Central MASS SCUBA - Grand Cayman Dive Trip 2005

Grand Cayman Dive Trip 2005

Grand Cayman Dive Trip
October 28^th. to November 4^th., 2005

Diver: $1,295 • Non-diver: $836 • Air: $585

Trip Includes:

7-nights luxury lodging (double occupancy) at the Cobalt Coast Resort
The Cobalt Coast, DiveTech and Grand Cayman’s North Wall are consistently rated among the Top-10 in the World by the readers of Rodale’s Scuba Diving Magazine.
Six days of 2-tank boat diving and unlimited shore diving on the pristine North Wall with DiveTech
Cayman Islands Heritage Passport
Breakfast daily
Airport transfers on Grand Cayman
Welcome cocktail upon arrival
Pirates Week is the Cayman’s largest festival.
Great trip for non-divers and families (non-diver: $836)

Trip Description

This trip will be to Grand Cayman (BWI) and overlap the Cayman’s Pirates Week festival. We will be staying at the Cobalt Coast Resort and diving mostly on Grand Cayman’s North Wall, with Dive Tech.

Pirates Week festival: Music, street dances, costumes, games, food and drink, "pirate invasion", Kids Day, glittering parade, sports events, Heritage Days, fireworks! It's fun-filled, festive days in the sun with something for everyone, and a lot of it is FREE!

Our trip leader George Krampetz checked out the SCUBA diving and noted:On each of my first five dives, we saw Eagle Rays floating along the wall. Many dive for years without one such experience. We saw sting rays, large turtles, French Angel Fish, Gray Reef and Nurse Shark, lobster (including the illusive Spanish Slipper Lobster), sea horses, Moray and Sharp Tail Eels and much more; all in clear (100 ft. plus visibility), warm (84º F) water. Both the Cobalt Coast and Dive Tech have a high quality,

service focused, operation. Hammerhead Sharks have occasionally been sighted recently as well, and are known to feed in the North Bay. Sting Ray City, is a world recognized dive site, even by non-divers, where divers and snorkelers can hand-feed and interact with Southern Sting Rays and a large, diver friendly, Green Moray Eel, in twelve feet of water.

In addition to great diving, Grand Cayman’s infrastructure is good, with great restaurants, nightlife and shopping. English is the primary spoken language and the people are friendly. Grand Cayman is a ´safe` travel destination with an excellent health care system and a local recompression chamber. US Dollars are freely accepted. Internet connections are available in the rooms and a guest laundry, restaurant and bar is located on-site. The Cobalt Coast is about a ten-minute drive from Georgetown and twenty-minutes from the airport.

Options:

Air transportation
Air transportation is available from Hartford (Boston also available) for $585 and includes departure taxes.
US 329 28OCT Hartford to Charlotte 800A 954A US1092 28OCT Charlotte to Grand Cayman 1110A1257P US1093 04NOV Grand Cayman to Charlotte 250P 538P US 750 04NOV Charlotte to Hartford 700P 849P

Ocean view rooms or full condo
Single supplement accommodations
Travel and trip cancellation insurance
Full meal package
Rental car on island
Submarine dive to 1000 feet
Dive at Sting Ray City or dive the entire West Wall with a DPV (Dive Propulsion Vehicle)
Visit the Turtle Farm, Butterfly Farm or go to Hell (The village of Hell, that is!)

Relevant Internet sites

Cayman Islands Tourism

Cayman Islands Tourism (diving)

Pirates Week

Cobalt Coast Resort

DiveTech

Sting Ray City

Deposits, Payments & Travel

Payment is due within five days of sign-up and is fully refundable within five days of sign-up. After five days penalties (up to the entire amount) will apply for a cancellation.
Rates are net per person in US$ based on a check payment.
There may be a small ($20 approx.) administrative fee added to the trip price.
A passport is required (US Citizens) for travel to the Cayman Islands.
Get travel insurance, we recommend the DAN Preferred Plan
Our price and itinerary is based on a group booking.
Terms and conditions subject to change.
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