Christopher_B
Contributor
A nine-night trip escorted by Papua New Guinea dive addict Christopher Bartlett, with over 600 dives in-country in 6 years. This trip combines perfectly with the amazing GOroka Festival from the 14th to 17th September so you can experience the best of PNG above and below the waterline. Christopher is a widely published photojournalist and gives free coaching during the trips, to any experience level. There is also free yoga daily on the sundeck. This is a special itinerary combing the southern islands of Milne Bay with the iconic sites just north of our departure/arrival point.
This itinerary has an excellent combination of pelagic dive sites with schooling barracudas, jacks, reef sharks, surgeonfish, batfish and more; amazing corals, both soft and hard, untouched by bleaching, fantastic macro with more cool critters than I can list here, including bargibanti and denise pygmy seahorses, wunderpus, mimic octopus, numerous frogfish species, lacy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes), shrimps galore, and also the famous "walking" epaulette sharks (Milne Bay and Papuan); and manta cleaning stations. We will also have a couple of trips ashore.
12 people maximum.
3 cabins left at $3920 per person sharing includng fuel surcharge, reef and safety fees, and domestic flights
Nitrox $150
4-night festival pre-trip extensions from $950 including domestic flights
More info here: http://www.bestofpng.com/pages/png-liveaboards/spirit-of-niugini/spirit-of-niugini-southern-islands-special.php
This itinerary has an excellent combination of pelagic dive sites with schooling barracudas, jacks, reef sharks, surgeonfish, batfish and more; amazing corals, both soft and hard, untouched by bleaching, fantastic macro with more cool critters than I can list here, including bargibanti and denise pygmy seahorses, wunderpus, mimic octopus, numerous frogfish species, lacy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes), shrimps galore, and also the famous "walking" epaulette sharks (Milne Bay and Papuan); and manta cleaning stations. We will also have a couple of trips ashore.
12 people maximum.
3 cabins left at $3920 per person sharing includng fuel surcharge, reef and safety fees, and domestic flights
Nitrox $150
4-night festival pre-trip extensions from $950 including domestic flights
More info here: http://www.bestofpng.com/pages/png-liveaboards/spirit-of-niugini/spirit-of-niugini-southern-islands-special.php
