| Diving tours from Sevastopol and Balaklava |
If you want a vacation with a touch of the deep sea extreme, head for the Crimean Peninsula with Fun Travel. The sea waters will gently embrace you and the Black Sea shelf will readily reveal its historical secrets of sunken ships and ancient epochs, breathtaking underwater landscapes, caves and volcanoes, as well as acquaint you with marine life. Even tough this underwater fairytale is quickly over; the memory of it will stay with you for the rest of your lifetime. |
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Like a museum, the Black Sea preserves military relics. A great number of shipwrecks were left following the Crimean War of 1853 – 1856 that enveloped the waters of the southwestern Crimea from Cape Lukall to Cape Sarych. During a single hurricane in November 1854 in Balaklava Harbor, 60 British, French and Turkish vessels sank just as they readied themselves to bombard the fortress city of Sevastopol. On that fateful day, the sea took into its embrace the pride of the British fleet, the sailing frigate “Prince” and …. 20 thousand Pound Sterling in gold and silver. The legend of dozens of barrels filled with gold and silver still attracts treasure hunters all over the world and frigate itself was long ago renamed “The Black Price” in order to make the intrigue more exiting. |
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One more wonder of Crimea’s underwater realm is an English frigate, whose name still remains in mystery, which went to the bottom with a cargo no less precious than that of the “Price”, numerous bottles of wine and cognac, which caused divers to christen it in “The Drunken Jack”. Today in the wreckage of the ship, you can find a bottle of wine or cognac that has already been maturing for more then a century. At depths from 6 to 15 meters, one can finds the eternal resting place of other heroes of the Crimean War: the legendary “Lord Reglan” and his fair lady the “Duchess of Glendaloge” and the majestic warriors “Gung”, “Pyrenees” and “London”. |
One more wonder of Crimea’s underwater realm is an English frigate, whose name still remains in mystery, which went to the bottom with a cargo no less precious than that of the “Price”, numerous bottles of wine and cognac, which caused divers to christen it in “The Drunken Jack”. Today in the wreckage of the ship, you can find a bottle of wine or cognac that has already been maturing for more then a century. At depths from 6 to 15 meters, one can finds the eternal resting place of other heroes of the Crimean War: the legendary “Lord Reglan” and his fair lady the “Duchess of Glendaloge” and the majestic warriors “Gung”, “Pyrenees” and “London”. |
The Second World War also left its marks in Crimea’s submarine spaces. In 1943, the German ship “Santa Fe” sank to the bottom near Sevastopol for unknown reasons. The vessel had on board 12 cannons, a tank destroyer and 1.278 tons ammunition and bombs. After the war, the sunken ship was cleared of all dangerous objects, rendering it safe for fascinating underwater excursions. Beside the vessel rests the German submarine destroyer “UJ102”. Its deck is so well preserved that divers can easily recognize the once dangerous cannons. Unforgettable impressions will remain after a visit to Balaklava, a small town in the vicinity of Sevastopol. During the Sovjet era, there was a submarine shooting range there in the area of Mramorna Balka. Today, at a depth accusable to divers, one can see the remains of broken targets and unsuccessfully lounged torpedoes. |
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To see all these wonders or even to take a photograph against their diverse backgrounds is a dream for many divers. So, arm yourself with scuba tanks and set off to conquer the depths! FunTravel is offering a full range of diving services at a Five Star Dive Centre! From rendering assistance in allocation, organizing excursion programs, etc, etc. Take a look at the separate pages for diving in the Black Sea with FunTravel. |
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More than 50 places can be visited from promontory Lykyll till promontory Sarich, including rivers, vertical walls and stone gardens.
FunTravel is working together with a PADI Certified diving centre!
The staff consist of high qualified instructors and PADI dive-masters.
All equipment is modern and to the highest standards!
We are offering you sets of diving equipment for hire such as: flippers, masks, snorkels, regulators, boots, gloves, plenty of 12/15 liters tanks, compressors to fill tanks (with the possibility to set this on the boat during your dive-cruses), equipment to produce air, enriched by oxygen, nitrox, trimex, heliox and own navigation. You can hire underwater cameras, torches and underwater vehicles as well.
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At the dive centre you will find a diving shop with all material for unbelievable low prices, rest room, dry room for the equipment, recompressing room at the Russian Naval Base, shower cabins and toilets. |
Dive Tours.
Single day dives can be organised or alternatively multi-day tours are a must for the total enthusiast where you and your guests can cruise the Crimean shores sleeping and dining in luxury on modern fully equipped yachts accompanied by your experienced PADI diver-guide
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Please contact us for further details. |
Travel, Tourism and Holidays Specialists to Kiev, Around Ukraine and Crimea |
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