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Swim with dolphins -click photo
It's bargain time
June is a great month to visit Thailand if you want to avoid the high season crowds.Hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions are less busy and pretty well everything is a buyers' market in this country where haggling is part of the fun. You can go into one of the top hotels and when they tell you the room rate just ask them if they can help you a little by reducing the price. Try that in London or any European capital !
Diving in May: The sea temperature is 29-30c which means that using a a 3mm shortie is an option, but not an essential for those people from temperate, or cold climates.Our three main wrecks - the Hardeep, the Khram and the recently-sunk HTMS Luang Khud- are diving well, but you need to be certified to go down to 30m if you wish to dive them.
If you are a PADI Open Water diver or equivalent you could go and visit these wrecks by signing up for the Advanced Open Water course. Or, if you fancy living in Thailand you could go all the way to instructor. We have a special package for sports divers who want to turn pro and live and work in exotic parts of the world.
Special dive trips
Once a month we break out of the day trip routine diving local sites and head south for a bit of excitement cavern diving. We have discovered a great cavern in only 20m which gives plenty of time to rub shoulders with big rays, shoals of batfish and all the other tropical marine life.
The difference between cavern and cave diving is that when you dive a cavern you never penetrate so far that you can't see the daylight at the entrance - and you don't give in to temptation when you see those enticing little passages and tunnels.
To make things even more interesting we have linked a number of relevant specialty training courses. These include nitrox diving; semi-closed and fully closed rebreathers and especially for our American friends the full-face mask course. Why especially for Americans ?
Well, because with a full face mask you don't have a regulator in your mouth so it's possible to chew gum while you dive !!
Because the rebreathers and full face mask are a completely new experience for most divers we can give you a try out in the pool to increase your ability and confidence before you dive in the sea.
The next trip is now being planned for the end of May. We will go south by road to Chanterburi and stay overnight in a very nice local guest house. The following day we will sail out to the cavern where we will do two fun or training dives.
Then it's back to Pattaya for a few cold ones after breathing all that dry air and the chance to swap diving stories.
If you are interested and want more details then email us by clicking on Cavern Diving
Pattaya's newest wreckThe Royal Thai Navy honoured their promise to sink a second ship as an artificial reef and tourist attraction last September. The new wreck, the Luang Khud ,is a sister ship of HTMS Khram, Pattaya's first ever artificial reef which has already been taken over and redecorated by marine life.
The Luang Khud was formerly the US Exno and saw action in the Korean war. Later she joined the Thai Navy's fleet, but after 51 year's service was decommissioned and sunk off Koh Sak, one of Pattaya's near islands in September last year.
Her "sister" ship, the Khram was sunk near Koh Phai, nearly 20kms off Pattaya, in January 2002.Both ships are sitting in the sailing position at 27m. Wreck purists will be delighted to learn that neither wreck has been over "sanitised." Apart from the engine being removed the ships are virtually in their original condition.
We have been diving both wrecks regularly and rate them both as a wrecks suitable for newly certified Advanced Open Water divers (under supervision) and experts. The topside is in easy reach of less experienced divers, while those capable of penetration can find some nice dark bits inside to test their skills.
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Swim with dolphins
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Set aside one day of your holiday for the experience of a life-time by coming with us to swim with dolphins. We'll pick you up at your hotel in an air-conditioned mini bus for the journey through rural Thailand towards the town of Chantaburi, and Oasis Sea World. First you will see the show and then go to a huge pool to swim with the dolphins. There are two sorts of dolphins - the Pacific Humpback " pink" dolphins and the more unusual, cheeky little Irrawaddy dolphins. They'll all tow you through the water at high speed or do many of the tricks that you will have seen in the show. You reward them by popping a fish in their mouth. This is the sort of day out that will give you and your family memories for a lifetime. We have trips most days of the week to the dolphin park at Chantaburi, about 2 1/2 hrs south of Pattaya and can arrange private trips to suit your timetable at a slightly higher cost. Customer pick-up
time depends on the location of their hotel in Pattaya but is between 7-8am. On some days
we visit a beautiful temple called Wat Khou Sukhim on the outward journey and on other trips we break the
return journey with a visit to a large aquarium where you can see the
local marine life close up. Some of the dolphin
trainers will be with you to help you get the most fun out of your 45
minutes with the dolphins. Exchange Rates: http://www.baht.thaivisa.com/ Because there are limits on the number of people allowed to swim with the dolphins at each session it is important that you make a provisional booking with us as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. You don't have to pay a deposit until you arrive in Pattaya and when you do that will confirm your booking. In order to confirm the booking we need to collect your deposit at least 36 hours before the day of your trip. So click on the link below to email us to make your provisional booking. Tell us the hotel where you will stay, when you would like to go and how many people there are in your group. Make sure you book directly with us to avoid imposters who sometimes use our publicity material to promote their own trips which may not match up to our high standards. CLICK to send email
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