Basse Terre scuba diving - a reason for your vacation
Reacting to the rich diversity of underwater flora and fauna, which thrive at relatively shallow, and relatively safe, depths, several entrepreneurs have set up shop. One of these is Les Heures Saines, Rocher de Malendure, Bouillante, whose trio of dive boats departs three times a day at 10am, 12:30pm, and 3pm, for explorations of the waters within the reserve. With all equipment included, dives -- depending on the level of expertise of the participants, and the intended destination -- cost from 50€ ($65) each. Novices, at least for the very first time they engage in the sport, pay 55€ ($72) for what is referred to as a bapteme (baptism). Les Heures Saines maintains its own 13-unit hotel, Le Paradis Creole. Here, simple, motel-style accommodations rent for 75€ ($98) in winter and 45€ to 64€ ($59-$83) off season. All have either air-conditioning or ceiling fans, but no TV or phone, and very few frills. Many of them are occupied almost exclusively by avid divers, and to a lesser degree, hill climbers, on tour-group holiday from the French mainland. This outfit's slightly larger competitor, located a short distance away, is Centre International de la Plongee (C.I.P. Bouillante). It's acknowledged as the most professional dive operation on the island. In a wood-sided house on Malendure Plage, close to a well-known restaurant, Chez Loulouse, it's well positioned at the edge of the Cousteau Underwater Reserve. Certified divers pay 35€ ($46) for a one-tank dive. A "resort course" for first-time divers costs 44€ ($57) and is conducted one-on-one with an instructor. Packages of 6 or 10 dives are offered for 181€ ($235) and 275€ ($358), respectively. PADI open-water certification costs 382€ ($497). It's usually awarded as part of a 6- or 7-day instruction ritual, but in a pinch, if its participants are extremely motivated, it can be passed in 3 days if you communicate your wishes and ambitions in advance.
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