Depart between 16 May and 30 June 2011

Most of the diving in Sipadan is combination of wall and drift diving. The walls are covered with hard corals, soft corals, gorgonians, sponges etc. You can see more turtles on one dive here than in a lifetime of diving anywhere else.

Sale ends 16 May

Limited availability so Enquire now »

We are on the hunt for 2 Experienced & ‘Most Awesome’ Travel Consultants to join our fantastic team.

1. Keen Skier

2. Keen Diver

Do you know anyone who fits the bill?

If you recommend your ‘most awesome’ travel consultant to us and we end up employing them, Dive Fish Snow Travel will reward you with $250 cash.

But don’t forget to tell them what you are doing first!.

Check out these fantastic roles here

CONTACT us now at jobs@divefishsnowtravel.co.nz

INCLUDE:

• subject :” Awesome Consultant recommendation”
• your contact details
• their contact details
• why you believe this person would be a good fit in an awesome team like ours
• Tell us the best time to call them
• Ensure you CC them in on your email to us

AND Don’t forget to confirm that you have spoken with them and that they are expecting our call.

If they join our team, we will reward you with $250!

Grab your parents and book a Holiday to Vanuatu now with this limited time offer special airfare!

Book a Diving Holiday to Vanuatu

or

Book a Fishing Holiday to Vanuatu

Call our consultants for great accommodation, diving, fishing and holiday packages – 09 4792210 or 0508 348334

Travel until 15 December 2011

Blackout dates:

• 01 June 2011 – 31 July 2011
• 01 September 2011 – 24 October 2011

1 special childs fare per full fare paying adult.

And…. they have the photographic awards to prove it!

Read more about:

• Our Director, Ron Blake’s personal views on diving in PNG
• How to get to PNG
• PNG’s Top 5 dive locations
• Liveaboard Diving in PNG
• Warning for Next Year how Rugby and Elections can effect the cost of your Diving Holiday.

Read our PNG’s Diving Holiday Planner »

Niue Bonus Deal

Exclusive offer for Dive Fish Snow Travel clients

2 divers dive for the price of 1 – book, pay and complete your travel before 31 March.

Offers available for all new bookings only.

More Savings After 31 March, all payments for Diving in Niue will increase to include the Niue Consumer Tax of 12.5% . So book and pay your Niue Diving Holiday with us before 31 March 2011 and make sure you do not incur this extra cost!.

To book your Diving adventure to Niue visit

Diving in Niue

1. Free continental breakfast every morning per adult
   or
2. Free Discover Scuba course for non-diving partner

Exclusive offer for Dive Fish Snow Travel clients’ – for all new bookings and applies to 7 and 10 night Haapai, Tonga diving holiday packages only.

Enquire here »

It’s always been an ambition to do an overseas dive trip and enjoy the warm water, viz, colourful fish life with some wrecks thrown in. After talking to some friends who have done quite a few over the years we settled on the Solomons.

We started doing the Google / internet thing to organise it but that got too hard so we found ourselves talking to Dive Fish and Snow – a travel agency specialising in as the name would suggest – Dive, Fishing or Snow holidays. Turns out that one of their staff had just returned from the Solomons so was full of up to date info. (They don’t send punters anywhere they haven’t been).

Anyhow my wife and I together with our 15 yo eldest son armed ourselves with dive gear and a newly purchased underwater digital camera (I’ve never taken a photo underwater so don’t be too hard) and away we went.

Leaving Auckland for Brisbane then a flight to Honiara, then on to a commuter “milk run” flight landing at Sege then Munda and finally Gizo. We were met at the “terminal” by a staff member from Fatboys where we were staying.

Then into the “taxi” for the transfer.

Home for the next four nights

Accommodation

Complete with view

We visited Gizo the next day to check that our diving was all sorted. No worries, Dive Gizo were onto it and would pick us up from Fat Boys the next day.

In the afternoon one of the staff members took us to their village where we distributed a few goodies for the kids – pencils stickers etc.

Without exception, we found the locals to be very friendly and quick to smile.

Interesting home for a pig

We didn’t loose any weight despite the exercise – crayfish was often the cheapest meal on offer

Back at the resort and time for a snorkel around the restaurant / bar to have a play with the camera

Then on to the diving, 1st up  – Joe’s wall

Third dive of the day was Secret Spot

Next day was the wreck of the Toa Maru a 400 ft Japanese Freighter. Lots of stuff to be seen ammo, a tank and my son found a jar of condoms.

A nice reefy drift dive finished the day and the next morning saw us dive the Gap and then get tranferred by boat to Lola Island where we stayed at Zipolo Habu resort for 3 nights.

Our accommodation here was very comfortable and should be very familiar to at least one person here!

Some of the locals were keen to watch the NRL final so what could we do but join in

The next day was diving with Dive Munda. Another wall dive in the morning

And another freighter, the Kasy Maru in the afternoon

Our last day was a blob out with the mandatory trip to Skull Island

Our son enjoyed a bit of fishing off the wharf – no luck but a few strikes and kept him busy while we enjoyed a coldie or two and chatting with a couple who had been cruising for the last 11 years.

Looking back, what do I remember? Heat, humidity, sure but the warm water, beautiful scenery both above and below as well as the local people with permanent smiles were the real stand outs

We had a great time and we’d certainly recommend Dive Fish and Snow, they know their stuff.

Darren from Auckland

Diving Holiday in Solomons »

In the Issue:

• Quick escape before Christmas: Some quick getaway deals to Fiji & Norfolk Islands
• Some Great Liveaboard Diving during Christmas. Escape the Christmas and go on a Liveaboard Diving
• Liveaboard Dive Charters for 2011
• Plan for Next Year as it will get busy with all the Rugby, Elections & Pacific Government Forums
• Plus Our Competition comes to a close and 1 lucky winner will get a dive holiday to Santo.

Tropical DiveTimes September 2010 »

Dive Times August 2010