_Burma Diving safaris
_Discover the untouched appeal of this remote area. The Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar (Burma) consist of more than 800 tropical islands. And also diving the best sites like Black Rock, a few Islets, Western Rocky along with the Burma Banks, the amount of islands provides us the chance to make discovery dives on sites never dived before. Our aim is usually to show you the very best diving the Mergui Archipelago and Burma Banks can give.
Burma Diving safaris
The variety of scenery and wildlife to wear topside is just a small taste products to expect underwater. Dive site topography includes huge granite boulders featuring swim throughs, island fringing rocky sloping reefs, submerged limestone pinnacles, limestone caves, dramatic archways and overhangs, limestone walls, sloping coral reefs and big submerged rocky, sand banks covering many square kilometres.??Numerous species or soft corals really enjoy the limestone rock in a very dazzling display of colours, huge gorgonian sea fans form forests underwater all teeming with colourful reef fish. A lot of crustaceans along with moray eels hide in cracks and overhangs, while scorpion fish and octopus sit camouflaged for the purple and violet algae covered rocks.??For the people with a keen eye, seahorses, ornate ghost pipefish, frogfish and stonefish are routine on many sites. Schooling fish dart occasionally, harried by the patrolling barracuda, rainbow runners, tuna, trevelly and Spanish mackerel, while large stingrays and often sharks can be seen cruising the deeper waters.
Although Mergui Archipelago is rising in popularity, because of the large, remote area paid by a burma diving safari it can be highly likely you may be the only divers with a particular dive site. Avoiding the crowds permits you to dive at your own pace and spend all the time as you like experiencing the underwater life that interests you the most. This is a appealing factor to underwater photographers the ones wishing to spot shy underwater creatures.
With a typical live-aboard safari you won't dive the best, most famous Mergui Archipelago and Burma Banks dive sites there's also scope to try somewhere new on every trip. The vast number of islands makes discovery dives possible at many locations, suppose the excitement and adventure to be able to dive somewhere previously unknown!
Burma Diving Safaris over the Mergui Archipelago gives plenty of time to dive and discover famous dive sites much like the Burma Banks where you can experience huge pristine coral banks with a chance of seeing nurse sharks or Black Rock famous for Giant Manta Ray sightings. Imagine diving without having other dive boats coming soon, exploring deserted, white sandy beaches, this is simply a taste of what the Mergui Archipelago can give.
Known locally because Myeik Archipelago, the Mergui Archipelago begins with the boarder with Thailand in southern Myanmar (Burma) and stretches over 450km northwards and 160km west in the Andaman Sea. The archipelago is called after the town of Mergui which has been once a major sea port to the Kingdom of Siam when Thailand ruled over aspects of Burma and later for the British whenever they colonised Burma.?Since the late 1940's beautiful hawaii reverted to a state of important isolation, inhabited by small populations of Moken, also known as sea gypsies. Comprising of over 800 islands the Mergui Archipelago remains one of the few places in the world still providing the chance of discovery and adventure.
The geological diversity of the islands that make up the Mergui Archipelago is actually breathtaking! The sea scape is interspersed with large granite islands, some numerous square kilometres long, covered in dense rainforest, dotted with white sandy beaches down the shoreline and fringed with coral reefs visible beneath the turquoise waters.?These islands support a wonderful variety of flora and fauna. Check for sea otters, monkeys, wild boar, small deer along with the vast array of birds and reptiles that inhabit the lager islands. As opposed hundreds of smaller limestone islands jut through the sea forming spectacular shapes that defy the imagination. Even smallest, most inhospitable limestone pinnacles are you will find birds such as herons and sea eagles and even even trees.
Burma Diving safaris
Burma Diving safaris
The variety of scenery and wildlife to wear topside is just a small taste products to expect underwater. Dive site topography includes huge granite boulders featuring swim throughs, island fringing rocky sloping reefs, submerged limestone pinnacles, limestone caves, dramatic archways and overhangs, limestone walls, sloping coral reefs and big submerged rocky, sand banks covering many square kilometres.??Numerous species or soft corals really enjoy the limestone rock in a very dazzling display of colours, huge gorgonian sea fans form forests underwater all teeming with colourful reef fish. A lot of crustaceans along with moray eels hide in cracks and overhangs, while scorpion fish and octopus sit camouflaged for the purple and violet algae covered rocks.??For the people with a keen eye, seahorses, ornate ghost pipefish, frogfish and stonefish are routine on many sites. Schooling fish dart occasionally, harried by the patrolling barracuda, rainbow runners, tuna, trevelly and Spanish mackerel, while large stingrays and often sharks can be seen cruising the deeper waters.
Although Mergui Archipelago is rising in popularity, because of the large, remote area paid by a burma diving safari it can be highly likely you may be the only divers with a particular dive site. Avoiding the crowds permits you to dive at your own pace and spend all the time as you like experiencing the underwater life that interests you the most. This is a appealing factor to underwater photographers the ones wishing to spot shy underwater creatures.
With a typical live-aboard safari you won't dive the best, most famous Mergui Archipelago and Burma Banks dive sites there's also scope to try somewhere new on every trip. The vast number of islands makes discovery dives possible at many locations, suppose the excitement and adventure to be able to dive somewhere previously unknown!
Burma Diving Safaris over the Mergui Archipelago gives plenty of time to dive and discover famous dive sites much like the Burma Banks where you can experience huge pristine coral banks with a chance of seeing nurse sharks or Black Rock famous for Giant Manta Ray sightings. Imagine diving without having other dive boats coming soon, exploring deserted, white sandy beaches, this is simply a taste of what the Mergui Archipelago can give.
Known locally because Myeik Archipelago, the Mergui Archipelago begins with the boarder with Thailand in southern Myanmar (Burma) and stretches over 450km northwards and 160km west in the Andaman Sea. The archipelago is called after the town of Mergui which has been once a major sea port to the Kingdom of Siam when Thailand ruled over aspects of Burma and later for the British whenever they colonised Burma.?Since the late 1940's beautiful hawaii reverted to a state of important isolation, inhabited by small populations of Moken, also known as sea gypsies. Comprising of over 800 islands the Mergui Archipelago remains one of the few places in the world still providing the chance of discovery and adventure.
The geological diversity of the islands that make up the Mergui Archipelago is actually breathtaking! The sea scape is interspersed with large granite islands, some numerous square kilometres long, covered in dense rainforest, dotted with white sandy beaches down the shoreline and fringed with coral reefs visible beneath the turquoise waters.?These islands support a wonderful variety of flora and fauna. Check for sea otters, monkeys, wild boar, small deer along with the vast array of birds and reptiles that inhabit the lager islands. As opposed hundreds of smaller limestone islands jut through the sea forming spectacular shapes that defy the imagination. Even smallest, most inhospitable limestone pinnacles are you will find birds such as herons and sea eagles and even even trees.
Burma Diving safaris