TAILOR-MADE SAFARI AND DIVING HOLIDAYS
Indigo Safaris - Wildlife, Tribes, Treks and Dives
Diving & SNORKELLING expertise
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Creating tailor-made trips designed to make your precious spare time the holiday of a lifetime has been Indigo Safaris' forte since 2009.
Indigo Safaris has specialised in dive trips for over a decade. Set up and run by Underwater Photojournalist Christopher Bartlett, the dive tip planning team is completed by Ines Moosmann, a safari specialist and avid scuba diver with over a decade's experience garnered in Germany and the UK, poached from a prestigious London travel company where she was Senior Africa Travel Consultant. Ines has an in-depth knowledge of Africa, Papua New Guinea, and experience in Indonesia, The Philippines, the Caribbean, and Australia, has German as her mother tongue, and is a qualified yoga teacher to boot. She is our Sales and Product Manager. She finds sharks and wrecks a bit boring, but loves mantas, cephalopods, and the Cenotes in Mexico. Antonio in our Mozambique office helps with marketing and website admin, and is an experienced dive guide from Tofo. Sicelo in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, looks after our transfers there, and guides private safaris for us in his back garden of Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve. |
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WHERE TO GO
Africa & the Indian Ocean
Dive into the Indian Ocean on the coral covered walls of Pemba Island, Zanzibar or the passes of Mafia Island, dive with giant mantas, zebra sharks, whale sharks and reef sharks in central Mozambique, ogle look for silvertips, blacktips, and hammerheads in southern Mozambique, come face to face with tiger sharks, blacktips, bull sharks, ragged-tooth sharks, and schooling hammerheads in their hundreds in South Africa or swim and dive with huge schools of sardines and their predators during the annual Sardine Run.
Check out the unspoilt beauty of the Comores, or venture to one of the most inhabited dive destinations in the world, St Helena Island, and encounter adult whale sharks in mating season, Chilean Devil Rays, and dozens of endemic species. Get mellow with mantas in the Maldives, or wallow with a whale shark. Marvel at the magic of Madagascar with a sumptuous spread of endemic wildlife and landscapes.
Check out the unspoilt beauty of the Comores, or venture to one of the most inhabited dive destinations in the world, St Helena Island, and encounter adult whale sharks in mating season, Chilean Devil Rays, and dozens of endemic species. Get mellow with mantas in the Maldives, or wallow with a whale shark. Marvel at the magic of Madagascar with a sumptuous spread of endemic wildlife and landscapes.
Oceania & The Pacific
In Papua New Guinea, be prepared to be simply stunned by the vast array and abundance of corals and fish, WWII plane wrecks diving in four different oceans and seas. There are also outrigger safaris to remote coastal villages, incomparable cultural festivals, and Sepik River expeditions to the last frontier of cultural tourism. Go down under to Australia and dive and snorkel the Great Barrier Reef on a liveaboard from Cairns or along the Queensland and New South Wales coastline at some iconic dive spots.
Trek to Truk ( a.k.a Chuuk) to dive a coral-covered sunken Japanese fleet, or pop over to Palau for grey reef sharks, reef mantas, and the amazing monthly bumphead parrotfish and snapper spawnings. Flip over to French Polynesia and hit up the terrific Tuamotu Islands, home to legendary shark-filled passes.
Trek to Truk ( a.k.a Chuuk) to dive a coral-covered sunken Japanese fleet, or pop over to Palau for grey reef sharks, reef mantas, and the amazing monthly bumphead parrotfish and snapper spawnings. Flip over to French Polynesia and hit up the terrific Tuamotu Islands, home to legendary shark-filled passes.
Indonesia
Immerse yourself in the beautiful reefs in the world of West Papua, whilst giant and reef mantas swim overhead, , see the whale shark aggregations in Cendarwasih Bay, or get a unique mix of sharks, rays and dragons in Komodo. Bounce around Bali on a multi-resort itinerary featuring mantas, mola-molas, a superb wreck, and more macro than you imagined, and have a gander at the temples, and the coral-covered Liberty ship wreck. Love critter heaven Lembeh, and it's amazing blackwater night dives or backroll into Bunaken's lively walls and reefs.
The Caribbean and the Americas
Meet massive schools of hammerheads and whitetip reef sharks in the big fish paradise of the Cocos Island, Costa Rica, and combine with one of our fascinating land tours.
Follow in Darwin's footsteps, and dive with whale sharks, hammerhead, Galapagos, and white-tip reef sharks, sea lions, mantas and other rays, marine iguanas and tons of turtles, and walk amongst giant turtles, indigenous plants and birds and weird and wonderful reptiles in the Galapagos. Combine with a nature liveaboard or a land tour to the Ecuadorian Amazon or the volcanoes of Cotapaxi national park.
Dive the cenotes caverns of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and visit Mayan temples on the east coast, check out Cozumel's reefs, or see the big fish, sea lions, and whales in the Sea of Cortez and the amazing giant mantas, dolphins, sharks and, if you are lucky humpback whales, out at the Revillagigedos Archipelago.
For the most intimate shark encounters you will ever get, try the Bahamas for an unforgettable experience, diving with tiger, lemon, Caribbean reef, great hammerhead, and nurse sharks. Or just take in some leisurely diving from one of the beautiful beach resorts on the "out islands".
Swim with humpback whales in the Turks and Caicos and dive the reefs and wrecks of unique Salt Cay, or dive Grand Turk Wall from a small and relaxing resort on Grand Turk, or hop on a liveaboard to French Cay and West Sand Spit, enjoy the freedom of shore diving on Bonaire's fishy and colourful reefs or dive Klein Bonaire from day boats, combine culture and scuba on Cuba or discover Dominica's colourful dive sites in great viz, or join a special Sperm whale swimming trip.
Follow in Darwin's footsteps, and dive with whale sharks, hammerhead, Galapagos, and white-tip reef sharks, sea lions, mantas and other rays, marine iguanas and tons of turtles, and walk amongst giant turtles, indigenous plants and birds and weird and wonderful reptiles in the Galapagos. Combine with a nature liveaboard or a land tour to the Ecuadorian Amazon or the volcanoes of Cotapaxi national park.
Dive the cenotes caverns of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and visit Mayan temples on the east coast, check out Cozumel's reefs, or see the big fish, sea lions, and whales in the Sea of Cortez and the amazing giant mantas, dolphins, sharks and, if you are lucky humpback whales, out at the Revillagigedos Archipelago.
For the most intimate shark encounters you will ever get, try the Bahamas for an unforgettable experience, diving with tiger, lemon, Caribbean reef, great hammerhead, and nurse sharks. Or just take in some leisurely diving from one of the beautiful beach resorts on the "out islands".
Swim with humpback whales in the Turks and Caicos and dive the reefs and wrecks of unique Salt Cay, or dive Grand Turk Wall from a small and relaxing resort on Grand Turk, or hop on a liveaboard to French Cay and West Sand Spit, enjoy the freedom of shore diving on Bonaire's fishy and colourful reefs or dive Klein Bonaire from day boats, combine culture and scuba on Cuba or discover Dominica's colourful dive sites in great viz, or join a special Sperm whale swimming trip.
THE PHILIPPINES
Get your macro geek on in the Philippines, another critter heaven, but with good whale shark opportunities, numerous colourful coral reefs, lots of turtles, the historic WW2 wrecks of Coron, and Thresher sharks, or take the plunge on a seasonal trip to tremendous Tubbataha. Or just relax and discover the beautiful scenery of of some of the 7,000 plus islands in this tropical paradise.
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PHILANTHROPY
At the more remote destinations we work with, we have become involved with helping out communities and conservation projects in one form or another, beyond helping create stable employment for locals. Giving back is a huge part of what we do and what we are about. Our view is that tourism isn't just about having a good time in someone else's country, it's about learning, fostering understanding, concern, and compassion. The natural world has never been as threatened as it is now and it is everyone's responsibility to do something about preserving it.
We choose suppliers and service providers that act responsibly, with the best interests of the local people and wildlife at heart, who we think will do the best job of providing our clients with a insight into not only the beauty they witness on holiday, but the threats and dangers facing it.
We put our money where our mouth is. Around 30% of our net profit is given back to causes, charities, and organisations. We also fund raise and provide grey matter for certain projects.
We choose suppliers and service providers that act responsibly, with the best interests of the local people and wildlife at heart, who we think will do the best job of providing our clients with a insight into not only the beauty they witness on holiday, but the threats and dangers facing it.
We put our money where our mouth is. Around 30% of our net profit is given back to causes, charities, and organisations. We also fund raise and provide grey matter for certain projects.
