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Yap Diving Holidays

Beautiful reef diving with a vast number of resident Manta Rays. Also take in the culture of Yap.

Diving in Yap is world famous for its resident population of more than 100 giant manta rays that congregate at cleaning stations such as Manta Ridge and the Car Wash along the Goofnuw and Mi’l Channels. In Yap manta rays can be observed up close every day of the year with best sightings in the morning when they visit the cleaning stations to have parasites removed from their undersides by small wrasse and butterflyfish. Yap is also famous for fringi...

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Manta Ray Bay Hotel

The Manta Ray Bay Hotel is truly one of the most luxurious dive resorts in the fabulous diving region of Micronesia.

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5* PADI centre on-site with Nitrox

24 standard and 4 deluxe rooms

Dedicated dive resort

Cultural tours

Pool/Internet/Bar/Water Sports

Unique boat restaurant

Prices from

£3,164

Including flights and transfers

Diving from

£88

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Diving in Yap is world famous for its resident population of more than 100 giant manta rays that congregate at cleaning stations such as Manta Ridge and the Car Wash along the Goofnuw and Mi’l Channels. In Yap manta rays can be observed up close every day of the year with best sightings in the morning when they visit the cleaning stations to have parasites removed from their undersides by small wrasse and butterflyfish. Yap is also famous for fringing reefs and the several channels and drop offs that separate the islands. The cavern system located at the southern point of the island offers beautiful corals, swim throughs and abundant fish and shark life.

The Goofnuw Channel is named “the valley of the rays”, just a 25 minute boat journey from the Manta Ray Bay Hotel. Between the channel and inner lagoon area there are three cleaning stations where mantas are seen soaring in endless circles around lettuce outcrops. The staghorn corals on the reef slopes are pristine with white-tip sharks, octopus and turtles as local residents.

Manta Ridge in Mi’l Channel is an alternative manta cleaning station just 45 minutes from the Manta Ray Bay Hotel. Manta Ridge is 9 metres across and in the middle of the channel making it an ideal place for mantas to feed and be cleaned at the same time. Over the ridge there is a large coral outcrop where up to 30 mantas hangout.

Yap Diving Season
Yap holidays are available throughout the year but the best conditions exist between December and April. You can see mantas in Miil Channel in December and from January to March when they are mating. In May the mantas migrate to Goofnuw Channel and return to Miil Channel in November.

Yap Diving Holidays
Manta Ray Bay Hotel from £3399pp

Getting There
There are daily flights from London Heathrow to Manila in the Philippines with various airlines. From Manila, Continental Micronesia airlines operate flights to Yap a few days of the week, with a transit through Guam. Please note that transit times through Manila and Guam can be long and sometimes in excess of 12 hours. Overnights and day rooms can be arranged to make your journey more relaxing.

Yap Fact File

Yap is part of the Federated States of Micronesia, situated in the western area of the South Pacific, Yap lies between Guam and Palau. This is a destination that is off the beaten track, it is made up of four main islands Yap Island, Tomil-Gagil, Map, and Rumung and ten small islands, all surrounded by a beautiful coral reef.

Relatively unaffected by modern society visitors can still see some of the traditional houses in the villages. The villages of Yap still retain the foundations of meeting houses and platforms used by past generations of males who would discuss community issues. The traditional dress is brightly-coloured loin cloths for men, and grass or woven hibiscus skirts for women. The local currency of different size coins are made out of limestone is referred to as the Stone Money of Yap, not legal tender in International markets but it is the legal tender in Yap. Only a limited number of visitors come to Yap each year therefore the people are naturally shy. They love to share their beautiful island with others all they ask is that visitors respect their culture and customs.

Yap has 130 outer islands stretching nearly 600 miles east of the island. Most of the outer islands are coral atolls and are sparsely populated. Typical of the South Pacific the landscape boasts rolling hills with lowlands covered with thick jungle vegetation. However, the beaches and coastal areas are mangrove with the occasional coral beach. Similar to all the other FSM islands, Yap Island is surrounded by a coral reef, so snorkelling and diving are very popular and really the main attraction.

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