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Standard Cabins
The Standard Cabins offer double or twin beds, air conditioning with individual thermostats, and a private bathroom for a comfortable stay.
Gardens of the Queen, Jardines de la Reina
The Jardines Avalon III is a luxury floating hotel/motor yacht with 15 staterooms.
The Standard Cabins offer double or twin beds, air conditioning with individual thermostats, and a private bathroom for a comfortable stay.
The Standard Plus Cabin provides extra space, featuring double or twin beds, air conditioning with an individual thermostat, and a private bathroom.
The 160 foot Jardines Avalon III is a luxury floating hotel/motor yacht with 15 staterooms, including 4 suites with balcony. Avalon III has an overall capacity of 30 passengers and 12 crew members.
The liveaboard departs from Jucaro Port. The program includes transfers from/to the Santa Clara or Camaguey Airport to Jucaro Port. Once the Avalon arrives at Jardines de la Reina, it will remain stationary and tender boats will take divers to sites within a 20-minute ride.
NOTE: This boat forms part of the Avalon Outdoor fleet. When you book a trip to Cuba with Avalon Outdoor, you'll be assigned one of their boats upon arrival. For an overview of the fleet, please visit this page or contact us for more information.
The underwater paradise is all that comes into the mind when you first enter the water, the vertical walls covered with brightly hued sponges, the huge Pilar Corals (Montastraea Annularis), the black corals extending the branches in the contrasting blue water, many species of gorgonians, fragile laminar corals (Agaricia sp.) showing its beautiful shapes through crevices, canyons and caves built along thousands of years of invertebrates work, converting tons of calcium carbonate into architecture masterpieces, all this combined with one of the biggest fish diversity and biomass of the Caribbean makes each dive an unforgettable experience.
[See: Cuba Dive Travel Guide]
Avalon Fleet III has a total of 15 cabins: 10 standard cabins, 1 standard plus and 4 suites with balcony. All cabins have private bathrooms & 2 beds (double or twin), air-conditioned with individual thermostats.
The "Gardens of the Queen", are a complex network of untouched marine ecosystems that have been regarded by many knowledgeable scientists and organizations as a reference of what is the original status of a coral reef as Christopher Columbus found it in the times of the discovery.
The underwater paradise is all that comes into the mind when you first enter the water, the vertical walls covered with brightly hued sponges, the huge Pilar Corals (Montastraea Annularis), the black corals extending the branches in the contrasting blue water, many species of gorgonians, fragile laminar corals (Agaricia sp.) showing its beautiful shapes through crevices, canyons and caves built along thousands of years of invertebrates work, converting tons of calcium carbonate into architecture masterpieces, all this combined with one of the biggest fish diversity and biomass of the Caribbean makes each dive an unforgettable experience.
The amazingly healthy mangrove system provides nursery area for young fish populations, filtering the water that goes to the reef together with the seagrass beds (Thalassia testudinum) and in return receiving from the reef protection against the open ocean wave energy, all interconnected in a very fragile network that here keeps its variety, richness and splendor intact.
The biggest populations of adult fish in the Caribbean, Sharks, Snappers, and Groupers, Jewfish up to 400 Pounds are an everyday experience.
Avalon Diving Center is the only operation in the area, and hosts no more than 900 divers per year. Dive sites are well protected from the winds and sea currents. Visibility is more than 40 meters. The dive center is well equipped with new compressors, nitrox blenders and quality equipment for rent.
Diving with sharks is one of the main attractions in Gardens of the Queen. There are resident populations of Caribbeans and Silkies, in some spots is absolutely guaranteed to have more than 25 curious sharks swimming around during the dive, at least 6 different species can be seen: Very abundant: Caribbean, Nurse and Silky sharks, occasional: Lemon, Blacktip, Great and Scalloped Hammerhead and the amazing Whale Shark.
Program includes transfers from/to the Santa Clara or Camaguey Airport to Jucaro Port (2 1/2 hours) where the Liveaboard departs from. Transfers are included for flights arriving by 6 pm Saturday at both airports. Guests arriving before may wait for the transfer. Clients arriving by their own to Jucaro will board around 6 pm. Clients booked on Tortuga need to arrive to Santa Clara or Camaguey airports on Friday, so to be able to take the transfer on Saturday morning.
Sunday - Friday
Saturday
GMT-5
CUC (Cuban Convertible Pesos)
Spanish and English
220 & 110 V
Cash
There are four spacious Suites with Balcony include double or twin beds, air conditioning with individual thermostats, a private bathroom, and a private balcony for added luxury.