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Thanksgiving Scuba Diving in Bali
Location: Bali - Sanur, Tulamben, Amed, Padang Bai, Nusa Penida, Lembongan, and Uluwatu.
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Continuing our tradition of going on a scuba diving trip to amazing warm water tropical locations on Thanksgiving, this year we go to one of the most beautiful places in the world: Bali!
Aside from being one of the most beautiful places in the world and top item on any travel lover's bucket list, Bali, “The Island of the Gods”, is also a scuba diving dream and paradise. Bali is situated in the richest marine biogeographic zone in the world. With clear water, amazing marine life and unique dive sites, Bali is must-go destination for any scuba diver.
A great bonus of Bali is that it is one of the only countries in the world that allows us to dive both the Pacific and Indian Oceans on the same trip!
As always, we are taking advantage of Thanksgiving and the weekends around it, so we only have to take 3 days off work, but will be able to go on an 8-day trip across the Pacific and Indian oceans and do 15 guided dives in some of the best dive sites in Indonesia and the world. Here are some of the dive sites/places we will visit:
Amed
From coral reefs to walls, from black sand to wreck diving, Amed has a huge variety of landscapes and reef life. Among others, here we are likely to see the pigmy seahorse.
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Tulamben
Here we will dive the USAT Liberty, one of the best wrecks in the world, famous for being home to an incredible variety of sea life. We will also do a night dive on the Liberty!
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Padang Bai
Padang Bai, where we will get to see a variety of unusual fish, including frogfish (that has legs and walks on the bottom of the ocean), leaf scorpion fish, and crocodile fish.
Nusa Penida
One of the best places in the world to dive with Manta Rays. We are all but guaranteed to find ourselves surrounded by these majestic animals!
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Nusa Lembongan
A rich island with great options for both beginners and advanced divers, where we can even have the chance to dive with dolphins in waters with over 100 feet visibility!
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 - ARRIVE IN SANUR | TRANSFER TO TULAMBEN | OPTIONAL BARONG & KRIS DANCE FOR EARLY ARRIVALS
Arrive and take a big deep breath! You have arrived to Bali after all! We will transfer early in the afternoon to Tulamben, where we will kick off our Balinese adventure. If you arrived early (November 18), you have the option of taking in a morning Barong and Kris dance, a typical Balinese ritual dance. In the dance, you will see the story of the fight between good and evil.
After our afternoon transfer to Tulamben, we will have a Traditional Indonesian group dinner (included) and orientation meeting.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Kajane Tulamben 4* or similar.
MEALS: Dinner.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - AMED | 3-TANK DIVE
In Amed we will find wrecks, walls, coral gardens, drifts and muck/macro dives with great visibility. With its unique black sand bottom, Amed has a unique marine life and divers often find species they didn't even know existed!
We will do a three-tank dive day from the morning until early afternoon. With great visibility and calm waters, Amed is also a great place for an optional night dive.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Kajane Tulamben 4* or similar.
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - TULAMBEN DIVE | USAT LIBERTY DIVE | CORAL GARDEN | NIGHT DIVE AT THE LIBERTY
Today is going to be a legendary day, where we will get to dive one of the greatest wrecks in the world: The USAT Liberty.
A United States Army cargo ship torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-166 in January 1942 is now a wreck busting with marine life, in fairly shallow waters with plenty of light, and very easy and safe to penetrate.
We will do one dive at the Liberty during the day, another dive at one of the many sites in Tulamben (to be decided by our guides according to conditions), and then go back to the Liberty for an astounding night dive!
ACCOMMODATIONS: Kajane Tulamben 4* or similar.
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 - PADANG BAI | 3-TANK DIVE
Another must-dive location in Bali, Padang Bai has an impressive landscape of hard and soft corals, several types of gorgonians, healthy staghorn corals, huge coral boomies, and table corals. It is also home to hundreds of species, both large and small: oriental sweet lips, moray eels, many species of clownfish and anemone fish, napoleon wrasses, trevalies, jackfish, dogtoothe tunas, king mackerels, crocodilefish, lionfish, octopus, pharoah cuttlefish, green turtles, whitetip, blacktip reef, nurse and wobbegong sharks. We will also find macro life such as frogfish, ornate, robust and ghost pipefish, leaf scorpionfish, pygmy seahorses, nudibranches and flabelinas, siagiani squat lobsters, orang-utang crabs, zebra crabs and other rare crustaceans.
We will do a three-tank dive day from the morning until early afternoon, and have the option to add a night dive.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Puri Santrian 4* or similar.
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 - NUSA PENIDA | 3-TANK DIVE
Nusa Penida’s dive spots consistently rank in the top 10 dive sites worldwide, and are among the top 3 dive sites in Indonesia
Located in the Indian Ocean side of Bali, Nusa Penida is one of the best locations in the world to dive with the majestic manta ray. Nusa Penida is also home to over 500 species of reef fish, corals, and pelagic creatures including: white tip reef sharks, eagle rays and blue-spotted stingrays, lionfish, octopus, moray eels, scorpionfish, soft corals, clownfish, butterflyfish, barracuda, trevally, snappers, sea turtles and pufferfish.
We will do a three-tank dive in the morning until mid-afternoon. In the evening we will have an optional Thanksgiving dinner at the beach.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Puri Santrian 4* or similar.
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch. Optional Thanksgiving Beach Dinner.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 - NUSA LEMBONGAN | 3-TANK DIVE
Next to Nusa Penida, we will find Nusa Lembongan. Nusa Lembongan is similar to Nusa Penida, but has its own flavor. We will do a three-tank dive, where we we are likely to see Mantas, as well as eagle rays reef sharks, and, with a little luck, curious spinner dolphins that are likely to come swim with us!
ACCOMMODATIONS: Puri Santrian 4* or similar.
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 – FREE DAY IN SANUR | OPTIONAL DIVES | OPTIONAL CYCLING TOUR | OPTIONAL ULUWATU TEMPLE VISIT, KECAK FIRE DANCE, FAREWELL BEACH DINNER.
Depending on when you book your flight on Sunday, today you might be able to go on another dive to Padang Bai, Nusa Penida, or Nusa Lembongan.
We will also have the chance to go on a wonderful and relaxed downhill cycling tour through villages and rice fields. The views will be breathtaking and scenic, and unique to Bali. We will stop for breathtaking views of traditional houses, rice fields, Banyan trees, and more. We’ll re-energize during the tour with a coffee break. We will arrive back just in time for those going to the optional temple visit, Kecak dance, and seafood dinner on the beach.
If we want to do some land exploration on our last day, we have an optional temple visit, Kecak dance, and farewell dinner on the beach, starting with a visit to one of the most famous temples in Bali, Uluwatu. Situated at the southern tip of Bali on a cliff, the view from this temple is nothing short of magnificent. Mind the cheeky monkeys that call the temple home and whom we will surely encounter. After a tour through the temple and taking in its views, we will head to the arena for the Kecak and Fire dance that will be seared in your mind as the performance of a lifetime. This is a very famous dance that tells the story of the ancient King Rama. The story is set at sunset and continues into the night, and will go into the dark lit only by the bamboo torches in the center.
Afterwards, we will enjoy a farewell dinner on Jimbaran Beach, recounting our incredible Thanksgiving week memories over a seafood BBQ, arriving back to the hotel around 10PM.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Puri Santrian 4* or similar.
MEALS: Breakfast. Optional dinner on the beach.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26 - DEPARTURE
It’s so hard to say goodbye. So instead we say “Sampai jumpa lagi”!
Checkout time is 12PM, but you can store your luggage at the hotel. A vehicle will take you to the airport if you depart according to FLIGHT GUIDELINES. And, we will wish each other farewell until we meet again, and thank each other for this epic journey we took together.
ACCOMMODATIONS: N/A
MEALS: Breakfast.
- 7 nights of accommodations at double-occupancy (please see OCCUPANCY below).
- 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 1 dinner.
- 15 guided dives.
- Diving equipment (excluding dive computer).
- Very experienced local guides (max 4 divers per guide).
- Drinking water and snacks on diving days.
- All taxes and entrance fees.
- One of the most amazing diving trips of your life. :-)
- Flights (see FLIGHTS below).
- Optional activities, or any activity not described in the itinerary.
- Meals other than those specifically stated in the itinerary.
- Tips to guides, drivers, staff, etc.
- Rentals.
- Souvenirs or anything extra you would like to get.
- Double-occupancy: You will be paired up with someone of the same gender as a roommate, unless you have someone that you are already coming with.
- Single supplement (if you want a room for yourself): $700 (subject to availability)
- The last people to RSVP and pay the deposit MAY have to be put in triple-occupancy rooms (if we end up with an odd number of men or women).
Flights are NOT included. Flights are very easy to book on your own, and, as some people choose to do side trips or use miles/points to purchase airfare, we allow you flexibility in booking these. So instead of including air, we give guidelines so you may book your own. Shuttles will be provided if you meet the FLIGHT GUIDELINES below:
FLIGHT GUIDELINES
- Arrive in Denpasar at Denpasar International Airport (DPS) on Sunday, November 19th at or before 4PM. We suggest an early arrival if possible for this trip.
- Leave Denpasar International Airport (DPS) on Sunday, November 26th between 10AM to 5PM.
- Price: $2,095.00
- In order to save you money, we don't add the cost of credit card processing to the price of the trip, so this price is for check, bank transfer, or any form of payment that does not incur a fee. We can take the deposit via credit card, but need the remaining balance to be paid by a direct form of payment. If you want to pay for the remaining balance with a credit card, we can accept it, but have to add a 5% fee.
- A deposit of 600.00 (non-refundable, but movable) starts your reservation. Once we receive your deposit, we'll send you a questionnaire and a contract that will need to be returned to us in 72 hours to guarantee your spot. You can read the contract in advance HERE.
- Once you return the filled-out questionnaire and signed contract, we will send you an invoice for the remaining amount. You will have until August 19, 2023 (three months before the trip) to finish making your payment.
- Once you are confirmed, your deposit becomes movable. That means, if you need to cancel your participation on the trip for any reason, you may request a credit for 100% of your deposit that can be applied to any 1000 Treks Trip which departs within one year of the departing date of the original trip.
- When you make your deposit, you will be asked for your email. MAKE SURE YOU LIST AN EMAIL YOU CHECK DAILY WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PAYMENT. THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL RECEIVE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE, INVOICE, AND ALL THE EMAILS IN REGARDS TO THE TRIP.
CLICK HERE TO MAKE YOUR DEPOSIT.
- Full payment is only due by August 19, 2023, three months before the trip. You can make payments when and how you prefer so long as you are fully paid by the due date.
- If you make payments or pay in full before the due date, your payments (minus the deposit) are refundable before the due date. After that, all payments are entirely non-refundable.
- All trips are governed by our comprehensive contract. You should familiarize yourself with it prior to signing up for any of our trips. You can access it by clicking HERE or visiting https://www.1000treks.com/contract/. A link to the contract can also be found at the bottom of all our web pages under CONTRACT.
- Travel and dive insurances are REQUIRED. You may purchase insurance with any company you wish, but we require that your policy includes diving and non-diving related accidents, including death, dismemberment, personal injury, medical expenses, emergency evacuation and treatment, repatriation, and personal liability, with a minimum coverage of USD $200,000. Your dive insurance must also include search & rescue, and decompression chamber. You will be required to submit proof of insurance no later than (seven) 7 days prior to the start of the trip or you will not be allowed to participate in the Trip and will forfeit all your payments.. Although not part of the requirement, we STRONGLY suggest that you get insurance right away (within 15 days of making your deposit), and that you buy a policy that will cover you in case you need to cancel your trip for any reason.
- Because of the adventurous nature of our trips, our itinerary and some locations are subject to change due to weather, tides, road conditions, logistics, and other unforeseen circumstances. It’s not likely, but it could happen. Whenever we make a change in the itinerary, we will do our best to maintain the integrity of the trip.
- A passport is required for all international travel. Your passport must be valid for 6 months after your return date. If you don't have a valid passport, or if your passport expires before 6 months after the date you will arrive back in the U.S., make sure to get started on a new one ASAP. Here's the link for the Department of State Passport section: http://travel.state.gov//content/travel/en.html
- At the time of this posting all nationalities require a visa for Indonesia. Visas are available upon arrival, or you may purchase online in advance (https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/). U.S. citizens may obtain the Visa on Arrival at a cost of IDR 500,000 (approximately $35 USD), which is advised to be paid in cash if purchasing at the airport on arrival.
- At the time of this posting, travelers to Indonesia are required to show printed or digital proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 at least 14 days prior to your departure. The SatuSehat app should be downloaded prior to arrival to complete the health protocol application.
- If you need to take care of any of the aforementioned issues, make sure to get on them ASAP so you don't get held up because of some unexpected delay. We've had people miss trips and lose money because they waited too long or had unexpected issues come up and couldn't take care of them before the trip started.
- Having a valid passport and all the required visas, proof of vaccination, and any other necessity to enter the country, or countries, which we are visiting is your responsibility. Please make sure you have those, and any other necessary issues, resolved prior to the trip. 1000 Treks is not responsible for any problems resulting from you not taking care of issues ahead of time.
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