Looking for a last minute cycle tour that departs within the next few months? We have an exciting and varied selection of tours that are guaranteed to depart now.

CAMBODIA
Mar 13 – 19: Biking Bangkok to Angkor Wat (C)
Mar 20 – 28: Wilds of Cambodia (M)

MALAYSIA
April 3 – 13: Untamed Borneo (C)

VIETNAM
Mar 8 – Mar 11: Ha Long Bay Cycle and Cruise (M)
Mar 13 – Mar 29: Saigon to Hanoi (C)
Mar 20 – Mar 30: Road Biking the Ho Chi Minh Highway (R)
Mar 21 – Mar 27: Vietnam Heritage by Bicycle (C)
Mar 22 – Mar 25: Meandering the Mekong Delta (C)
Mar 28 – Mar 31: Trails of Dalat (M)
April 5 – April 8: Meandering the Mekong Delta (C)
April 14 – April 16: Red River Delta by Bike and Boat (C)
May 8 – May 24: Saigon to Hanoi (C)
May 23 – May 29: Vietnam Heritage by Bicycle (C)
Jun 20 – Jun 26: Vietnam Heritage by Bicycle (C)
Jul 3 – Jul 19: Saigon to Hanoi (C)

PHILIPPINES
April 10 – April 22: Island Hopping the Philippines (C)

LAOS
Mar 26 – Mar 27: Luang Prabang Countryside (C)

INDONESIA
May 9 – May 11: Bali Explorer (M)

THAILAND
Mar 8 – Mar 11: Central Thailand Explorer (C)
Mar 9 – Mar 11: Hua Hin Explorer (C)
Mar 13 – Mar 22: Bicycling Bangkok to Phuket (R)
Mar 15 – Mar 18: Central Thailand Explorer (C)
Mar 22 – Mar 25: Central Thailand Explorer (C)
Mar 23 – Mar 25: Hua Hin Explorer (C)
May 16 – May 22: Thailand Heritage by Bicycle (C)
May 17 -May 20: Central Thailand Explorer (C)
Jul 3 – Jul 12: Bicycling Bangkok to Phuket (R)

Multi-Country
Mar 20 – April 1: Road Biking from Saigon to Angkor (R)
April 17 – April 30: Saigon to Bangkok by Bicycle (C)
Jul 31 – Aug 13: Saigon to Bangkok by Bicycle (C)

R = Road Bike Tour
M = Mountain Bike Tour
C = Classic Tour

Check out the Symbiosis website for more details or contact us now to start planning your trip.

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Symbiosis is pleased to be able to offer the last 4 berths on this fabulous 6 day dive liveaboard cruise to the Komodo National Marine Park in Indonesia aboard the lovely Moana Phinisi schooner.

Dates: 12 to 17 March, 2016
Vessel: The Moana
Offer: 20% discount
Price: EUR1,000 per person sharing (normally €1,256)

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel now to hold you space. Remember – only 4 places are still free!

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Last minute dive liveaboard offer – Raja Amat, Indonesia

The Offer: 25% Off
Dates: MAR 28 – APR 07, 2016
Dive location: Misool & Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
Vessel: MV TemuKira
Price: US$ 2,515 (normal rate: US$ 3,350), twin share
Included: Full Board with Diving

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel to book an exceptional dive trip in the world’s most biodiverse waters today! We can aslo help you to book flights, hotels and arrange any add on components to your trip.

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Dive in the heart of the coral triangle at two of the Philippines’ best dive spots – Puerto Galera and Dumaguete.

The Offer: 25% off + $100 Resort Credit Special
Where: Puerto Galera and Dumaguete, Philippines
What: 7 Nights at Atlantis Puerto Galera – $1,328pp &  7 Nights at Atlantis Dumaguete – $1,418pp
When: July through to December 2016 – contact Symbiosis for full details.

All inclusive vacations include accommodations in a deluxe room (double occupancy/twin share), all meals at Toko’s Restaurant, unlimited scheduled boat diving, and so much more. 

Conditions
• For new reservations only on select weeks – contact Symbiosis for dates.
• Individuals only.  Not available for groups.
• Based on availability.• Some restrictions apply. These rates cannot be combined with any other offer or discount including promo weeks.
• Applies to all-inclusive vacations only. Dumaguete vacations include one island trip. Single supplement special rates available.
• Full payment must be received within 10 days of reservation for this special rate to apply.
• 25% rate does not include: Marine Park fees, equipment rental, dawn dives, day trips, transfers, excursions, personal purchases, spa or Nitrox fills.
• $100 Resort credit can be used for any retail purchase such as: Nitrox, classes, boutique items, spa, drinks, and more.

Book today. Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel NOW.

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Looking for a last minute cycle tour that departs within the next few months? We have an exciting and varied selection of tours that are guaranteed to depart now. Get rolling and join a group TODAY!

Road Bike Tours
Feb 14 – Feb 24: Cycling Chiang Mai to Bangkok 
Mar 13 – Mar 22: Bicycling Bangkok to Phuket 
Mar 20 – April 1: Road Biking from Saigon to Angkor
 
Heritage Bike Tours
Feb 15 – Feb 21: Thailand Heritage by Bicycle 
Mar 21 – Mar 27: Vietnam Heritage by Bicycle

Classic Bike Tours
Feb 14 – Feb 27: Burma Adventure
Feb 16 – Feb 19: Meandering the Mekong Delta
Feb 21 – Mar 2: Cycling Coastal Thailand 
Feb 21 – Feb 29: Wilds of Cambodia 
Feb 21 – Feb 28: Wilds of Sarawak by Bicycle
Feb 21 – Mar 3: Sri Lanka Spice trails
Feb 23 – Feb 26: Meandering the Mekong Delta
Feb 28 – Mar 12: Saigon to Bangkok by Bicycle
Mar 6 – Mar 16: Authentic South Thailand
Mar 13 – Mar 29: Saigon to Hanoi
Mar 20 – Mar 28: Wilds of Cambodia 
Mar 20 – Mar 26: Cycling Colourful Kyushu Island
Mar 22 – Mar 25: Meandering the Mekong Delta
Mar 26 – April 3: Kyushu’s Hot Springs and Volcanoes (one more rider to depart)
April 10 – April 22: Island Hopping the Philippines 

For full information contact Symbiosis Custom Travel today.

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SMY Tambora

15-26 Feb Raja Ampat from/to Sorong – was US$4,395, Last Minute Special for US$3,295

29 Feb – 11 Mar Raja Ampat from/to Sorong – was US$4,395, Last Minute Special for US$3,295

Contact Symbiosis today to reserve.

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Various offers available for liveaboard diving onboard the Ondina, check them out!

1/. Spring Last Minute
WHAT:EUR €350 off per person + Free Nitrox, total of 36 dives
WHEN: 19-31 March 2016
WHERE: Starts & Ends in Sorong – North to South Raja Ampat route
HOW MUCH: WAS EUR €3,540. NOW ONLY EUR €3,190 per person, based on twin/double sharing

2/. The Amazing Banda Sea
WHAT: PAY 5 COME 6. Repeaters enjoy 5-10% off and Free Nitrox
WHEN: 30 Sept – 10 Oct 2016
WHERE: Starts in Alor & Ends in Saumlaki
HOW MUCH: special @ EUR €2,350 per person (total of 30 dives), based on twin/double sharing

3/. The Mysterious Triton Bay
WHAT: PAY 5 COME 6. Repeaters enjoy 5-10% off and Free Nitrox
WHEN: 17-26 Nov 2016, and 14-23 Dec 2016
WHERE: Starts/Ends in Sorong or Kaimana or v.v
HOW MUCH: special @ EUR €2,655 per person (total of 27 dives), based on twin/double sharing

Contact Symbiosis for further details

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Deciding on where to dive this February? We have some good deals for you!

Trip 1: 25% discount
Date: 02-12 Feb 2016
Location: Misool & Raja Ampat diving
Boat: MV Putri Papua
Price: USD $3,050 (normal price), NOW ONLY USD $2,290 per person – based on twin/double sharing

Trip 2: 25% discount
Date: 08-17 Feb 2016
Location: Misool & Raja Ampat diving
Boat: MV Temukira
Price: USD $3,015 (normal price), NOW ONLY USD $2,260 per person – based on twin/double sharing

Conditions: Valid for new booking only.

Contact Symbiosis for more details

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King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2016 to Take Place in Bangkok 10-13 March

If you are planning a visit to Thailand this coming March, how about a day in Bangkok watching the unique spectacle of Elephant Polo?

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas has confirmed that The King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2016 will be held by the banks of Bangkok’s Chaophraya River from 10 to 13 March.

Now in its fourteenth year, the tournament has become one of the biggest charitable events in Thailand.

Almost US$1 million has been raised and donated to projects that better the lives of Thailand’s wild and domesticated elephant population, including continued support for research and clinics using elephants in therapy sessions for children living with autism; donating a gantry to help lame elephants stand and a purpose built elephant ambulance to the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre (TECC), and donating an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to the Government Elephant Hospital in Krabi.

Other projects include funding farmer/elephant conflict mitigation projects in three Thai and one Tanzanian National Park; planting 4,000 trees to form an elephant proof fence in Thailand; fully funding the protection of 18,000 hectares of standing forest in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains; funding the roll out of children’s educational programmes with the Thai Ministry to teach them the importance of conservation and protection of wild elephants in Thailand and funding the world’s first Target Training Positive Reinforcement Workshops teaching mahouts and trainers throughout Southeast Asia elephant friendly training methods.

This year’s event will have 10 teams encompassing over 40 players, including Thai celebrities, professional horse polo players, New Zealand All Blacks rugby players and Thailand’s famous transgender cabaret team Miss Tiffany.

A total of 18 elephants will be given a break from their work in tourist trekking camps in Pattaya or bought from unemployment in Surin to take part in the festival, during which they are given much needed food, essential vitamin supplements, full veterinary checks and care for the duration of the event.

Domestic elephants are micro-chipped by the Thai government to show that they have not been caught from the wild. The worst trekking camps can be tough for an elephant. In order to make money, mahouts are forced to work their elephants 10 – 12 hours a day. Conversely, at home in Surin, unemployment means elephants are often left isolated from other elephants with a short chain on two legs 24 hours a day with no exercise or enrichment. In both circumstances, the poverty of existence means their owners cannot afford to feed them anything close to their daily physical needs, emotional needs are forgotten, and shade and sufficient water are often overlooked. The King’s Cup schedule is designed to give these trekking elephants rest and relaxation on a scale they are never afforded in their ‘normal’ lives and ensure elephant rest time with interaction and enrichment that neither set of elephants gets in their daily lives.

The four day festival will have something for everyone including an Opening Parade, Children’s Educational Day, Ladies Day and a wide range of elephant related activities for the whole family.

Symbiosis Custom Travel can assist you to plan a great, personalised holiday to Thailand that can include attending this colorful annual event.

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30% SALE on 2016 Indonesia dive charters aboard the lovely Euphoria only

Booking must be made by 20 December
Payment into the Symbiosis account by Christmas Day

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel now to see what dates are still available.

To see details of the Euphoria… and read up about some of the awesome diving in Indonesia… check out our Dive Raja Ampat and Dive Komodo pages and click on Euphoria in the right hand column.

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Join the lovely Aurora for a 9 day dive Raja Ampat sailing cruise commencing 13 December – 15% OFF.

Dates: 13 to 22 Dec 2015, 9 nights
Price: USD 2,983.50 (discounted from USD 3.510)

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel NOW to book.

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Good news for diviers to Raja Ampat….

NAM Air, a subsidiary of Sriwijaya Air, has launched a new direct flight connecting Jakarta with Sorong, West Papua (Papua Barat). The baggage limit is 20 kg. NAM Air has attractive prices and is cheaper than Xpress Air.
  
Flight times with NAM Air:
Saturday early morning, departure Jakarta 00:05 h – arrival Sorong 06:10 h
Saturday, departure Sorong 11:25 h – Arrival Jakarta 13:15 h

Sorong is the jump off point for some of the best diving in the world at Raja Ampat. More about the diving at Raja Amat can be found here.

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Raja4Divers is situated on Pualu Pef, located in the middle of the coral triangle, surrounded by untouched reefs, there are hidden bays, mangrove forests, limestone rocks and caves. The bungalows are spacious and with direct access to the sea. the diving is truly World class.
 
Book before 31 December 2015 and get 2015 rates for stays at Raja4Divers during 2016.

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel for more info or to book.

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Big discount is on offer for cruises between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (v.v) onboard the Mekong Dawn this November and December, book now and enjoy the 50% off!

Cruises/Dates:
3 Night 4 Day cruise/Phnom Penh-Siem Reap: 28 Nov 2015, and 12 Dec 2015, Normal price @ USD $1,091 or $1,271 per cabin, NOW ONLY @ $546 – $636 per cabin (based on 2 pax sharing)

3 Night 4 Day cruise/Siem Reap-Phnom Penh: 01 Dec 2015, and 15 Dec 2015, Normal price @ USD $1,271 per cabin, NOW ONLY @ $636 per cabin (based on 2 pax sharing)

2 Night 3 Day cruise/Phnom Penh-Siem Reap: 29 Nov 2015, and 13 Dec 2015, Normal price @ USD $690 or $850 per cabin, NOW ONLY @ $345 – $425 per cabin (based on 2 pax sharing)

Contact Symbiosis for more details

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Symbiosis Custom Travel is pleased to be able to offer a 15% discount on a fantastic liveaboard dive trip to Indonesia’s amazing Raja Amat, home to some of the world’s richest and most biodiverse waters, aboad the lovely Amira.

Dates of trip: 25 Jan  – 05 Feb 2016. 4 doubled/twins still available.

Embark and disembark in Sorong, West Papua.

Contact Symbiosis now to book.

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