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Lonely Planet Diving and Snorkeling Philippines (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Philippines)

Lonely Planet Diving and Snorkeling Philippines (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Philippines)

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Author: Heneage Mitchell
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book

Buy New: $142.84



New (2) Used (4) from $37.99

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 reviews
Sales Rank: 502021

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.5

ISBN: 1864503645
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781864503647
ASIN: 1864503645

Publication Date: January 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
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Editorial Reviews:

Book Description

With more than 7,000 islands and countless coral reefs, the Philippines offers a plethora of diving opportunities. Whether it's snorkeling alongside whale sharks, cruising with mantas or thresher sharks, exploring WWII wrecks or simply hanging out near the kaleidoscopic walls and reefs, this tropical paradise will fascinate divers of all skill levels and interests. Divers and snorkelers can don their fins and swim out from white-sand beaches to shallow coral gardens, or enjoy live-aboard diving among some of the finest dive sites in the world. This book describes more than 120 of the country's best dive sites.

You'll get specific information on:

  • dive site depth range, access and conditions
  • common and hazardous marine life
  • topside activities and attractions
  • diving services and live-aboards
  • 23 easy-to-read maps



Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good advice   May 28, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If there's one thing the Philippines has in abundance, it's water and diving. I picked this guide up to help narrow my selections down, since the amount of spots to go to is simply overwhelming. It helped narrow things down a bit, and from there you head to the divemasters and started hitting the spots one at a time. This book will definitely save you time.


5 out of 5 stars Diving in the Philippines, Details!   May 2, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book is wonderful. It educates the diver with degree of skill, pros and cons of each site, photos as applicable, and maps. It's a well rounded, informative guide and I recommend it. The maps are not as they could be, but thats why you go out with a group and dive master.


5 out of 5 stars Nice concise guide   September 20, 2006
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book was well laid out and an easy and interesting read. It covers all the main diving areas throughout the Philippines. It gives a brief description of the terrain, difficulty, what you will see and the general conditions you will experience on diving to each location. It also gives tips on traveling to each location, though this could be a little more thorough, due to the difficulty of getting to each site. This book is great if you are planning a dive trip and have no idea which areas to head to. It allowed me to pick certain areas and islands to research further on the internet. It will be a great resource to take to each dive shop when deciding which dives to participate in.


4 out of 5 stars Lacks map of fish.   September 23, 2005
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Very good and contains a lot af info. Lacks a map of fish.
It would be nice to have pictures of the fish you are going to see.



5 out of 5 stars The best Diving Guide to the Philippines   February 14, 2003
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Well written guide with alot of information and contacts for dive locations throughout the Philippines, well worth the price even if just snokeling. Covers Malapascua in northern Cebu, Southern Leyte, best diving around, and Camiguin plus all the well known sites. Alot of good maps.

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