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• 2024 Visayas Philippines

  • When
    28 Jan 2024
  •  
    (JST)
  • Location
    Cebu

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  Join us for the 2024 Rainbow Divers

  trip to the Philippines!

  Threshers and Tigers and Whale Sharks . . .

  OH MY!

  
  

  Oct 1 2023 note: the trip is sold out but we may be able to add you. Use wait list registration to begin the process, or just send an email.

  Plus all the exotic small critters you’ve come to know and love – nudibranchs galore, ornate ghost pipefish, pygmy seahorses, frogfish of all sizes, turtles, clown fish, blue ring octopus, corals and so much more.

   

  
  

  Hosted by Maureen McEvoy, join us for:

  
  

  Optional pre-trip 5 days, 4 nights at the

  Atlantis Dumaguete Resort

  Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2024

  
  

  Followed by 8 days, 7 nights aboard the

  Philippine Siren

  February 2 – 9, 2024

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The Philippines comprise over 7,600 islands, surrounded by deep blue seas that contain some of the richest marine life on earth. Considered by many to be the apex of the Coral Triangle, scuba diving in the Philippines offers a wide variety of marine environments to choose from.

  Whether it’s dives on steep walls and offshore pinnacles, critter hunting in coastal reefs, the sardine run, or the opportunity to get up close to the world’s largest fish – the whale shark, the Philippines will whet the appetite of even the most seasoned diver.

  The Visayas and Malapascua regions are best known for their great variety of dive sites, starring thresher sharks in Malapascua, turtles all over, and the sardine run in Moalboal. Macro lovers can indulge in sightings of pygmy seahorses, ornate ghost pipefish, and spectacular frogfish of all sizes.

  
  

  Price, DBL Occupancy:

  • $2595 Philippines Siren
  • $1595 Atlantis Dumaguete
  • Transfers tbd

  Payments:

  • $500 to register
  • Balance due Sept 1, 2023

  Included:

  • Accommodations at land resort and liveaboard
  • Up to 4 dives daily on the liveaboard, up to 5 at the resort
  • Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
  • Apo Island day trip from the resort
  • Kayaks, land excursions from the liveaboard

  Excluded:
  

  • Airfare
  • Transfers
  • Nitrox
  • Port fees
  • Fuel surcharge
  • Gratuities
  • Courses

  Flights:
  

  Arrive Manila by early Jan 28 to join a group transfer flight to Dumaguete. For example, Philippines Air leaves SFO at 11PM Friday to arrive 4AM Sunday. If you want to arrive a day or 2 early and decompress at an airport hotel ask us for recommendations. 

  Alternatively arrive Cebu Jan 28 with a stop on the way to join a group van transfer to Dumaguete. For example, EVA departs SFO just after midnight Friday night/ Saturday morning and arrives Cebu Sunday at 11AM. Transfer costs depend on traveling as a group, so check with Maureen or Tommy for advice on what to book.

  Post live aboard you can book your return flight home after mid-day Feb 9, from Cebu. For example, EVA flies to SFO with a change in Taipei, leaving Cebu at 12:30 PM. If your international round-trip is MNL there are abundant cheap flights Cebu to Manila. 

  
  

   
  

  About Rainbow Divers

  Rainbow Divers is a 501(c)7 non-profit mutual benefit organization, and can only organize activities and trips for its members. Membership is cheap and comes with a bunch of new lifelong friends at no extra charge. So if you’d like to participate in this trip, please join us.

  Payments are due within 10 days of sign up, and are generally non-refundable. If you sign up and your plans change there may or may not be someone interested in taking your spot. If you cancel without having made all payments it is your responsibility to find someone to pay your obligation in full. It is a very good idea to carry trip insurance to cover such an eventuality.

  Trip payments may be made by Zelle, by personal check or by credit card.

  Divers are required to carry valid, in-force dive accident insurance, such as may be obtained from Divers' Alert Network (DAN).
  
  Divers must agree to NCRD's Event Terms and Conditions to participate in this trip.

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• 2024 Raja Ampat Indonesia

  • Start
    25 Mar 2024
  •  
    (JST)
  • End
    03 Apr 2024
  •  
    (JST)
  • Location
    Raja Ampat

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  Rainbow Divers

  Exclusive Charter of

  Mermaid 1

  March 25, 2024

  Save 750 Euro!

  10 days, 9 nights

  Optional pre-trip TBD

  Registration will begin soon

  Contact Tommy, treasurer@rainbowdivers.org
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  More information will be forthcoming, and waitlist registration will open soon.    

  Price, DBL Occupancy:
  

  • NCRD Special: 750 euro off retail pricing
  • Master Stateroom (2pax): 4250 euro
  • Single Stateroom (1pax): 4750 euro
  • Deluxe Stateroom (8pax): 3750 euro
  • Lower Deck Stateroom (4pax): 3350 euro

  The charter is contracted in euro. Diver final payments will be converted to dollars based on current exchange rates.

  Payments:

  • $500 to register
  • $1000 due Apr 1 2023
  • $1000 due Jul 1 2023
  • Balance due Oct 1 2023

  Included

  • 9 nights accommodation
  • Up to 29 dives, including some night dives, conditions permitting
  • Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks

  Excluded:
  

  Airfare to Sorong, port fee of 225 euro, nitrox 130 euro, alcoholic beverages, tips, laundry, souvenirs and other items of a personal nature. Visa or visitor fees, departure or arrival taxes. 

  Flights:

  Arriving Sorong the day before boarding is advised and would likely require leaving North America 3 days in advance. For example, leaving SFO at noon Mar 22 you would arrive late night Mar 23 to Jakarta, sleep at a nearby domestic hotel, then fly domestic Jakarta to Sorong on Mar 24. Getting to Jakarta is a 24 hr door to door effort, then Jakarta to Sorong is like flying 2/3 of the way across the USA after arriving on the west coast. Returning you have the dateline in your favor so you can get home in a day or 2. 

  
  

  About Rainbow Divers
  

  Rainbow Divers is a 501(c)7 non-profit mutual benefit organization, and can only organize activities and trips for its members. Membership is cheap and comes with a bunch of new lifelong friends at no extra charge. So if you’d like to participate in this trip, please join us.

  Payments are due within 10 days of sign up, and are generally non-refundable. If you sign up and your plans change there may or may not be someone interested in taking your spot. If you cancel without having made all payments it is your responsibility to find someone to pay your obligation in full. It is a very good idea to carry trip insurance to cover such an eventuality.

  Trip payments may be made by Zelle, by personal check or by credit card.

  Divers are required to carry valid, in-force dive accident insurance, such as may be obtained from Divers' Alert Network (DAN).
  
  Divers must agree to NCRD's Event Terms and Conditions to participate in this trip.

  Event Terms and Conditions.pdf

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• Cuba Scuba November 2024

  • Start
    16 Nov 2024
  •  
    (CST)
  • End
    30 Nov 2024
  •  
    (CST)
  • Location
    Gardens of the Queen, Cuba

  

  
  

  Another Bucket-List

  Trip With

  Rainbow Divers

  &

  Undersea Expeditions

  
  

  Sharks

  Goliath Groupers

  Pristine Reefs

  
  

  Led by

  Maureen McEvoy &

  Greg Hammond

  November 23, 2024

  Optional Cuba Tour

  Havana, Trinidad & Cienfuegos

  November 16, 2024

  7 nights onboard Avalon III

  Gardens of the Queen

  About Avalon III

  
  

  Optional Cuba Tour

  About the Tour

  Contact Maureen, maureen@rainbowdivers.org

  Contact Tommy, treasurer@rainbowdivers.org
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  Travel legally to Cuba with us on a humanitarian environmental project expedition in the spectacular Gardens of the Queen marine park onboard Avalon III. Travel to Cuba under this program is legal for U.S. citizens and residents.

  This licensed humanitarian environmental project visit examines the relationship of Cuban citizens with their natural environment, including socioeconomic and cultural issues brought about by Cuba’s growing ecotourism industry. The exchange also represents an opportunity to explore important environmental issues that impact the marine waters that both nations share through face-to-face interaction. The environment, and particularly the marine environment, is something that both biologically and culturally joins Cuba and the U.S. Visitors will meet with Cuban scientists and resource managers in workshops and perform citizen science.

  You'll spend seven nights onboard the beautiful liveaboard dive vessel, Avalon III, in the heart of Cuba's Gardens of the Queen (Jardines de la Reina) National Park, located 60 miles off the southern coast of Cuba, an archipelago comprising a chain of 250 virgin coral and mangrove islands extending along 75 miles of turquoise waters. Gardens of the Queen was featured on an award-winning segment of the CBS news program, 60 MINUTES hosted by Anderson Cooper. Gardens of the Queen is Cuba's first marine park and the largest no-take marine reserve in the Caribbean, where much of the story lies underwater. U.S. visitors will accompany Cuban specialists and scuba dive in one of the healthiest marine ecosystems remaining in the Caribbean.

  Highlights of the optional land tour prior to the diving week:

  • Explore Old Havana, try a genuine Cuban Cigar
  • Visit Ernest Hemingway's home
  • Take a ride in a 1950's American classic convertible and tour the antique car club
  • Visit famous jazz clubs, private restaurants, and nightclubs
  • Travel overland to the Bay of Pigs, historic Trinidad, and Cienfuego  

  Price, DBL Occupancy:

  • Standard stateroom: $3595 double occupancy
  • Single supplement: $700
  • Optional land tour: $2995 (approximate with more details available soon)

  Payments:

  • $500 to register
  • $1000 due Mar 1 2024
  • $1000 due Jun 1 2024
  • Balance due Aug 1 2022

  Included

  • Up to 4 dives daily, including some night dives, conditions permitting
  • Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the dive week, some meals during the tour
  • Local non-alcoholic beverages
  • Participation in Humanitarian Environmental Project with Blue Sanctuary
  • Transportation in Cuba to the liveaboard from Havana (or from our land tour.)
  • Extra $$ discounts for NCRD early-bird signups

  Excluded:
  

  Airfare to Cuba, OFAC License fee of $100 (if on land tour), Port Fee of $240, Marine Park Fee of $120, Nitrox ($100 for week if you wish to dive with EANx), alcoholic beverages, tips, laundry, souvenirs and other items of a personal nature. Visa or visitor fees, departure or arrival taxes, may be collected when purchasing your airfare, or may be paid separately.

  Flights:
  Divers coming for just the liveaboard will need to arrive in Havana November 23. Alternatively fly in on November 16 if you are participating in our land tour. Don't book flights until consulting the trip leader. There may be flights at other Cuba airports before or after the dive week.  

  Please contact us for the latest information on air travel to Cuba. Plan to depart on November 30 after 3:30 pm from Havana directly to the USA or elsewhere.
  

  
  

  About Rainbow Divers
  

  Rainbow Divers is a 501(c)7 non-profit mutual benefit organization, and can only organize activities and trips for its members. Membership is cheap and comes with a bunch of new lifelong friends at no extra charge. So if you’d like to participate in this trip, please join us.

  Payments are due within 10 days of sign up, and are generally non-refundable. If you sign up and your plans change there may or may not be someone interested in taking your spot. If you cancel without having made all payments it is your responsibility to find someone to pay your obligation in full. It is a very good idea to carry trip insurance to cover such an eventuality.
  

  Trip payments may be made by PayPal or by personal check. PayPal will accept credit card payments, regardless of whether you have a PayPal account. The price is the same regardless of payment method.  Please consider using PayPal, as electronic payment greatly simplifies the work of our volunteers.  Please send PayPal payments to paypal@rainbowdivers.org
  
  Divers are required to carry valid, in-force dive accident insurance, such as may be obtained from Divers' Alert Network (DAN).
  
  Divers must agree to NCRD's Event Terms and Conditions to participate in this trip.

  Event Terms and Conditions.pdf

  Rainbow Divers Liability Release
  
  

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• Maldives and Sri Lanka December 2024

  • When
    22 Dec 2024
  •  
    (PKT)
  • Location
    Maldives
  • Registered
    14 registrants

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  Maldives Christmas 2024

  Join Rainbow Divers and UnderSea Expeditions for a bucket list holiday trip to the Maldives, aboard Maldives Aggressor, with a Sri Lanka Safari Lodge pre-trip. 7 nights accommodation and 5+ days of diving with up to 3-4 guided dives per day, plus a week exploring Sri Lanka to see wild elephants, primates, and more.   

  With clear blue water, white sand beaches, and great visibility, scuba diving in the Maldives is an unforgettable experience in an idyllic paradise. During a diving trip to the Maldives, you may see manta rays, whale sharks, reef sharks, soft & hard corals and much more.

  Meals and nitrox are included. White Pearl was built in 2020 and features 13 luxurious staterooms with ensuite restrooms, king or twin beds, and plenty of deck amenities to spread out and relax. Our target price point is around $2500 for the dive week and around $2000 for the Sri Lanka safari lodge week. 

  RSVP here to express interest. In the event we get enough interest we'll book the trip. We're focused on finding great diving at affordable prices. The Maldives is a distant destination with connecting flights through the middle east or Europe. Expect airfares to be in the $2-3K range.
  

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