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Caribbean Explorer II

sailing from St. Maarten
and St. Kitts

The Caribbean Explorer II, a 106 ft. motorized live aboard ship, cruises from Phillipsburg, St. Maarten, and Basseterre, St. Kitts, alternating ports every week. The vessel embarks Saturday afternoons at 3 pm after all guests arrive. Stops are made in St. Kitts, Saba, Statia and St. Martin.

Dive sites range from 20 to 130 feet deep, with an abundant variety of corals, fish, and marine life. Five dives daily, including night dives, provide opportunities to observe, explore, and photograph a pristine area. Water temperatures average 80 degrees, and visibility is 75-150 feet.

Passengers can choose from both NAUI and PADI advance and specialty programs. Seminars on underwater photography, camera repair, and diving physiology are offered on specific weeks. Classes on marine life identification and under water modeling are also available.

The ship offers full service photo and dive departments, including instruction, rentals, and E-6 film processing. Guests may view their video footage on one of the onboard monitors, and slides are easily viewed on large light tables installed in the main salon. Most dive related equipment, including regulators, BC's, dive computers, under water lights, and under water photo/video equipment is available for rent on board.

The main level salon includes the galley, dining tables, television/VCR, and a DVD video library. All interior areas of the vessel are air conditioned. Aft of the cabins is an open air salon with comfortable seating, stereo and wet bar. The open rear deck is furnished with lounges for sun bathing.

The spacious upper deck contains three cabins forward each with queen bed or two twin beds, with sinks, vanities, and large windows, as well as a private bath with shower. Below decks are five double cabins with double or twin upper bed, private sink and vanity, and two shared baths with showers.

Meals are delicious with made to order breakfast, freshly prepared between-dive snacks, hot buffet or barbecue lunches and full sit down dinners. A selection of beverages is available.

Caribbean Explorer US$ rates per person	1 Feb 08 31 Aug 08	1 Sep 08 31 Dec 08	1 Jan 09 31 Aug 09
Double Cabin	1,695	1,495	1,795
These US Dollar rates are per person, sharing double cabin, for a seven night cruise. Total taxes and fuel surcharge fees are US$ 215 per person (as of March 2008, subject to change.)
Included are three meals daily and plus between dive snacks; five dives daily; use of tanks, weights and belts; all alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages; port and immigration fees. Extra charges: Airfare; transfers from airport to the ship; Friday evening dinner; rental, instruction and retail charges; crew gratuities; cost of island tours; marine park fees in Saba and Statia; St. Maarten and St. Kitts island departure taxes and fuel surcharges. Singles can request a shared cabin at the double price. Single occupancy for a private cabin is 150% of the per person double rate.