New Packages for 2006
Alii out their readers, below is a group of new travel deals, honeymoon and wedding information from the Palau Visitors Authority.
EXPERIENCE PALAU: An Island Paradise for the Adventurous Traveler
New Adventure Travel Deals and Destination Wedding & Honeymoon Packages for 2006
Los Angeles, CA (March 24, 2006)—The Republic of Palau is the ultimate tropical paradise for the adventurous American traveler. Palau’s leading water and land tour operators, in cooperation with the country’s top hotels, offer special new packages at various price points for the discerning traveler.
Palau beckons with some of the world’s most awesome natural wonders. Snorkel or dive in crystalline waters of unspoiled reefs, walls and caves of colorful fish and coral. Kayak or cruise by boat through the incredible mushroom-shaped limestone formations known as the Rock Islands. Swim among millions of “sting less” jellyfish in a salt-water lake. Trek through dense virgin forests to marvel at waterfalls and monoliths and explore intact wrecks from WWII.
Sam’s Tours is an award-winning dive center operation with a friendly and knowledgeable staff offering complete outfitting for adventurers interested in scuba diving, kayaking, snorkeling, sport fishing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, and land and boat tours. Specializing in customized packages based on hotel preference or activity dates, Sam’s Tours offers its 2006 dive and hotel package, “Just Add Water,” with the most popular hotels in Palau. Each package includes:
· 7 nights hotel accommodation
· 5 days of standard 2-tank boat diving
· Visit to Jellyfish Lake
· One full day trip with Planet Blue Sea Kayak Tours
· Round trip airport and daily hotel transfers
· Daily breakfast at hotel and lunch and refreshments while on tour
· Required Koror State & Peleliu State Government Permits
· Free Nitrox for all certified Nitrox divers
· 10% hotel room tax
Rates are per person based on double occupancy, as follows:
· The Carolines Resort (www.carolinesresort.com): $1,180
· Cliffside Hotel (www.cliffsidehotelpalau.info): $1,320 (standard); $1,448 (2 queen-size beds)
· Palau Pacific Resort (www.palau.panpacific.com): $1,945 (garden view); $2,130 (ocean view)
· Tree-D Hotel (www.tree-d-hotel.com): $962
· West Plaza Hotels (www.wphpalau.com): $1,018
Reservations are subject to availability and prices are subject to change. Package expires December 30, 2006. Single occupant surcharges apply. Package excludes airfare, airport departure tax, diving rental equipment other than tanks and weights, night dives and other optional tours. Some restrictions apply. For more information, visit www.samstours.com or contact samstours@palaunet.com.
Established in 1972, Fish ‘n Fins is Palau’s pioneer dive shop offering scuba diving with international PADI instructors, snorkeling, outrigger canoe and kayak tours, sport fishing, 4×4 land tours, professional photo shop, email service and Internet access. Fish ‘n Fins offers the following dive and hotel packages, including:
· 7 nights hotel accommodation
· 5 days of standard 2-tank diving
· One full day Kayaking tour
· Lunch and drinks while on tour
· Airport and dive shop/hotel transfer
Rates are per person based on double occupancy, as follows:
· The Carolines Resort (www.carolinesresort.com): $1,180
· Cliffside Hotel (www.cliffsidehotelpalau.info): $1,215
· Palau Pacific Resort (www.palau.panpacific.com): $1,860 (garden view)
· Palau Plantation Resort (www.palau-resort.com): $1,205 (cabin-style room)
· Palau Royal Resort (www.palau-royal-resort.com): $1,720
· Rose Garden Resort (rosegardenresort@execs.com): $1,070
· Tree-D Hotel (www.tree-d-hotel.com): $780
· West Plaza Hotels (www.wphpalau.com): $869
Reservations are subject to availability and prices are subject to change. Package expires December 31, 2006. All rates include tax. Package excludes airfare, airport departure tax, gear rental other than thanks, weights and belts, and the required Koror State and Peleliu State government diving permits. Breakfast can be arranged upon request for an additional fee. For more information, visit www.fishnfins.com or contact info@fishnfins.com.
Since 1984, NECO Marine dive shop has grown over the last twenty years into the premier dive operation in Palau, working out of a three million dollar facility. NECO offers scuba dive training and trips, land and sea tours, kayak tours, a dolphin program, snorkeling, fishing trips, and boat charters. Its packages are modified to fit an individual’s schedule while in Palau. For more information, visit www.necomarine.com or contact info@necomarine.com.
Palau offers wedding and honeymoon packages for adventurous lovebirds that want to discover one of the most desirable unspoiled island destinations in the world. Imagine an exotic wedding with colorful fragrant flowers and palm trees on a pristine stretch of white sand or in a romantic tropical hut set high atop a hill overlooking the crystal blue ocean. Warm breezes blow as guitarists serenade quietly in the background. Your private ceremony will be island casual, yet distinctively special. Palau Pacific Resort is one such hotel that provides wedding services. Palau Pacific Resort offers three wedding packages: Hibiscus ($1,000), Plumeria ($1,500), and Orchid ($2,000). The Orchid package includes:
· Marriage license fee and document processing fee
· Fee for honorarium of a judge to officiate the ceremony
· Flower leis and flower headdress
· Bouquet for the bride and corsage for the groom
· Set-up and decorations
· Small heart-shaped vanilla cake in-room after wedding
· Bottle of champagne
· 2 nights ocean view room gift certificate upon 1-year anniversary
· “King & Queen” dinner on the beach
· Deluxe bridal beauty package
· Still photos and video/DVD of ceremony
· Palauan champagne breakfast in room morning after
· $100 gift certificate at restaurants or bars
· $100 gift certificate at Logo Boutique or Pro Shop
· Deluxe PPR wedding gift basket
For the very adventurous, you may also choose to be married underwater, surrounded by tropical fish and walls of colorful coral! Palau Plantation Resort offers a honeymoon package for $1,300 that includes four-night accommodations in a Superior Cottage, dinner for two, charter boat tour of islands and an airport transfer. Hotels that do not have specific packages offer discounts and special upgrades for honeymooners. The Carolines Resort will give 15% off the rack rate (excluding tax) on any available room and Airai View Hotel will upgrade honeymooners to an ocean view room.
Located in the westernmost corner of Micronesia, Palau is an archipelago of more than 400 islands with less than 20,000 inhabitants. Consistently ranked as one the world’s best dive destinations, Palau is the ultimate paradise for the adventurous traveler, boasting some of the most spectacular water and beaches and world famous for its Rock Islands and Jellyfish Lake. With more than 1,400 species of fish and 500 species of coral, some have called Palau the “8th Natural Wonder of the World”, while others have identified Palau as “One of the Seven Underwater Wonders of the World.”
For more information on Palau and new developments in services for visitors, please contact Palau Visitors Authority by email at pva@visit-palau.com or visit the official Palau website at www.visit-palau.com.
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