Cebu, Bohol & Dumaguete

Trip highlights: whale sharks, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers

Dive sites and activities: Cebu: Moalboal, Pescador Island, Sumilon, Apo Island, Bohol: Balicasag, Cabilao

Day 1
When you get on board the Infiniti in Dumaguete, the Cruise Director will be there to greet you. They’ll get you sorted with your cabin, give the essential safety talk, introduce the staff, and outline the week’s schedule. You'll then have time to complete the dive forms, get to know the liveaboard, and make yourself at home. Depending on the arrival time of the guests, lunch and/or dinner will be served on board. Afterwards, you’ll leave the port and head off on the cruise to Moalboal, which is on the other side of the island. After a good night's sleep, the diving will start the next morning.

Core Days
On this liveaboard cruise, you’ll be exploring the very best of the central Visayas region, particularly around the southern part of Cebu Island. You'll have the chance to see hammerhead sharks at Cabilao, jacks and turtles at Balicasag, enormous schools of sardines at Moalboal, whale sharks at Sumilon, and the breathtaking walls of Apo Island and coral gardens of Pescador. What's more, at all these locations, there will be a rich, almost overwhelming amount of macro life - think ghost pipefish, seahorses, frogfish, ribbon eels, and countless species of shrimp, nudibranch, cuttlefish, and octopus. It truly is an incredible diving tour with the Infiniti liveaboard in the very heart of the Coral Triangle's underwater paradise.
Moalboal is globally recognised, primarily for its Sardine Run, a spectacular phenomenon where millions of sardines form a permanent, massive, swirling bait ball just metres off Panagsama Beach. This living cloud of fish is easily accessible to all and often attracts predators like jacks and tuna. Beyond the mainland, the nearby Pescador Island offers dramatic vertical wall dives draped in vibrant soft and hard corals.
The waters around Sumilon offer excellent visibility, attracting divers and snorkelers to its slopes, coral gardens, and walls. Dive sites like Nikki's Wall and Garden Eel Plaza feature healthy hard and soft corals, a wide variety of reef fish, and frequent sightings of sea turtles and white-tip/black-tip reef sharks.
Apo Island is a tiny, volcanic island off the coast of Negros Oriental in the Philippines, famous worldwide for its exceptionally successful community-managed marine sanctuary. It is considered one of the best diving and snorkeling spots in the country. The island's main draw is its pristine underwater environment, particularly its vibrant, dense coral reef ecosystem, which hosts nearly all of the Philippines' coral species. Apo Island is a popular feeding ground for numerous green and hawksbill sea turtles, offering visitors frequent, close encounters with these animals in the shallows.
After 2 morning dives on the final full day of the trip, Infiniti returns to port in Cebu City, anchoring offshore.

Final Day
After breakfast, you'll disembark from the liveaboard in Dumaguete and be transferred back to the local airport or hotel.

Malapascua, Cebu & Bohol (8 Days / 7 Nights - 23 Dives)

Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers

Dive sites and activities: Cebu: Moalboal, Oslob, Sumilon; Malapascua: Kimud Shoal, Gato Island; Bohol: Cabilao, Panglao

Day 1
The cruise director welcomes you on board the Infiniti liveaboard in Dumaguete, shows you to your cabin, and runs through the safety briefing. You meet the crew and get a sense of the week ahead. Settle in. Make yourself at home. Depending on when everyone arrives, lunch might be on deck. The Infiniti pushes off in the afternoon and heads toward Moalboal overnight. The first dive happens tomorrow.

Core Days
Malapascua demands an early start. Before sunrise, the Infiniti positions itself near Kimud Shoal. You gear up in the dark. You drop into water that feels colder than it is. The seamount rises from below. You find a spot on the sand and wait. Then the thresher sharks appear. They come up from the depths, long tails sweeping gracefully behind them. Cleaner fish pick parasites from their gills. You stay low, do not move. You watch these animals go about their business as if you are not there. That is the deal. You respect their space. They reward you with their presence.
Later the same day, the Infiniti moves to Gato Island. A tunnel cuts through the rock. You swim it slowly. Light filters in from cracks above. On the far side, white-tip reef sharks lie resting in underwater caves. Some are curled up, others are stacked like logs. Cat sharks and bamboo sharks hide in deeper crevices. Lobsters poke their antennae from ledges. The macro life here is thick. You finish the dive scanning cracks for things you missed on the way in.
Malapascua's shallower reefs offer a change of scenery. Coral gardens spread across the slopes. Frogfish perch on sponges. Seahorses wrap their tails around sea fans. Nudibranchs in bright colours crawl across the reef. You slow right down and start seeing more.
Cabilao is about hard corals. Some of the healthiest in the country. The southern walls are covered in table corals, staghorn thickets, and massive porites heads. Turtles cruise the shallows. Pygmy seahorses hide in the gorgonians. Frogfish sit on the coral rubble. In the blue water off the drop-offs, jacks and barracuda form large schools. Whitetip sharks patrol the edge. You come up from these dives with a new appreciation for how good a hard coral reef can look.
Panglao gives you options. The current can run hard. When it does, jacks, barracuda and tunas pack into the flow. At Napaling, a wall drops near the shore. Sardines cluster here. The bait ball pulses and shifts. Turtles swim right through it. Macro life covers the reef. Ghost pipefish, ornate pipefish, frogfish of different colours. Night diving here is something else. Mandarinfish perform their mating dance in the shallows. Cutttlefish hunt, lionfish flare their fins in warning. You stay down until your computer tells you to leave.
Moalboal is famous for one thing. Millions of sardines gather permanently near Panagsama Beach. The bait ball moves with the current, shifting shape like a living cloud. Predators hover at the edges. Jacks and tunas make sudden dashes into the mass. You hover nearby and watch the chaos. It is not graceful, it is raw. And it is unlike any other dive in the Philippines. Nearby, Pescador Island offers vertical walls. Soft corals in bright colours cover every surface. Sea snakes curl through the water. Frogfish hide in barrel sponges. The current can pick up. You drift along the wall, watching the reef rush past.
Oslob and Sumilon close the trip. The whale shark experience at Oslob is managed. You enter shallow water. The animals come close. Closer than anywhere else. You see their spots. You see their mouths. You see how large a fish can get while still being harmless. Sumilon is quieter. Protected coral gardens. Gentle drifts. Clear water. A sandbar breaks the surface between dives. You stand on it. You rinse your mask and take a breath. After the last two morning dives of the final day, the Infiniti sails back to Dumaguete. She takes up her mooring outside the main port.

Day 8
Pack your things after breakfast. A transfer takes you to your hotel or the airport. The Infiniti liveaboard leaves you with thresher sharks at dawn, sardines at midday, and whale sharks in the afternoon. You saw the big stuff. You found the small stuff. That is the Visayas West route.

Southern Leyte & Malapascua

Trip highlights: whale sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers

Dive sites and activities: Malapascua: Monad Shoal, Gato Island, White Tip Alley, The Cave, Nudibranch City, Southern Leyte: Panoan Island, Sogod Bay, Limasawa

Day 1
Boarding of Infiniti will take place in Dumaguete. Once you are on board the liveaboard, the Cruise Director will welcome you, show you to your cabin, conduct a vessel safety briefing, introduce you to the crew, and outline the itinerary for the week ahead. You'll then have time to familiarise yourself with the liveaboard boat, and make yourself comfortable. Depending on guest arrival times, you may be able to enjoy lunch on board. Following this, the liveaboard will depart from the port for the crossing to Malapascua in the north of Cebu island. Diving will start the following day.

Core Days
Your diving experience on this Infiniti cruise will kick off with diving around Malapascua. Best known for the chance of encountering thresher sharks, this is in fact a very varied dive destination, with a wide range of sites and amazing creatures, large and small. The list of exciting creatures features white tip reef sharks, hammerhead sharks, tuna, barracuda, sea snakes and amazing macro from mandarinfish to mantis shrimps. The primary draw of Kimud Shoal is an early morning dive (pre-sunrise) to witness these deep-dwelling sharks. They ascend from the abyss to visit the top of the submerged seamount, using it as a cleaning station. Divers descend and remain stationary, observing the graceful, long-tailed sharks as small cleaner fish remove parasites. This passive encounter is considered a bucket-list dive. White Tip Alley is renowned for its guaranteed sightings of white-tip reef sharks. The sharks, which are generally harmless and grow up to 2 metres (6.5 feet), are often found resting or 'sleeping' in the sandy channels, under rocky overhangs, and in crevices along the reef. The topography features healthy hard and soft corals, interesting rock formations, and small caves and swim-throughs.
The little visited region of Southern Leyte offers some of the best diving in the Philippines. Whale sharks visit the area to feed on blooms of zooplankton, and there are some spectacular muck and macro sites where you can explore to find such wonders as hairy frogfish, xeno crabs, stargazers, and mimic and blue-ringed octopus. Panoan Island is home to the spectacular Napantao Marine Sanctuary. This dive site is known for its dramatic, steep coral wall that plunges to over 50 meters (165 feet). The wall is covered in massive gorgonian sea fans and vibrant soft corals. The seasonal migration of whale sharks to the waters around Pintuyan from November to May is not to be missed. These encounters are typically done via snorkeling in shallow areas to ensure minimal disturbance, offering guests a natural interaction with the gentle giants.
After the last 2 morning dives of the final day, the Infiniti liveaboard will sail back to the city of Dumaguete, taking up her mooring outside the main port.

Final Day
Disembarkation will take place after breakfast, followed by a transfer to your pre-arranged local hotel or airport.

Southern Leyte, Bohol, Siquijor & Camiguin (8 Days / 7 Nights - 23 Dives)

Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers

Dive sites and activities: Camiguin, Southern Leyte: Sogod; Bohol: Anda; Pamilacan, Siquijor

Day 1
Board the Infiniti liveaboard at Dumaguete. The cruise director welcomes you, shows you to your cabin, and runs through the safety briefing. You meet the crew and get a sense of the week ahead. Settle in, make yourself comfortable, and depending on arrival times, enjoy lunch on deck. The Infiniti slips its mooring in the afternoon and begins the overnight crossing toward Camiguin. Diving starts tomorrow.

Core Days
Camiguin is shaped by volcanoes, and you feel it underwater. Lava pinnacles rise from black sand slopes. Freshwater springs bubble up from the seabed. The walls here are sculpted by geology rather than coral growth alone, which gives them a raw, distinctive character. Turtles are common. Schools of jackfish and barracuda move through the blue. Eagle rays and reef sharks pass by. Frogfish hide in the crevices. Nudibranchs cover the reefs in colours that seem artificial. You spend 2 full days here, enough time to hit the deep offshore shoals and the shallower coral gardens. Both reward patience.
Sogod Bay in southern Leyte tells a conservation success story. The Napantao Marine Sanctuary has been protected since 1996. The result is extraordinary fish biomass. The wall drops to over 50 metres, covered in massive gorgonian sea fans and vibrant soft corals. Whitetip reef sharks rest on ledges. Hunting trevally tear through baitballs. Turtles swim past without hurry. The black sand sites nearby offer a different kind of treasure: seahorses, stargazers, mimic and blue-ringed octopus, hairy frogfish, xeno crabs. From November to May, whale sharks visit the bay to feed on zooplankton. Encounters happen in shallow water, usually while snorkelling, keeping disturbance minimal. You watch from the surface as the largest fish in the sea filters past.
Anda in southern Bohol brings long, continuous reefs and excellent visibility. Hard and soft corals compete for space. Gorgonians and sea fans sway in the current. The macro life here is exceptional. Nudibranchs in dozens of varieties. Pipefish and small crustaceans hiding in the coral rubble. Frogfish perched on sponges. Green and hawksbill turtles graze on the shallows. Schooling snappers and fusiliers cover the reef like moving carpets. Reef sharks patrol the deeper slopes. This is refined, calm diving. The kind where you lose track of time watching a single creature.
Pamilacan delivers fringing reefs that transition into steep coral walls with excellent vertical relief. Big barracuda hang in the current. Schools of reef fish swirl around the pinnacles. The outer reefs attract larger visitors. Manta rays pass through cleaning stations. Dolphins and small whales are sighted often enough that you keep your eyes on the blue. The marine sanctuary here protects it all. You dive knowing the reef has been looked after.
Siquijor closes the trip. The island carries a mystical reputation above water. Below, it earns its own kind of magic. Walls and sandy slopes hold frogfish, ribbon eels, and vibrant reef fish. Cathedrals and overhangs create dramatic formations perfect for photography. Turtles glide past. Large schools of trevally and jacks work the deeper walls. Occasional reef sharks cruise the edge of visibility. It feels like a final gift before the crossing back to Dumaguete.
After the last 2 morning dives of the final day, the Infiniti sails back to Dumaguete and takes up her mooring outside the main port.

Day 8
Breakfast on board. Then disembarkation, followed by a transfer to your pre-arranged hotel or the airport. The Infiniti liveaboard leaves you with a logbook full of new entries and a strong sense that the Visayas East route deserves more attention than it gets.

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Trip highlights: shark action, great macro life/ marine diversity, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, wall diving

Dive sites and activities: Tubbataha: Seafan Alley, Wall Street, South Park, Gorgonian Channel, Amos Rock, Malayan Wreck, Shark Airport, Washing Machine, Delsan Wreck, South West Wall, Black Rock, Lighthouse, Staghorn Point, T Wreck, Jessie Beazley Reef

Day 1
Upon boarding the Infiniti in Puerto Princesa, you will be met by the liveaboard crew. They will welcome you, show you to your cabin, and conduct a mandatory safety briefing before outlining the week's itinerary. You'll then have time to complete dive paperwork, settle into your cabin, and explore the vessel. Depending on guest arrivals, lunch and/or dinner may be served on board before the 10-hour overnight crossing begins. Your diving adventure will start the following morning after a good night's rest.

Core Days
Situated in the Sulu Sea at the centre of the Coral Triangle, the Tubbataha Reefs National Park holds UNESCO World Heritage status. The park is a beacon of biodiversity, home to 370 coral types, 600 fish species, and 12 species of cetacean. The atolls are particularly notable for their vibrant shark populations, which includes guitar, blacktip, whitetip, grey reef, silky, hammerhead, and whale sharks. Other significant pelagic species, such as dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, barracuda, turtles, and manta rays are regularly sighted.
The underwater topography consists of walls adorned with soft corals and cleaning stations, and shallow areas comprising hard coral gardens. Wall Street is one of the North Atoll's premier dive sites, renowned for its dramatic sheer wall that plunges vertically into the deep Sulu Sea. It is famous for frequent and exciting pelagic encounters, offering views of cruising white tip and grey reef sharks, large schools of barracuda and tuna, and occasional sightings of the majestic whale shark.
Amos Rock, also known as Southwest Rock, is a stunning, highly diverse dive site. The dive typically begins on a gentle coral slope before transforming into a dramatic wall that is densely covered with massive gorgonian fans and colourful soft corals. Strong currents often run here, attracting a significant amount of large fish activity, including schools of tuna, mackerel, and giant trevally, as well as cruising white tip and grey reef sharks.
Shark Airport is named for the frequent sight of numerous white tip reef sharks resting side-by-side on its wide, sandy plateau, appearing like airplanes lined up on a runway. This area is a highly prolific site featuring a shallow reef top that drops to a shelf at around 25 meters, acting as a major cleaning station. Divers regularly encounter other shark species, including grey reef sharks, nurse sharks, and even occasional guitar sharks and whale sharks. The reef is also home to abundant marine life, including green and hawksbill turtles and a variety of pelagics.
Black Rock is a major draw for divers primarily because it is a reliable manta ray cleaning station, providing a great chance to observe these large rays being groomed by smaller fish. The site features a gently sloping plateau and a wall where you can also expect to see white tip reef sharks and abundant marine life. Jessie Beazley Reef is an exposed, mushroom-shaped coral structure and characterized by strong, unpredictable currents that sustain pristine, abundant coral and attract vast schools of pelagic fish like barracuda and mackerel, as well as a high concentration of sharks, including potential sightings of hammerheads.
Due to the typically strong currents, the deep reef profiles, and the remote location of the park, night diving is not permitted within Tubbataha.
After the 2 morning dives on the last full day, the Infiniti liveaboard will return to Puerto Princesa, anchoring offshore.

Final Day
After breakfast, you will have a chance to say your farewells to your new friends, disembark from the liveaboard and be transferred back to the local airport or hotel.