Pension Tokerau Village
Travel Blogs from Fakarava
Incredible beaches and some more diving!
... packed (>5<10) with the local people. We decided to ride just a km further where we found a perfect spot again. Only this time not a beautiful beach but an amazing spot! Quickly we prepared our spot and went into the sea. And just in front of us again, amazing wildlife. We saw black tip sharks, the big moray eel and a lot of parrot fishes. Just what we needed, a full day of relaxing. Although at the end of the afternoon the weather was ...
Pa-ra-dise
... 60 cm!) and so many fish. Further we went and passed all the incredible coral reefs that are alongside the Tumakohua pass. Crystal clear blue water, tons of fish and unbelievable loneliness. Somehow we were found through Nikolas, owner of the diving centre here, as deep-sea diving here holds its batch of strong feelings. The sites are quasi virgins and divers can observe a great concentration of lagoon and pelagic fauna such as loaches, merous, ...
Fakarava, amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!
... also the first time for him to dive and swim with a shark. This time the Black-Tipped shark! All interested can have the full list, here we will only list some of them. After 30 minutes it was time to surface again, and after the decompress time (just for training) Jorgen came to the surface. Absolutely stunning!!! In the meanwhile it had been pouring and raining cats and gods with Maria waiting for them on the boat. well not something you would expect there but ...
Fakarava
... 8230;.and there were still so many more! HA! The big Napoleon wrasse would compete for our attention, and there were schools of hundreds, and hundreds of res big eye squirrel fish…….incredible! This place is all about the fish…..not many invertebrates, the odd small, but pretty, nudibranchs, but no pretty sponges or soft corals. But the fish!!!!! So many---schools of barracuda, butterfly fish of many varieties, Moorish idols, ...
Passes and Pearls
... creatures and we spent several hours there exploring.
The next morning we decided to do the main pass, which was more threatening to look at but it actually had more interesting bottom structures as well as larger fish and sharks. We saw both grey sharks and reef sharks as well a lemon shark. On our way back in to the boat, Bruce spotted a manta ray who came over to entertain us for a few minutes before going off about his business. We have come ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Free parking