Manta Lodge and Tobago Dive Experience Hot

Manta Lodge and dive partner Tobago Dive Experience is launching a new "Fins, Feathers & Ferns" Package! The package is designed to appeal to travelers who enjoy bird watching, scuba diving and active encounters with the natural world. If you have never been diving and would like to try it, our Discover Scuba course is a perfect choice, as it can be part of the package. You may pick and chose from any of the following adventures: 

Two Boat Dives (same day)
Discover Scuba Diving Resort Course (1 Tank Dive)
Rain Forest Tour #1: The Gilpin Trail & Argyle Waterfall
Rain Forest Tour #2: Kenneth's "Over the Mountain" Tour
Grafton Bird Sanctuary and Arnos Vale
Bon Accord Mangroves and Bucco Swamp
Little Tobago Tour :Nature Walk & Snorkeling

Package:

A popular Fins, Feathers and Ferns package of 8 days/7 nights is $1,042.00 US per person January 2 - April 30, 2010, $953.00 US per person May 1 - December 17, 2010, based on double occupancy includes: daily breakfast, 5 activities as outlined above, round trip Tobago airport transfers and applicable hotel and sales taxes.

The Diving: Tobago's effortless drift diving is unlike any to be found in the Caribbean. The best diving is less than 10 minutes from the resort, where the nutrient rich waters are home to many species of corals, sponges, turtles and tropical fish as well as a large number of the "Giants of the Drift" - predators and filter feeders including Great Hammerhead Sharks and Manta Rays. Tobago is a year round scuba diving destination, as our wet season usually consists of short sharp showers, which at most times are a welcome respite from constant sunshine. Located about 11 degrees north of the equator, we are outside of the normal paths of hurricanes, which means our diving is rarely disrupted by weather.

From Wet Suits to "Wellies" Certified divers and dive students alike can leave their wet suits behind to slip on a pair of rented "Wellies" (traditional high top rubber boots) and follow our guide on a Rainforest Tour. Tobago's Main Ridge Rain Forest is the oldest natural reserve in the western hemisphere. Many of the island's reported 6000 species of plants and animals, are found here. Our other tours to the Grafton Bird Sanctuary, Arnos Vale, Bon Accord Mangroves and Bucco Swamp offer a unique habitat waiting to be explored. Tobago has one of the highest densities of bird species in the world in a mere 116 square miles of land!  Our Little Tobago or Bird of Paradise Island Tour is a self guided tour which affords you ample time to explore the island and go for a snorkel of swim before returning to the mainland. 

Manta Lodge welcomes and enthusiastically caters to solo travelers, couples, groups and families. The 22 rooms come with a variety of different bedding options, enabling us to tailor arrangements according to your bedding requests. Single, double and triple occupancies can all be accommodated. All rooms have private bathrooms with shower. Linens are provided including beach towels for use at the pool and on dives. The rooms do not have televisions or telephones however there is a TV in the bar, and wireless access is available for a small fee throughout the common areas of the Lodge.

With a “feels like home flair,” the common area, bar and restaurant offer an ideal setting for visitors, islanders and staff to socialize throughout the day and evening. Meal times are lively affairs, and the bar is well stocked with excellent rum varieties not easily found outside the Caribbean, as well as the crisp light Carib beer - the ‘official' beer of Trinidad and Tobago, in addition to a traditional stock of liquor and soft drinks.