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| Cruises in Fiji |
| Naia Dive Cruise
From manta rays to mantis shrimp, dolphins to dartfish, voracious sharks to vibrant soft corals, we found Fiji's ultimate dive sites! Join the luxury vessel NAI'A for world-class live-aboard diving adventures throughout the alluring Fiji Islands. Experience pristine South Pacific coral reefs at their most colorful and lavish. Enjoy famous Fijian culture and charm on the vacation you've always dreamed of. NAI'A has set new standards of live-aboard diving luxury in every way, especially in comfort and service. Designed by renowned marine architect, W. de Vries Lentsch, and built by skilled Dutch craftsmen, NAI'A was completely refitted in 1993 with the latest technology and facilities specific to the needs discerning dive travelers. This extremely spacious ship provides for 18 guests (maximum) with all the creature comforts of a quality land-based resort - including hot showers and cool staterooms - but with superior diving and a new view every day! NAI'A's sophisticated sailing rig affords her the range, comfort and stability of a true expeditionary vessel. Her large, diver-savvy Fijian crew is world-famous for their dedicated service, kava-inspired music and can-do attitude that makes for great flexibility as well as a great time! NAI'A's impressive layout, custom built for live-aboard diving, sports accommodations for 18 passengers in 9 spacious, air-conditioned staterooms with private en-suite heads. While the main salon above decks is perhaps her most eye-catching feature, with the golden grains of native Fijian hardwoods, the serious diver will appreciate the thoughtful lay-out of her roomy dive deck, complete with a dedicated dry camera and video room to suit the most discriminating photographers. Delicious and beautifully prepared meals of locally grown produce and meats and fresh fish await the hungry diver with a widely varied parade of delights served from the galley of our chefs, Manasa and Waisake. Truly the core of the NAI'A family is her Fijian crew, ten of the friendliest and most able sailors anywhere. Book a charter with us and you will agree; NAI'A stands head and shoulders above the rest. |
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| Accommodation | |
| NAI'A has
accommodation for 18 passengers in 9 staterooms, 8 with private ensuite
facilities. Four staterooms have queen-size beds, three have both a
queen-size bed and a twin-size bunk above, and two have twin bunk beds.
All the staterooms are larger than those on most dive vessels, with plenty
of stowage for gear, and they are tastefully decorated in a muted Fijian
motif. While strobe charging is best done in the camera room, each room
has both 110 and 220 volt power to run whatever electrical goodies you
have.
Salon |
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| NAI'A's main
salon is perhaps her most eye-catching feature. Carefully crafted out of
local timbers, the 625 square foot room serves as lounge, theater,
classroom, and dining room. The three tables in the salon are showpiece
items, built as a gift to NAI'A by the Fijian carpenters who refinished
the ship. Made of alternating planks of the four native timbers used
elsewhere throughout the ship, the tables are polished to a high sheen.
When you come back from the dive you can review your videos immediately using the entertainment system located in the salon. A multisystem VCR and television able to play both VHS and Hi8 tapes in both PAL and NTSC formats, slide projector and light box, are all available for your use. Don't forget to bring your favorite videos to watch and audio CDs to listen to while relaxing. We would love to see the your videos from previous trips! The salon is also a comfortable place to just sit and relax, read a book or take a nap. We have an extensive library of interesting books, magazines, games and puzzles available for your use while onboard. Fine Dining |
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| We serve a
cold breakfast of toast and cereal at sunrise, a full breakfast after the
first dive, lunch after the second dive, snacks after the third dive. A
white-tablecloth and complementary wine dinner after the dusk dive.
Coffee, tea, water, and juice are available 24 hours a day. NAI'A
Stewardess, Sereana, is available to provide for your every need an make
the salon feel just like home - but better!
The Dive Deck |
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| Just between
the salon and the camera room is our spacious dive deck. The divedeck on
NAI'A is unconventional in several respects. First, it is huge, bridging
the entire 30ft beam of the ship, and it is located amidships away from
the clutter of the working deck aft. During the charter, the crew take
care of filling the tanks and loading gear into the skiffs from the aft
dive platform, while divers have the uncluttered divedeck forward in which
to suit up and listen to the very thorough dive briefings.
Only masks, fins, and camera gear are stored forward, while the heavy and unwieldy tanks and BCs remain aft. Divers returning to the dive deck are treated to hot deck showers and clean dry towels at the end of every dive. NAI'A has a small laundry aboard where towels and tablecloths are washed daily. Once the scuba tanks have been moved aft at the start of the charter, the dive deck cushions come out and the place becomes a lounging area sheltered from the midday sun. The Top Deck |
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| The top deck
is where you'll find the wheelhouse, captain and crew accommodations, and
the huge sundeck. For those who do want to be outside in the sun, the
whole roof area over the dive deck and the camera room is a sundeck open
to undiluted rays. This is a great place to enjoy a relaxing lunch while
working on your tan. For the enthusiastic, this area turns into a great
workout space. If you are more interested in simple relaxation, there
are plenty of comfortable lounge chairs.
The crow's nest on the mast, fifty feet above the water, is the ideal spot from which to guide the ship through the narrow passages common to Fiji's outlying islands and from which to yell the traditional "thar she blows" when sighting a whale. During long passages the sundeck is used to carry NAI'A's two rigid inflatable skiffs. For more information on this cruise, go to: |
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