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Namale Resort

Namale Resort is a scuba diving destination on the north island of Vanua Levu. There are 22 private bures and villas set out on a 525-acre former coconut plantation. There are garden bures, ocean view bures, Honeymoon bures, villas, and Luxury grand villas with 2 bedrooms. It’s the perfect adults only get away. Furthermore, if you need more privacy, you can rent out the entire Namale Resort. So, each accommodation has complimentary wifi, private deck, and mini fridge. Enjoy our blog article on Experience the Fiji Firewalkers of Beqa Island.

Namale Resort Diving

Namale Dive is the onsite scuba diving center. The Namale Pearl is parked at the private cove and waiting to take you almost anywhere in this region of the soft coral capital. Here, you can arrange multiple day 2-tank packages. In addition, rental gear and enriched air are also available. Some of the top destinations near the Namale Resort are the Namena Marine Reserve, Purple Gardens, Lepper’s Wall, and more. So, most divers visit here to view the kaleidoscope of several hundred soft coral species colors. However, Ribbon eels, clownfish, and juvenile coral trout along with 1,000 other species of fish put on a daily colorful display. Oh, and don’t forget the 500 species of uniquely shaped and colored mollusks. Finally, the turtles, sharks, and sea snakes avail themselves for the perfect photo/image opportunity.

Attractions and Activities

For indoor options, Namale Resort has a Spa, fitness center, an oceanfront basketball court, billiards, darts, a bowling alley, and private lounges. To enjoy time outside, there are two resort pools, hot tubs, a 9-hole golf course, and a tennis and volleyball area. Outside, you can go kayaking, paddle boarding, hiking, or go on a reef walk. Tours to waterfalls, villages, game fishing, and sandbar picnics are also arranged.

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Dreams Cozumel Cape

Dreams Cozumel Cape Resort and Spa in Mexico is an all-inclusive scuba diving resort. They offer 154 guest rooms or suites with Garden, Pool, or Ocean views. Enjoy 24 hour room service or multiple restaurants and bars. Rooms also have a balcony, mini-bar, flat screen TV with satellite channels and wifi even in public areas. Enjoy our blog article Destination Spotlight: Cozumel, Mexico.

Dreams Cozumel Cape Diving

Juan Leca’s Dive House and dedicated dive training pool are onsite. As a PADI 5 star scuba diving facility and they do intro to scuba up to specialty scuba courses.  They also do night dives as well as 2 tank boat trips to some 18 dive sites. From Dreams Cozumel Cape you can view over 300 species of fish and over 100 species of coral. Stingrays, groupers, barracuda, turtles, nurse sharks, spiny lobsters, and eels are everywhere. You’ll have the chance to do explore walls, pinnacles, and tunnels. Most importantly, many of the dive sites near Dreams Cozumel Cape are easy drift dives. Dive boats commonly drop divers off. Afterwards, the boats drift with the bubbles until the divers resurface. Some of the popular dive sites include Santa Rosa, Al Cedrals, The Caves at Palancar Reef, San Francisco, La Francesa, the Bricks. Oh, and don forget the Plane wreck! In addition, you can also dive at nearby Chankanaab National Marine Park.

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At Dreams Cozumel Cape Resort and Spa, not only do you have access to four restaurants and two beach bars, but you also have access and privileges at the two sister resorts. So, Secrets Aura Cozumel and Sunscape Sabor Cozumel are just a few steps away. After a swim in the pool, snorkeling, biking, kayaking, the fitness center, or resting on a lounge chair, you may wish to go into town. The Dolphinaris, and the Kaokao Chocolate Factory are popular tourist destinations, but don’t miss the Mayan Show back at the resort.

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Mayan Princess Beach & Dive Resort

Mayan Princess Beach & Dive Resort has 60 luxurious villas and studios perfect for scuba diving enthusiasts staying on the southern end of Roatan Island. Roatan is just offshore and north of the Honduras mainland. In all, they have 8 different styles of accommodations ranging from 2-bedroom Beach Front Villas to Pool Side Studios. All rooms come with air conditioning. You may also prefer a kitchenette or full kitchen and much more. The resort is all-inclusive, but they also have a Premium all-inclusive plan which features even more dining options. Enjoy our blog article on The Bay Islands, Roatan, Utila, Guanaja, and More.

Mayan Princess Beach & Dive Resort Diving

Onsite is the Mayan Divers dive center. They have four scuba diving boats ready to take you around the island of Roatan. You can even do a day charter over to nearby Utila Island. Beside all the typical Caribbean fish, lobsters, coral, octopus, and turtles, guest sometimes encounter whale sharks. So, some of the dive sites include: Aquarium, El Aguila wreck, Turtle Crossing, and Black Hills Seamount as well as other reefs and seamounts. Typically, they offer two morning dives, an afternoon dive and or a night dive. You can also do shore diving right in front of the Mayan Princess Beach & Dive Resort. You may wish to hire a divemaster guide so you don’t miss viewing a single sea creature.

Rental gear/kits are available, but reserve ahead. More importantly, they also teach specialty courses such as open water diver through wreck diver, night diver, enriched air diver, and underwater photography just to name a few specialties.

Attractions and Activities

While staying at Mayan Princess Beach & Dive Resort You can also snorkel off shore or swim in one of two freshwater pools. Moreover, you might also like to try kayaking or paddle boarding. After a day of great scuba diving, you may wish to lounge in chairs, sit in the jacuzzi, or visit the spa. They have a Pirates Kid Club to keep those 12 and under busy. They also have night entertainment. So, Mayan Princess Beach & Dive Resort has 5 bars. They also have a total of 4 restaurants. The Balam is buffet style and open breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Macao, located next to the pool, serves comfort food such as burgers, pizza, and Honduran Tacos. If you choose the Premium all-inclusive package you can also enjoy lunch and dinner ala carte Caribbean food at Calkets. So, ala carte fusion food is served at San Simon Beach Club.

Above all, you are close to outside excursions such as zip lining, animal encounters, or dolphin and mangrove excursions. Finally, shuttle service can take you to and from the airport or downtown.

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Dreams Curacao Resort, Spa and Casino

Dreams Resort, Spa and Casino is a scuba diving destination in Willemstad Curacao. They have 197 rooms that range from Deluxe Island and Deluxe Pool rooms up to Junior or a Presidential suite. This is an all-inclusive resort with unlimited luxury with 5 onsite cafes and restaurants, plus 24/7 room service. The rooms also include free wifi, balcony, and flat screen tv. Enjoy our blog article: Curacao. Can We Say Choices?

Dreams Resort Diving

Caribbean Sea Sports is the local scuba diving center. They have been next to the beach here for more than 15 years. They have a Pro 42ft boat that takes up to 22 divers out at a time, they offer two tank boat dives followed by free unlimited shore diving. Dive sites include locations at Seldom Reef, Bullen Bay Wall, Bachelor Beach, Double Reef, and Directors Bay. While staying at Dreams Resort you can also do guided shore dives, night dives, or take one or more PADI dive courses. The beaches are small, but the home reef diving is great, you just have to look closely to spot the seahorses. Nitrox or Enriched air is also available. They also do half day snorkel trips, and fishing trips.

Attractions and Activities

Dreams Resort, Spa and Casino offers 3 ala carte restaurants including Portofina; Italian cuisine, Oceania; seaside restaurant, and Seaside Grill featuring steaks and other grilled items. World Café is buffet style and open for breakfast and lunch. Finally, you can get your fresh morning cup of coffee and pastry at Coco Café. For adult beverages, Dreams Resort has the Hideaway Beach Bar, and the Crafty Iguana Brew Pub. This brewery offers Tex-Mex as well as handcrafted local microbrews. Moreover, for those looking for one bar open from morning until after midnight, Rendezvous Bar is located next to the main lobby. As for exercise, they have tennis, volleyball, a pool, and whirlpool. Caribbean Sea Sports also rents kayaks, paddle boards, and dive lights for night time snorkeling adventures. They also have their own Spa. The resort is 15 minutes from the airport.

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Mariners Hotel

Mariners Hotel is a scuba diving destination in Arnos Vale on St. Vincent Island. The island is in the Caribbean Sea 120 miles west of Barbados. The hotel has 20 air conditioned rooms that range from standard, superior garden view, ocean view, up to Superior Deluxe Suite. At the higher end you have a furnished balcony, work desk with chair and seating area. So, most units have a refrigerator, kitchenette, plasma TV, cable TV, 110/220v, and ensuite bathroom. Ocean view rooms also have private balconies. Enjoy our blog article on Frogfish, The Overlooked Camouflage Artist.

Mariners Hotel Diving

Dive St. Vincent is the onsite scuba diving center. They have been in business since 1978. So, they do dive packages such as five day of diving with 2- tank dives a day. They use two dive boats. The Hotel is so close to the dive sites that they return to the hotel between most dives. Their specialty here at Mariners Hotel and Dive St. Vincent is muck diving, which means macro photography diving or looking for small creatures such as shrimp and frogfish. The black volcanic sand at some dive sites make for the best macro photography backgrounds. St. Vincent is considered the critter capital of the Caribbean. Frogfish, bat fish lizardfish, cowries, conch, and flamingo tongues are all waiting to model for you.

Some of the local dive sites include Critter Corner, Orca Point, Pinnacle, Layou Wall, Coral Castle, Turtle Bay, Bat Cave, New Guineas Reef, and Bottle Reef. Not to mention the Capital Wrecks. Furthermore, the island of Canouan has soft corals, Mayreau has coral gardens, Bequi has seahorses, and Mustique is a great place to drift dive.

Attractions and Activities

The French Veranda Restaurant is the place for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So, they have two chefs always mixing culinary delights and presenting fine wines. You have to try the curry conch, and just about any fresh grilled fish of the day. As for activities, you must try a sunset catamaran cruise. You might also like to hike around Fort Duveretti, Vermont Native Trail, the Botanical Gardens, Montreal Gardens, view Mesopotamia Valley or discover some petroglyphs. You can also visit a cascading waterfall or go shopping in Kingstown. Finally, La Soufriere has been dormant for some time and lush rainforests are all around.

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Bird Rock Beach Hotel

Bird Rock Beach Hotel is a scuba diving resort in Basseterre in St. Kitts in the Caribbean Sea. They have 46 accommodations. The resort suites and rooms are in 7 2-story buildings and all with ocean views. The 2nd floor units each have a private balcony. Furthermore, all rooms have Cable TV, air conditioning, ceiling fans, and 110v & 220v outlets. So, after a day of diving, you can take a bath or shower in your private bathroom. The Bird Rock Beach Hotel also offers free WiFi. Enjoy our article on The Cuttlefish; The Undisputed Master of Camouflage.

Bird Rock Beach Hotel Diving

Dive St. Kitts is the onsite scuba diving center. They have a 32ft long mono hull fast boat that can reach most local dive sites within 10 minutes. The boat is based in a private harbor and has showers and stowage lockers onsite too. Their 5-day dive packages offer daily 2-tank morning dives and at least 1 night dive. From Bird Rock Beach Hotel, they even pick up divers from the cruise port and all the hotels in Frigate Bay. The house reef is full of life from octopus, turtles, and occasional sea horses. You can either do this dive from shore or go farther out by boat. Some other popular dive sites include Bloody Bay, Paradise Reef, White House Bay, MV Talata, Corinthian, and the River Taw. Nags Head is a wonderful drift dive. The Caves off Nevis Island is worth the excursion.
What you will see is remnants from 400 years of war such as cannon balls, musket balls and coral encrusted anchors. So, there are also wrecks within the last 100 years, coral gardens, and pelagic fish freeways. January-March humpback whales visit here and March-May 6ft long female leatherback turtles come to shore and nest.

Attractions and Activities

Sunburst Restaurant at Bird Rock Beach Hotel offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. From European to American and even West Indian influences, you will not leave hungry. Moreover, the hotel has all inclusive packages as well as other meal plan arrangements. Rocky’s Beach Bar & Grill is the place to go from the pool, private beach, or after a day full of diving and snorkeling. Besides sitting at the pool bar, or lounge chairs, or on the black, white, or golden sand beaches. You can visit the tour desk near the front desk and discover deep sea fishing or shopping in Basseterre. Above all, you have to visit the 38 acre Brimstone Fortress. Finally, prepare to take plenty of pictures of Vervet monkeys that French soldiers left here some 200 years ago, and have adapted to the laid back life style remarkably well.
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Ocean Club

Ocean Club has 88 rooms and is located in the eastern end of Grace Bay on the scuba diving island of Providenciales in Turks & Caicos. It’s the perfect spot for those that wish to dive, but have access to golf, shops, stores, and restaurants. The sister resort Ocean Club West is just one mile west and near the heart of  Grace Bay. A complimentary shuttle bus will take you from Ocean Club to Ocean Club West so you can truly stay at one site while playing at the other. Both locations have Studio Suites, Junior Suites, 1, 2, 3 Bedroom Suites for a max of 8 guests. Room views include garden, ocean, or pool.
King beds, air conditioning, flat screen TV’s, a private balcony, cable TV, and washer and dryer are just a few of the amenities you may encounter while staying here. Enjoy our blog article on Turks & Caicos.

Ocean Club Diving

The resort recommends scuba diving with Dive Provo. So, they have 3 modern 36ft long dive boats including the Provo Conquest, Provo Crusader, and the Provo Challenger. Pre-paid transfers by Taxi are available for those not renting a car.  They typically do 2 one tank dives in the morning, seasonal one tank dives, and three tank scuba safari trips visiting dive sites such as The Amphitheater, Grand Canyon, Shark Hotel, and Coral Staircase. You can dive canyons, walls, pinnacles, and coral reefs. Some other popular dive sites you may wish to see while staying at Ocean Club include: Double D, Elephant Ear Canyon, Aquarium, Eagle Ray Pass, and The Crack.
Dive Provo offers rentals, multiple dive packages, day dives, private charters, and scuba dive training.  More importantly, they do open water referrals, refresher courses, and specialty courses. The Enriched Air/ Nitrox course is popular for those wishing to dive with Nitrox.

Activities and Attractions

Opus Wine Bar Grill with exquisite dining and seafood and The Cabana Bar & Grill with Caribbean flavor art at Ocean Club. The Solana with Asian influence and teppanyaki is at Ocean Club West. So, both resorts offer you a fitness center, and close by Spa facilities. You are also close to the Provo Golf club. Moreover, you can rent jet skis, or go windsurfing, parasailing, take a submarine ride, or try kayaks and hobie cats.
More importantly, there are several restaurants and shopping areas located nearby. You may wish to visit at the Regent Village, Saltmills Plaza, and Ports of Call shopping plaza. Finally, The Casablanca Casino is not that far away either.
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Ocean Club West

Ocean Club West has 68 rooms and is located in the heart of Grace Bay on the scuba diving island of Providenciales in Turks & Caicos. It’s the perfect spot for those that wish to dive, but have access to sales shops and restaurants. The sister resort Ocean Club is just one mile east and across from the gulf course. A complimentary shuttle bus will take you from Ocean Club West to the other Ocean Club so you can truly stay at one site while playing at the other. Both locations have Studio Suites, Junior Suites, 1, 2, 3 Bedroom Suites for a max of 8 guests. Views include garden, ocean, or pool.
King beds, air conditioning, flat screen TV’s, a private balcony, cable TV, and washer and dryer are just a few of the amenities you may encounter while staying here. Enjoy our blog article on Turks & Caicos.

Ocean Club West Diving

The resort recommends scuba diving with

Dive Provo. So, they have 3 modern 36ft long dive boats including the Provo Conquest, Provo Crusader, and the Provo Challenger. Pre-paid transfers by Taxi are available for those not renting a car.  They typically do 2 one tank dives in the morning, seasonal one tank dives, and three tank scuba safari trips visiting dive sites such as The Amphitheater, Grand Canyon, Shark Hotel, and Coral Staircase. You can dive canyons, walls, pinnacles, and coral reefs. Some other popular dive sites you may wish to see while staying at Ocean Club include: Double D, Elephant Ear Canyon, Aquarium, Eagle Ray Pass, and The Crack.
Dive Provo offers rentals, multiple dive packages, day dives, private charters, and scuba dive training.  More importantly, they do open water referrals, refresher courses, and specialty courses. The Enriched Air/ Nitrox course is popular for those wishing to dive with Nitrox.

Activities and Attractions

The Solana with Asian influence and teppanyaki is at Ocean Club West. Opus Wine Bar Grill with exquisite dining and seafood and The Cabana Bar & Grill with Caribbean flavor art at the Ocean Club on the east end. So, both resorts offer you tennis courts, fitness center, and close by Spa facilities. You are also close to the Provo Golf club. Moreover, you can rent jet skis, or go windsurfing, parasailing, take a submarine ride, or try kayaks and hobie cats.
More importantly, there are several restaurants and shopping areas located nearby. You may wish to visit at the Regent Village, Saltmills Plaza, and Ports of Call shopping plaza. Finally, The Casablanca Casino is not that far away either.
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Grandview Condominiums Grand Cayman

Grandview Condominiums are located on the south end of 7 Mile Beach in George Town on the scuba diving island of Grand Cayman. The units are privately owned and furnished, but they have 21 accommodations available for rental use. Most of the units for rent are 2-bedroom and 2-bathroons units. 1 is a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom unit. You can choose between the ground floor, 2nd floor, and top floor units depending on availability. Units typically have a washer and dryer, hair dryer, kitchen and dining room, free WiFi, cable TV /HD TV, air condition, and beach towels. Enjoy our blog article on Destination Spotlight: The Cayman Islands-Grand Cayman.

Grandview Condominiums Diving

Although there is no onsite scuba diving center or shop, there are a plethora of dive shops all along 7 mile beach and mostly on the far upper end near the larger hotels. It could take you weeks to dive with them all. Across the street and over just a little bit, you will find “7 Mile Shops”. Here you will discover Diver’s World, a dive store/shop with virtually everything you need or want related to diving. A short walk away is DNS Diving, who have charter boats to take you to just about anywhere around the island.

While staying at Grandview Condominiums, some of the popular dive sites include: Tarpon Alley, Stingray City, Bonnie’s Arch, Oro Verde, and Kittiwake. Eden Rock and Devil’s Grotto shore dives are a short “taxi drive away. There is a ladder at the house reef and snorkelers love this area. The wreck of the Cali is a short beach walk away and also filled with fish for snorkelers to gaze at.

Attractions and Activities

They have onsite staff, but there are no restaurants onsite at Grandview Condominiums. However, there are several restaurants nearby. XQ’s is a favorite Pizza Bar & Grill with music, and just across the road at 7 Mile Shops (a 2 min walk). Thai Orchid, has green curry and gluten free specials, Southern Spice, offers Indian and Vegetarian dishes, to name a few. Da Fish Shack is further away, but worth the walk or ride. If you would like to use your kitchen, Kirk’s supermarket is just 10 minutes’ walk away. Moreover, Grandview Condominiums can arrange a grocery delivery for you, two weeks before you arrive.

There are also community BBQ grills. So, there is a World Fitness Gym nearby or you can enjoy the pool and hot tub. Most importantly, while in Grand Cayman, you have to visit the Turtle Farm in West Bay and Stingray City. Perhaps you would enjoy a sunset cruise too.

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Harbour Village Bonaire

Harbour Village Bonaire is a scuba diving luxury resort located in Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles just north of Venezuela and close to Curacao and Aruba in the Caribbean Sea. The resort has 42 rooms and is adjacent to the Beach Club and Harbor Village Marina. So, they have 1-bedroom suites all the way up to the Admiral Suite. Moreover, they have marine view rooms and courtyard view rooms. Above all, they are home to the Villa Dushi, and the Kasa De Playo. In the Harbour Village Bonaire Marina they have 64 slips for your boat or your yacht (up to 150ft long). They also have one space for your 240ft long yacht. So, the rooms have flat screen TVs, ceiling fans, air conditioning, a private white sand beach, and complimentary WiFi. Enjoy our blog article on Destination Spotlight: Bonaire.

Harbour Village Bonaire Diving

Great Adventures Bonaire is the name of the onsite scuba diving center. They do sales, rentals, and teach basic dive courses to specialty courses. The also sell dive packages from 1-day unlimited shore diving to unlimited shore diving plus 11 boat dive packages. So, there are over 60 shore dive sites around the island to check out if you are going by 4×4 truck. 86 dive sites are available if you are traveling by boat. While staying at Harbour Village Bonaire you could see up to 350 species of fish and 57 species of soft and hard coral.

So, when they go north, they may go to Washington Slagbaai National Park. Their boats can zip over to Klein Bonaire in minutes. At Harbour Village Bonaire some of the popular dive sites include Klein Bonaire, Alice in Wonderland, and the Hilma Hooker. Bari Reef is close by too. Bonaire National Marine Park was established in 1979, as a result, you’ll see generations of local fish and marine life. A pod of dolphins seems to circle the island at least once a day.

Attractions and Activities

La Balandra Bar & Restaurant is the onsite bar & restaurant next to the water front and close to the private beach at Harbour Village Bonaire. There are several other restaurants nearby. Bistro de Paris and Zazu Bar are right next to the boating slips at the marina. As for activities, you may wish to visit the Spa, take a lounger break, take a day trip to Klein Bonaire, or go kayaking in a mangrove swamp. Kite surfing and Deep-Sea Fishing, and Sunset cruises are also popular. The Beach Shop is your 1 stop shop for all your needs.

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