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TRUK - Thorfinn Liveaboard

Sailing out of Guam, the SS Thorfinn offers comfortable liveaboard accommodation and excellent diving, and is operated by a crew with an intimate knowledge of the dive sites that are visited. Onboard, the vessel caters for 22 guests with 11 double cabins, most ensuite. There is a lounge, bar, dining room, spa, entertainment centre, TV/video, sundeck, boutique and photo lab. As well as the wrecks there are over 800 species of marine life including sharks, jellyfish, clownfish and rays. The diving season is also year round with water temperature from 29C/85F; visibility is between 20–30 metres/60–100 feet guaranteed.
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Diving

The Thorfinn has been operating in Micronesia for over 18 years amongst some of the worlds finest shipwrecks. Diving across a 40 mile diameter tropical lagoon, it offers comfortable diving for both novice and experienced divers. As well as diving, the guides offer much historical insight and detail of the sites visited. Thorfinn offers two separate dive stations to ease crowding with only six guests per dive on any one wreck. Very environmentally aware, Thorfinn does not attach itself to the dive wrecks and thus avoids destruction of the fragile structures of coral formations. The SS Thorfinn offers each diver the opportunity to explore up to 30 different wrecks in 6 days. Divers can explore huge hulls virtually intact, sunken bounties of bombs, torpedoes, guns, tanks, planes, mines, trucks, bulldozers and huge cannon shells resting in the ghostly silence of Truk’s seabed. Draped with vibrant soft corals and colourful tropical fish, they recall a moment in time long to be remembered.

Prices

From £849.00 for 7 nights standard cabin including transfers, full board (including soft drinks, tea/coffee and meals including deck BBQ ) 7 days diving and up to 3 dives per day (tanks and weights). Nitrox package & additional dives available.

Flight prices return London/Manila from £560 + Manila/Guam/Truk/Manila from £430 please ask for details

TRUK - Truk Stop Hotel

The island of Truk offers something unique to the diving fraternity with a 100 kilometre diameter graveyard of nearly 70 coral draped Japanese battleships and countless aircraft sunk by the American naval air attacks during World War II. This graveyard and underwater museum offers the chance of a lifetime for spectacular diving in warm, relatively clear and current free waters offering diving for both beginners and experts. It is a truly memorable experience.
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The Truk Stop hotel offers a variety of accommodation easily accessible to all major diving sites. Set within a lagoon this small and friendly 23 bed hotel offers clean and comfortable surroundings along with an award winning restaurant offering excellent cuisine and personal service. Facilities also include TV and seminar rooms and the hotel is close to Weno Island and other local attractions plus various restaurants, shops and bars including it’s own new edition Hard Wreck Café and Bar, know as the island’s premier watering hole.

Diving

Working along side the hotel and only a 30 second walk away is the Truk Lagoon Dive Centre. Opened in 1991 and now PADI affiliated, it boasts a 30 foot customized dive boat and experienced crew offering uncrowded diving around the many wrecks. Local guides refer to these wrecks as the Ghost Fleet as it is made up of 41 WWII dive wrecks although there are more than 65 wrecks in total, the biggest of these being the Emily Flying Boat. Other popular sites include the famous Fujikawa Maru containing zero fighter planes and the Betty Bomber, another aircraft wreck.

Prices

From £575 per person for 5 nights twin share room only accommodation in an ocean view room. Price includes 3 dives per day and free night dive (tanks, weights, dive guide, snacks), Land tour and shopping trip, Transfers.

Flight prices return London/Manila from £560 + Manila/Guam/Truk/Manila from £430 please ask for details

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