{"id":18202,"date":"2014-06-08T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/silversea-offers-scuba-diving-on-board-silver-discoverer\/"},"modified":"2014-06-08T09:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T09:09:00","slug":"silversea-offers-scuba-diving-on-board-silver-discoverer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/06\/silversea-offers-scuba-diving-on-board-silver-discoverer\/","title":{"rendered":"Silversea offers scuba diving on board Silver Discoverer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">#expeditioncruising<br \/><b><span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div lang=\"EN-AU\" link=\"#0563C1\" vlink=\"#954F72\">\n<div>\n<div>EXPLORE BENEATH THE SURFACE ON BOARD SILVER DISCOVERER<b><i><span><\/span><\/i><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<u><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LtdDWKinhaU\/U5QoMz5-44I\/AAAAAAAAmvU\/rMv8rXIQ_4Y\/s1600\/image002-746285.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LtdDWKinhaU\/U5QoMz5-44I\/AAAAAAAAmvU\/rMv8rXIQ_4Y\/s320\/image002-746285.jpg\"><\/a><u><\/u><b><span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<i><span>Silver Discoverer<\/span><\/i><span>, the latest addition to the Silversea Expedition Fleet, has introduced a series of scuba diving opportunities   on select voyages scheduled throughout 2014\/2015. <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Karen Christensen, General Manager &#038; Director Sales\/Marketing, Australasia, says  <\/span><span>the <i>Silver Discoverer <\/i>  itineraries will offer experienced scuba divers the opportunity to <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">see Asia Pacific&#8217;s top diving sites.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&#8220;Asia Pacific is a scuba diver&#8217;s paradise. Many of  <i>Silver Discoverer<\/i>&#8216;s voyages will\u00a0 provide guests with the chance to see this region from a different perspective. Among the 12 dive sites available as part of the select Expedition voyages, guests can discover some of the world&#8217;s most exotic underwater   species while exploring WWII wrecks and extensive coral reef ecosystems scattered throughout the lagoons of the Indo-Pacific,&#8221; says Christensen.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Silver Discoverer<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> will visit regions such as the Solomon Islands and Palau Archipelago, which has been   celebrated as one of the world&#8217;s most spectacular diving hotspots featuring blue holes, hidden caves and tunnels, and an astonishing spectrum of coral fish and rare sea creatures.\u00a0\u00a0  <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&#8220;Our Expedition team has carefully crafted these itineraries to provide our guests with the most awe-inspiring land and deep sea adventures.\u00a0  <i>Silver Discoverer <\/i>is designed to accommodate a variety of travellers, including those who choose to explore a world beneath the surface.\u00a0 A truly spectacular part of the Southern Hemisphere, these tropical waters really do tell a story of their own,&#8221;   says Christensen.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Aboard  <i>Silver Discoverer,<\/i> a team of experts including Marine Biologists, Dive Masters, Environmentalists, Ecologists and Geologists will be on hand to share their extensive knowledge of the region.\u00a0\u00a0  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<b><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Silver Discoverer<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> Scuba diving requirements:<i><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">All guests must hold an Advanced Open Water Dive License or equivalent;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Guests must obtain Medical Dive Travel Insurance;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Certification must be active and logbooks must show evidence that each guest has been diving within 12 months prior to the cruise;  <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">All guests must pre-register with Silversea prior to the cruise; and<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <\/span><\/span><u><\/u><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Guests must bring their own SCUBA BCDs, regulators and dive equipment. The ship will provide weight belts and tanks.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">The following voyages offer scuba diving.\u00a0 Please check the Silversea  <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9524\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">website<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> for further details.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">2014 voyages:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9415\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9415<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Southeast   Asia, 15 days, departing 21 September 2014<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9416\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9416<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 14 days, departing 6 October 2014<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9418\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9418<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 18 days, departing 3 November 2014<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">2015 voyages:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9505\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9505<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 17 days, departing 21 February 2015<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9506\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9506<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Southeast   Asia, 18 days, departing 10 March 2015<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9513\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9513<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Southeast   Asia, 14 days, departing 29 May 2015<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9520\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9520<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 16 days, departing 28 September 2015<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9521\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9521<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 12 days, departing 14 October 2015<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9522\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9522<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 10 days, departing 25 October 2015<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9523\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9523<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 14 days, departing 4 November 2015<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9524\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9524<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 18 days, departing 19 November 2015<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\/destinations\/plan-expedition\/?voyage=9525\" target=\"_blank\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">9525<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">: Micronesia,   Melanesia &#038; Polynesia, 12 days, departing 7 December 2015<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<span>\u00a0<\/span>For more information contact your travel professional or Silversea Cruises on +61 2 9255 0600+61 2 9255 0600 or 1300 306 8721300 306 872 (Australia) or 0800 701 4270800 701 427 (New Zealand), or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silversea.com\/expeditions\">www.silversea.com\/expeditions<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#expeditioncruising EXPLORE BENEATH THE SURFACE ON BOARD SILVER DISCOVERER Silver Discoverer, the latest addition to the Silversea Expedition Fleet, has introduced a series of scuba diving opportunities on select voyages scheduled throughout 2014\/2015. Karen Christensen, General Manager &#038; Director Sales\/Marketing, Australasia, says the Silver Discoverer itineraries will offer experienced scuba divers the opportunity to see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-silversea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}