Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts

Tuesday, 21 July 2015

Solitude Philippines Dive Team Leader - Bo Mancao!


Bo in Action! Photo by Ryan Alegre
Solitude Liveaboards warmly welcomes Bo Mancao, our Philippines Dive Team Leader! A dive connoisseur who knows the Philippine waters intimately and extensively, he is also a great supporter of Solitude and a personal friend. 

He is internationally known for proudly promoting the amazing dive experiences of his native Philippines and empowering local dive guides through The Dive Local Network, a Scuba and Adventure tours company. 


Photo courtesy of Bo
In addition, Bo is an award-winning underwater photographer and has been published in newspapers, books and publications like Asian Diver and EZ Dive that have a huge international following.

Together with cruise director Alfonso Ribote, Bo will ensure our guests have the best, most memorable Solitude Liveaboards experience. Bo will also announce his team of guides closer to the Tubbataha season in 2016!

Cruises are getting booked steadily but there are still some available cruises available for Tubbataha! For more information, please emailus@solitude-liveaboards.com



Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Tubbataha, Visayas, Leyte... Solitude One adding Philippines to their Destinations!

Dear Solitude Fans!

Photos Courtesy of DaveHarasti.Com
It is with great excitement that I announce my decision to add the Philippines to our Solitude One's liveaboard diving service! This will be an annual practice beginning in 2016. Solitude One will now be serving Palau and the Philippines!

The first cruise schedule is on the 19 April (to 28 April) 2016 leaving from Mactan and diving our way towards Tubbataha. Besides Tubbataha, We will be offering the itineraries of the south and northern visayas. With the tremendous support Solitude has with the who's who of the local diving in the philippines, we will be working with them on coming up with the various itineraries and exploratory plans too! 

I know what everyone thinks about when a liveaboard goes to a new destination, but even the most experienced had a first day at work. That is why the support is not all academics, but with the local diving aficionados being on board to assist in cruise directing and guide in tandem with our team!

Fresh off my desk is the updated schedule (and format) PDF file with the availability and rates. On page 3, you will find the inclusions/exclusions of the rates for our Philippines' itineraries. I will make available the other essential literature of Itineraries and FAQs as soon as I can and also be updating the website to add the pages with those essential information.  
As many of you know, this has been in the plans and we are extremely excited and looking forward to this new destination in addition to Palau! I want to thank all the support and encouragement to help make this decision easier!

Have a great week ahead and please feel free to let me know if you need specific information with regards to this latest added destination to welcome and host our guests!

Cheers!

Andrew Lok