The Atlantis Azores offers cruises to the Tubbatahas, Bohol, Apo Reef & Wrecks of Coron, Malapascua & Cebu. With easy transfers, consider a combo trip with Atlantis Dumaguete or Atlantis Puerto Galera Resorts for a multiple week first class dive vacation at a very reasonable investment.

The final itinerary is, of course, always dependant upon weather, sea conditions and where the best animal sightings are at any particular time of year

Itinerary information:

Tubbataha Reefs – mid-March to early June:  This marine park is under the strict protection of rangers all year round to ensure that the nations doesn’t lose the spectacular reefs and marine life in this region. You can expect to see sponges nearly as large as the passing whale sharks, giant sea fans and delicate soft corals.  The coral gardens attract schooling sweetlips, bumphead parrotfish. and batfish but you’ll also dive vertiginous walls with hanging gardens filled with critters.  There will be plenty of “the big stuff” as these waters offer ample interactions with manta rays, turtles, jacks, schools of barracuda, hammerheads, tiger shark and, yes, whale sharks

Bohol – In Moalboal, Pescador Island offers a stunning wall teeming with life plus the exhilarating “sardine run” and a good chance of seeing a thresher.  Oslob features a thrilling morning of whale shark snorkelling which is followed by Sumilon Island, surrounded by crystal clear waters and pristine white sandy beaches, exquisite coral gardens and drop-offs.  Balicasag Island a big fish destination … jacks, mackerel and barracudas, large groupers, napoleon wrasses and snappers hiding in the overhangs of the dramatic multi-hundred foot vertical walls. Good critter shots in the wall plus sharks, eagle & manta rays. Apo Island more superb walls, an abundance of fish and impressive critters.

Malapascua & Cebu – The Malapascua – Cebu route offers some of the best diving in the Philippines, including Sumilon Island, Pescador Island & Malapascua’s Gato Island, home of a  protected breeding sanctuary. You’ll also visit Monad Shoal, known for thresher sharks & manta rays. But, Malapascua also offers a wide variety of critter diving not to mention abundant reefs and wall diving. The trip includes Bohol, with its spectrum of reef, wall & critter diving as well as some land tour opportunities.

Apo Reef & Wrecks of Coron –  This itinerary generally spends 2 days at UNESCO heritage site, Apo Reef, followed by 3 and a half days exploring a variety of wrecks. Apo Reef is known for white tip and black tip reef sharks. Manta rays are sometimes spotted here & you can count on hawksbill turtles, bumphead parrot fish, huge schools of snappers and tuna…. and eagle rays. Before moving on to the wrecks, there’s an optional visit to Coron’s hot springs. Coron is well-known to wreck divers.You’ll explore WWII Japanese shipwrecks, including the Okikawa Maru, the Olympia Maru, the East Tangat Gunboat and many more  … all of which are covered in coral and teeming with fish & critters.