Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (7 Days / 6 Nights - 18 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: North Atoll: Malayan Wreck, Shark Airport, Terraces, Amos Rock, Jessie Beazley Reef; South Atoll: Ko Ok, Delsan Wreck, Lighthouse, Triggerfish City, Black Rock, Staghorn Point
Day 1
You will be met at Puerto Princesa Airport or collected from a local hotel and transferred to the departure point of your Resolute liveaboard safari. Guests normally board in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the late afternoon departure from port for the 11-hour cruise to the atolls.
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.
Before your 1st dive of the day you start with a light breakfast, with a main cooked breakfast to follow before the 2nd dive. A buffet style lunch gives you a chance to chat about your morning's underwater experiences. You can relax for a while after lunch, but before long it will be time for the 3rd dive, and then 4th dive before dinner. There will be an afternoon snack each day as well as fruit juices every day. The 5-course lunch and dinner buffets include fish, meat and seafood, as well as various vegetable options. There is a broad mix of Filipino food with some meals inspired by Korean and international cuisine. Enjoy local dishes like pork or chicken adobo, coconut milk shrimps, kinilaw and lumpia, with a glass of wine or beer. Meals are enjoyed in the open-air dining area on the main deck.
On Day 6 you will make 2 dives before returning to port early morning on the final day.
Day 7
You will say your farewells and disembark the yacht after breakfast. The crew will transfer you to the airport or nearby hotel.
Apo Reef & Coron (7 Days / 6 Nights - 18 Dives)
Trip highlights: 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: Coron Island and wrecks; Apo Reef: Shark Airport, Ego Wall, Apo 29, Aladdin, Shark Ridge, Mabuti, SE Corner, Shipwreck; Calauit, Puerto Galera
Day 1
You will meet at the pier in Anilao for your Resolute liveaboard safari. Guests normally board in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the late afternoon departure from port to Apo Reef.
Days 2-6
Apo Reef is situated on the western side of Mindoro and encompasses 34 square kilometres; it is the world's second-largest contiguous coral reef system. The reef, its 3 islands, and its surrounding waters are protected by the Apo Reef Natural Park. It is one of the most popular dive destinations in the Philippines and has an extensive wealth of marine life, with plentiful batfish, surgeonfish, snappers, fusiliers and trevallies. There is great macro life including tunicates, nudibranchs and sea slugs, but also large schools of large pelagic fish, dolphins, sharks (hammerhead, blacktip/whitetip/grey reef, and thresher sharks), barracuda and manta rays.
Coron Island is well known for several Japanese wrecks that sank there during World War II. It is the best wreck diving location in SE Asia and most of the sunken wrecks in are 100-200m in length. Most wrecks can be dived by beginner divers. The Okikawa Maru was a 160m long ship which was sunk by a direct hit on the bow area. The Olympia Maru was another massive vessel of 120m, but the submarine East Tangat Gunboat is probably the most ideal for exploration as it is in shallow waters. Its 2 main boilers are covered in hard corals, while the deck is now home to many scorpionfish. You will also explore the Akitsusima, a sea plane tender, and Irako, a refrigeration ship for the Japanese Imperial Navy. There is also a very interesting site called Barracuda Lake, which is a former volcano with amazing rock formations. There is also some good reef diving on the nearby Islands of Calambuyan Island and Seven Islands.
Before your 1st dive of the day you start with a light breakfast, with a main cooked breakfast to follow before the 2nd dive. A buffet style lunch gives you a chance to chat about your morning's underwater experiences. You can relax for a while after lunch, but before long it will be time for the 3rd dive, and then 4th dive before dinner. There will be an afternoon snack each day as well as fruit juices every day. The 5-course lunch and dinner buffets include fish, meat and seafood, as well as various vegetable options. There is a broad mix of Filipino food with some meals inspired by Korean and international cuisine. Enjoy local dishes like pork or chicken adobo, coconut milk shrimps, kinilaw and lumpia, with a glass of wine or beer. Meals are enjoyed in the open-air dining area on the main deck.
On Day 6 you will make 3 dives before returning to port early morning on the final day.
Day 7
You will say your farewells and disembark the yacht in Anilao after breakfast.
Malapascua, Cebu & Dumaguete (7 Days / 6 Nights - 19 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: Dauin: Masaplod, Mainit, and Pura Vida House Reef; Apo Island: Chapel Point, Rock Point West, and Coconut;
Moalboal: Pescador, Savedra, and Sardine Pt; Malapascua: Monad Shoal, Gato Island, and Lighthouse
Day 1
You will be met at Mactan Airport, Cebu City, and transferred to the departure point of your Resolute liveaboard safari. Guests normally board in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the late afternoon departure from port for Dauin.
Days 2-6
On this cruise you will explore the best of the central Visayas region in a circular loop around Cebu Island, with a detour to Dumaguete. You will have the opportunity to encounter thresher sharks and mantas at Malapascua, 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.
Before your 1st dive of the day you start with a light breakfast, with a main cooked breakfast to follow before the 2nd dive. A buffet style lunch gives you a chance to chat about your morning's underwater experiences. You can relax for a while after lunch, but before long it will be time for the 3rd dive, and then 4th dive before dinner. There will be an afternoon snack each day as well as fruit juices every day. The 5-course lunch and dinner buffets include fish, meat and seafood, as well as various vegetable options. There is a broad mix of Filipino food with some meals inspired by Korean and international cuisine. Enjoy local dishes like pork or chicken adobo, coconut milk shrimps, kinilaw and lumpia, with a glass of wine or beer. Meals are enjoyed in the open-air dining area on the main deck.
On Day 6 you will make 3 dives before returning to port early morning on the final day.
Day 7
You will say your farewells and disembark the yacht after breakfast. The crew will transfer you to the airport.
Tubbataha & Apo Reef (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 Dives)
Trip highlights: 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 - North Atoll: Bird Island, Ranger Station, South Rock; South Atoll: Lighthouse, Triggerfish City, Black Rock, Staghorn Point; Cagayancillo, Apo Reef
Day 1
You will be met at Puerto Princesa Airport or collected from a local hotel and transferred to the departure point of your Resolute liveaboard safari. Guests normally board in the afternoon and settle into their cabins before the late afternoon departure from port for the 11-hour cruise to the atolls.
Days 2-7
The Tubbataha Reefs National Park is an UNESCO World Heritage site with 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.
Apo Reef is the world's second-largest contiguous coral reef system, is one of the most popular dive destinations in the Philippines, and has an extensive wealth of marine life, with plentiful batfish, surgeonfish, snappers, fusiliers and trevallies. There is great macro life including tunicates, nudibranchs and sea slugs, but also large schools of large pelagic fish, dolphins, sharks (blacktip/whitetip/grey reef, and thresher sharks), barracuda and manta rays.
Before your 1st dive of the day you start with a light breakfast, with a main cooked breakfast to follow before the 2nd dive. A buffet style lunch gives you a chance to chat about your morning's underwater experiences. You can relax for a while after lunch, but before long it will be time for the 3rd dive, and then 4th dive before dinner. There will be an afternoon snack each day as well as fruit juices every day. The 5-course lunch and dinner buffets include fish, meat and seafood, as well as various vegetable options. There is a broad mix of Filipino food with some meals inspired by Korean and international cuisine. Enjoy local dishes like pork or chicken adobo, coconut milk shrimps, kinilaw and lumpia, with a glass of wine or beer. Meals are enjoyed in the open-air dining area on the main deck.
On Day 7 you will make 2 dives before returning to port early morning on the final day.
Day 8
You will say your farewells and disembark the yacht at Crimson Resort, Mactan, after breakfast. The crew will 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].