Sitka/Juneau, Alaska
September 1 - 11, 2012
Alaska is something every diver should experience. It doesn’t matter if you have thousands of cold-water dives under your weightbelt. You need to experience this. The scenery is stunning and spectacular. The diving is some of the best cold water diving in the world. Imagine just 12 guests onboard. Beautiful quiet, serene mornings relaxing on the covered back deck in a wicker couch with a cup of coffee in your hand. Seven staterooms all with private facilities. A high-speed, triple engine, 38 foot dive skiff whisking you to dive sites in the blink of an eye. And the same crew, exceptional service levels and attention to detail that the Nautilus Explorer is famous for. It's all in the small but important touches like setting your gear up in the skiff just once at the start of your trip, a single step up from the skiff to the main boat, a large multi-level camera table, a protected area out of the weather to gear up in your drysuit, a sparkling, clear hot-tub, individual heat controls in the cabins, kayaks, zodiac shore expeditions, and a hostess with hot drinks and snacks waiting for you after every dive. The animals topside are just as enthralling as the critters below surface; grizzly bears ambling along the beach, bald eagles more numerous than seagulls, humpback whales blowing right beside the back deck water level as you sip your morning coffee. This is the full meal deal from incredible diving, photo opportunities, kayaking and shore expeditions all the way through climbing up icebergs.
Let Tropical Adventures Travel and the Nautilus Swell take you on an incredible journey back to nature like you have never seen before. Alaska offers some of the greatest bio diversity in the world. Incredible ecosystems of large animals from the mighty Steller sea lion, the graceful pacific white sided dolphin, the friendly giant pacific octopus, and the meditative wolf eel. Equally stunning is the macro life that includes strawberry anemones, sea pens, grunt sculpins, and red irish lords. You will experience all of this while navigating forests of bull whip kelp.
Diver –2 superior double occupancy suites (with double beds) – $4439US per person plus the $65 port fee (4 people)
2 single occupancy staterooms – $4439US per person plus the $65 port fee (2 people)
2 double occupancy staterooms – $3819US per person plus the $65 port fee (4 people)
Package includes: 10 nights accommodations, all snacks, meals, and all non-alcoholic beverages (soda, juice, milk, water), 2 dives a day (conditions permitting, sometimes more dives per day), diving, aluminum 80 tanks, and weight belts, use of sea kayaks, all shore excursions, in-water divemastering and guiding with local experts, housekeeping service and nightly turndown service, daily room service and nightly turndown, bathrobe and towels.
Package does not include: Airfare to Sitka, return airfare from Juneau, $65USDpp port fees, transfers, alcoholic drinks, dive & snorkel gear, Nitrox, crew gratuity (15% recommended).
Deposit requirements: $1000US deposit required at the time of booking. Balance is due June 1, 2012.
Cancellation policy: No refunds. Be sure to have trip cancellation insurance.
