Burma Liveaboards -
Diving in Burma:
7 diving days / 8 nights
South East Asia Liveaboards - scuba diving vacations in the Mergui archipelago. Dive Burma (Myanmar) - Andaman Sea. Outstanding diving and sailing around uninhabited tropical islands on our liveaboard cruising yacht Crescent. This beautiful and pristine archipelago has over 800 pristine islands including diving destination Burma Banks with coral reefs, and great diversity of marine life including large pelagics - shark diving, mantarays, whalesharks and giant groupers as well as macros.
South East Asia Liveaboards are the
PIONEERS of diving adventure tours in the Mergui Archipelago. For over 50 years the
beautiful Mergui Archipelago, comprising over 800 islands, has been locked away, and has
remained pristine and untouched. This area offers pioneer diving as well as the dive sites
which we have already found to be excellent.
Our first trip in February 1997 to the southern
islands, gave our customers the rare privilege of seeing one of the world’s last
unexplored archipelagos.
During our first few trips we were restricted to the southern islands. We were then
granted an additional license to go further north for the M7 diving cruise and these
started in October 1997.
The diving in Burma differs from Thailand. Burma is
action-packed with large pelagic and schooling fish. Big sharks are abound - silvertip,
black tip, gray reef sharks, hammerheads, whale sharks and the occasional bull shark. We
have seen over 100 Manta Rays on one dive alone! Great macro life can be found. Sea
horses, ornate ghost-pipe and stone fish are amongst the archipelago’s rare
inhabitants. Huge barrel sponges, soft and hard corals abound.
Recently, our Burma adventure tours have been featured in the TV Series "Travel Asia
and Beyond".
Burma Liveaboards
Itinerary M7 |
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Check
in to our Dive Center in Phuket by 8.15 am for departure by 9.00 am by air-conditioned
mini-bus, arriving in Ranong (Thai/Burma border) by 2.00 pm, stopping en route for lunch.
Check out at Immigration (Ranong) then cross the Pakchan river (the border) by longtail
boat to Kawthoung. Board the yacht plus sightseeing and Duty Free shopping in this
interesting border trading town, formerly known as Victoria Point. Departing from
Kawthoung by 06:00 pm for the Mergui Archipelago (Western Rocky Islet) |
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The
whole day spent diving at Western Rocky Islet. 3 dives. Travel overnight to BURMA BANKS
(weather permitting) |
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3
dives at Silvertip Reef (Burma Banks). Late afternoon travel to North Twin Island |
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First
dive of the day at North Twin. Dives 2 and 3 at dive site "In through the
Out-door"! Late afternoon travel north to Clara Island. Optional night dive
available. Evening spent relaxing in secluded bay. |
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Early
morning travel overnight to Black Rock. Whole day spent diving here. Outstanding shark
action and big rays.3 dives. Late afternoon travel north to Little Torres Islands |
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Diving
at Little Torres Islands. 3 dives |
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Early
morning travel south back to Black Rock. 3 dives. |
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Travel
south, diving in the vicinity of MacCarthy, Stewart and Cavern Islands. Late afternoon
travel back to Kawthoung |
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Early
morning depart Kawthoung and travel back to Phuket. Arrive in Phuket at approx. 3.00 pm |
Note:
This itinerary is approximate and is
subject to change, depending on weather, water clarity and pelagic action at time of trip.
Alternative route to join this
trip:
Passengers can fly direct to Ranong
from Bangkok, thus avoiding the mini-bus journey. Bangkok Airways now have daily flights
from Bangkok to Ranong (flight departs in Bangkok at 08:20 am, arriving in Ranong at 09:40
am). Pickup at the Royal Princess Hotel Ranong at 03:15 pm.
Cancellation Clause:
If circumstances should arise such as
political unrest, fighting on the Thai/Burma border, flight cancellations or any other
risk to customers or vessels, South East Asia Liveaboards Co., Ltd. reserves the right to
cancel the trip. If this should be the case, we would re-route the trip to another
destination at no extra cost to customers.
| MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO, AT A GLANCE… |
| Reef type: |
Rocky
pinnacles, with good hard & soft coral formations. |
| Access: |
Liveaboard. |
| Visibility: |
15
– 30 Meters. |
| Current: |
Moderate
to strong. |
| Coral: |
Hard
and Soft corals on rocky walls and slopes. |
| Fish: |
Good. |
| Highlights: |
Many
different types of shark. Lots of Rays and good schooling
fish life. |
| Diving
Level: |
Beginner
to Advanced. |
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Yacht: "Crescent"
