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keep on smiling

Blog Filitheyo - 29.01.2021 Sometimes he smiles. Sometimes he is serious. But he is our friend.. We see him rarely but when he makes a appearance it is one to remember. Our Lemon Shark on Filitheyo House Reef (Cruising in the Shallows)

Bathala is opening from the 21st of February!!!

I had a conversation with the owner of Bathala Island Resort today. It has been decided that Bathala will be bookable again from Feb 21st for our customers from Europe and Switzerland. This perfectly fits into the Manta season. If we can get flights, Lilly [...]

Always good for a surprise …

Bathala - 25.01.2021 Treat yourself to some surprises. The reefs of the North Ari atoll hide many jewels, for example these two members of the cartilaginous class of fish. Do you like more the zebra shark we saw at Maaya thila, or the guitar fish [...]

Sharktastic!

Filitheyo - 23.01.2021 With the New Year and new beginning a full boat of excited divers eagerly await what beholds down there.. A treasure some call it. For us in Filitheyo it makes our eyes shine. SHARKS!!! SHARKS !!! SHARKS!!!

Flamingos

Blog Cyprus - 20.01.2021 Each autumn Flamingos arrive in Cyprus to spend the winter here. 

We are back!

Bathala  -14.01.2021 The Werner Lau dive team on Bathala is ready for 2021, enthusiastic and excited as ever. The reefs of the North Ari atoll are waiting for you, experienced divers and the less experienced ones, and the beginners as well. Everybody is welcome. Join [...]

Jet ski service

Blog Cypern - 12.01.2021 The winter break we use to get our jet skis serviced and maintained. This one is ready for the new season.

Happy new year!

Blog Oasis - 03.01.2021 We deeply hope that you´ve had a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays and that you´ve made it well into the new year! Let´s hope to see each other again in 2021…Many sunny greetings from The Oasis!

Good bye 2020

Blog Cyprus - 31.12.2020 Well, 2020, that's it!   Bye-bye, you won't be missed.

Merry Christmas

Blog Cyprus - 24.12.2020 It has been a difficult and much different year for everybody. We would like to thank all our guests, business partners, colleagues, families and friends for their continued support. We hope 2021 will be a brighter year for all of us. [...]

Christmas mood on

Blog Cyprus - 19.12.2020 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... All we still need is presents!

Lionfish

Blog Cyprus - 14.12.2020 Lionfish are relatively new to the Mediterranean Sea but every year we get to see more of them. They only have very few natural predators so they can easily reproduce. This one here we found in Shooting range, Xylofagou.

A perfect December morning

Blog Cyprus - 07.12.2020 What more to ask for? No wind, sunshine and 23 degrees Celsius! A perfect December day.

Good News from Oasis

Oasis - 29.11.2020 Good News from our Oasis The hotel will remain closed until 24.March BUT: You can now dive with us again! Today the Covid inspection of the CDWS and the Ministry of Tourism took place in the Oasis. The DC passed and we [...]

Turtle in Cape Greco

Blog Cyprus - 28.11.2020 We still go diving once in a while, just for fun and for the joy of diving. This time we chose Cape Greco and got lucky and saw the turtle which was always around in the summertime.

It is olive season

Blog Cyprus - 22.11.2020 The local people have already started to harvest olives. We are so much looking forward to enjoying the self-made olive oil and pickled olives. Yammie!

Maldives Update 18.11.2020

The resorts and thus our dive centres will be reopened in December! Opening dates: Bathala: 01. December 2020 exclusively for Qatar Holidays and from 21. December 2020 for all guests Filitheyo and Medhufushi: December 01, 2020 The entry to the Maldives seems to be possible [...]

Somewhere over the rainbow

Blog Cyprus - 16.11.2020 Wow, rainbows are always so pretty, aren't they?

Cats

Blog Cyprus - 12.11.2020 This is Opti, one of the cats we are looking after. Unfortunately, as the winter comes and we don't work anymore, they are all a bit lonely. We do feed them once in a while but they depend much on themselves.

Sheena goes in Pension

Dear guests, dear partners, dear friends, For well over a decade our old lady, the Sheena, has been writing liveaboard history. We discovered previously unknown dive sites in the south of the Maldives and together with our crew we gave many guests countless amazing diving [...]

It is empty

Blog Cyprus - 07.11.2020 The hotel is empty. We have put everything away so it is stored over the winter. See you all next year!

Elphinstone

Blog Oasis - 05.11.2020 The Elphinstone Reef is one of the highlight divespots in the southern Red Sea. It is located approximately 9km offshore directly in front of our diveresort. Around 1830 it was discovered and named after John Elphinstone. The reef is 600m long [...]

Bye bye

Blog Cyprus - 02.11.2020 And off you go ... Hopefully, it is not a goodbye for good. We had a great time filled with smiles and laughter. It was encouraging seeing you grow, taking on new tasks and smiling even in difficult times. We will [...]

Thank you team!

Blog Cyprus - 31.10.2020 This year was filled with many ups and downs. Thanks to all your hard work and the effort you put into it, we managed to have a successful time. I am proud of each and every one of you. You were [...]

An empty hotel

Blog Zypern - 28.10.2020 It has been a short season. And unfortunately, the hotel had to close even earlier than planned. The guests have all left and we started to bring everything inside and make the center ready for the winter.