Dive Sites
Palau's warm tropical waters are legendary amongst divers for their
dramatic sheer walls rising from the depths to within inches of
the surface and capped with thriving coral reefs. Palau is home
to over 1,300 species of fish and more than 700 species of coral.
World renowned for its' marine bio-diversity and abundance of large
pelagic animals, Palau also offers avid wreck divers one of Micronesia's
largest collections of WWII shipwrecks. From current swept plateaus
to sheltered coral gardens, Palau offers a wonderful range of diving
for every level of interest and skill. The majority of diving in
Palau is drift diving along the walls, plateaus and coral gardens
of the outer reef.
Fish'n'Fins boats visit all the famous dive sites around Palau
in their comfortable speed boats - Ngemelis Wall, Blue Corner, Blue
Hole and Turtle Cove where divers have the rare opportunity to view
lively soft corals, giant gorgonian fans, wrasse, parrot fish, moorish
idols and schools of roaming jack barracuda.
The travelling time to most of the Palau dive sites is generally
around one hour from Koror.
Click here
for general information about the diving regions of Palau.
Itineraries
Fish'n'Fins
has daily morning dive trips, which return into the late afternoon.
Afternoon trips are available on request and the night dives are
superb. There are also plenty of opportunities to savour the delights
of the spectacular Rock Islands and lunch is taken on one of the
mnay remote beaches in this area. Don't miss the chance to stop
off for snorkelling at the surreal Jelly Fish Lake which is also
offered at least once during each diver's stay.
Dive Services
You will always have at least one dive guide on your boat, often
an international team of two, who will lead you in the water on
every dive, helping you identify fish, showing you underwater secrets,
and answering all your questions about Palau.
The dive guides are all trained to at least the PADI Divemaster
level and are underwater naturalists. They hail from Germany, Japan,
Russia, USA, Philippines, Israel and Holland. However, the majority
of the guides and all boat captains are Palauan. Having grown up
around the reef, they act as invaluable sources of knowledge, and
ambassadors into Palauan culture as well.
Fish'n Fins offers PADI Dive courses from beginners to professional
levels.
Fish
'n Fins offers the diver a wide variety of Air Tanks: 80 ( standard),
100, 70, and 63 cubic feet, which are all painted blue.
NITROX tanks are aluminum 80's painted in the NITROX yellow/green
color. Standard and DIN valves are available.
Nitrox is offered free of charge to all nitrox certified divers!
Fish
'n Films is your only High Definition filming option on Palau. The
on site imaging department is run by Mark Thorpe who is also a working
underwater cameraman. He has recently introduced the latest in HD
filming options to Palau and is now in the process of developing
a complete HD archive of stock underwater imagery of Palau's amazing
marine life. Custom Videos filmed in HD for that amazing souvenir
DVD of your dives with us are a must. Along with a selection of
6 MegaPixel digital still rentals, custom designed Palau mouse pads,
T-shirts and a variety of Mark's wonderful previously filmed and
produced souvenir DVD's make Fish 'n Films the most complete underwater
imaging service in Palau.
HOTEL/DIVE PACKAGES FOR 2010
| Landmark Marina Hotel package |
Per Person |
Standard Room:
7 nights twin share accommodation
& 10 dives on 5 dive days & daily breakfast
|
US$ 1330 |
Standard Room:
4 nights twin share accommodation
& 4 dives on 2 dive days & daily breakfast
|
US$ 650 |
| Palau Plantation Resort package |
Per Person |
Standard Room:
7 nights twin share accommodation
& 10 dives on 5 dive days
|
US$ 1250 |
Standard Room:
4 nights twin share accommodation
& 4 dives on 2 dive days
|
US$ 625 |
| Carolines Resort package |
Per Person |
Standard Room:
7 nights twin share accommodation
& 10 dives on 5 dive days & daily breakfast
|
US$ 1270 |
Standard Room:
4 nights twin share accommodation
& 4 dives on 2 dive days & daily breakfast
|
US$ 610 |
| West Plaza Hotels package |
Per Person |
Standard Room:
7 nights twin share accommodation
& 10 dives on 5 dive days
|
US$ 955 |
Standard Room:
4 nights twin share accommodation
& 4 dives on 2 dive days
|
US$ 445 |
| Guest Lodge Motel package |
Per Person |
Standard Room:
7 nights twin share accommodation
& 10 dives on 5 dive days
|
US$ 925 |
Standard Room:
4 nights twin share accommodation
& 4 dives on 2 dive days
|
US$ 415 |
Package rates are per person based on double occupancy (single occupant surcharges apply). Further budget accommodation packages are available upon request.