Nautilus Explorer Itinerary
Socorro - 8N9 days / 8 nights
About Nautilus Explorer
- Facilities include nitrox, gear storage, spacious zodiacs, and camera stations
- Adventurous itineraries in Socorro and Revillagigedo, and Guadalupe
- Enjoy zodiac tours, marine life presentations, paddleboards and kayaks
- Comfortable cabins for various budgets and personal travel styles
Nautilus Explorer offers an adventurous liveaboard experience, with voyages boasting some of the eastern Pacific's most exciting big fish action. Choose from trips to Socorro and Revillagigedo, Guadalupe, or pioneering itineraries combining both destinations! You'll enjoy personalised service, well appointed cabins and common areas, and custom-designed divers' facilities to help make the most of your time in the water. Plus, thoughtful details like warm deck showers and hot drinks after each dive and a hot tub for a hint of luxury. This boat perfectly balances a comfortable and unfussy atmosphere with little luxuries, creating the ideal environment for divers and social guests.
Itinerary details
9 days /
8 nights
19 - 21
Advanced Open Water - Minimum 30 dives
Required
Highlights
- Explore the remote Revillagigedo Archipelago National Park
- Tiger sharks, Galapagos sharks, oceanic whitetips, and whale sharks
- Meet the friendliest giant oceanic mantas in the world at "El Boiler"
- Share your dives with large schools of jacks and tuna at Roca Partida
- Get up close with the curious bottlenose dolphins of Cabo Pearce
- Encounter schooling hammerheads and dozens of silky sharks
Socorro is all about amazing interactions with giant mantas. You can also spot dolphins, ten species of shark, and humpback whales. You will see loads of whales on the surface and you will hear them singing when you are in the water. Most incredible of all is the opportunity to snorkel with the whales and sometimes even see them during a dive.
Day 1 - Meet at our dive centre in the sunny vacation hotspot, Cabo San Lucas. Cabo Dive Centre is located next to the main lobby and bar of the Tesoro Hotel on the picturesque walkway of the Cabo marina. Our staff will be there to assist you with any rental gear you need, pre-trip day boat diving and the loan of a Nautilus LifeLine, Dive Alert and SMB. Starting in January 2019, we will also be offering a complimentary warm-up dive off Land’s End. Your ship will be available for boarding at 8pm, and is located just a short scenic stroll away, where appetisers and champagne will be waiting for you.
Day 2 - Today is spent travelling out to the islands. An orientation briefing will be held in the morning, followed by a fire and boat safety drill. We’ll keep you as busy as you like on this day with Manta 101 in the afternoon, then you will have a chance to prep your gear, read a book, relax on the sun deck or check out the movie selection on our onboard wifi. We will be watching for the “green flash” at sunset, and the bar will be open for alcoholic beverages. We should arrive at San Benedicto Island that evening allowing you a calm night to relax and get a restful sleep before the next morning’s excitement.
Day 3-7 - Over seven full dive days, you will be able to experience some of our favourite sites such as El Canyon, the Boiler, Red Rocks, Roca Partida, Cabo Pearse, Punta Tosca, and Roca Oneal. We strive to offer an average of four dives a day, other than the day that we do our mandatory check-in at the local navy base, when you will likely have the option of three dives - plus our world-famous silky shark night snorkel. Note that several dives may be quite challenging and not suitable for divers of lower experience levels. The number of dives on offer is subject to weather, the whims of Mother Ocean, and crowding by other dive boats.
We will have other stuff going on to keep you as busy as you like with kayaks and paddleboards, shoreline tours, humpback whale watching (January to April), manta ID in the late afternoon, and after-dinner presentations. Of course, you can always find a nice quiet place to relax with a book, have a nice snooze, or soak in our sparkling clear hot tubs.
Day 8 - We will likely get underway very early this morning for the voyage back to Cabo San Lucas. This is the perfect day to check out photos and videos with the new friends you made on board, pack your dive gear up and take time to relax before reality sets back in.
Day 9 - Always a sad time for us. It’s time to say goodbye and disembark the boat in Cabo at 8.30am for either SJD airport or our dive centre in Cabo San Lucas.
Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.
Transfer details
Departure
07:00pm
SeeCreatures, Cabo San Lucas
Los Cabos International Airport: SJD
Return
08:30am
SeeCreatures, Cabo San Lucas
Los Cabos International Airport: SJD
What's included
What's included
- Meals and snacks
- Water, tea and coffee
- Soft drinks
- Tanks and weights
- Kayaks or SUPS
- Towels and toiletries
What's not included
To be paid in advance or onboard
- Dive and travel insurance
- Taxes - 5% Government tax
- National park fee – US$172 per day
- Port fees - US$35 per person payable in cash onboard
Optional Extras
To be booked in advance or paid onboard
- Single supplement – 25%
- Alcoholic drinks
- Equipment rental
- Nitrox – US$20 per dive day
- Internet – US$100 per device, per trip
- Transfers
- Gratuities
Diving environments
Payment & cancellation terms
Payment policy
- A cancellation of an original booking (a booking that has not been previously transferred to a later date than when first booked) that is received more than a year before departure is fully refundable less an administrative fee of USD $125 per berth or the booking may be transferred to a new booking without any administrative fee. This option is only available once for each booking and transferred payments may only be applied as a credit to final payments. There are no refund for any transferred bookings.
- Cancellations made by a guest that are received within 12 months of departure are non-refundable and non-transferable. We will do our best to rebook your cancelled reservation with a different client and, if we are able to do so and IF that departure is 100% occupancy, we will refund your canceled booking less an administration fee of $125.00 per berth or space. If we are able to re-book your canceled berth/space, you will have the option to transfer the full amount paid to a future reservation.
Special offers or promotions - separate payment and cancellation terms may apply.
Group bookings - separate payment and cancellation terms may apply.
Contact the ZuBlu travel team if you have any questions about payment terms and cancellation.
Group bookings - separate payment and cancellation terms may apply.
Contact the ZuBlu travel team if you have any questions about payment terms and cancellation.
Cancellation policy
25% deposit - required to secure reservation.
75% balance - due 60 days prior to departure.
Bookings received less than 60 days before departure require payment in full to secure reservation.
75% balance - due 60 days prior to departure.
Bookings received less than 60 days before departure require payment in full to secure reservation.