CaliDiver14
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Hello I’m a female solo traveler, advanced diver (200+ dives) who has been on several liveaboards in the Caribbean and the Red Sea. Despite my experience, I’m not a photographer and macro critters haven’t grabbed me as much as healthy reefs, swim throughs and pelagics (I’m a sucker for turtles and mantas).
I’ll be in Singapore for a business trip at the end of March and want to maximize being in the region. I’m looking to tack on a week/10 days to the beginning or end of my trip, explore another part of SE Asia and dive. I was considering Tubbataha liveaboard (worried it wouldn’t live up to the hype), Raja Ampat but am worried about being only on the boat and no land time to explore and is a liveaboard necessary?
Should I consider a land based diving trip in Raja Ampat? Worried about the trash and being stuck with new divers that suck their air in 30min on a 60 min dive.
I love liveaboards when they get you to remote sites that not many other boats can get to as well as guaranteeing mostly advanced divers. I’m just not sure if a liveaboard with few resort days on the front or back either mid March before my Singapore trip or right after late March/early April is worth it or is it better to be land based?
Would love recommendations, other threads on this site have been very helpful but the information can be overwhelming.
Thank you all!!
I’ll be in Singapore for a business trip at the end of March and want to maximize being in the region. I’m looking to tack on a week/10 days to the beginning or end of my trip, explore another part of SE Asia and dive. I was considering Tubbataha liveaboard (worried it wouldn’t live up to the hype), Raja Ampat but am worried about being only on the boat and no land time to explore and is a liveaboard necessary?
Should I consider a land based diving trip in Raja Ampat? Worried about the trash and being stuck with new divers that suck their air in 30min on a 60 min dive.
I love liveaboards when they get you to remote sites that not many other boats can get to as well as guaranteeing mostly advanced divers. I’m just not sure if a liveaboard with few resort days on the front or back either mid March before my Singapore trip or right after late March/early April is worth it or is it better to be land based?
Would love recommendations, other threads on this site have been very helpful but the information can be overwhelming.
Thank you all!!