Cuba Scuba Dive Tours and Cuban Live Aboards
Press Tours & Avalon Dive Center
50 miles south of the mainland of Cuba and 80 miles north of Cayman Brac is
a 150 mile long mangrove and coral island system forming what some people
say is the third longest barrier reef in the world. In the middle is a 90
mile long and at times 20 mile wide Natural Park. There is NO COMMERCIAL
FISHING in the Park and the number of inhabitants is ZERO. Imagine a marine
WILDERNESS with walls covered with brightly hued sponges and corals plunging
well below the limits of safe diving to shallow reefs filled with both
schooling and solitary fish and wrecks (even some Old Spanish galleons from
the l7th century.)
The mangroves provide an incredible nursery for the
smaller fish which in turn provide the reef with huge schools of baitfish.
This has provided a home to a prolific number of LARGE fish. We think more
than anywhere else in the Caribbean. Shark rodeos & hand feeding 200-400 LB
Jewfish are an everyday experience. Avalon Diving Center is the only
operation allowed by law in this entire area and hosts no more than 300
divers a year. Certainly, it is one of the last virgin reefs known to man.
50 dive sites are currently available, scattered over the entire perimeter
of Los Jardines de la Reina. Dive sites are well protected from the winds
and sea currents. Our dive center is well equipped with new compressors,
tanks and weights, two 41-foot and one 33-foot dive boats.
Live Aboards:
Tortuga: 5-6 night accommodation at the Jardines de la Reina in the floating
hotel 'Tortuga'; 500 sq. m., made up of 7 sleeping-rooms, each of them has
air condition and private restrooms. The crew is made up of 4 men and a
professional cook. You get 3 meals a day; breakfast, lunch and dinner. It
is possible to have a 'Cuba libre' or other cocktails on the comfortable
wharf 'Marlin' as well. The floating Hotel gives the possibility to reach
the diving sites in a few minutes by boat and allows to live at close
contact with a still wild nature, without having to give up all the
comforts that a hotel can guarantee.
Explorador: You can admire even better this wonderful Natural Park, going on a
cruise aboard the 'Explorador', 58 ft. 4 rooms, 2 bath, A/C or aboard the
new and very comfortable 'Halcon' 65 ft. 6 rooms, 3 bath, A/C.
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For information and reservations please contact:
Filippo Invernizzi c/o Press Tours & Avalon Dive Center
C.SO Peschiera, 249
Torino, Italy 10141
Cell: +39 335 8149111
Fax: (520) 222 1631
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