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Manager's Log
Jan 5, 2012
Happy New Year everyone. The rainy season has started in the Solomon Islands
and the Bilikiki is being stripped down to go for her annual maintenance, Sam
& I are off for our holidays soon.....read more
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Jan 4, 2012
Amazing last trip of the season, a great 14 night trip over Christmas and
new year with a great bunch of divers. Had some spectacular dives with the mantas
out in full force at Devils highway....read more
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Dec 23, 2011
First dive of the Christmas trip at Petrol point (formally known as Patricks
point) a beautiful ornate ghost pipefish. What a great start. Yesterday we had
10 mantas at Devils highway for an hour, 2 sea moths & 2 demon stingers
in Maravagi bay:) Awesome trip so far
Dec 16, 2011
Out this afternoon for a weekend trip, onboard is Barbara Hanchard who is
doing her 50th trip with Bilikiki Cruises. Thank you for diving with us Barbs,
hopefully we will find you some very special nudis this trip.
Dec 13, 2011
3rd-13th December was a fantastic trip with the most wonderful weather we
have had all year! The seas were flat and the sky was mostly clear. Diving was
superb especially at Kicha with schools of batfish, jacks, bumphead parrots......read
more »
Nov 30, 2011
It's the last night of a great 9 night trip with Janet & Greg from the
US, Peter from the Uk and a group of 17 divers lead by Tomas from the Czech
Republic. We have had some fantastic dives and a great time......read
more »
Nov 17, 2011
This trip has been all about sex!
It's coral spawning time and the corals are really going for it; middle of the
day, dusk, night; they have no shame:).....read
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Nov 8, 2011
Just back from a really fun two week trip with a group lead by Bret Gilliam;
great fun with great people. The mantas were there putting on a show 2 out of
3 times......read more »
Oct 28, 2011
10 mantas at Devils highway yesterday. We are heading back there this afternoon
to dive it again:) Having a great trip with Bret Gilliam on board."
Oct 25, 2011
Just back from the 15th - 25th October trip with the diving docs. Trip ended
on a high noted with a beautiful Spanish dancer on the last night dive, plus
a cuttlefish and an array of crabs and shrimpsit......read
more »
Oct 17, 2011
October trip 5th - 14th was a real treat with Stan Waterman onboard, entertaining
us with his stories and presentations. So great to see someone who has done
so much diving still really enjoy it......read more
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Oct 2, 2011
This could possible be the BEST trip ever!! We saw all the usual cool and amazing
stuff, mantas at devils highway, huge schools of barracudas and jacks at Mary
island, Pygmy seahorses, etc but what made this trip so special is that we had
an hour encounter with a pod of sperm whales!!.....read
more »
September 21, 2011
Not much current at any of the sites yesterday so we did an exploratory night
dive down on Patricks point.....read more »
September 18, 2011
Wonderful afternoon at White Beach yesterday in the Russell Islands, twin spot
gobies everywhere, a pair of robust ghost pipefish still hanging around.....read
more »
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Solomon Islands is an island nation located in the southwest Pacific,
1,500 miles (2,400 km) west of Fiji and 1,200 miles (2,000 km) northeast
of Australia.
MAP OF SOLOMON ISLANDS
Air travelers can reach Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, and the
home port for the ships of Bilikiki Cruises Ltd. via Nadi, Fiji; Brisbane,
Australia or Port Moresby, Papua - New Guinea. Visit our Downloads
Page for current airline schedules.
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Both MV Bilikiki and MV Spirit of Solomons are 125 ft long, and have a
24 ft beam, making them very large and stable ships designed for South
Pacific conditions. Both ships offer immense sundecks, plenty of covered
areas and airconditioned accommodations.
Bilikiki offers 10 deluxe cabins with a full double bed and a single above,
and all cabins have private showers and toilets.
Spirit of Solomons offers 7 cabins like Bilikiki's, and 6 additional cabins
which have 2 single bunks, and share 3 showers and 2 toilets. These smaller
cabins are often booked on a single occupancy basis.
Our Photo Gallery and Video
Galleryoffers you a selection of images to give you an idea of the
ships facilities, or you may wish to Download our
DVD.
Both MV Bilikiki and MV Spirit of Solomons operate from
Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island, to dive sites in the Florida Islands,
the Russell Islands, Mborokua (Mary) Island and Marovo Lagoon in the New
Georgia Islands.
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The walls, reefs, pinnacles and coral gardens of Solomon Islands support
an amazing variety and quantity of sea creatures. The varieties of fish
are staggering. Within a few yards of each other, individually or in schools
can be seen anemone fish, angel fish, butterfly fish, humphead parrot
fish and other reef dwellers while just a short distance away schools
of barracuda, big-eye trevally and other pelagics cruise in the blue waters.
Popular with underwater photographers and those with a keen eye for the
small and unusual critters are "muck dives". The amount and
variety of sealife is astounding. Manta shrimp, ghost pipefish, and pygmy
seahorses are only a few examples of what you may find. For some vivid
imagery of what you might expect to see be sure to visit our Photo
Gallery and Video
galleryand view photos and videos submitted by divers like yourselves,
or Download our DVD.
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The North American staff of Bilikiki Cruises Ltd. are knowledgeable and
experienced Solomon Island divers. They can answer your Solomon Islands
questions, help you plan your dive trip, including transportation queries,
and make and confirm your reservation. Call us on
1800 663 5363 or +1 416 800 1676
or email bilikiki@bilikiki.com
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