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I’m planning a (once in a lifetime) trip to Palau & Yap April, 2013. I’ve been reading the boards to get as much info as I can before I make any reservations. For you seasoned travelers/divers out there, I have a few questions; are 7 days on Palau (Sam’s Tours) enough time to see what needs to be seen, our should I extend it? How many days on Yap would be sufficient to see what that island has to offer? Also, using the land based Sam’s tours 2 tank dives, is that enough to get your satisfaction. I’m still considering a live aboard for Palau, but if I see the same things underwater (I don’t mind the 40 min boat rides to and from), I’d like to save some cash. I’m only going to get one crack at this in my life, so I want to “do it right”. Any info is appreciated and thank you in advance.
Good to hear you have it sorted out. Unfortunately I've never been to Palau, but I have spent quite a bit of time in Yap. It is an amazing dive location. Of course if you are going to Yap, you can't miss out on doing a Manta dive. This place is famous for them and for good reason. Every time I've done a Manta dive there we have seen at least one, up to 4 or 5 hanging out together. After a couple of dives I did find they got a little boring though, luckily there are plenty of other awesome dives there.
Here is a map of the dive sites in Yap:
Around O'Keefe's Island, they do a night dive with Mandarin fish. As soon as the sun goes down the coral colonies come alive with dozens of Mandarin fish, it is really amazing.
Down around the south west of the island there is some wall diving which is absolutely incredible. Watch your depth there because it just deeps dropping off further and further. There are also some little caves to explore down there around the south end, although most of it is more like trenches, having an open top.
Further up the west side at the vertigo dive site they do shark dives. Plenty of reef sharks around and they have been known to get the occasional tiger shark or oceanic white tip.
There are plenty more dive sites as well, but these were the best dives that I did. I'm sure you will love it.
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