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City/State: Puerto Vallarta |
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Country: MEXICO
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| Ocean Quest Dive Center |
Lazaro Cardenas 230
Col. Emiliano Zapata
Jalisco
MEXICO
48380
Phone: +523222234103
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Program description: |
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Ocean Quest Dive Center offers scuba diving and snorkeling tours in Puerto Vallarta. Ocean Quest caters to small groups of maximum six divers and all dive tours are lead by two PADI professionals, a dive master and a master instructor who will ensure your fun and safety. We are Puerto Vallarta's leading dive shop and PADI dive school, diving on unspoiled dive sites and providing top quality PADI instructors for safe scuba training and certifications. Our crew consists of retired young professionals that scuba dive for fun rather than financial reasons; therefore our service is more individualized and safe. We carry emergency oxygen on our boats, and we are medic first aid and CPR trained.
Beside our daily scuba diving and snorkeling tours to the most interesting dive sites in puerto vallarta we offer PADI scuba dive training from novice to pro, and other fun and affordable tours such as horse back riding, jungle safaris, bird watching tours, dolphin encounters both in the wild and captivity as well as whale watching tours lead by famous marine researchers, deep sea fishing charters, canopy jungle expeditions, sunset dinner cruises as well as ATV and sand rail tours.
Check on our summer and fall specials and what we have to offer and reserve
on-line with time to save your spot !
Water temperature 85 f visibility 60- 100 ft
Ocean quest dive center was founded in 1989 by marine biologist Klaus Bosbach who shares his deep love for the ocean environment and scuba diving with divers from all over the world thru education and fun tours in Puerto Vallarta.
Puerto Vallarta is nestled in a tropical setting on Mexico's Pacific Coast, in the State of Jalisco. It has lush, green hills and a picturesque bay, Bahía de Banderas (Bay of Flags). Puerto Vallarta's weather is gorgeous in the winter, and that is why it is a popular winter resort and 'snow bird' retiree location. The population of Puerto Vallarta is estimated at 350,000. There are more
than 33,000 hotel rooms to accommodate the many tourists.
When you think of the Mexican Riviera, with its palm-fringed beaches, luxuriant jungle vegetation and posh resorts, lots of places come to mind. But no resort better typifies the classic Mexican beach vacation than does Puerto Vallarta (Pwer-toe Vah-YAR-tah).
From its sleepy, seaside village roots, it has grown into one of Mexico's most loved destinations. Of all of Mexico's resorts, Puerto Vallarta comes closest to being all things to all visitors. It delivers 'round-the-clock activity (or blissful seclusion), sophisticated
amenities, and a romantic dream- like natural setting. It's considered the ideal vacation spot for the first-time Mexico visitor, while also boasting enough diversity of activities to keep people coming back over and over again.
As you arrive by plane, the town's romance and beauty begin to take hold: a blanket of lush tropical jungle surrounds the quaint colonial city as it climbs away from the blue Pacific, into the Sierra Cuale mountains. Nestled on the shores of Bahía de Banderas (Mexico's largest natural bay), Vallarta traces its history back to the 1500's, when it was visited by Spanish explorers. It later became known as a respite for pirates plying the Pacific Coast. It was not until 1851 that the area was first inhabited. By 1918 (the
year it was officially made a municipality), the village was a modest fishing community of 1,500 residents. It was also a port for silver shipments from nearby Cuale mines.
For the next 50 years, not much happened in the way of development. Then, in 1963, director John Huston came to film Tennessee William's "Night of the Iguana," and the rest is history. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton left their mark as well, giving Puerto Vallarta an international jet set reputation. It is now a bustling town of 250,000 residents that attracts 1.5 million annual visitors.
Despite its popularity and the recent flurry of new resort development, the city itself retains much of its "Old Mexico" flair. The city is graced with lovely architecture, cobblestone streets, and white stucco buildings (by city ordinance, all buildings are white), crowned by flower-covered balconies and red tile roofs. You may even see an occasional burros headed for market, clip-clopping along the city's streets.
Throughout the resort, a distinct cultural flair from the State of Jalisco punctuates Vallarta's ambiance. Mariachi music blares and tequila flows from downtown bars, Huichol Indians sell their distinctive art in the city's colorful markets, and charros (Mexico's ornately dressed rodeo riders) perform, along with brightly costumed senoritas at Vallarta's excellent "Fiesta Night" celebrations.
Following an explosion of growth in the 1980's, a great effort has been made to beautify the northern hotel zone and downtown areas. An attractively landscaped four-lane highway leads from the airport into town. Similarly, the downtown area benefits from a
highway bypass that diverts bus and truck traffic off of the city's bumpy cobblestone streets. Note: The city has been certified by
the Secretary of Health to have one of Mexico's purest water supplies.
A band of "tourist police" in spiffy white uniforms stroll downtown streets, assisting with questions and making streets more pedestrian friendly. Note: A strong earthquake in October, 1995 (centered near Manzanillo) resulted in only superficial damage. The town's signature landmark (Guadalupe Church) lost its crown-shaped steeple. It has since been replaced.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Age range: 12-80
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Varies
No. in group: 6
Living arrangements on the program: Not applicable
How long does the program last?: 1-2 weeks
What are the dates of this program: We begin every day
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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OUR COURSES ARE INDIVIDUALIZED; VERY AFFORDABLE AND LED BY MARINE BIOLOGYST AND MASTER INSTRUCTOR KLAUS BOSBACH
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Cost or price of this program: |
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65.-US - 265.-US Dll
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