astralmind
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After a bit of research, it looks like the Philipines might make the most sense for us budget wise for our next trip.
We live in Canada and as such have limited experiences diving in the Pacific. Well.. limited is even pushing it - we've only been to North Sulawesi and dove the area for 16 days (it was insanely amazing). We are now closing in 200 logged dives.
On my basic research I found out that Puerto Galera seems to be The place for land based - single location diving but was wondering what the experts had in mind.
In the end it seems like any budget location comes up to around 4000$ CAD all in for 2 weeks, 40 dives (pushing it) for the cheaper stays (Out of the blue and Scandi came up as the best option)..
I also had a look at Borneo for Sipadan but reviews were fairly discouraging re: food in general and massive tourist crowd in most area + very limited time (1 day ?) spent in Sipadan due to permits. Prices were more or less the same as PG. Going back to North Sulawesi would similar in price as well but the Philipines require much less flight hoping!
Any tips would be extremely welcomed..
THanks!
We live in Canada and as such have limited experiences diving in the Pacific. Well.. limited is even pushing it - we've only been to North Sulawesi and dove the area for 16 days (it was insanely amazing). We are now closing in 200 logged dives.
On my basic research I found out that Puerto Galera seems to be The place for land based - single location diving but was wondering what the experts had in mind.
In the end it seems like any budget location comes up to around 4000$ CAD all in for 2 weeks, 40 dives (pushing it) for the cheaper stays (Out of the blue and Scandi came up as the best option)..
I also had a look at Borneo for Sipadan but reviews were fairly discouraging re: food in general and massive tourist crowd in most area + very limited time (1 day ?) spent in Sipadan due to permits. Prices were more or less the same as PG. Going back to North Sulawesi would similar in price as well but the Philipines require much less flight hoping!
Any tips would be extremely welcomed..
THanks!