Fiji Diving – 2 Special Dive Offers
This year, starting January 2012, we’re running two Special Dive Offers which run until June 2012.
1. FIJI DIVE SPECIAL FROM DAKU RESORT AND L’AVENTURE JEAN MICHEL COUSTEAU
2. HAMMERHEAD DIVE OFFER
1. The first package allows you to come to Savusavu and dive Fiji’s fabulous coral reef at a fraction of the usual cost.
Known as the soft coral capital of the world, the reef around the Fijian Island of Vanua Levu provide a once in a lifetime experience. Diving in the South Pacific is a wondrous experience, as you swim at some of the world’s most abundant coral reefs teeming with multi-coloured fish and other forms of sea life. There’s easy access to a wide variety of sites: shallow reefs with spectacular plate corals, coral pinnacles topped with clouds of purple anthias and damsel fish, deeper reefs with steep walls dropping away to 800 feet and more where you may see some of the larger species.
The joy of diving in Fiji lies in its clear, warm waters and the easy access to the sites; most of them are 15 – 25 minutes in a boat. It’s no small wonder that the world famous Jean-Michel Cousteau has a dive base here, and have helped establish the NaSavusavu Marine Protection Park.
It’s a week of diving you could not usually get at this price, and covers:
*Five days of diving
*Seven nights accommodation
- all for only F$1980 (approx US$1120/ A$1090 – check latest exchange rates) twinshare. A single supplement of F$400 applies.
Airport transfers from Savusavu airport included. Price does not include air fares or meals.
Every morning at 8.15 you’ll be taken by taxi (included in the price) down to The Jean Michel Cousteau Resort. It’s just 15 minutes down the road. The boat will go out at 8.30 for two dives on our world famous reef. All the sites are within 30 minutes of the resort and you’ll be back at the resort in time for a late lunch.
Afternoons can be spent lazing by the pool or going on a number of cultural or sporting excursions.
2. Hammerhead Diving with Koro Dive.
March 10 – 17; April 7 – 14; May 5 – 12; June 2 – 9
Hammerheads at Dreamhouse
This offer allows you to take advantage of very special dive package. It’s special, not just because it includes a trip to the famous Rainbow Reef and White Wall in the Somosomo Straits off Taveuni, but also because it allows you to dive the renowned marine reserve at Namena Island. What’s more, there’s a Hammerhead dive at Dreamhouse - a hidden gem of a dive on the reef near Savusavu.
(You should be aware that The White Wall is not suitable for inexperienced divers and the Hammerhead sightings do require time spent out ‘in the blue’.)
This premium package is at a far from premium price of only F$2180 (approx A$1175 or US$ 1190 -check latest exchange rates) and includes
*Ten dives with all equipment (excluding Nitrox)
*Seven nights accommodation in an Ocean View Bure (based on twin share, single supplement F$400). A single supplement of F$400 applies.
Airport transfers from Savusavu airport included. Price does not include air fares or meals.
This package requires a minimum of 6 people.
Even though this package is designed for the committed diver, there’ll still be time to laze by the pool or go on a number of cultural and sporting excursions.
“Hammerheads are just the weirdest creatures. I’ve seen all these photos of them so I was really excited to try to see them in the wild – which means in the sea. We went out to the site called Dreamhouse and dropped down onto the big coral reef at the mooring spot. Then Colin, the Dive Master, lead us across the reef (where we saw some good coral) and out into the blue. It’s a magic feeling – you soon leave the reef and you feel as if you’re in the vast ocean of endless blue, just finning along. We passed a school of barraduda, and we also saw a couple of batfish. One of the other divers got a bit spooked and turned back, so one of the Dive Masters took care of him. The rest of us (6) went on and suddenly we saw this flash of silver. I had no idea what it was but Colin lead the way nearer and then we saw a whole pod of them. At first it was difficult to make out anything much but then one of them turned round and you could see its strange squared off head with the eyes at each end – the typical hammer shape which gives it its name. We stayed with them for quite a bit – well, probably only a minute or two but it seemed like a long time – and then they just lot interest and disappeared. There must have been thirty or so – Colin reckons more because he is used to making out their shapes at a distance. But who’s counting? We saw them!”
Alana, November 2011
Unforgettable diving at unbeatable prices.
Make a Booking
OR call us on:
FIJI (+679) 8850 046
AUSTRALIA (+61) 02 8094 1613
or email us at reservations@dakuresort.com
We look forward to seeing you for an unforgettable week’s diving.
Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving visits a number of sites in and near Savusavu Bay. This is how they describe them:
Namena Island
This small island 20 miles to the south of Savusavu is surrounded by mile after mile of unexplored reefs. Seemingly bottomless drop-offs, multi-colored soft corals and perfect coral gardens support an abundance of marine life. This is the place to see the big fish cruising in from the depths of the Koro Sea. Barracuda, spanish mackerel, dog-tooth tuna, mantas and large sharks regularly patrol these reefs.
(Note: Jean-Michel rates Namena as the best dive spot in Fiji, and one of the 10 best in the world. We are one of the only diving resorts in Fiji that visits Namena on a regular basis. Weather permitting, we visit Namena 1-2 times per week.)
Canyons
Swim through beautiful grottos of hard coral extending into vast unexplored underwater canyons. See Reef Sharks resting in the grottos.
Shark Alley
A maze of swim-throughs, overhangs and chambers hide white tip reef sharks resting on sandy bottoms. Giant Mouri wrasse and grouper can be found hiding around the next corner.
Nuggets
The nuggets are two coral heads. One is a myriad of soft corals surrounded by schools of fairy basslets, masked banner fish, leaf fish, with jacks and barracuda circling. The second is covered in golden soft corals. Lionfish, scorpion fish, nesting trigger fish and moray eels are abundant.
Goldilocks
This site is a favorite because you can swim completely around the edge of the reef. It offers great diversity of hard and soft corals, with a very abundant reef fish population.
Jacksons
This spectacular wall features gigantic sea fans at depths of 90 feet. Divers finish among luxurious purple soft corals at 40-60 ft.
Fingers
This site is known for a beautiful spur and groove reef system, jutting fingers of hard coral alternating with high flow grooves., plus painted crayfish, giant tridacna clams, and eagle rays.
Light House
This is a good, deep dive — 100 feet — with a large aggregation of fish, such as groupers and snappers, and octopus. This is an active spawning site of both these large fish and smaller reef fish.
Mystery Reef
This isolated reef is scattered with coral heads covered in multi-colored soft corals, spanish mackerel, coral trout and unicorn fish.
Hole in the Wall
This vertical drop off supports huge gorgonian fans. Large tuna, spotted sweetlips, mackerel, barracuda, with bronze whalers lurk in the depths below.
Big Blue
This spectacular drop off features giant gorgonians covered with feather stars. It’s a perfect place to watch for sea turtles and large fish.
Alice in Wonderland
This site is an open water large patch reef, where small reef sharks often lurk underneath large mushroom-shaped corals. The upcurrent end has good flow and huge aggregations of reef fish and larger pelagic life.
Nsonisoni Pass
This is a drift dive along a wall covered with every variety of pristine hard and soft corals imaginable. Divers can swim across the passage to the purple bommies, a mass of purple soft corals fed by the nutrient-rich Koro Sea waters. Large barracuda, circling gray reef sharks and white tips cruise everywhere.
Barracuda Point
Beginning on a reef wall just off the coast of the resort, this dive involves swimming along a hard-coral reef finger to join a school of 50-60 resident barracuda. Be on the lookout for hammerheads and schools of batfish as well.
Dreadlocks
In the middle of Savusavu Bay, this site is home to a lavish array of multicolored hard and soft coral as well as lionfish, harlequin filefish and butterfly fish.
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