Hi,
I have been lurking for a while, and decided I needed to call upon the expert advice that is given here so often.
A bit of background
We (wife and I), have a 2 week trip over Christmas and New year. We have decided to go to Boracay for new year and have 9/10 days for diving before we do.
In April we have previously dived Anilao and Apo Island (Dumaguette). This time we want to try somewhere different, and were thinking of 2 centers.
Ideally we would like to minimise the traveling we have to do, both getting to and between dive centers and to Boracay on the 30th. For this reason we have ruled out PG, and while we have an interest in wrecks, we thought Coron might be a bit too much hassle for 3/4 days (but could be swayed on this).
So internally we kind of decided on the Cebu/Bohol area, but would be open to alternatives.
My question is, what 2 places would you recommend for 3/4 days each, given the following criteria?
Thanks for any answers that may be forthcoming
Kev
I have been lurking for a while, and decided I needed to call upon the expert advice that is given here so often.
A bit of background
We (wife and I), have a 2 week trip over Christmas and New year. We have decided to go to Boracay for new year and have 9/10 days for diving before we do.
In April we have previously dived Anilao and Apo Island (Dumaguette). This time we want to try somewhere different, and were thinking of 2 centers.
Ideally we would like to minimise the traveling we have to do, both getting to and between dive centers and to Boracay on the 30th. For this reason we have ruled out PG, and while we have an interest in wrecks, we thought Coron might be a bit too much hassle for 3/4 days (but could be swayed on this).
So internally we kind of decided on the Cebu/Bohol area, but would be open to alternatives.
My question is, what 2 places would you recommend for 3/4 days each, given the following criteria?
- good diving, obviously; happy with macro but would also like some pelagic action/lots of fish
- a bit of life topside, post dive (we're not looking for a party, maybe a seat on the beach and a game of cards)?
- Given that we want to minimise our traveling to maximise our diving (hard in the Philippines, I know), preferably places that are close(ish) to each other
- near to an airport with direct flights to Kalibo or, preferably, Catilan.
Thanks for any answers that may be forthcoming
Kev