey reef sharks, silkies, hammerheads and whale sharks. The walls are adorned with beautiful soft corals, barrel sponges and lots of cleaning stations. The shallows are made up of hard coral gardens. Although the macro life is fantastic here, it take a back stage to the big marine life action, such as dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, barracuda, turtles and manta rays. There will be 4-5 dives per day and a total of 20-25 dives during the trip.
The menu onboard is varied and the food plentiful. Breakfast will be buffet cum 'a la carte ' (eggs, waffles, pancakes to order), lunch will be buffet, and dinner will be a 4 course plated meal. Dishes are a mix of international, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Western, Asian. Nirvana varies the cuisine depending on the nationalities on board, so if you have a favourite, please speak up! There will also be plenty of snacks, and drinks include fruit juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea, coffee, and a selection of local beer and wine.
After a morning of diving on the final full day of the tour, Nirvana returns to port in Puerto Princesa.
Day 7
After a final breakfast you will say your goodbyes and disembark at 8 am. The crew will then transfer you to the airport or nearby hotel.
[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].
