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| Departure Day: |
Guests transfer to Patong between
17:00-18:00 checking in at Royal Phawadee Village. Transfer
to MV Mermaid I by 19:00 for boat and safety briefing, settle
into your cabin then set up your equipment. Prior to getting
underway, the crew set off firecrackers to bring good luck
for the cruise, dinner is serviced and we sail usually calm
seas for 6 hours to the Similan Islands |
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| Day 1: |
Wake up call at 7am in paradise ! After a continental
breakfast, 1st dive around 8am at the beautiful coral encrusted
crystal clear East Of Eden followed by a full western breakfast.
Visit Princess Beach, visit the small museum or shop for a Similans
souvenir. Dive 2 at Koh Bon for chance for Manta. After a delicious
lunch and time to relax, enjoy a 3rd dive at Koh Tachai for
pelagics and the chance for whale shark and mantas followed
by an interesting night dive.
Then relax with a cool beer and new friends after a delicious
dinner. |
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| Day 2: |
First dive today either at Koh Tachai or the
world famous Richelieu Rock. After breakfast, dive 2 and 3 at
Richelieu Rock then its north to clear the Burma border Relax
on the wonderful sundeck or sort your Richelieu photos in our
spacious saloon
After clearing the border and a delicious dinner, we head off
for our 1st stop in Burma. |
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| Day 3: |
Wake up in Burma and get ready for some fascinating
diving. Today we dive High Rock, Stewart Island, Rocky Island
and experience some great macro opportunities such as rare
nudibrancs, stick pipe fish, spindle cowries and more. Not into
small stuff - then check out
the millions of moray, stone fish, scorpion fish, lion fish
in full predatory action. |
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| Day 4: |
Some call it "In through the out door"
some call it Shark Cave - awesome diving awaits what ever you
call it ! Maybe the nurse sharks will be in the chamber ? Maybe
some Grey Reef sharks in their sleeping formation cruising in
the canyon ? If not, then you will still be busy with loads
of snappers, bait fish, sea horse, ornate ghost pipe fish, beautiful
soft corals housing rare and unusual cowries and more. |
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| Day 5: |
Today's feature site is Black Rock where we make
3 day and 1 sunset dive. Awesome dives with grey reef shark,
white tip reef shark, leopard sharks, huge garoupa, giant marbled
rays and trevally, huge remoras and masses of pelagic fishes.
Top this off with ornate ghost pipe fish, frogfish and a million
glass fish and this day will please every diver ! Weather allowing
we will cruise 8 hours overnight to the Burma Banks. |
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| Day 6: |
An early start on our shark safari for nurse
sharks, white tip and black tip reef sharks, silvertip sharks
as we do 4 day dives on Heckford Bank (Big Bank) and Silvertip
Bank. The Banks are really weather dependent as they are way
out to sea. If the conditions are not favorable for the Banks,
we will divert to some other great sites in the area. |
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| Day 7: |
Keep your eyes open for bull shark, white tip
reef sharks and leopard sharks at Fan Forrest Pinnacle during
dive 1 & 2. After a scrumptious buffet lunch of Thai and
western specialities Its time for a snooze on the sun deck,
write up your dive log before the next dive around 3-4pm The
afternoon dive at Western Rocky Island is a treat for all with
a tunnel going through the island full of glass fish, hinge
beak shrimps and a regular haunt for nurse and other sharks.
Before dinner, we make a night dive around Western Rocky for
all the night treasures Burma offers. A great day's diving complete
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| Day 8: |
2 good dives around Western Rockies or closer
to the mainland - then we cruise to Kaw Thaung for border clearance
and maybe some sightseeing. Relax on board, sort pictures, snooze
a little and enjoy the sunset at we cruise south to Thai waters
and more great dives in the Similan Islands. |
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| Day 9: |
Last but not least, East of Eden or Anita's Reef
followed by Boulder City or Shark Fin Reef - a great way to
end a super 9 day safari. Make sure you leave some film/disc
space for loads of reef fishes, pelagics, sharks, nudis and
more ! Then enjoy lunch as we cruise south to Patong Phuket.
The crew will rinse your gear for you ! We arrive at approx
16:00 hours and will transfer you to your hotel where you can
dream about your next cruise on board Mermaid Liveaboards ! |
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| Prices 8 days/9 nights |
| Master Cabin : |
2325 Euro |
| Single Cabin : |
2325 Euro |
| Deluxe Cabin : |
2025 Euro |
| Standard Cabin : |
1725 Euro |
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| Itinerary |
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| Departure Day: |
Check-in on board MV Mermaid I
between 14:00-16:00 hours in Benoa Harbour Bali. After the
boat and safety briefing, we'll set up equipment and you can
settle into your cabin. Dinner will be served approx 19:00
hours as we cruise into the sunset on overnight journey to
Moyo Island, north west Sumbawa. |
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| Day 1: |
Start your adventure with a great dive in
the calm, clear waters of Angel Reef at Moyo Island. Massive
elephant ear and barrel sponges, schools of long fin banner
fish and red tooth triggers. In their hundreds, frog fish,
nudibrancs, eels, surgeon fish, snapper, dog tooth tuna checking
out what is for lunch ! Visit the local village then its lunch
for us ! Next is a great dive at Panjang Reef – are the pygmy
seahorses around ? Then we cruise 2 hours to Satonda Island
for a world class night dive after watching a million bats
fly at sunset. After a great dive and dinner we cruise overnight
to Sangeang Island, off the north coats of Sumbawa. |
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| Day 2: |
First dive today either at Koh Tachai or the
world famous Richelieu Rock. After breakfast, dive 2 and 3 at
Richelieu Rock then its north to clear the Burma border Relax
on the wonderful sundeck or sort your Richelieu photos in our
spacious saloon
After clearing the border and a delicious dinner, we head off
for our 1st stop in Burma. |
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| Day 3: |
2 dives at Sangeang Island for rare nudibrancs,
pygmy seahorse and underwater hot springs that support this
very unique marine life. Cruise to Gili Banta for exhilarating
dives at Tanduk Rusa for big fish and amazing corals or GPS
Point, famous for its sharks and pelagics. Then we enter the
Komodo National Park and night dive at Gili Darat South Passage
- sleeping turtles, colourful reef stone fish, Spanish dancers
– calm sea- a great place to stay the night. |
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| Day 4: |
If the tide is right we hunt grey reef shark
and dolphin at Taka Toko Gili Lawalaut. Dive 2 is a fast drift
with pelagics and manta at Lighthouse Reef or the Old Passage.
Then Crystal Rock awesome soft corals and the chance for sharks,
turtles, giant Maori wrasse, a ‘fish soup” dive with a high
chance of eagle rays too ! Then we cruise south for fascinating
night dive at Pink Beach near the entrance to the Komodo National
Park |
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| Day 5: |
Start your day with an exciting visit to Komodo
National Park to walk with the dragons !
Then relax as we cruise 2 hours south to Horseshoe Bay Rinja
Island. Spectacular
diving awaits at the world famous site Cannibal Rock – rare
nudibrancs, frogfish, spectacular corals, sponges, ascidians,
huge black coral bushes, turtles, cuttlefish, loads of reef
fish too ! Watch dragons on the beach, monkey, deer, wild pigs
along the shore, go beach combing…. Maybe even a chance to follow
whales and dolphin feeding in the calm bay. We overnight at
this peaceful place, night diving at one of the many fabulous
spots |
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| Day 6: |
The Three Sisters call us to Padar Island
for sharks and nudibrancs, surgeon fish and devil Rays. Manta Alley or Takat
Makasar follows for the chance for a manta aggregation – WOW ! Batu Bolung aka
“Current City” is the home for large Napolean Wrasse, turtles, blue fin trevally
Or maybe a dive at Tatawa Kecil – we check out the currents
first to make sure the dive will be cool for everyone on
board ! Then we say goodbye to Komodo National Park with a fabulous
Night dive at Gili Banta with Coral Cta Shark and more then
we cruise west enjoying a post dinner night dive along the
way. Overnight we cruise to Satonda Island |
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| Day 7: |
We enjoy two fantastic dives at Satonda and Moyo
Islands for more chances for ghostpipe fish, ribbon eels, turtle, cuttlefish
and more before we cruise overnight to Benoa in the south of Bali. |
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| Arrival Day: |
After breakfast we transfer you ashore at 9am
to continue your vacation…or its time to head home to start
planning your next Mermaid cruise ! |
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| Equipment Rental per day |
| Full set (Scuba Equipment rental): 800 THB |
| BCD: 300 THB |
| Regulator: 300 THB |
| Wet Suit (shorty): 300 THB |
| Wet Suit (long): 400 THB |
| Mask & Snorkel & Fins: 300 THB |
| Computer rental: 300 THB |
| Compass: 200 THB |
| Digital Camera Rental: 1,500 THB |
| Nitrox Tanks Per filling: 200 THB |
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Book Mermaid I Liveaboard now!
Departure and Arrival Times:
Guests are required to arrive in Phuket no later than 18:00
hours which allows us to make our planned 19:00 departure
from Patong, Phuket. Final cruise departure time is subject
to guest arrival times. Please liaise with Agent Liveaboard
if your flight times cannot fit this schedule and we will
do our best to accommodate.
Transfers:
Transfers from/to the airport or hotels anywhere on Phuket
Island are free of charge. Guests arriving in Phuket on departure
day will be transferred to Royal Phawadee Village where a
courtesy room is available. Relax by the pool or on the beach,
have a massage, enjoy lunch in one of the delicious restaurants
or go sightseeing till cruise check in time at 18:00 hours.
Pick up times :
17:00 hours - Chalong, Rawai, Nai Hairn, Phuket Town, Bang
Tao, Nai Yang,
17:30 hours - Kata, Karon, Kamala, Surin, Kathu
18:00 hours - Patong
Please Note:
Similans Marine National Park Entry Fee of 400 Baht per person
per each entry for both divers and non divers and National
Park Fee for divers of 200 Baht per diver per day (diver only).
(Prices may change without prior notice from the Thai Forestry
department).
Burma Entry Visa + Port Fees per person 230 USD$
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