Solomon Trips
The most popular Solomon liveaboard route focuses on the central region, offering a magnificent cross-section of the country's top dive sites. The duration of your cruise determines how far north you will venture, with longer cruises unlocking more remote locations. Most cruises will include Russell Islands then Marovo Lagoon and Mary Island before cruising back down to the Florida Islands and then returning to Honiara.
The Russell Islands are also home to famed sites like Rainbow Reef which is a riot of schooling fish including big-nose unicornfish displaying dramatic colour changes as they are cleaned and the famously photogenic Leru Cut which is a narrow avenue between 2 walls of rock where the sun filters through creating the most atmospheric images you could hope for. Marovo Lagoon is really the centrepiece of most Solomon Islands liveaboard tours with sites like Mbulo Island where sharks, barracuda, mighty bumpheads and meaty groupers patrol, and Kicha which teems with a dizzying array of colour and life. Mary Island is one of those places where you’ll see a variety of reef fish including parrotfish, clown trigger fish, pyramid butterflyfish, and blue and yellow fusiliers all in vast numbers and filling your field of vision. The Florida Islandsare home to a number of great sites with some interesting topography including Twin Tunnels where you can descend down a pair of lava tubes until finally making your way out to the reef wall and the welcoming sunlight. There are also plenty of WWII wrecks in this region which bring to life the fascinating history of these downed ships and planes. [More details on these dive sites: Solomon Islands].
Most liveaboard trips are 10 -14 nights long although there are some 7 night 'express' tours available. The longer the cruise, the further north in the Solomon Islands the liveaboard will explore. Although most dive sites are suitable for open water divers, it is recommended to have advanced certification as some of the dives are quite deep. Some Solomon liveaboards also offer 'Wreck Speciality' trips in Florida and Russell islands and Guadalcanal that require advanced certification and more experience, as well as some expeditions for tec-divers to explore the deeper wrecks of Florida Islands and Guadalcanal.
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