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©Dan Orr 1 © Oliver Jahraus & Petra Brummel Trip Overview Day 1 Day 4 San Diego option: Another full day of diving starting at 6:30 Activities: Meet at Best Western Island Palms Hospitality Suite and Activities: AM. Submersible diving starts at 8:30 AM. travel by coach to board the ship docked in Ensenada. Dive until dusk! Shark ID Tijuana option: Fly into Tijuana and travel by express coach to Ensenada (90minutes). Day 5 Day 2 Cages open at 6:30 AM. Activities: Activities: Shark ID Submersible diving starts at 7:30 AM. Dinner time arrival at Guadalupe Cages close at 5:00 PM. Island with a nice relaxing evening Shark 101 at anchor. Day 3 Day 6 Activities: Activities: Cages open at 6:30 AM. At sea, arriving in Ensenada approx. 2:00 PM. First submersible dive at 8:00 AM. Coach transfers to Tijuana Airport, San Diego Dive until dusk! Shark ID Airport, or Best Western Island Palms Resort. This is a sample itinerary. The exaCt itinerary for your trip may Change based on the weather and other oCean related Conditions. Our aim is to offer you the very best diving experienCe 2in the safest and most comfortable way. Belmonte ©Dorothee Wilpernig ©Marcel ©Ralph Clavenger 3 ©Scott Davis ©Craig Dietrich How to Get There Option 1 Meet in San Diego, California, USA Option 2 Meet in Ensenada, Mexico San Diego Tijuana Ensenada Ensenada When and Where to meet us Flying into Tijuana Airport (TIJ) Please meet us at our hospitality suite at the Guadalupe Most guests jump on the red express nonstop Guadalupe Best Western Plus Island Palms Resort* bus to Ensenada leaving from just outside the arrivals hall. Alternatively we Can help arrange a 2051 Shelter Island Drive tel: 619-222-0561 private car transfer. San Diego, CA, 92106 email: [email protected] Let them know you When and Where to meet us Meeting Time: 12:00 PM onwards are a Nautilus Guest for a special discount. We Can arrange for a hospitality suite at the CoaCh Leaves: 7:30 PM Corona Hotel by prior request at least 30 days before departure. We will do our best to ContaCt you prior to your departure The hotel is 4 miles to ensure any last minute questions or requests are looked from the airport. LáZaro Cárdenas 1442, Bahia, 22880 after, share inside tips and help with arrangements for You can take a Ensenada, B.C., MexiCo taxi. Alternatively, the San Diego portion of your vaCation. We will be at the We board at the Uber is very good Boarding Time: 9:30 PM Cruiseport Marina hospitality suite at the beautiful Best Western Island Palms and reliable in Sailing Time: 10:00 PM in Ensenada Resort in San Diego to assist you from noon onwards. San Diego, and usually half the price of a taxi. If La Cocedora De Langosta you are driving, we recommend Corona Hotel parking your car at Cruiseport Marina Best Western Plus Island the airport for $10 Palms Hotel & Marina a day. Useful information Useful information We load baggage and depart at 7:30 PM for the approximate 2 hour transfer Ensenada has beCome known as the restaurant Capital of MexiCo. There to where the ship will be waiting for you in Ensenada, MexiCo. are loads of ChoiCes. Don’t miss out on the famous vineyards in nearby Guadalupe Wine valley. MexiCan Custom regulations require all guests exit the CoaCh at the border with their belongings, obtain a tourist Card and then walk through Customs before We highly reCommend La CoCedora De Langosta seafood restaurant in boarding the coaCh again. We will help you through every step. Ensenada (Blv. Teniente AZueta, No. 187-D ReCinto Portuario). While sea Conditions are usually fairly benign, it is an open oCean Crossing The Corona hotel is two bloCks away from Cruiseport Marina. They have to Guadalupe. We reCommend taking anti-seasiCkness mediCation suCh as a niCe restaurant and bar if you are looking for something nearby. “The PatCh” (SCopolamine), Gravol or MeCliZine before boarding the ship. 4 5 ©Todd Winner ©Vivian Yu Trip Preparation and FAQ Next step after booking What is included in the trip? Thank you for trusting us with your Guadalupe Adventure! You will ACCommodation, all meals (Continental breakfast, breakfast, reCeive a link to a guest information form at least 60 days prior to your lunCh, dinner and dessert), non-alCoholic beverages and snaCks, departure. We value your business, but without the pretrip information, daily room serviCe, towels, in-water divemastering, end of trip the MexiCan authorities won’t let you leave on the boat. We will do our DVD and onboard faCilities suCh as the hot tub and lounge. best to aCCommodate all requests with advanCe notiCe. Or just Call us Travel insuranCe at +1-604-241-1918 if you would prefer to give us your information over is highly the phone. Dive Insurance reCommended. Proof of Dive InsuranCe from a reputable provider, We offer a $100 onboard credit if suCh as DAN or Dive Assure is required. We Can assist you purChase via with this mandatory Coverage when you CheCk in to the “Dive Assure” What to bring the hospitality suite. link on our website. Travel Documents Dive Gear Other Deluxe Dive & Travel paCkage only. Valid Passport Mask Personal Toiletries Additional Costs Visa (if required) Hooded Vest Camera Gear We aCCept Visa, (recommended) A good book • Port fee ($65.00 USD) per person payable in Cash onboard MasterCard and Cash onboard. Wetsuit (5-7mm Anti-seasickness • Gift shop purChases Please let your recommended) medication • Bar tab Credit card Booties Company know to • Gear rentals antiCipate charges Clothing • Crew gratuities are Customary in this part of the world if from Canada. you think the serviCe is deserving, typiCally $300 per guest. PriCes onboard SurfaCe weather is similar to the southern California Climate, You can rent are in USD. Rentals very warm during the day, and Cool at night. Summer Clothing wetsuits, booties are for the entire & more from our Rental Locker duration of the trip. a sweater, pants and a windbreaker/rain jaCket. Wetsuit $50.00 Mask, Booties, Snorkel & Hood Bundle $25.00 Food & Drinks Internet For more You Can expeCt a fusion of MexiCan and West Coast North AmeriCan food information about with fresh baking, produCe and vegetables. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten- free, food allergy options, and quasi kosher menus are available with at $100.00 USD per deviCe for the length of your trip. please see least 30 days prior notiCe. 10 tiCkets are availible on eaCh trip. Tea, Coffee, juiCe, soda are inCluded in your trip priCe. We also Carry a wide variety of alCoholic beverages stashed in our onboard bar inCluding: red Phone Calls from Sea For emergenCies wine, white wine, Champagne, vodka, gin, tequila, rum, meZCal, brandy, please call bourbons, single malt sCotCh and beer (mexiCan and domestiC). A satellite phone is available onboard +1-604-241-1918. with airtime charges of $3.00 USD per minute. 6 7 ©Dan Orr Will I see Sharks? YES! 241+ individual sharks in the bay we dive in. Hello, We typically see great whites on 3 out of 4 submersible dives. friend! 8 9 ©Dan Orr ©Geri Murphy How many What is the visibility dives will I get? and water temperature? 3 dives a day in the Visibility is almost always 100–120 feet, submersible cages sometimes 150 feet Water temps range from 22 °C / 72 °F *The cage in this photo is Virtually unlimited in July and August to 20 °C / 68 °F in from a previous year, and diving in the surface cages November the design is now different. NAUTILUS EXPLORER NAUTILUS BELLE AMIE NAUTILUS UNDER SEA C C C A Surface Cage B Submersible Cage C C C A A C Wrangling Platform A A A Please note these diagrams are not to sCale, and are meant to B demonstrate a general sense of B the Cages, their plaCement and B B B their depth in the water. B B 10 11 ©Lowel O’Rourke ©Lowel Dietrich ©Craig WiFi at Sea Notice of risks onboard WelCome aboard! We’d like to thank you for trusting us with your upComing aCCess for our guests. Please note that while this is a top-of-the-line, and very adventure to Guadalupe Island with the great white sharks. On your voyage, expensive, stabiliZed gyro satellite system, there are limitations. The WiFi you are going to be making an open oCean transit to a remote desert island ConneCtion is likely muCh slower than you are used to and it is not like using off the Coast of wild Baja. This is a phenomenal experienCe that few people broadband onshore, beCause the gyro stabiliZed antennas have to traCk a very in the world get to experienCe. The sCenery is breath-taking, the experienCe narrow aiming point on the satellite orbiting 1240 miles above the oCean. diving with great white sharks is amaZing, powerful and emotional. We offer the option But before you start paCking your bags, we need to remind you that when of a full refund and you undertake a voyage like this, we are all at the whim of mother oCean. We disContinuing your have equipped all of our ships with the most modern and up-to-date, full- time satellite CommuniCation and data systems, beCause as muCh as we’d if you are unhappy You will have unrestriCted and unlimited aCCess. The WiFi like to, we Can’t Control the weather. Our highly trained and professional with the speed or is good for emails and appliCations like WhatsApp.
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