SOUTH AFRICA
TRAVEL INFORMATION
€ 1,290
NEXT DATES:
18 to 26 FEBRUARY 2019
JULY 5 to 13, 2019
TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA ITINERARY:
- Day 1 MADRID-BARAJAS AIRPORT TERMINAL 4
- Day 2
Arrival in Johannesburg, we have to pick up the bags to identify them and check them in the following airline (this must be done due to local laws of entry into the country) Flight to DURBAN where a transfer awaits us to pick us up and take us directly to Umkomaas, where the diving center, Blue Ocean, is located.
- Day 3
07:00 h Breakfast
07: 30h First Immersion
09:30 h Second Immersion
18: 00h Shark Seminar (Approximate duration 3 hours)
- Day 4.
07:00 h Breakfast
07: 30h Third Immersion. (immersion with contracted bait)
09: 30h Fourth Immersion
11: 00h Fifth Immersion
Free afternoon.
- Day 5
07:00 h Breakfast
07: 30h Sixth Immersion
09:30 am Seventh Immersion
12: 30h Eighth Immersion
Free afternoon.
- Day 6
07:00 h Breakfast
07: 30h Ninth Immersion
09:30 am Tenth Immersion
Free afternoon.
- Day 7
07: 00h Breakfast Check out and heading to St. Lucia Lake, where we will spend the last 2 nights.
Approximate arrival at 4:00 p.m.
Free afternoon
- Day 8
04: 30h Safari Umfolizi Game Reserve.
At this time we will be picked up by Jeep to take us to the reserve where we will make the safari during the day.
3:00 p.m. arrival at St. Lucia Lake
Free afternoon
- Day 9.
11: 00h Check out and return to Durban to catch the flight back to Madrid
- Day 10
Arrival to Madrid terminal T4S
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- Diving equipment not including extra charge per day € 25.
- NITROX extra charge for immersion of € 5
- Extra charge of € 5 per dip for 15 liter bottles.
- Immersion with bait extra charge € 50 (in the package contracted includes a dive with bait)
- The safari hired in the package includes: 2 nights accommodation in a shared apartment in St. Lucia Lake, accommodation only, transfers, safari in the Umfolizi reserve with breakfast and lunch that same day.
- FULL BOARD in the stay in Umkomaas, does not include drinks. (one plate per meal to choose from the menu)
- If there are no changes, each diver will have a private double room at no extra charge for the stay at Blue Ocean, Umkomaas.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS:
- Climate: the water temperature between 19 and 23 degrees and visibility 20m. approx. Outside temperature between 22 and 28 degrees approx.
- Documentation: carry passport (6 months validity), diving certificate, diving insurance and dive book
- Cash: No need to bring cash, there the currency is the RAND (15 Rand / 1 euro) can be removed from the ATM without problem and pay by card at the hotel and / or establishments.
- Clothes and wetsuits: Summer clothes and maybe some sweater for the night, neoprene of 5mm will be enough
- The dives are done from the boat, with skipper, guide, bottle and lead supplied by the local diving center.
- Plugs: 220v with three-point adapter with circular shape, there also have adapters, but take some just in case.
- The bottles are 12 liter steel, with DIN system, if someone has an international adapter.
- Necessary payment of the reservation to confirm the place. fifty%
- Payment of the remainder of the trip must be made to the account provided 1 month before departure.
- The price of the package is € 1,290 + flights (the flights will be bought by each diver, being the responsibility of the diver the choice of their own flight)
- Cancellation:
Once the total payment is made, no refunds will be accepted.
ACCOMMODATION AND DIVING CENTER
The accommodation is the typical SOUTH AFRICAN house, in UMKOMAAS, where it gathers in the same complex the diving center next to the reception, bar / restaurant and leisure area, locating the rooms on the top floor of the building.
