Palau Siren, Palau

The Palau Siren is an ironwood top-class modern motor-sailing yacht. This boat is a superb choice for marine photographers. She provides workstations, separate storage boxes, and rinsing tanks for cameras and charging points, with adapters. The yacht has up to three dive guides, so divers can be divided into smaller groups according to their level. Divers can choose trips with different duration of 6, 7, or 10 nights to explore some of the best of Palau - German Channel and Ulong Channel. Add to this an opportunity to be a witness to one of the most amazing underwater events - the spawning of the bump head parrotfish and the red snapper that attracts lots of sharks.

Boat interior and exterior 
The liveaboard can accommodate 16 vacationers on board in 8 spacious air-conditioned staterooms. Each cabin is supplied with an entertainment system and individual shower with hot water, as well as air conditioning controls and lights over the bed for reading. All the rooms have a safety box and a hairdryer. In between dives and after dives, the passengers can spend time in an air-conditioned lounge with a bar and comfortable couches. Here they will find a 107-cm/42-in flat-screen TV with a number of movies and a small library. The boat also has a shaded, open-air dining space. Use the comfortable sun deck on top of the boat to enjoy a marvelous view of Palau. 

Diving 
The dive deck has plenty of lockers for the gear. The boat also features Aqua Lung scuba gear, you can rent BCDs, regulators, 3-mm wetsuits, masks, and fins. Crew members are well-trained in emergency medical and evacuation procedures and they keep their skills up to date. 

Safety and navigation 
The liveaboard crew members care about your safety. There are life jackets, smoke alarms, emergency long-distance radios, satellite phones, and EPIRBs. The yacht team has been trained to manage emergency procedures. Medical boxes are available on board. Upon boarding, all boat passengers can try out life jackets and will receive an explanation of emergency procedures.

Additional services
The liveaboard provides laundry and massage services to guests. Passengers can also buy souvenirs such as clothing, as well as equipment items like reef hooks and pointers. 

Facilities for underwater photographers
This vessel has special spaces for marine photography enthusiasts. Here you can maintain your photo and video gear, recharge it, and prepare for the next dive. The boat has storages plenty of charging points. There are also rinse tanks that can only be used for cameras. To improve their photography skills, divers can take part in a master class with a famous underwater photographer. 

Diving in small groups
Because the vessel has 2 dive tenders and 3 instructors, divers can be divided based on their certification levels and dive in small groups. Advanced divers If you do not have enough experience to dive in currents, caves, or other difficult dive sites, the dive crew will help you find attractive dive sites to suit your certification level. Diving with pelagic fish in Palau can be interesting for advanced divers.

Itineraries 
Dive at the most excellent destinations of Palau. Discover the well-known German Channel, which is the place to see manta rays at cleaning stations, and dive or swim with them in the shallow waters. Another famous dive spot in Palau is Blue Hole (Blue Corner). Here divers can see schools of gray reef sharks and whitetip sharks. Along the vertical walls, you can see gorgonian fans, soft corals, hard corals, eels, anemones, and barracudas. You can choose a 7-night trip, or a 10-night trip if you would like to visit all the must-see dive sites in Palau. 

When to Go 
The ideal time to visit Palau is from November to April. At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, there is a strong possibility of seeing gray reef sharks. If you want to dive with mantas, it’s better to choose December for your trip