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Spending a month in Raja Ampat was a wonderful way to start 2024! Two 10-night voyages on the oh so lovable Coralia…

12-night liveaboard voyaging through the Alor and Komodo islands and a week of sensational snorkeling at Wakatobi made for bountiful happiness. 

How many places can you go and snorkel with mandarin fish, swooping mantas in every direction, thrilling channels with schools of fish, jacks and sharks?

this was the dreamiest combination of trips that I never wanted to wake up from.

Incredibly healthy Elkhorn coral, bazillions of fish and unique opportunities like swimming with Silky Sharks and Nino the crocodile!

We spent the first 4 days experiencing the arts, music, dance and cuisine of Havana and Trinidad and then on to snorkel the amazing Gardens of the Queen.

Days when we didn’t see another boat in sight. It was just us, floating under a clear blue sky, free to explore the reefs disconnected from the world.    

Belize was an awesome option for our fully-vaccinated, fully-enthusiastic and so ready to snorkel group. Our passion paid off.

The April Sea of Cortez April trip was magical. It was extra sweet to get away and be in nature during the pandemic.

What a privilege to be the only camp on this uninhabited, dramatic desert island. We experienced glamping at it’s finest on Espiritu Santo island.

happiness is being surrounded by beautiful reefs, pulsating stingless jellyfish, schools of fish and graceful, circling mantas.

Everyday was a new world and a new WOW! Magnificent soft corals of Misool, the cryptic critters in Aljui Bay, the layers and layers of fish in Sawanderek…

A month of snorkeling in Komodo, North Sulawesi and Raja Ampat. This was an unforgettable, unrepeatable totally remarkable adventure…

Still reveling in whales afterglow after being back from Tonga for 3 weeks.  We were on the very comfortable Nai’a liveaboard for 9 days.

The reefs are literally teeming with life and every time we snorkeled we saw eagle rays, sometimes five at once.

Even though I’ve been to Raja Ampat a dozen times my appreciation for the region just grows stronger. The beauty of the reefs is simply staggering.

Walk down the jetty stairs, put your face in the water and Hello underwater wonderland!  There is so much to see in every direction- a joyous assortment of fish life.

Raja Ampat never ceases to wow me with the breadth of diversity and beauty underwater. It takes my breath away to be surrounded by swirling around me or to swim over a kaleidoscope of soft corals.

Some voyages are just charmed. Everything was perfection on the June 2018 snorkel adventure through the Solomon Islands. The Solomon’s has everything going for it underwater.

How often can one say they saw a dolphins, turtles, mating octopus, mantas, eagle rays, mobulas and a whale shark within 24 hours?
Yep, that’s the Maldives. It’s super fishy.

My two new favorite words are “Bait Ball”! We discovered the magic of bait balls during our time there in January. During incoming currents tons of nutrients are swept into the channel.

Our group of intrepid travelers thoroughly enjoyed our time in the Solomon islands. Our voyage on the Bilikiki started in the Russell islands. From day one at Mirror Pond we were enthralled by snorkeling with...

Our Komodo snorkel adventure was a kickin’ trip! We had a blast. Three days in a row of swimming with Mantas, getting up close and personal with Komodo dragons and snorkeling stunning reefs.