Escape to Cocos Island a lush, green uninhabited island resting 300 miles off Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Rocky pinnacles surrounding Cocos are beacons for big animals and big action. Schooling hammerheads, countless white-tip sharks, mantas, tuna and even whale sharks call Cocos home. Cocos Island is the largest uninhabited island in the world. This lush, remote islands is a thrill-seekers paradise. The isolated environmental conditions of the island are home to a large number of endemic fish and plants.

DATES:
Depart Denver Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Return to Denver Monday, February 2nd, 2009

ARENAL VOLCANO ADD-ON: (see below)
February 1st thru 4th, 2009

ACCOMMODATIONS: The Okeanos Aggressor, a former ocean-going private yacht, was built by Codecessa Ship Yard in Viareggio, Italy. The 110-foot all-steel vessel provides 21 guests the ultimate comfort and space for cruising and diving. All cabins are fully carpeted, air-conditioned, and have a private bath with in-room vanity. Your cabin is just steps away from the main salon, dining room and dive deck.

The salon features a complete entertainment center with TV, VCR, stereo with compact disc player, and a well stocked library of books and magazines. The dive deck offers each guest a private locker, nitrox, showers, camera bench with charge stations and E6 film processing.

DIVING:
Throughout the week of diving, you'll encounter a spectacular array of marine life large and small-most quite large! Many divers describe the diving at Cocos as "high-voltage" or "on-the-edge," and after drift dives at Alcyone or Big Dos Amigos with a few hundred hammerheads, thousands of horse-eye jacks and a manta or two, you may agree. Other frequently seen marine life includes dolphins, tuna, marble rays, eels, white tip sharks and silky sharks. Okeanos Aggressor divers have also been treated to spectacular whale shark encounters. Weather permitting, guests will be shuttled to the island for a hiking tour.

COST INCLUDES:

• International Air
• Airport/Hotel transfers
• 1 overnight in San Jose
• 8 nights aboard the Okeanos Aggressor
• 5 days of diving
• All meals while aboard the Aggressor
• Soft drinks and local beer/liquor aboard the boat
• Escorted by Bill Friel
  

TOTAL COST: $4199.00/person
Current airfare, included in price, is subject to change by airline.

OPTIONAL ADD-ON:
ARENAL VOLCANO February 1st thru 4th, 2009

• Roundtrip Transfers
• 2 nights accommodations at Volcano Lodge
• Meals at the lodge
• Tour Guide
• Entrance to Hot Springs
• Canyon Repelling
• La Paz Waterfalls

  ADD-ON COST: $749.00

NOT INCLUDED:

• Gratuities
• Meals not specified
• Nitrox tanks ($12/tank)
• Personal dive gear
• Departure tax
• Travel or Dive Insurance

NOTE:
We are limiting this trip to 12 people only, so please don’t delay in signing up. The available spots are filling up fast! A $100.00 deposit is required to hold your spot with us to the Cocos Islands (plus $250.00 for the optional volcano add-on). Payments are due 140 & 70 days prior to departure. Call us for more information and join us for an adrenaline filled trip to the Cocos Islands