Dive Review of Walindi Plantation in
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Walindi Plantation, May, 2004, by Edward Leibowitz, NJ, USA . Report 1107.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	It took me two days of flying to get this resort. The best dive I did was English Shoals. Saw two blacktip sharks on this dive. Corals are in excellent shape as good as Fiji, and possibly better. Saw mostly smaller fish. Excellent for macro. There is a type coral there that can penetrate your wetsuit if you touch it. I personally felt the diving in PNG was not as good as Yap or Palau, considering the distance and cost to get there. Dive operation was very well run. Food was very good. However, you should get to the buffet dinner as soon as it is served, since they put out all the food at once and run out of it rather quickly. Lunch was served on the boat after the second dive. Lunch generally consisted of the same food from the previous evening's dinner. I enjoyed my week of diving at Walindi. Boat trips were usually one hour to dive sites. Boat usually returned to resort between 3PM and 4PM. My only complaint with the resort was the way they bill you for supplemental charges incurred at the resort, i.e, drinks, night dive,etc. If you use your credit card to pay for these charges a fee is added so that the resort does not lose money on the exchange between PNG Kina and US dollars. My supplemental bill came to $121. However my credit card bill for these charges totaled $136. When I protested to the credit card company they told me that I signed for this amount. My advice pay supplemental charges in cash.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	St Eustatius, Yap , Palua, Bonaire, Tortola, Fiji, Roatan]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth Limits]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Walindi Plantation in Papua New Guinea

Walindi Plantation, May, 2004,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Walindi Plantation in
Papua New Guinea