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Met on arrival at Ranong Airport
or, at the Royal Princess Hotel in Ranong. Road transfer to Ranong Immigration for Thailand check-out, then
continue to the jetty to board a longtail boat for the Pakchan river crossing to Kawthaung. Short sight seeing
tour in this interesting Burmese border trading town, formerly known as Victoria Point, before boarding the
yacht. Depart from Kawthaung at approximately 17:00 hrs for the islands of the Mergui Archipelago. |
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Western Rocky Islet
Proceed overnight to Western Rocky, three great dives here. Highlights of the dive site being a big cave
filled with fifty or more lobsters and thousands of Glassfish. Good chance to see Manta-rays as well as the
resident Grey Reef, Black Tip and White Tip sharks at this open ocean dive site. |
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Resort and South Twin
Three dives, plus optional night dive. Great macro life makes these sites a 'must see' on any diver's
checklist. Commonly seen are Sea Horses, Ornate Ghost Pipe fish, Frog fish, Stonefish, Turtles, Rays,
Sea Snakes, Cuttlefish and much more. |
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North Twin
Early morning travel to North Twin Island - three dives again. Optional night dive available |
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Black Rock - Three dives.
Overnight to Black Rock, the most Northern point on the itinerary. This dive site consistently gives some of
the best diving to be found anywhere in the Andaman Sea. A truly oceanic site, with no land in site. Big
pelagics are common, Manta Rays, Whale Sharks, plus lots of other different types of sharks and rays can all
be seen here. Also, you can expect to see schools of Jacks and Tuna. If this isn’t enough the macro
life is also first-class but expect to spend your time looking away from the reef at the bigger stuff out in
the blue. |
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Nine Pins Rock and In
Through-the-Outdoor
Considered by virtually all of our guests to be the best dive of the trip, the highlight of 'In
Through-the-Outdoor' being the big ‘swim-through’, which is home to Grey Reef
Sharks. Inside
the cave also lives a family of Nurse Sharks, one of which is about four meters long. A very healthy coral
reef, inhabited by a profusion of fish life is another bonus. Sea Horses are common here. At the end of the
afternoon we sail back to Kawthaung. |
Route to join this trip – Passengers should fly direct to Ranong from Bangkok. Phuket Air
offers flights between Bangkok and Ranong. SEAL will arrange transport for you from the Ranong
airport. |