Palau's "Rock Islands" sparkle like jewels in the sun. Enchanting, exotic and unique, Palau offers some of the most spectacular wall diving ever found. With drop offs to 3000 feet, there are lots of big animals- sharks, tuna, wahoo and open ocean pelagic fish. Soft corals abound as do gigantic sea fans of every color possible. We will be on the Aggressor live-aboard to experience maximum diving at this world class destination in the cusp of the Marianas Trench.

There will be a land-based side trip after Palau to Truk Lagoon. Truk Lagoon, without a doubt is THE best wreck diving anywhere in the world. This clear tropical lagoon contains the wrecks of over 100 planes, ships and submarines, all dating from World War II. All the wrecks are still in tact. You should plan on an extra 5 days for this side trip.

Cost:  approximately $4900
 
Package includes:

• Round-trip airfare from LAX to Palau
• 7 nights aboard Palau Aggressor II
• 5 1/2 days of diving
• Tanks & weights
• Airport transfers
• All Meals, Beer/Wine & Snacks on board

2011 will be our eigth trip since 1984. Any well-experienced diver will say that Palau offers the best diving worldwide. Vertical walls to three hundred feet await you. There are more species of corals and fishes in these waters than in any other place on earth. 2,400 species of fish as compared to 575 in Hawaii. It is a never-ending plethora of color and diversity of shape and size. The Blue Corner is a grey reef shark parade that you will never forget. Huge Napoleon Wrasse will come and eat hard-boiled eggs from your hand. There are an incredible number of fish species here in a diversity hot spot.

Jelly fish lake hidden in a jungle crater will be an unforgettable adventure. You will swim through thousands of stingless beautiful jellyfish. Oolong channel will provide you with a most spectacular pelagic experieces--thousands of schooling fish swirl around you as they are chased by jacks, sharks and tuna. Be immersed in the pyramid of life.

Enjoy the untouched. One of the most dense cabbage-coral groves in the world is off Palau's Rock Islands. You will fly through the channel with a seven knot current. This is not a dive spot for the faint hearted. The trident clams, are huge and colorful (and cultivated for sushi): four-foot 1,000 pound beauties. With luminescent colors provided by its symbiotic algae, these clams gleam blue beside hot pink anenomes.

Optional land tours provide the diver with splendidly huge waterfalls in the mountainous jungle reaches of Palau.

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Side Trip: Truk
April 22-25
Cost:  approx. $1000
There is only one wreck diving area in the world, and it is Truk Lagoon. Hundreds of Japanese ships, some in perfect conditions, wait on the bottom for the diver to explore. Your adventure is only beginning as you see the wreck coming into view on your descent. You will see skulls and other human remains hide inside the wrecks. You will see rooms with thousands of unused rounds of ammunition. You will see gas masks, rubber boots, mess kits, rifles, unexploded torpedoes, depth charges, airplane parts, periscopes, in addition other remains of war the diver will see one the most beautiful displays of anemones, corals and fish life at the shinkoku maru.

As a member of the Finstads' dive team you will dive the spectacularly deep San Francisco maru with its deck at 170 feet. Very few dive operations are allowed to dive this wreck. This is the best wreck dive in the world.

Package includes:

• Airfare and transportation
• 5 nights at the Blue Lagoon
• 4 days of diving
• Tanks & weights

**Meals are not included on the side-trip. 

Reservations:

A non-refundable deposit of $2000 per person will reserve your space. A second payment of $1,000 is due 10 months prior to the trip. A third payment of $1,500 is due 7 months prior to the trip. Final payment is due 4 months prior to the trip. No refunds after 9 months prior to trip. All refunds subject to a $100 processing fee. Package price subject to change at any time.
Checks should be made payable to: Worldwide Diving Adventures
Mailed to:  Kristy Finstad
1150 Whitewater Cove, Santa Cruz  CA  95062

California Seller of Travel #:  2020378-40