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Sand Dollar Condominiums Bonaire 7th Night Free Special

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Sand Dollar Condominium Resort

Sand Dollar Condominiums, member of the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame, offers guests everything they need to enjoy the best of Bonaire’s scuba diving in their 7th Night Free “Ride to the Reef” packages with PADI 5 Star Dive Friends Bonaire.

From April 30 – December 23, 2016, pricing on this package is based on pay for 6 nights, get the 7th night free. Weekly vacations begin as low as $654.00 per diver based for four people sharing a two bedroom/two bath condominium. Packages include an Avis rental truck, 6 days of unlimited tanks for shore diving, free Nitrox upgrades and tourism tax.

All Sand Dollar units have individual modems offering free high speed Wi-Fi, air-conditioned bedrooms, full kitchens, dining and living areas, and roomy porches or balconies overlooking the Caribbean Sea. The complex includes a pool, bar and restaurant, several seaside lounging areas, seaside grill areas, two tennis courts, deli and ice cream parlor. Several good restaurants and a full service gym are located within easy walking distance.

Sand Dollar’s on-property dive partner Dive Friends Bonaire operates a dive center adjacent to the Sand Dollar Reception Office with a drive up tank station, rinse tanks, rental gear, private gear storage lockers that can be accessed 24/7. Tanks and benches for gearing up for shore diving Sand Dollar house reef Bari Reef are located seaside just steps away from a sandy beach entry. Tanks can be access from this are 24/7, enabling diving on the house reef dawn, day, dusk and night.

In addition to having Dive Friends on-property facilities at their disposal, Sand Dollar guests have the added benefit of being able to swap out tanks for shore diving at any of the Dive Friends facilities at Dive Inn, Yellow Submarine, Port Bonaire and Hamlet Oasis.

Dive boats depart from Dive Friends Yellow Submarine, a 3 minute drive in your rental vehicle, at 9:00 AM for morning 2-tank dives. You’ll be back in time for lunch to then take advantage of unlimited tanks for shore diving the rest of the day.

Whatever your preference – studio or three bedroom, shore diving or boat diving, our Reservation Agents will help you choose the Sand Dollar condominium option and dive package perfectly suited for you and your fellow travelers.

Package Validity – Start Date Apr 30th, 2016

Package Validity – End Date Dec 23rd, 2016

Travel must be booked by Dec 16th, 2016

Website www.sanddollarbonaire.com

Booking Email Address res@sanddollarbonaire.com

Booking Telephone 800.288.4773

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Dive Provo & Ports of Call Turks & Caicos 20% Off Special

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Dive Provo

Dive Provo: A member of the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame

For a limited time, Dive Provo guests are being offered a 20% discount off on nightly room rates at the Ports of Call Resort, the island’s premier value-priced property.

Dive Provo, a member of the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame, provides the best of the Turks & Caicos Islands diving with their three modern boats visiting the dramatic walls of West Caicos, French Cay and Northwest Point, and exploring the deep spur and groove coral formations of Grace Bay and Pine Cay. Owned and operated by Alan and Clare Jardine, both with over 30 years of dive industry experience, Dive Provo is dedicated to providing guests with convenient and trouble-free diving. Their all-Instructor level crew provide concierge dive service as dive guides or as teaching staff for those interested in becoming divers or advancing their diving certifications.

For a limited time, Dive Provo guests are being offered a 20% discount off on nightly room rates at the Ports of Call Resort, the island’s premier value-priced property. The Ports of Call offers 98 spacious junior and balcony suites – all non-smoking – with a refrigerator, coffee maker, cable flat screen TV and sitting area with pull-out sofa. Complimentary Wi-Fi is available throughout the property. Only 300 yards away is a designated beach area on the awe-inspiring Grace Bay Beach complete with lounges, Tiki huts, standup paddle boards, kayaks, and floating beach chairs. A complimentary shuttle runs each hour.

Seven night packages including the 20% discount are now only $1,387.00 in a Garden View Suite or $1,520.00 in a Deluxe Suite with Balcony or Terrace. Package prices include accommodations, hotel taxes, hotel gratuities, continental breakfast, free Wi-Fi, 5 days of 2-tank diving and daily transfers to and from dive docks. All prices are per person based on double occupancy and are available for new reservations only. This special is available for travel May 1 – December 21, 2016, but it must be booked by March 31, 2016. Packages are customizable for any length of stay or number of dive days. Call our reservation specialists before March 31 for more options.

Price $1387

Package Validity – Start Date May 1st, 2016

Package Validity – End Date Dec 21st, 2016

Travel must be booked by Mar 31st, 2016

Website www.diveprovo.com

Booking Email Address diving@diveprovo.com

Booking Telephone 800.234.7768

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4 Romantic Dive Destinations

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Whether you’re planning a honeymoon or a very elaborate first date, a diving getaway can be a incredibly romantic way to spend time with the one you love. Lucky for you, some of the world’s top scuba destinations are also beautiful, tropical, low-stress areas. Here are a few destinations to […]

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VIDEO: Hundreds of Manatees Overtake Three Sisters Springs in Florida

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Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River, Florida, is widely known by underwater photographers and snorkelers for its resident manatees — but this week, these “mermaids” took over the marine sanctuary by storm.

According to USA Today, roughly 300 manatees huddled together in Three Sisters Springs on Monday. This massive aggregation resulted in a one-acre closure of the springs, USA Today reported, but the area has since been reopened until the manatees return during the next tidal change.

A migratory species, West Indian Manatees spend the winter months in shallow, slow-moving, Florida waters — including estuaries, canals, rivers and coastal areas — and they are known to travel to Three Sisters Springs annually during high tides.

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On Jan. 7, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal for a change in classification of the West Indian Manatee from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. According to the FWS website, this classification “will not affect federal protections currently afforded by the ESA,” and said that conservation efforts to fully recover manatee populations will continue.

“It is probably safe to say that Florida’s manatee population is in recovery,” says Miles Saunders, Media Relations and Marketing Specialist for Visit Citrus. “Last year’s statewide synoptic survey reported 6,063 manatees in Florida. Contrast that to the first year of that survey in 1991 when there were 1,267. This January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Joyce Kleen reported 1,042 manatees in Kings Bay and the Homosassa River alone.”

Though this is not the largest manatee aggregation recorded in Three Sisters, 2016 has been a record-breaking one for manatee populations in Citrus County and King’s Bay. After an aerial survey by Crystal River Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 12, refuge biologist Joyce Kleen reported an all-time record of 1,042 manatees across a survey route spanning from the Crystal River Power Plant to Blue Waters in Homosassa. The previous record was 1,016 manatees in February 2015.

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