Dive Review of Tauchertraum/Solitude One liveaboard in
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Tauchertraum/Solitude One liveaboard: "Best Palau Trip Possible", Mar, 2023, by Randall S Preissig, TX, US ( Top Contributor 42 reports with 16 Helpful votes). Report 12533.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	One of many things that makes Undercurrent unique and valuable is the many exceptional diving companies that you wouldn't know about if you didn't find them in Undercurrent. Here are two. This trip was the "make up trip" for our Covid interrupted trip of 2020. Tauchertraum discounted the trip for those of us that had to end the prior trip 1/2 way through. This was a special three-week trip arranged by the excellent German company Tauchertraum. Tauchertraum--see link above--arranges extraordinary trips to unusual places; it caters to very experienced divers, mostly German, which is a big plus as well. If you're looking for a "trip of a lifetime", I suggest visiting their website. The trip also featured a world-famous photographer and specialist on fish spawning, Richard Barnden www.richardbarnden.com His expertise and enthusiasm were exceptional. Just another example of the uniqueness of Tauchertraum trips. I have made several trips to Palau, first in 1980. And I witnessed the devastation from the great El Niño of 1998. I can say that Palau has fully recovered! From a manta cleaning station to schools of sharks to breeding snappers, parrotfish and groupers --wow! And plenty of macro. Walls, current, coral like you rarely see and more. The Solitude One is also exceptional, being way larger than the biggest liveaboard you are likely to have been on. They take deserved pride in the quality of their operation, luxury of their ship and food. Excellent photo facilities and frankly everything else. It is said that the owner operates it as a loss/hobby. I plan on more Solitude One trips in the Philippines, and I will continue to dive with Tauchertraum, hopefully in Malpeo Island. You should consider them if you're an experienced diver looking for the best diving possible.
Websites	Tauchertraum Solitude One liveaboard
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Raja Amphat, Lembeh, Komodo, Alor, Thailand, Sipadan, PNG, BVI, Bahamas, Tahiti, Tuamatus, Palau, Chuuk, Ponape, Guam, Australia, Hawaii, Myamar, Fiji, Cocos, Galapagos, Socorro, 3 Caymans, Bonaire, Cozumel, Belize, Etc.
Closest Airport	Koror ROR	Getting There	Five legs and almost 24 hours on United
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	74-80°F / 23-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	70-99 Ft/ 21-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Recreational Dive limits
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Huge modern camera room. Professional service. Excellent camera care. Controlled battery charging. Nightwatch.

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By report author: Randall S Preissig in TX, US at Sep 15, 2023 09:37 EST

Note: MALPELO Island, as in the Sept. 2023 Undercurrent issue.

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Dive Review of Tauchertraum/Solitude One liveaboard in Micronesia/Palau

Tauchertraum/Solitude One liveaboard: "Best Palau Trip Possible", Mar, 2023,

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Dive Review of Tauchertraum/Solitude One liveaboard in
Micronesia/Palau