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P'tite Kepa is located in the Alor archipelago, east of Indonesia. Anne and Cédric offer accommodation in about ten ecological bungalows with bamboo walls and thatched roofs. You have different standards, from the collective hut with shared outdoor toilets to more comfortable bungalows equipped with a large terrace facing the sea. The main house, open to the sea, allows you to have a drink, to share your meals with the boarders like table d'hôtes, and to exchange your impressions of the day in a family atmosphere. Go to small beaches to relax or go to the nearby village to immerse yourself in the local culture of the Alor islands. Count on 2 dives a day on a light wooden speedboat, spacious enough with a deck for sunbathing with tea and coffee during the surface interval. The dive sites are accessible after a 2 to 40-minute sail from Kepa. You dive from the shore, on the House reef, paying only for the filling of your block. The capacity of the structure being 10 to 12 divers, a small team of 2 to 4 instructors and divemasters will accompany a group of up to 4 divers. The nearest recompression chamber is in Denpasar on the island of Bali, no decompression diving is mandatory. In the middle of unspoiled nature, you will dive in beautiful underwater landscapes including remarkable drop-offs, underwater valleys, shallows, pinnacles, and small bays suitable for muck diving where nudibranchs, leaf fish, frogfish, and mandarin fish will be immortalized by macro photography. You will encounter incredible biodiversity with a profusion of hard corals of all shapes, soft corals with extraordinary colors. It is possible to come across dog-toothed tuna, giant groupers, napoleons, eagle rays, and even hammerhead sharks in the corner with sometimes a mola-mola flapping from the fin to the surface of the sea. [+]

Alor Divers is located on the island of Alor, in the middle of the Sunda Islands. It's a nice diving resort on the edge of the Pantar Strait, lined with a fabulous House reef, French Window, that you will ride at the speed of a galloping horse! The resort is composed of 7 bungalows of 36m2, each spaced 20 meters apart and built in the traditional Indonesian architectural style. These wooden buildings have natural ventilation to keep the interior cool, without the need for air conditioning. The spacious private terraces have sea views! You take your meals prepared with local products, at the common table of a huge room, sheltered by a roof, in the open air. The capacity of the resort is 14 divers with 4 divers for a guide. There is no limit to the number of dives you can make from the House Reef, with fast boats designed for diving and each dive site is explored by its own boat. There is no extra charge if you travel alone. The diving center is designed for photographers with a space reserved for them with 220v electrical outlets to charge the batteries of your cameras. You can store your diving equipment in a permanently locked room. Do not hesitate to take your camera in your bungalow because a large table allows its maintenance and care. The sites, located between 5 and 35 min of navigation, are chosen according to the desires of each one. They are varied and present sometimes beautiful drop-offs to see pelagic, sometimes muddy spaces under the piers of villages ideal for muck diving. The coral is intact because the area is very little dived. Alor Diver is closed from January until the end of February because of the heavy rains that flood the area. Also, note that the House reef is sometimes difficult to access in August because the beach is exposed. [+]

Amoray Diving is located in Sodwana Bay, South Africa and offers both training and year round diving exploration on the beautiful Sodwana Reefs. Departure from Sodwana Bay, one of the best dive sites in the world. The reef has an incredibly dense coral covering and a great diversity of fish and crustaceans. There are more than 1,200 listed animal species. Diving conditions vary from easy to difficult depends on the wind and the current. The depth of the sites ranges from 10 m to 30 m for recreational diving. Ideal for deep technical divers. Meeting with a Coelacanth in Sodwana, more than 100 m deep. Amoray Dive boats leave every morning for the reefs of Sodwana Bay, named according to their distance up to Jesser Point. Each of these reefs is a dive site with sometimes isolated reefs like Stringer and Bikini. Opportunity to get to 7 Mile reef, to browse around its north wall, with beautiful overhangs. To the south, mushroom-shaped rocks. The Amoray Diving guides take you to 8-Mile reef, 13 km away, with its incredible pinnacles, caves and cornices. Large Turtles, Sharks, Shrimps, Spider Crabs. Stunning colored corals. And Dolphins along the way. The must is to go to 9 Mile reef with a 25 minutes’ ride and see the 2 m high green coral tree with fish all around. Frogfish. Reef Sharks. Sometimes Great White Sharks. Possibility of accommodation at the Mseni Beach Lodge, in the iSimangaliso Park, in a lush forest with dunes overlooking the ocean, with morning and evening transfers to and from the dive Center. [+]

Dragon Dive Komodo hotel is located in a quiet corner of the main Marina area in Labuan Bajo, Fores Island, Indonesia. You are just a stone's throw from the town center, with the night market and the main port of embarkation to the Komodo Islands. Nice beaches are 6 km away, a 20-minute drive by scooter. Open all year round, the Dragon Dive Komodo training center offers PADI courses from Discover Scuba Diver tonight, side-mount and photo diving specialties. Sessions take place either in the pool, on day trips, or onboard the cruise ship. The best thing to do is to stay at the Dragon Dive Komodo as 18 double private rooms of 20 to 30 m2, reserved for divers. They are equipped with a double or twin bed, a private bathroom with hot water, air-conditioning, and laundry service on-site for your personal belongings, either overlooking the pool or the backyard. Breakfast is served in the restaurant around the pool. The bar is a great place to meet and mingle with other guests and enjoy fruit juice, mixology famous cocktails, or a cold Bintang beer on your way back from a day of diving. A meal with Asian and Western specialties is served on-site in the evening. The next morning we depart at 7 am for a full day of 2 to 3 dives in the Komodo National Park. The groups are composed of 4 to 5 divers for more safety and conviviality. The last dive is replaced at your request by a trek to Rinca Island to discover the Komodo dragons. Non-divers have the possibility to snorkel and wakeboard. Do you have 5 days to spare? Go on the Dragon Dive Shenron cruise boat. [+]

The Glups Diving centre is located in Cambrils, on Cavet beach, facing the sea and the beach, next to the quay where the boat stands. Open Tuesday to Thursday from 10am to 8.30pm and Friday and Saturday from 10am to 1pm and from 5pm to 8.30pm. You can unload equipment with the car directly on the quay. At Glups Diving you'll find changing rooms, a classroom equipped with the latest technology so you can give all your lessons, full equipment for hire, a shop where you can buy additional equipment, and a reception area for formalities. The instructors at Glups Diving offer PADI courses, from beginner to divemaster, as well as nitrox dives and technical courses. Come aboard the 12-seater QUER DIVE 24' rigid boat, fitted out for diver comfort with bottle holders and fin attachments, canopies and seats. To get to the dive sites by boat, allow 5 to 30 minutes from the port. What else does Glups Diving offer? We sell equipment on site, but we also offer the after-sales service that goes with it, with expert technical maintenance in line with the manufacturer's instructions. You can also take out diving insurance on site, book a trip to the other side of the world and take part in locally organised events. Some of our staff excel in professional diving. With Glups Diving, explore the wrecks of a 65-metre cargo ship, the Dragonera, lying between 14 and 24 metres on a sandy, muddy seabed, or the Barca d'en Robert wreck. Enjoy encounters with mostella and grouper at sites such as Escalon, Biotop or El Plobat, Freu de Terra and Penal. The diving package and accommodation can be booked at Nautic Parc. [+]