EXPLORER VENTURES
Bahamas, Caribbean, Australia
CARIBBEAN EXPLORER I
Passenger Capacity: 18
Length: 100 ft.
Beam: 21 ft.
Staff & Crew: 7
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Itinerary:
Bahamas from Georgetown to south Exumas, Rum Cay, Conception Island
and San Salvador.
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Cabins: 9. All cabins are
air-conditioned. There are 4 upper deck cabins with queen-size bed,
private bath and shower. Below deck are 5 double cabins with private
sink and shared bathrooms and showers.
- Facilities and Activities:
This is a dive boat with five dives
scheduled daily that include night dives. There is TV, VCR/DVD. A dive deck
has individual gear bins, recharging station, and shower.
Island access is available for those wanting to go ashore. Solo diving
courses and rentals, and nitrox offered.
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Recent Fares Reported to Us:
$1,195; $1,595.
GALAPAGOS ECO EXPLORER I
Passenger Capacity: 16
Built: 2007
Length:
95 ft.
Beam: 32 ft.
Staff & Crew: 10
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Itinerary:
Wolf and Darwin Islands of the Galapagos, plus diving at North Seymour,
Gordon's Rock, Cousin's Rock and land excursion to volclanic spatter
cones on Bartolome.
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Cabins: 8. Cabins have twin or queen beds, TV/DVD, full-length windows
that open and
private bath with tub and shower. Owner's suite has separate sitting
room.
- Facilities and Activities:
This is a power catamaran that has two naturalist/dive guides. All
diving is done from pangas as drift dives. Currents range from 1 to 5
knots and water is cold, requiring a 5-7 mm wetsuit and hood. Divers are
likely to see Galapagos sharks, white tips and hammerheads, eagle rays,
moray eels, mantas, sea lions and possibly whale sharks between
June and
November.
TURKS &
CAICOS EXPLORER II
Passenger Capacity: 18
Former Name: Ballymena
Length: 100 ft.
Beam: 21 ft.
Staff & Crew: 7
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Itinerary: Turks and Caicos Islands. Usual
7-night itinerary from Providenciales includes
Provo's
Northwest Point, walls of West Caicos, and French Cay; 5 1/2 days of
diving.
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Cabins: 9. All cabins are
air-conditioned.
- Dining:
Lunch is buffet; sit-down dinners or barbecues.
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Facilities and Activities: This is a dive boat with four or five dives
scheduled daily that
include night dives, Black Coral Forest, Provo's Shark Hotel, deep-water
gorgonians,
and spotted eagle rays. There is TV, VCR/DVD. A dive deck
has individual gear bins, camera table, recharging station, and shower.
Staff gives scuba instruction, including PADI advanced and specialty courses, TDI/SDI, photo instruction, and E6 film processing.
Nitrox is available.
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Recent Fares Reported to Us: $1,395 per person in low season; $1,995 for VIP stateroom
in high season. Book five times and get 6th trip
free. Non-divers save 10%.
CARIBBEAN
EXPLORER II
Passenger Capacity: 18
Built: 1976; refit 1999
Length: 120 ft.
Staff and Crew: 7
- Itinerary: Usual itinerary includes Saba, St. Kitts, Statia, St. Maarten.
Cabins: 9. Cabins are air-conditioned, each with private bath
with shower. Some have outside views..
- Facilities and Activities: This is a dive boat with four to five dives
daily including
night dives. There is TV, VCR/DVD, CD. Dive deck has lockers, camera
tables, recharging stations, showers. There is scuba instruction including PADI
advanced and specialty courses, TDI/SDI, photo instruction, and E6 film
processing. Island access and tours arranged at all ports of call.
Nitrox is available.
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Recent Fares Reported to Us: $1,395 per person in low season; $1,595 in high season for a seven-day trip. Book five times and get 6th trip
free. Non-divers save 10%.
NIMROD
EXPLORER
Passenger Capacity: 18
Built: 1983; refit 2001
Length: 72 ft.
Beam: 26 ft.
draft: 5 ft. 4 in.
Former Name: Nimrod III
Staff & Crew: 6
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Itinerary: There are 3, 4 and 7-night trips from Cairns of the Great Barrier Reef and
Coral Sea, Australia, including Lizard Island, Ribbon Reefs, Cod Hole,
Osprey Reef. Longer expeditions scheduled annually in October and
November visiting far
northern reefs. on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula
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Cabins: 6. There are 2 doubles, 1 twin, and 3 quad cabins, each with
private bath, shower. Some cabins have windows, lower deck cabins have portholes. All cabins are air-conditioned.
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Facilities and Activities: This is a catamaran dive boat that
averages 4 to 5 dives daily
including night dives. There is TV, VCR/DVD. A dive deck has lockers,
camera tables,
recharging stations, showers. There is nitrox. Scuba instruction
includes PADI advanced
and specialty courses, TDI, SDI, photo instruction and E6 film
processing. The ship provides data collection for Dwarf Minke Whale
research and Eye on the Reef program. Low-level scenic flights are used
to join and depart the ship.
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Recent Fares Reported to Us:
Book five times and
get 6th trip free.
Non-divers save 10%.
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