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diving holidays worldwide Red Sea Spain Maldives Mauritius Caribbean Cape Verde Islands Kenya Zanzibar Indonesia Malaysia QUALITY • VALUE • EXPERTISE Micronesia Australia 01 November 2009 – 31 December 2010 South Pacific Galapagos Islands Latin America Liveaboards 2010 dive sportif – worldwide 2009-2010 Over 30 years experience World Class des tinations World Class diving Africa Red Sea Australia Caribbean RED SEA & EGYPT world class diving off the coast of Zanzibar with 4 Cairo & Nile cruise closest coral sea to these shores, one of the underwater one of the seven one of the world’s favourite dive destinations, enchanting coral, adrenaline opportunity to encounter whale shark and dolphin. wonders of the world - packed wall dives, impressive marine life and superb drift dives. 5 - 7 Sharm wonders of the world. wonderful dives for the beginner wonderful dives in kenya with the added opportunity to and experienced alike. the Great Barrier reef. 8 - 10 Dahab view the spectacular wildlife while on a safari. explore the distant 11 Hurghada coral sea plus the 13 Safaga world famous cod Hole 14 El Qusier where you dive with giant potato cod. Latin Micronesia 15 Marsa Alam 16 - 17 Red Sea Liveaboards Spain Indian Ocean Far East America Best known for it’s wreck diving in truk MEDITERRANEAN Share family holidays with exciting marine life abounds, best summed up by the quantity and Home to some of the world’s most exciting wonderful variety of Lagoon, with hundreds 18 Spain some excellent diving size. A great mix of white sand beaches, azure blue waters and and sought after dives. visit sites that spectacular dives from of wrecked world war surprises, picturesque vistas, fabulous, underwater topography. haven’t changed since the dawn of diving to the mystical Blue Hole ii Japanese & uS ships INDIAN OCEAN lazy dinners, relaxing shore glide along some of the most picturesque and Pacific in Belize, whaleshark and planes in calm 19 Rodrigues dives. impressive walls. encounters off utila, diving conditions. Dive waters for the 20 - 21 Mauritius Honduras to giant the spectacular reefs exploratory diver. Meet 22 - 25 Maldives mantas and schooling and unique Jellyfish unique and rare marine hammerheads off Lake in palau. creatures and dive AFRICA cocos island. sites of unsurpassed 26 Cape verde islands beauty that will leave 27 Zanzibar memories for life. 2 28 - 29 Kenya 3 FAR EAST & AUSTRALIA 30 Manado 31 Wakatobi 32 Malaysia 33 Australia 18 CARIBBEAN 34 Grenada 4 8 5 35 St Lucia 11 36 - 37 Tobago 41 13 38 St kitts 14 51 42 15 39 Dominica 43 38 26 44 40 Bonaire 39 35 40 41 Turks & caicos 34 45 36 48 42 Cayman islands 47 LATIN AMERICA 22 32 30 43 Belize 50 46 44 Honduras 28 45 Costa rica 31 27 46 Galapagos MICRONESIA & PACIFIC 47 Truk 49 33 48 Palau 20 49 Fiji 19 50 Tahiti 51 Hawaii 52 - 53 Booking conditions 54 Insurance 55 Booking form Dive Sportif 01273 844919 www. S p o r t i f D i v e . c o . u k Q u AL i t Y • v AL u e • e X p e r t i S e egypt sharm el sheikh Red Sea & Egypt Red teeped in 3,000 years of history, Egypt is a country of incredible contrasts. harm lies on the southern tip of the Sinai peninsular and has become a large cosmopolitan bustling and vibrant town, Explore the colourful bustling city of Cairo, home to the Great Pyramids and in huge contrast to the once fishing village of more than 10 years ago. It is now one of the world’s most popular dive SSphinx at Giza. Experience a Nile Cruise in the land of the Pharaohs; visit the Sdestinations with world class dive sites of Ras Mohammed and famous wrecks such as the SS Thistlegorm. Sharm now famous temples of Karkak and Luxor and ancient tombs in the Valley of the Kings. offers more than world class diving, it also caters very well for the seasoned holiday maker with its high number of hotels and Dive the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea with its spectacular coral reefs from a resorts, restaurants, bars and night clubs. The mountainous desert landscape blends into a contrasting but strangely beautiful variety of resorts including Sharm El Sheikh in the north to Marsa Alam in the south. scenery and the waters edge is washed by the azure Red Sea. Mena House Oberoi Cairo Camel Hotel Facilities: restaurant, popular bar, terrace Camel Dive Club café, court yard indian restaurant, shops, four dive centres in Sharm el Sheikh. the swimming pool and dive centre. Location: in the centre of Na’ama Bay, close this palatial hotel has enchanted guests main centre is located next to the camel Diving: camel Dive club on site. including kings, emperors, Heads of State and Hotel in the centre of Na’ama Bay. free to the facilities of Sharm including shops, bars daily air-conditioned transfers are provided and restaurants. 15 minutes drive from the Prices (7 nights) from: Low High to/from all Sharm hotels. established in airport. 1986, a fully equipped and professional camel Hotel £399 £739 centre with pADi, BSAc & SSi instructors, 4 lecture rooms, pool and wide range of Mares equipment for hire. Speciality courses including family weeks, single learn to dive & underwater photography 4 workshops available. 5 Dives include ras Mohammed Marine park, celebrities since 1869. A luxury experience of the walls of Shark reef, beautiful soft coral egypt’s glorious past. of ras um Sid, the eel Gardens of white knights, caves of Jack fish Alley & the outstanding beauty of the Straits of tiran Accommodation: 38 comfortable air- for some great drift diving. An astounding conditioned rooms with a double or twin beds. array of marine life can be seen, especially Standard rooms have a phone & en-suite Facilities: An excellent choice of bars and a la carte dinner with music and dancing. in the summer months from tiny, glittering shower. Superior rooms overlook the pool restaurants, swimming pool, tennis courts, overnight onboard Aswan. jewls of basslets to the large bumphead and have sun terraces. 5 of these rooms have fitness centre and boutiques. facilities for the disabled. Shared rooms are Sun visit the High Dam, unfinished oblisk parrotfish. Majestic grey, hammerhead, blacktip and whitetip sharks are also standard but sold per bed in a room of 4 beds. Oberoi Philae Nile Cruise and philae temple. Sail to kom ombo. After lunch visit the temple of Sobek . Sail to edfu. common in season. world renowned wreck A 5 star deluxe ship with lavish interiors, teak egyptian buffet dinner and Galabiya costume dive sites including the SS thistlegorm panelling, parquet floors, oriental carpets and party. overnight onboard edfu. (supplement euro85) are dived. Nitrox impeccable service. 58 fully equipped and available Mon visit the temple of Horus. Sail to esna, Location: Set in 40 acres of tranquil gardens in elegantly furnished air-conditioned cabins cross the lock and continue to Luxor. Dinner The Courses: the shadow of the pyramids at Giza, some 60 with minibar, safe, tv, ensuite shower & wc and overnight onboard Luxor. pADi open water £275 minutes transfer from cairo airport. and large balcony with sunlounger. facilities referral pADi OW £180 Accommodation: 520 elegantly furnished include a restaurant, lounge bar, plunge pool, Tue visit the west Bank including the valley of rooms and suites in the palace and Garden sun deck, fitness centre, library, gift shop and the kings, Deir el Madina Habou and colossi Advanced pADi OW £180 wings of the hotel. Garden wing rooms are hairsalon. of Memnon. Afternoon at leisure to explore courses include use of equipment the wonders of Luxor. Dinner and overnight more modern with air-conditioning, satellite tv, Cairo (2 nights), Cruise (4 nights), Cairo (1 and necessary boat or jeep transport. onboard Luxor. safe, phone, ensuite bath, shower & wc and night) optional 7 night extensions to the red certification fee (approxe uro30) and pADi balcony with garden or pyramids view. the Sea. Wed Disembark after breakfast. visit the manual (approx euro45) is not included and historic palace wing has original features with temples of karnak and Luxor. opportunity to payable locally. generously proportioned rooms, high ceilings Thu Depart Heathrow by British Airways flight extend your stay to the red Sea or fly to cairo and fine upholstery. to cairo. Met and transferred to the Mena for overnight Mena House oberoi. Dive Packages: House oberoi for two nights stay. 3 days diving £136 Thu Morning transfer for British Airways flight Fri full day excursion to the pyramids and back to Heathrow. 5 days diving £205 Sphinx at Giza, the egyptian Museum and khan el khalli bazaars. includes 2 dives per day with guide, tank/ weights and boat or jeep transport. Sat fly to Aswan and join your Nile cruiser Prices (7 nights) from: Low High ras Mohamed Marine park fee payable oberoi philae for lunch. Afternoon visit the locally approx euro5 per day. Lunch on boat Botanical Gardens by felucca followed by Mena House oberoi £795 £1075 afternoon tea. evening cocktail reception and oberoi philae Nile cruise £1195 £1650 trips pay locally eGp55 including soft drinks. Dive Sportif 01273 844919 www. S p o r t i f D i v e . c o . u k Q u AL i t Y • v AL u e • e X p e r t i S e sharm el sheikh Red Sea & Egypt Red Hilton Fayrouz Hyatt Regency Sharm approximately 15 minutes drive from Naama Bay and 20 minutes from the airport. Colona Dive Club Accommodation: 307 guest rooms and one of the original liveaboard operators in Location: Na’ama Bay, around forty minutes Location: Adjacent to Naama Bay, set amongst suites.
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