Beaked whales, sperm whales, humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins are among the remarkable Atlantic marine life to be found in the Azores, where a week at the Sao Miguel Park Hotel in Ponta Delgada with Regaldive costs from £661.
"Stretching for over 2500km along the East African Coast, Mozambique offers incredible, unspoiled diving," says Regaldive. "With reefs covered with healthy coral and teeming with fish, plus migrating humpback whales between the months of July to November, divers will not be disappointed." A week at the Nuarro Eco Lodge in Baixo do Pinda costs from £2695.
Flores, at the eastern edge of Indonesia's Komodo National Park, boasts more than 40 dive sites, many of which are relatively unexplored. Divers can expect "fantastic water clarity as well as encounters with manta rays, sharks and an abundance of unusual macro species, including frogfish in a kaleidoscope of colours". On land, guests can go jungle trekking or come face to face with the infamous Komodo Dragon. A week at the Bintang Flores Hotel in Labuan Bajo costs from £1329.
Regaldive offers dive holidays to destinations ranging from the Egyptian Red Sea, to Oman, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Sudan, the Maldives, Manado, Bali, the Philippines, Thailand, Borneo, Bonaire, Curaçao, Grenada, Tobago, the Galapagos, Pemba and South Africa. Holidays are available for all experience levels, including beginners.
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