Day 1. Depart London for Cebu
Day 2. Cebu, at a city hotel
Day 3. Transfer to Moalboal, 4-nights
Meaning 'bubbling stream,' Moalboal is a small town on Cebu Island, 89 kilometres south west of Cebu City. Once a fi shing village, Panagsama Beach is now a popular dive resort. Love's Lodge is a small, well maintained family run resort, situated directly on rocky Panagsama Beach. There are 14 large, well furnished rooms, all offering air-conditioning, bathroom and balcony and six smaller rooms with fan and hot shower. The restaurant is built over the sea with views of Tanon Strait, Pescador and Negros Islands, and offers a choice of local dishes with seafood specialities.

Onsite at Love's Lodge is Sea Explorers Moalboal PADI 5* Gold Palm Dive Centre. The centre offers world class macro, wide-angle and night dives, with up to four dives a day. There are also PADI courses up to Divemaster and Nitrox dive courses and Nitrox dives. Two native outrigger boats are used for visiting the area's best dive sites, transfers, safaris and daytrips, and there is excellent snorkelling around Pescador Island. Ideally located directly in front of the dive centre, the house reef slopes from one to 20 metres, with coral blocks, sponges and sea anemones, and is ideal for training, night dives and macro photography. Pescador's best sites can be reached in just 15 minutes; here you will see walls with overhangs, crevices overgrown with black and white corals, Gorgonia and sponges, Giant Frogfish and sharks. Attractions include: the Cathedral, offering the experienced diver an exhilarating dive, Sunken Island and Tongo Point, where turtles are common and the gentle Whale Shark may be spotted.
Day 7. Moaboal to Dauin, 5-nights
Transfer from Moaboal to Dauin near Dumagete is by boat, taking an opportunity to dive en-route if the weather allows.

Stay at Pura Vida a spacious resort located in Dauin, 15 kilometres south of Dumaguete City on Negros Island. Pura Vida Beach and Dive Resort is built by divers for divers. The resort is right on a sandy beach and surrounded by tropical gardens. There is a lovely swimming pool overlooked by the pool bar. The beach restaurant, which serves both Asian and International delicacies is above the dive centre and looks out over the beach and the resort. A large TV screen is available in the bar and the whole resort has internet access. The resort consists of 10 Deluxe Rooms with verandahs that have views of either the sea or the pool. They all have air-conditioning, cable TV, ceiling fan and a fully-tiled bathroom with hot and cold shower. The ten standard bungalows are situated inside a coconut grove and are made out of bamboo. A spacious room with ceiling fan, a fully-tiled bathroom with hot and cold shower and a nice terrace makes for a comfortable stay.

The Sea Explorers PADI Career Development Centre (CDC) is located directly in the resort. The close proximity to Apo Island, one of the highlights for divers in the Visayas, and the outstanding macro diving close by the resort, is a divers heaven.

Just ten minutes away by boat is the marine sanctuary of Masaplod, where you can expect to see big fi sh schools, huge snappers and sweetlips, Sting Rays and various Scorpion fi sh, you may also meet a huge turtle. Close by is Dauin, the place to see something special, and excellent for training and night dives - Seahorses, Ghost pipe fish, Frog fish and Nudibranchs are common and there is a unique Eel Garden. There are more fabulous dive sites around Dumaguete than we have space to describe - come and see them for yourself!
Day 12. Transfer to Alona Beach, 4-nights
Transfer is by boat, taking an opportunity to dive en-route. You will stay at the Alona Vida Beach Resort located directly on the white sandy beach of Alona. Alona Vida Beach Resort offers just eight spacious deluxe rooms in two two-storey buildings. Situated in the middle of Alona Beach with bars and restaurants around, the resort is better suited to those who like a lively buzz around them. All rooms have air-conditioning and ceiling fans, cable TV and bathroom with hot and cold shower, the water can be slightly salty.

In the resort is the Coco Vida Bar and Restaurant, serving international and local meals and a range of cocktails. Also, onsite is Sea Explorers dive centre at Alona Beach, offering technical and Rebreather diving and courses. The house reef is directly in front of Alona Beach. It slopes down to 20 metres and is good for training, orientation and night dives. There are many varieties of soft and hard corals and schools of lip fi sh, butterfl y fi sh and doctor fi sh can be spotted. There are many excellent dive sites close by Alona Beach - just two kilometres away is Arco Point, with a colony of sea snakes and a dive through tunnel starting at eight metres and exiting at 18 metres. Covered with soft corals the site is home to schools of Glass fish, Moray Eels, Snake Eels and Frogfish. Whilst 40 minutes away Doljio Beach has several good sites, Fan Coral Garden and Hammerhead Point, the clear visibility makes the dives unforgettable. Also 40 minutes away is Pamilacan Island, excellent for drift dives with a good chance of seeing Manta Rays and Whale Sharks.
Day 16. Return to the UK via Cebu & Manila
Transfer back to Cebu where you will catch a flight to Mania and connect onto your homeward flight.
Day 17. Arrive Home
Mix and match six different dive centres on a selection of islands:

Malapascua, Cabilao, Moalboal, Alona Beach on Pangalao Island, Duain on Dumaguete and Siquijor.

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