Archive for the ‘Travel & Tourism’ Category
Sunday, October 24th, 2010
Tasik Ria Resort is offering the following deals for bookings made between 16 Nov - 16 Dec 2010:
1/. Special 7 nights All-inclusive dive package - Pay for 6 days dive package and the 7th day is free at USD $899 (reg. value at $1,150)
2/. Special 10 nights All-inclusive dive package - Pay for 9 day ...
Posted in Deals for Divers, Diving, Hotels, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia, Special Offers, Symbiosis-Travel | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Symbiosis is happy to offer additional cruise dates with big discounts on the Toum Tiou luxury river cruise across the Tonle Sap lake between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, home of Angkor Wat.
08-10 Nov: Angkor to Phnom Penh - 25% OFF
17-19 Dec: Phnom Penh to Angkor - 25% OFF
28-30 Jan: ...
Posted in Cambodia, River Cruises, River Cruising, Southeast Asia, Special Offers | No Comments »
Monday, September 27th, 2010
The luxury river cruiser, Toum Tiou II, has got some great discounts on 3 day/2 night cruises between Phnom penh and Siem Reap, home to Angkor Wat, this coming November and December.
01 to 03 Nov - Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, 25% off
26 to 28 Nov - Phnom Penh to ...
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Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Philippine Siren 1st-11th July 2011, Northern Visayas Exploration, 2,400 Euro less 15% = 2,040 Euro
See full list of schedules on the Philippines Siren here
Posted in Dive Liveaboards, Diving, Philippines, Sailing Cruises, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia | No Comments »
Friday, September 17th, 2010
September Specials on Indonesia Liveaboards
Mandarin Siren 2nd -8th March 2011, Raja Ampat South, 1500 Euro less 10% 1350 Euro
Indo Siren 14th-24th June 2011, Komodo National Park, 2400 Euro less 10% 2160 Euro
Check out the full schedules on all Siren boats in Indonesia here.
Posted in Deals for Divers, Dive Liveaboards, Diving, Indonesia, Sailing Cruises, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia | No Comments »
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
How you can participate, go to Project Aware website
International Cleanup Day is 25 September. This massive volunteer event is the largest of its kind, when underwater teams of volunteer divers in more than 100 countries tackle marine debris issues head on.
For info on how you can participate, go to Project ...
Posted in Conservation, Diving, News, Responsible tourism, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Early booking special. 20 % off if you book one of these dive liveaboard cruises on the beautiful, brand new, sailing pinisi the Mandarin Siren before the end of August 2010 (while spaces last!):
24 Jun to 05 Jul 2011, 11 nights - North Sulawesi - 2500 Euro less 20% = 2000 ...
Posted in Deals for Divers, Dive Liveaboards, Diving, Indonesia, Sailing Cruises, Scuba Diving | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Malaysia is renowned for its wonderful marine world and nearly half a million divers come here every year to admire some of the world’s most popular diving sites. The attention is fantastic as it helps raise awareness of some of the problems associated with global warming, yet on the other ...
Posted in Climate, Conservation, Diving, Malaysia, News, Responsible tourism, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
One of our favourite Eco lodges in Southern Thailand, Elephant Hills Nature Lodge, a luxury tented camp located in the rainforest on the edge of Khao Sok National Park in Southern Thailand, surrounded by dramatic, karst limestone mountains, has a great green season offer for the months of June and ...
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Also aboard the SY Siren
21 Feb - 02 March 2011 - was 3,300 Euro now with 20% off making it 2,640 Euro
Posted in Deals for Divers, Dive Liveaboards, Diving, Sailing Cruises, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Aboard the SY Siren
12 - 22 December 2010 - Best of Thailand - was 2,200 Euro now with 20% off making it 1,760 Euro
23 Dec 2010 - 03 Jan 2011 - Similan Islands, Thailand and Mergui Archipelago (Burma) - was 2,600 Euro now with 10% off making it 2,340 Euro
Contact ...
Posted in Deals for Divers, Dive Liveaboards, Diving, Sailing Cruises, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia, Thailand | No Comments »
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
One of the most recent additions to the fleet of high end, sailing pinisi liveaboards in Indonesia is the exquisite Aurora, launched late last year.
Symbiosis is offering a 10% discount on a liveaboard dive safari on this gorgeous vessel to the Banda Sea (Ambon ~ Maumere)
01-13 Oct (12 nights)
Also, for small ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
We have had some additional places open up on some of our tours for the 2010 Mount Hagen Cultural Festival in August this year.
This is a highly sought after Papua New Guinea experience - the famous Mount Hagen Cultural festival. A must for people interested in photographing people.
In addition to ...
Posted in Cultural Events, Festivals & Festivities, Papua New Guinea, Photography, River Cruises, River Cruising, Southeast Asia | No Comments »
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Kuala Lumpur’s historical hotel Carcosa Seri Negara will close its doors at the end of the year to begin a renovation and redevelopment program.
Originally built in 1904 as the official residence of the highest British representative to the Malay States, Carcosa Seri Negara is a hallmark of Malaysia’s national heritage. ...
Posted in Hotels, Malaysia, Southeast Asia | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
I recently visited a community deep in the Cardomom Mountains, western Cambodia that, until recently existed to plunder the rainforest of trees and wildlife.
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Chi Phat is a former logging community a 2 hour boat trip up river from the newly refurbished road linking ...
Posted in Cambodia, Community Based Tourism, Conservation, Responsible tourism, Southeast Asia | 2 Comments »