Where normally special promotions cannot be combined, Manta Ray Bay wants to share their 30-years’ success with divers being able to profit both from their 30th Anniversary special and the 20% Discount deal during this year’s Manta Fest meaning divers can book a complete Hotel/Dive-package for as low as US$ 99,– per day** which includes accommodation, dives, breakfast, roundtrip airport/resort transfer and all taxes.

This year’s Manta Ray Fest has 5 professional presenters that include some of today’s top underwater shooters – Frank Schneider, contributor of Tauchen magazine, Steven Miller from Ikelite photo school, Andy Schumacher from Schumacherfilms in Germany as well as Ray Bullion and Brad Holland.

The festival culminates in a photo contest with more prizes than photographers – everyone goes home with something from our sponsors – compact camera shooters win the same prizes as big dSLR systems. Top prizes include liveaboard trips to Raja Ampat with Dive Damai and to Guadalupe Island for Great White sharks with Solmar V, Mares gear sets as well as a bunch of prizes from Henderson, Pelican, Armor bags and McNett towels while dSLR and non-dSLR categories winners will receive special titanium jewelry by Diver Design.

For more information and reservations please contact Symbiosis Custom Travel.

* When booking Hotel-/Dive-packages for 7 nights/10 dives or more/for new bookings only.
** When booking the 14 night/22 dives Hotel/Dive package in a Standard room with automatic upgrade to a 20 night/22 dive Hotel/Dive package.

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Where? The lovely Dabirahe at Lembeh Hills Resort.

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel to book your stay.

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The Hagen show is held in August every year – and we are be offering three escorted programs and one unescorted program in 2013. Escorted programs have the same guide throughout whereas with unescorted programs, you still have guides to assist you at each location, the only difference being that guides change at the different locations.

For photographers, the Mount Hagen Show offers an amazing opportunity to capture many of the flamboyant traditional costumes of Papua New Guinea’s highlander people all on one place. The tours will also take you to other fascinating parts of the main island, staying at the finest and most remote lodges as you go, with flights by small charter plane to give you some amazing aerial views of the mountains and rainforests.

Tours range in length from 11 to days, starting on either the 8th or 16 August, depending on the tour configuration.

More info with prices on the Symbiosis Custom Travel website.

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Created in 2005, the Angkor Photo Festival is the first photography festival to be held in Southeast Asia. Each year the weeklong event features exhibitions and outdoor slideshows by celebrated and emerging photographers in Siem Reap.

The strong educational goals of the Angkor Photo Festival sets it apart from other photography events. At the free Angkor Photo Workshops, renowned photographers tutor emerging Asian photographers, while the festival operates its own outreach program, the Anjali Children’s Photo Workshops.

More about the festival here.

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Dust off your cameras and take to the water with 5 Star IDC Centre Thalassa, located in the heart of Bunaken National Park. CTS participants get a head start in the Shoot Out competition with our special 5-day unlimited diving package. Literally dive till you drop in Bunaken, Bangka and the Lembeh Strait. With sites only 5 minutes away by boat, you can get trigger happy as and when you please. So why wait? Get your chance to win the festival’s top award along with a cash prize of USD 3500.

* Camera rinse tanks and electrical charge points onboard custom-made dive boats
* Imaging facilities for video capture and image processing
* Specialist photographic dive guides
* Boat charters

5 nights Deluxe room in Seaside Resort Santika
5 days Unlimited Diving with Thalassa, incl. use of tanks, weights, towels and lunch with the dive centre Daily breakfast + Airport transfers

Package for 2 : USD775
Package for 1 : USD1,045
Extension 1 Night + 3 Dives (for 2) : USD160
Extension 1 Night + 3 Dives (for 1) : USD190

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel for full details

In association with the World Festival of Underwater Pictures, Le Festival Mondial de l’Image Sous-Marine – Marseille 2010, Ocean Geographic, DIVER magazine (Canada), Action Asia (HK), X Ray Mag (Scandinavia), Duiken (Holland), Tauchen (Germany), AQUA (Italy), Plongee (France), Neptune (Russia), DIVE (UK) and Scuba Diver Australia

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Contact Symbiosis Expedition Planning about making a trip to attend the show next month and perhaps trekking into the forests to look for some birds yourself!

See poster below:

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This is a highly sought after Papua New Guinea experience – the famous Mount Hagen Cultural festival. A must for people interested in photographing people.

In addition to attending this colourful event, the tour also includes stays at the stunning Ambua Lodge, high up in the Southern Highlands, overlooking the Tari basin (home to the Huli Wigmen) and to Karawari Lodge, deep in the Sepik basin, plus a Sepik River cruise aboard the Sepik Spirit.

Full tour details here.

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