Check out the latest special offers from our friends at UK-based Tour Operator Diverse Travel:

South Africa | 9 nights | Aliwal Shoal Diving + Cape Town Explorer

Perfect for combining diving the famous Aliwal Shoal with 2 baited shark dives and discovering the delights of Cape Town.

Price: £1720 per person based on sharing a twin/double room, including:

• Return international flights to Durban return from Cape Town on Emirates (via Dubai)
• 6 nights’ Full Board in twin/double room, Blue Ocean Resort, Umkomaas
• 8 dives: 6 Aliwal Shoal reef dives (2-tank morning trips) + 2 Baited Shark dives
• Round trip airport transfers from Durban King Shaka International Airport
• One-way domestic flight Durban to Cape Town
• 3 days’ Cape Town car hire (Avis VW Polo TSI B Plus + GPS)
• 3 nights’ B&B, Suite, Rouge on Rose Boutique Hotel, Cape Town
• Government taxes
• Full ATOL Protection

Price does not include daily conservation levy of R114 (approx. £7).

These offers must be booked before 30 September 2017.
Travel must take place before 31 December 2017.

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South Africa | 11 nights | Aliwal Shoal + Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique) Shark and Big Fish Dive Combo + Big Five Game Viewing at Hluhluwe iMfolozi Game Reserve

Shark and tiger shark dives, big fish dives, private game park and spa and guided game drive. Just wow!

Price: £2,499 per person based on sharing a twin/double room, including:

• Return international flights to Durban on Emirates (via Dubai)
• 4 nights’ Half Board in twin/double room at Scuba Addicts, Umkomaas
• 6 dives: 4 Shark dives + 2 Tiger Shark dives, Aliwal Shoal
• 4 nights’ Half Board in twin/double room at Scuba Addicts, Ponta do Ouro
• 8 dives: 8 Shark & Big Fish Dives, Ponta do Ouro
• 3 nights’ B&B in twin/double Luxury Tent, Falaza Private Game Park & Spa
• 2 x morning guided game drive, Hluhluwe iMfolozi Game Reserve
• All transfers according to this itinerary (vehicle + driver provided)
• Government taxes
• Full ATOL Protection

Price does not include daily conservation levy of R114 (approx. £7) for Aliwal Shoal, R20 (approx. £1.5) Maritime Tax for diving in Ponta do Ouro Marine Reserve.

These offers must be booked before 30 September 2017.
Travel must take place before 31 December 2017.

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Oman Red Dhow | 7 – 14 October | from £1565

Just 80 miles from Dubai is Oman’s little-known Musandam Peninsula – an area of outstanding natural beauty. Dramatic vertical cliffs in meandering bays plunge into the azure seas below, giving Musandam the affectionate nickname, ‘the fjords of the Gulf’. Deep and cool upwelling water provide a rich plankton soup attracting a huge variety of marine life; whale shark, sun fish, pilot whales, lobsters, hawksbill, green turtles, huge schools of snapper, barracuda and jacks. Critters galore are also in abundance making Musandam a macro-photographer’s delight.

Red Dhow is a 76ft boat with 6 standard double cabins (2 cabins sharing 1 bathroom) and two ensuite cabins. She takes no more than 14 guests.

Price from £1565 based on sharing standard twin cabin, including:

• Return economy class flights departing from London to Dubai (flights from other UK airports can be arranged)
• 7 nights’ onboard the Red Dhow in an en-suite cabin with Full Board (breakfast, lunch & dinner), water, tea & coffee, PADI Instructor and/or Divemaster on board (acting as a dive guide) with up to 3 guided day-dives per day and return airport transfers
• ATOL and full financial protection

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Best of the Maldives | Emperor Serenity | 26 August-03 September 2017

This is the Best of the Maldives – and it delivers exactly that. This is where you dive the best and most famous dive sites of the Maldives in a week of wonderful liveaboard diving across Male and Ari atolls. Awaiting you are channels, drifts and pinnacles where you have every chance of meeting mantas, whale sharks and mesmerising marine life of so many varieties. Dive site flexibility is the key, so no matter what time of the year you visit, this itinerary gives you a mix of big fish such as shark and manta dives as well as reef dives, reef fish, morays and the abundant macro life.

Price from £2065 including:

• Return economy class flights departing from London
• 7 nights onboard Emperor Serenity in a shared cabin with 3 meals a day, afternoon snacks, unlimited drinking water, tea & coffee, 6 days diving with a total of 17 dives (inc 1 night dive), guide, tanks & weights, free Nitrox, 1 BBQ dinner on uninhabited island (weather allowing), Male city tour (on request), all local taxes and return airport transfers
• ATOL and full financial protection
• Not included: Diving equipment, alcohol, soft drinks & juices.

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Fiji Volivoli Offer | Book 7 nights, pay for only 5

• Volivoli Beach Resort | Fiji | 2 nights FREE
• PLUS 2 FREE dives
• PLUS FREE Nitrox*

Fiji has so very much to offer from the diving to nature, beautiful beaches and welcoming local people. Here lies a perfect blend of white sandy beaches, coral reef, a sunny year-round climate and that friendly Fijian hospitality and culture.

A pearl of Fiji, Volivoli Beach Resort is tucked away on the northernmost tip of Viti Levu and promises guests a welcoming relaxed indulgence. Being just a short boat ride from the enticing dive sites of Bligh Waters the Resort is family-run by the Darling family who have over 20 years’ experience of diving in these waters. Probably one of the best locations in Fiji for a diving holiday, Volivoli Beach is home to Ra Divers, a fully certified PADI and SSI Dive Resort with over 18 years’ experience.

Conditions of offer: Travel dates until 31st March 2018

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Truk Lagoon Special Offer | Save up to £425pp* | SS Thorfinn

• Book a week onboard Thorfinn diving the wrecks of Truk Lagoon and save up to £425pp*.
• Book and pay your deposit before end of July 2017 for all travel dates until the end of 2018 (subject to availability).
• *Discount based on a Tek Divers’ package.

Nestled in the South West Pacific, imagine sunshine days and a wondrous delight above and below the water. The journey’s end is well worth the time taken to get here. Once a WWII Japanese stronghold, the Americans’ destroyed more aircraft and ships in a two day attack than any other during the war.

For more information or to book, call Diverse Travel on Freephone 0800 915 4436, email info@diversetravel.co.uk or visit www.diversetravel.co.uk.