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Aore Adventure Sports & Lodge
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
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carolynm604
Brisbane, Australia
85
We had a blast diving with Paul and Alfred on the Coolidge. We did 5 dives on the wreck and I think we could do another 50 and still not see everything she has to offer. The night dive was special with the Lantern fish putting on a great show but my favorite was the engine room to chain locker internal dive. We are definitely coming back to do the bow to stern. Paul's gear is all first rate and post dive food very yummy. We liked that you were in a small group so everything was very personalized.
Date of experience: January 2014
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kerry h
Brisbane, Australia
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has to be the best spot to get away & only a 2 hr flight from brisbane , enter a stress free world.,, A1 accomodation at Aore lodge,, great dive & fish at your doorstep & brilliant hosts in paul & lyndell ,, lodge can cater for a couple to a family with great comfort..highly tip a trip to Aore lodge to chill out & relax....
Date of experience: December 2013
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Josh C
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I went diving with Aore Adventure and Sports in December 2013 and had an excellent experience. I found Paul and Alfred brilliant hosts and their boat top of the line. I had completed about 15 dives prior to these dives and the Coolidge dives was the deepest I had done. Using the boat allowed for access to the stern of the ship without a long swim, and subsequent high air consumption, from the shore. Alfred was my dive master and during our dive his clear knowledge of the Coolidge and vast experience was obvious. We penetrated the engine room and traveled through the corridors of the ship into the doctors office before surfacing up a mooring line. After a great meal during our surface interval we dived Million Dollar Point. Million Dollar Point was quite a spectacle in that it is tons of machinery sticking out at all angles down the slope leading from the beach into the channel.
When I return to Vanuatu I intend to dive with Aore Adventure Sports and Lodge. I highly recommend them.
Date of experience: December 2013
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67thomasc
Brisbane, Australia
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Having logged a few hundred dives over the past 5 years I have spent my fair share of time on liveaboards and dayboats experiencing some of the best diving the world has to offer. Places like Walindi and Lissenung in PNG or the Ribbon Reefs on the Great Barrier Reef are some of my most memorable moments.
So when it came time to take a trip to Santo to dive the Coolidge I was greeted with a pleasant surprise.
Meet Paul and Lyndel, two people who after running one of Australia’s most successful dive shops on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, decided for a sea change and took their slice of Paradise on Aore Island located just off the mainland of Espiritu Santo.
When I was first greeted by Paul and boarded "Full Boar" it didn't take long to realise that this was easily the nicest and most equipped day boat in its class that I have ever had the pleasure of diving on.
With a 15 minute journey along the Segond channel we had arrived at the famous SS President Coolidge, one of the most coveted ship wreck dive sites in the world. After a history and dive brief from local legend and national "Alfred" who has logged enough dives on the Coolidge to be able to navigate it in his sleep, we were off into the deep blue to explore what the Coolidge has to offer.
The sheer size of the Coolidge is hard to grasp and will have you in awe, stretching over 600 feet from bow to stern! Its huge cargo holds still contain the remnants of military equipment and supplies from WWII and a trip to the Medical Supplies room you will see that blood supplies are still kept.
Back on deck you will be treated to one or two of Lyndel's famous Santo beef rolls, if that's not enough reason to return to the Coolidge with Aore Adventure Sports. My mouth is starting to water right now....
After spending the day diving the Coolidge or Million Dollar point it’s time to return back to the lodge for an ale or two in what can only be deemed as paradise looking out over the foreshore and Segond channel from your own private self-contained lodge.
Sleeping up to 6 people it offers fantastic value for money and there is a house reef stretching half a kilometre which you can explore with mask and snorkel. Who knows, if you're lucky you might even meet one of the resident Dugongs!
Maybe I will see you there, as I have no doubt that I will return.
Date of experience: December 2013
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KatieJaneMcClelland
Sydney, Australia
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My boyfriend I recently completed our PADI Advanced Open Water Certification with Aore Adventure Sports and Lodge - it was an absolute blast! Paul and Lyndell run a top-notch operation. Dive guide Alfred is great value - always smiling and has a wealth of experience diving around Santo. We finished our dives off with an amazing night dive on the SS President Coolidge with the flashlight fish. Would recommend to anyone who wanted to experience diving in Santo. We will be back!
Date of experience: December 2013
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